Morgan Freeman was in a car accident last night in Mississippi, and is now reportedly in serious condition in a Memphis hospital. Freeman was apparently driving on a highway with a female companion when he lost control of the car. In addition to currently co-starring in the number one film in the country, Freeman was gearing up to play Nelson Mandela.

By way of sending best wishes Freeman’s way, I’d like to gently rebut the Guardian’s suggestion that the actor “[shot] to fame as Jessica Tandy’s benign chauffeur in Driving Miss Daisy“––kids of the 70s and 80s, of course, have deep-seeded memories of Freeman’s work on the Electric Company. See him as Easy Reader above, and as a bathing, singing, spelling Count Dracula below.