Big Bird in China

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.

Directed by Jon Stone

Top cast

Caroll Spinney

Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

Brian Muehl

Barkley (voice)

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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)

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Edward G. Christie

Additional Muppet Performer (voice) (as Ed Christie)

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Arabella Hong

The Shopkeeper

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Ziu Ping Hua

The Storyteller

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Quan She-Zhen

Monkey King

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Liu Xio-Shen

Monkey King

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Xu Tien-Ed

Monkey King

F

Fu-Hai Lu

Monkey King

C

Chi-Lian Wu

Monkey King

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Li Jiang

Monkey King

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Yi-Ping Chou

Monkey King

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Zhang Xin-Tien

Monkey King

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