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Overview

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7.5/10   176 votes
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Writers:
Bruce Hart (television developer) and
Norman Steinberg (television developer) ...
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Release Date:
11 March 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Family | Musical
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
a very important part of my childhood... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Marlo Thomas ... Herself - Host

Alan Alda ... Himself

Harry Belafonte ... Himself

Mel Brooks ... Baby Boy (voice)
Rita Coolidge ... Herself
Billy De Wolfe ... The Principal (voice)
Roberta Flack ... Herself / Young Girl
Roosevelt Grier ... Himself (as Rosey Grier)

Michael Jackson ... Himself / Young Boy

Kris Kristofferson ... Himself
Bobby Morse ... Dudley Pippin (voice)
The New Seekers ... Themselves
Tom Smothers ... Himself

Cicely Tyson ... Herself
The Voices of East Harlem ... Themselves
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Additional Details

Runtime:
48 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA

Fun Stuff

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Featured in Tarnation (2003) more
Soundtrack:
When We Grow Up more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
a very important part of my childhood..., 16 November 2005

Although I myself did not get to experience the seventies, being born too late, I still got a little taste through this movie. My parents showed it to me first on laser disc (how many of you remember that phase?) and I must have watched it dozens of times. It's really a fantastic film for children to watch to get the message that it's okay to be different, to not do what everyone else is doing. I always loved the "William Wants a Doll" vignette, and of course who could forget Marlo Thomas and Harry Belafonte singing "Parents are People"? I have a copy of this on DVD, because I fully intend for it to be a part of my children's lives. Really, it's very sad that there aren't as many children's movies like this anymore. Let's all have a moment of silence to commemorate the death of the seventies.

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