Big Bird in China (1983)
May 29, 1983Release Date
Big Bird in China (1983)
May 29, 1983Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird
Brian Meehl
Barkley
Brian Muehl
Barkley
Lianzi Ouyang
Xiao Foo
Frank Oz
Bert
Jerry Nelson
Two-Headed Monster
Richard Hunt
Two-Headed Monster
David Liu
Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Big Bird in China is a 1983 television special based on the children's television series Sesame Street produced by Children's Television Workshop and China Central Television. It was originally broadcast on May 29, 1983, on NBC. Big Bird, Barkley and Little Xiao Fu travel through China to find Feng Huang, the Phoenix bird.
The production was released on VHS from Random House Home Video in 1987, and on VHS and DVD from Sony Wonder on February 10, 2004. Although the voice of Telly Monster was Brian Muehl, Martin P. Robinson re-dubbed Telly's lines for the 2004 VHS and DVD releases when Big Bird goes to China. Also, it lacks about a minute of the original production, in which Big Bird is looking for someone who speaks "American", though it can be seen on early VHS releases.
This television special had a sequel known as Big Bird in Japan.