Morgan Freeman, Vampire Vegetarian

Can vampires live without human blood? Yes, as we’ve learned from Anne Rice’s Louis, Buffy’s Angel, and Stephenie Meyer’s Cullen clan. But it seems the Electric Company got there first, in 1972, with Morgan Freeman’s turn as “Vincent the Vegetable Vampire.” No, he’s not a vampire hospitalized after a traumatic brain injury; he just likes eating vegetables. By the way, Bunnicula, another vegetable-draining vampire from my childhood, is now available on Kindle.