Big Bird in China

Jon Stone
1983-05-29

A 75 Minute Musical Adventure
5.8
75 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Caroll Spinney Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) Unowned
Brian Muehl Barkley (voice) Unowned
Lianzi Ouyang Xiao Foo (as Lien-Tze Quyang) Unowned
Frank Oz Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice) Unowned
Jerry Nelson Two-Headed Monster (voice) Unowned
Richard Hunt Two-Headed Monster (voice) Unowned
Martin P. Robinson Telly Monster (voice) Unowned
Jim Henson Ernie (voice) Unowned
Cheryl Blaylock Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Cheryl Blalock) Unowned
Edward G. Christie Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie) Unowned
Arabella Hong The Shopkeeper Unowned
Ziu Ping Hua The Storyteller Unowned
Quan She-Zhen Monkey King Unowned
Liu Xio-Shen Monkey King Unowned
Xu Tien-Ed Monkey King Unowned
Fu-Hai Lu Monkey King Unowned
Chi-Lian Wu Monkey King Unowned
Li Jiang Monkey King Unowned
Yi-Ping Chou Monkey King Unowned
Zhang Xin-Tien Monkey King Unowned
Wang Kwan-Wei Lion Dog Unowned
Bao Yi-Ting Lion Dog Unowned
Lu Ja-Lin The Dancing Phoenix Unowned
Katherine Lakoski The Singing Phoenix (voice) Unowned