Movie

Big Bird in China

A 75 Minute Musical Adventure

1983★ 6.0 · 61h 15mFantasyAdventureTV MovieComedy

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

Frank Oz
as Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Jim Henson
as Ernie (voice)

Jerry Nelson
as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

Richard Hunt
as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

Caroll Spinney
as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

Martin P. Robinson
as Telly Monster (voice)

Cheryl Blaylock
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Cheryl Blalock)

Brian Muehl
as Barkley (voice)

Lianzi Ouyang
as Xiao Foo (as Lien-Tze Quyang)

Edward G. Christie
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie)

Katherine Lakoski
as The Singing Phoenix (voice)

Xu Tien-Ed
as Monkey King