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6.3/10   12 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Christopher Cerf (writer)
Tom Dunsmuir (writer)
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Release Date:
10 December 1974 (USA) more
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Plot:
The Muppets and the casts of "The Electric Company" and "Sesame Street" take over the ABC Nightly News when the newsroom staff takes a lunch break. | add synopsis
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
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Awesome Unforgettable TV Special! more (1 total)

Cast

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Luis Avalos ... Various
Jim Boyd ... Various

Carol Burnett ... Various

Barbara Eden ... Various

Morgan Freeman ... Various

Elliott Gould ... Various
Judy Graubart ... Various

Jim Henson ... (voice)
Skip Hinnant ... Various
Richard Hunt ... (voice)

Rita Moreno ... Various
Jerry Nelson ... (voice)

Frank Oz ... (voice)
Caroll Spinney ... (voice)
Hattie Winston ... Various
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Runtime:
60 min
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Spin off from "The Electric Company" (1971) more

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Awesome Unforgettable TV Special!, 5 August 2008
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Author: lamccaugh from United States

I remember watching this TV special at the tender age of eight. Perhaps it was one of my favorite TV specials at the time because I was into the unique Sid and Marty Kroft giant puppets and Sesame Street and I was mesmerized of myself running away to a make believe land of friendly non-human characters. All of the muppets and the famous celebrities who appeared on this program were very extraordinary with parodies of soap operas, commercials, variety shows, etc. I also remember Carol Burnett doing a hilarious dance step with camera tricks in rewind and Carol in a bra commercial parody. All together "Out To Lunch" was a combination of Sesame Street meets Saturday Night Live in a G rated form. It was such a shame this show was not rebroadcast-ed again or released on DVD. I call this awesome once in a lifetime unforgettable program a classic that could possibly be passed on from kids who grew up in the seventies to generations of children and grandchildren in the present and future.

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