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(Redirected from Out to Lunch (film)) 1974 American ABC network TV special

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Out to Lunch
Written by	Christopher Cerf Tom Dunsmuir Clark Gesner Bryan Joseph Norman Stiles Jim Thurman Tom Whedon
Directed by	Bill Davis
Starring	Rita Moreno Luis Ávalos Hattie Winston Morgan Freeman Skip Hinnant Judy Graubart Jim Boyd Elliott Gould Barbara Eden Carol Burnett Bill Beutel
Composer	Joe Raposo
Production
Executive producer	David Connell
Producer	Norton W. Wright
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Children's Television Workshop Henson Associates
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	December 10, 1974 (1974-12-10)

Out to Lunch is a prime-time television special that was broadcast on December 10, 1974, on ABC, from 9 to 10pm ET. It mixed the Sesame Street Muppets and the cast of The Electric Company along with guest stars Elliott Gould, Barbara Eden and Carol Burnett. This is the first and one of the few Sesame Street-related productions directly produced by The Jim Henson Company, then-named Henson Associates (the others being the 1989 television special Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting and the 1999 feature film The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland).

A member of the Electric Company cast, Rita Moreno, received an Emmy nomination in 1975 for her participation in the show in the category of Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music.

Plot

In the program, ABC News anchor Bill Beutel and his stage manager wrapped up a newscast and left the studio to take a lunch break. After they leave, the Muppets and the cast of The Electric Company take over the studio to fill an hour of programming on ABC while the studio staff is on break.

Cast

Luis Ávalos - Casino owner
Bill Beutel - Himself
Jim Boyd - Stage manager and gambler
Carol Burnett - Herself
Barbara Eden - Herself
Morgan Freeman - Croupier
Judy Graubart - Herself
Elliott Gould - Divorced husband
Skip Hinnant - Himself and spectator
Rita Moreno - Herself, divorced wife, and spectator
Gary Owens - Announcer
Hattie Winston - Herself

Muppet performers

Jim Henson - Kermit the Frog, Ernie, and Guy Smiley
Richard Hunt - Various
Jerry Nelson - Herry Monster, Count von Count, and Anything Muppet Dog
Frank Oz - Bert, Cookie Monster, and Grover
Caroll Spinney - Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird

References

"Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music - 1975". Emmy Awards. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

External links

Out to Lunch at IMDb

The Muppets

Characters

Television

Series	Sam and Friends (1955–1961) The Muppet Show (1976–1981) (episodes) Muppet Babies (1984–1991) (episodes) Little Muppet Monsters (1985) The Jim Henson Hour (1989) Muppets Tonight (1996–1998) The Muppets (2015–2016) Muppet Babies (2018–2022) (episodes) Muppets Now (2020) The Muppets Mayhem (2023)
Segments	The Jimmy Dean Show ("Rowlf the Dog", 1963–1965) The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1979) The Ed Sullivan Show (including The Great Santa Claus Switch, 1966–1971) NBC's Saturday Night (The Land of Gorch, 1975–1976)
Specials	Hey, Cinderella! (1969) The Muppets on Puppets (1970) The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) The Frog Prince (1971) The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972) The Muppets Valentine Show (1974) The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983) The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) The Earth Day Special (1990) The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) Studio DC: Almost Live (2008) A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013) Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)

Films

Theatrical	The Muppet Movie (1979) The Great Muppet Caper (1981) The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Muppets from Space (1999) The Muppets (2011) Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Television	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) The Christmas Toy (1986) It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Direct-to- video	Muppet Classic Theater (1994) Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)

Music

Albums	The Muppet Show (1977) The Muppet Show 2 (1978) The Muppet Movie (1979) Ol' Brown Ears Is Back (1993) Muppet Beach Party (1993) Kermit Unpigged (1994) The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More (2002) A Green and Red Christmas (2006) The Green Album (2011) The Muppets (2011) Muppets Most Wanted (2014) The Electric Mayhem (2023)
Songs	"Rainbow Connection" "Bein' Green" "Mahna Mahna" "When the River Meets the Sea" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Man or Muppet"