Out to Lunch

The Out To Lunch cast. Art by Jack Davis.

A guide to the cast.

Elliot Gould with Bert and Grover.

Out to Lunch aired as a primetime special over ABC on December 10th, 1974 from 9 to 10pm. 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 Graubert, 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.