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Big Bird in China was a 1983 special by the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), on NBC. The special was based on the popular television series Sesame Street. Big Bird and Little Xiao Foo travel through China to find Feng Huang, the Phoenix bird.

Highlights include Chinese landmarks like the Great Wall of China and Beijing, Big Bird learning the "little duckling dance", and a song to teach Chinese words. A character called The Monkey King appears in the special; despite an appearance that has scared many youngsters, he helps Big Bird and Xiao Foo in their quest.

The production was released onto DVD February 10, 2004. The DVD lacks about a minute of the original production, in which Big Bird is looking for someone who speaks "American".

Cast

Carroll Spinney as Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch
Brian Muehl as Barkley/Telly
Frank Oz
as Bert/Cookie Monster/Grover
Jerry Nelson as Two-Headed Monster, head one/Oscar the Grouch (assistant)/Cookie Monster (assistant)
Richard Hunt as Two-Headed Monster, head two/Ernie (assistant)/Telly (assistant)
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

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