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− | Image:Video.bigbirdchina-vhs.jpg|{{GNH|VHS}}1987<br>[[Random House Home Video|Random House]]<br>ISBN: 0394897552 |
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Image:BigBirdChinaVHSSony.jpg|{{GNH|VHS}}2004<br>[[Sony Wonder]]<br>ISBN: 073892735X<br>{{Asin|B00016XO7O}} |
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Image:Bbchina.jpg|{{GNH|DVD}}2004<br>[[Sony Wonder]]<br>ISBN: 0738927368<br>{{Asin|B00016XO6U}} |
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Revision as of 19:08, 3 June 2009
Big Bird in China was a 1983 special produced by the Children's Television Workshop which originally aired on NBC. In the first international special based on Sesame Street, Big Bird is inspired by a Chinatown scroll, and the story of the legendary Phoenix. After coaxing the shopkeeper into lending him the scroll, Big Bird and Barkley take a slow boat to China. They soon make a new friend, little Xiao Foo, and receive enigmatic hints from the Monkey King.
Filmed on location in Beijing and elsewhere, the Great Wall of China and Mao's Tomb are amongst the landmarks shown. Also featured are assorted street dancers, cheerful Communists, and a song about saying "Hello" in Chinese.
The special was adapted into a book by Jon Stone and Victor Di Napoli.
The special was released on VHS in 1995, and on DVD in 2004.
Reviews
- -- Arthur Unger, The Christian Science Monitor. May 27, 1983
- -- Tom Shales, The Washington Post. May 28, 1983.
- --Richard Stengle. "Innocent Abroad, With Feathers." Time. May 30, 1983.
Cast
- Human Cast (as translated in the credits)
- Ouyang Lianzi 歐陽蓮子 as Xiao Foo
- Arabella Hong as the Shopkeeper
- Hua Zhi-Ping as the Storyteller
- Quan She-Zhen, Liu Xia-Shen, Xiu Tien-Ed, Lu Fu-Hai, Wu Chu-Lian, Li Jiang, Chou Yi-Ping, Zhang Xin-Tien as The Monkey King
- Wang Kwen Wei and Ting Bao-Yi as Lion Dogs
- La Ja-Lin as the Dancing Phoenix
- Katherine Lakoski as the Singing Phoenix.
- North Hsin Hua Street Kindergarten Students as the Duck Dancers
- Muppet Performers
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
- Brian Muehl as Barkley, Telly Monster
- Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover
- Jerry Nelson as Two-Headed Monster
- Richard Hunt as Two-Headed Monster
- Cheryl Blaylock
- Ed Christie
- Martin P. Robinson
- And Jim Henson as Ernie
Crew
- Directed by Jon Stone
- Written by Joseph A. Bailey and Jon Stone
- Executive Producer: Jon Stone
- Music by Dick Lieb
- Associate Producer: Tish Sommers
- Associate Director: Ozzie Alfonso
- Art Director Victor DiNapoli
- Editor: Ken Gutstein
- Audio: Blake Norton
- Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
- Location Coordinator: Peter Chow