Big Bird in China
58 %|May 29, 1983|Fantasy, Adventure, TV Movie, Comedy
Big Bird and his Sesame Street companion, Barkley, the big, fluffy dog, travel across China in search of the legendary Feng Huang, the Phoenix Bird. Along the way they visit with Chinese schoolchildren, watch a Tai Ji demonstration, learn some Chinese words and songs, and meet the mischievous Monkey King.
Featured Crew
Jon Stone
Director
Jon Stone
Executive Producer
Dick Lieb
Original Music Composer
Victor DiNapoli
Art Direction
Caroll Spinney
Story
Tish Sommers
Associate Producer
Ken Gutstein
Editor
Jon Stone
Writer
Cast
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Brian Muehl
Barkley (voice)
Lianzi Ouyang
Xiao Foo (as Lien-Tze Quyang)
Frank Oz
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Jerry Nelson
Two-Headed Monster (voice)
Richard Hunt
Two-Headed Monster (voice)
Martin P. Robinson
Telly Monster (voice)
Jim Henson
Ernie (voice)
Cheryl Blaylock
Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Cheryl Blalock)
Edward G. Christie
Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie)
Arabella Hong
The Shopkeeper
Ziu Ping Hua
The Storyteller
Quan She-Zhen
Monkey King
Liu Xio-Shen
Monkey King
Xu Tien-Ed
Monkey King
Fu-Hai Lu
Monkey King
Chi-Lian Wu
Monkey King
Li Jiang
Monkey King
Yi-Ping Chou
Monkey King
Zhang Xin-Tien
Monkey King
Wang Kwan-Wei
Lion Dog
Bao Yi-Ting
Lion Dog
Lu Ja-Lin
The Dancing Phoenix
Katherine Lakoski
The Singing Phoenix (voice)