A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Will Oscar grouch out Christmas?
1978 | 48m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Russ Petranto |
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| Writer: | Tom Dunsmuir |
| Staring: |
| Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dick Smothers try to get Oscar to stop being such a Grouch on Christmas. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 08, 1978 |
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| Director: | Russ Petranto |
| Writer: | Tom Dunsmuir |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | christmas music |
| Production Companies | Children's Television Workshop, Bob Banner Associates |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Leslie Uggams | Self |
| Ethel Merman | Self |
| Imogene Coca | Self |
| Michael Jackson | Self |
| Anne Murray | Self |
| Henry Fonda | Self |
| Dick Smothers | Self |
| Caroll Spinney | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) |
| Northern Calloway | David |
| Will Lee | Mr. Hooper |
| Bob McGrath | Bob |
| Sonia Manzano | Maria |
| Toby Towson | Barkley |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Russ Petranto | Director |
| Marc Cerutti | Editor |
| Tom Dunsmuir | Writer |
| Alan Compton | Art Direction |
| Nat Mongioi | Set Decoration |
| Bill Kellard | Costume Design |
| Vincent Callaghan | Makeup Artist |
| Mickey Scott | Makeup Artist |
| Joe Tubens | Hairstylist |
| Glenda Jones | Production Supervisor |
| Frieda Lipp | Production Supervisor |
| Ken Rockefeller | Assistant Director |
| Lou Bruno | Sound |
| Frank Biondo | Camera Operator |
| Anne Gordino | Camera Operator |
| Richie King | Camera Operator |
| William C. Knight | Lighting Director |
| Joe LoRé | Camera Operator |
| Grisha Mynova | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Michael Gibson | Music Arranger |
| David Matthews | Music Arranger |
| James Tyler | Music Arranger |
| Alan Baker | Production Executive |
| Christopher Chadman | Choreographer |
| David D. Connell | Production Consultant |
| Jon Hill | Production Coordinator |
| Deborah Liebling | Producer's Assistant |
| Ron Weaver | Production Consultant |
| Larry Grossman | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bob Banner | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Pouliot | Producer |
| Jack Seifert | Associate Producer |
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