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[[Ron Field]] was [[choreographer]].
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==Home video==
==Home media==
''Pinocchio'' was released on [[DVD]] on October 24, 2000.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Pinocchio-Sandy-Duncan/dp/B00004W5VF Pinocchio (1976 TV musical) at Amazon]</ref>
''Pinocchio'' was released on [[DVD]] on October 24, 2000.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Pinocchio-Sandy-Duncan/dp/B00004W5VF Pinocchio (1976 TV musical) at Amazon]</ref>


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Pinocchio
(L-R) Flip Wilson as Fox, Sandy Duncan as Pinocchio, Liz Torres as Cat
Directed byRon Field
Sid Smith
Based onThe Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
Produced byBernard Rothman
Jack Wohl
StarringSandy Duncan
Danny Kaye
Edited byJerry Greene
Music byBilly Barnes
Production
company
Vidtronics
Distributed byCBS (original telecast)
VCI Entertainment (DVD)
Release dates
  • March 27, 1976 (1976-03-27) (TV)
  • October 24, 2000 (2000-10-24) (DVD)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pinocchio is a 1976 made-for-TV musical starring Sandy Duncan in the title role and Danny Kaye as Geppetto. It was first broadcast March 27, 1976 on CBS and rerun on April 18, 1977.[1]

Plot summary

Framed by the story of a young theater girl's desire to study and work apart from her father, the classic 1883 children's story of Pinocchio is presented as a subplay with the young girl (Sandy Duncan) as Pinocchio and her father (Danny Kaye) as Geppetto.

Cast

Musical numbers

  1. "Talking to Myself" - Geppetto
  2. "What's That?" - Pinocchio, Geppetto and ensemble
  3. "I Like It" - Pinocchio and ensemble[2]
  4. "The Money Tree" - Fox and Cat
  5. "M-O-R-E" - Fox, Cat and Pinocchio
  6. "Look at Me Now" - Geppetto and ensemble
  7. "If I Could Start All Over, Would I?" - Pinocchio[3]
  8. "Fun, Fun, Fun" - Pinocchio and ensemble[4]
  9. "I Want to Go Home" - Pinocchio and Geppetto

Reception

Pinocchio won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming, one for Costume Design (Bill Hargate) and another for Videotape Editing. It was also nominated for Emmys for Outstanding Children's Special and Outstanding Makeup (designed by Stan Winston).

Production notes

In 1976, this was the first of two TV musical adaptations of a children's classic starring Danny Kaye and costarring a female as a young boy. On December 12, 1976, NBC telecast Peter Pan with Kaye as Captain Hook and Mia Farrow in the title role.

Ron Field was choreographer.

Home media

Pinocchio was released on DVD on October 24, 2000.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Pinocchio" - CBS press release for rerun of 18 Apr 1977
  2. ^ "I Like It" sung by Sandy Duncan, YouTube
  3. ^ "If I Could Start All Over, Would I?" sung by Sandy Duncan, YouTube
  4. ^ "Fun, Fun, Fun" sung by Sandy Duncan and ensemble, YouTube
  5. ^ Pinocchio (1976 TV musical) at Amazon
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