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Big Bird in China is a 1983 American television special produced by Sesame Workshop, The Jim Henson Company and CCTV. It was originally broadcast on May 29, 1983 on NBC. The special was based on the popular television series Sesame Street. Big Bird, Barkley and Little Xiao Fu travel through China to find Feng Huang, the Phoenix bird.
Original Release
01/01/1983
US Release
05/29/1983
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Caroll Spinney | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Oscar the Grouch (voice) |
| Brian Meehl | Barkley / Telly / Telly (voice) (as Brian Muehl) |
| Lianzi Ouyang | Xiao Foo (as Lien-Tze Quyang) / Xiao Foo |
| Frank Oz | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) |
| Jerry Nelson | Two-Headed Monster (voice) / Two-Headed Monster |
| Richard Hunt | Two-Headed Monster (voice) / Two-Headed Monster |
| Cheryl Blaylock | Additional Muppet Performer / Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Cheryl Blalock) |
| Edward G. Christie | Additional Muppet Performer / Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie) |
| Martin P. Robinson | Telly (DVD Version) / Additional Muppet Performer (voice) / Additional Muppet Performer / Telly Monster (voice) |
| Jim Henson | Ernie / Ernie (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Caroll Spinney, Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Caroll Spinney | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Oscar the Grouch (voice) |
| Brian Meehl | Barkley / Telly / Telly (voice) (as Brian Muehl) |
| Lianzi Ouyang | Xiao Foo (as Lien-Tze Quyang) / Xiao Foo |
| Frank Oz | Bert / Cookie Monster / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) |
| Jerry Nelson | Two-Headed Monster (voice) / Two-Headed Monster |
| Richard Hunt | Two-Headed Monster (voice) / Two-Headed Monster |
| Cheryl Blaylock | Additional Muppet Performer / Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Cheryl Blalock) |
| Edward G. Christie | Additional Muppet Performer / Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie) |
| Martin P. Robinson | Telly (DVD Version) / Additional Muppet Performer (voice) / Additional Muppet Performer / Telly Monster (voice) |
| Jim Henson | Ernie / Ernie (voice) |
| Arabella Hong | The Shopkeeper |
| Ziu Ping Hua | The Storyteller |
| Quan She-Zhen | Monkey King |
| Liu Xio-Shen | Monkey King |
| Xu Tien-Ed | Monkey King |
| Fu-Hai Lu | Monkey King |
| Chi-Lian Wu | Monkey King |
| Li Jiang | Monkey King |
| Yi-Ping Chou | Monkey King |
| Zhang Xin-Tien | Monkey King |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jon Stone | Executive Producer |
| Kuo Bao-Xiang | Producer |
| Xu Ja-Cha | Producer |
| David Liu | Producer |
| Tish Rabe | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Children's Program | Won |
