A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
December 8, 1978Release Date
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
December 8, 1978Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Leslie Uggams
Self

Ethel Merman
Self

Imogene Coca
Self

Michael Jackson
Self

Anne Murray
Self

Henry Fonda
Self

Dick Smothers
Self

Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

Northern Calloway
David

Will Lee
Mr. Hooper

Bob McGrath
Bob

Sonia Manzano
Maria

Toby Towson
Barkley

Marc Cerutti
Editor

Russ Petranto
Director

Bob Banner
Executive Producer

Tom Dunsmuir
Writer

Stephen Pouliot
Producer

Jack Seifert
Associate Producer

Alan Compton
Art Direction

Nat Mongioi
Set Decoration

Bill Kellard
Costume Design

Vincent Callaghan
Makeup Artist

Mickey Scott
Makeup Artist

Joe Tubens
Hairstylist

Glenda Jones
Production Supervisor

Frieda Lipp
Production Supervisor

Ken Rockefeller
Assistant Director

Lou Bruno
Sound

Frank Biondo
Camera Operator

Anne Gordino
Camera Operator

Richie King
Camera Operator

William C. Knight
Lighting Director

Joe LoRé
Camera Operator

Grisha Mynova
Wardrobe Supervisor

Michael Gibson
Music Arranger

Larry Grossman
Music

David Matthews
Music Arranger

James Tyler
Music Arranger

Alan Baker
Production Executive

Christopher Chadman
Choreographer

David D. Connell
Production Consultant

Jon Hill
Production Coordinator

Deborah Liebling
Producer's Assistant

Ron Weaver
Production Consultant
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
A Special Sesame Street Christmas is a 1978 CBS Christmas special, made the same year as the better-known Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. The special was first broadcast on Friday, December 8, 1978, at 8 PM ET on CBS, pre-empting Wonder Woman that week, starring Leslie Uggams.
The special features only three of the Sesame Street Muppets: Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, and Barkley the dog. Barkley is played by gymnast Toby Towson. The puppet used for the special was different from the one used for the series, making him five feet tall, or higher, at times in the special. Mr. Hooper, David, Bob, and Maria are the only humans from the regular cast to make appearances, while most of the regulars are replaced by a large, somewhat all-star cast.
The special features many plot elements that are very loosely tied together, the most important being Oscar as the "Ebenezer Scrooge" on Sesame Street, as a minor takeoff on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. They include Leslie Uggams thinking lemonade was hot chocolate, singer Anne Murray and a magic eggnog container, Oscar adopting a kitten with a broken leg, and Ethel Merman calling Imogene Coca an idiot. Also appearing are Dick Smothers (only one half of the Smothers Brothers was hired for the special), Henry Fonda and Michael Jackson of The Jacksons.
The special was mainly produced for CBS not by the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), but by Bob Banner Associates, notable for Perry Como's Christmas specials. The producers paid CTW for the use of the set, some of the adult characters, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, with everything else, including the script and the Barkley costume, provided by Banner staffers.
This program was nominated in the 31st Annual Emmy Awards (1979) under the category of Outstanding Children's Program, losing to Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. Both
specials are now available on DVD.
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