Big Bird in China
A 75 Minute Musical Adventure
6
6 votes
May 29, 1983
1h 15m
Adventure
TV Movie
Comedy
Family
Overview
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.
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Cast
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Brian Muehl
Barkley (voice)L
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)E
Edward G. Christie
Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie)A
Arabella Hong
The ShopkeeperZ
Ziu Ping Hua
The StorytellerQ
Quan She-Zhen
Monkey KingL
Liu Xio-Shen
Monkey KingX
Xu Tien-Ed
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