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Out to Lunch aired as a prime-time special on ABC on December 10, 1974. It mixed the Sesame Street and The Electric Company casts, along with guest stars Elliott Gould, Barbara Eden, and Carol Burnett.

The premise of the show was that the ABC newscasters had all gone out to lunch, and it was up to the Electric Company cast and the Muppets to make up an hour of programming.

Cast

Electric Company cast: Rita Moreno, Luis Avalos, Hattie Winston, Morgan Freeman, Skip Hinnant, Judy Graubart, Jim Boyd.

Muppet Performers: Jim Henson, Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt

Credits

• Executive Producer: David D. Connell

• Produced by: Norton W. Wright

• Directed by: Bill Davis

• Written by: Christopher Cerf, Tom Dunsmuir, Clark Gesner, Bryan Joseph, Norman Stiles, Jim Thurman, Tom Whedon

• Music and Lyrics by: Joe Raposo

• Puppets and Costumes by: Donald Sahlin, Caroly Wilcox, John Lovelady, Kermit Love

Awards

• Rita Moreno was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in the special.