A Special Sesame Street Christmas
A 1978 CBS Christmas special with Oscar as Scrooge.
A Special Sesame Street Christmas is a 1978 CBS Christmas special produced by Bob Banner Associates rather than the Children's Television Workshop. It features only three Sesame Street Muppets—Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, and Barkley the dog—alongside a largely all-star human cast. The special was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.
Quick Facts
- Network
- CBS
- Original broadcast
- Friday, December 8, 1978, at 8 PM ET
- Production company
- Bob Banner Associates
- Muppets featured
- Oscar the Grouch
- Big Bird
- Barkley the dog
- Regular human cast appearances
- Mr. Hooper
- David
- Bob
- Maria
- Notable guest stars
- Leslie Uggams
- Anne Murray
- Ethel Merman
- Imogene Coca
- Dick Smothers
- Henry Fonda
- Michael Jackson of The Jacksons
- Emmy nomination
- Outstanding Children's Program, 31st Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
Facts from the source article.
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