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Out to Lunch (TV program)
Out to Lunch Production Children’s Television Workshop
company(s)
Written by Christopher Cerf
Tom Dunsmuir Broadcast
Clark Gesner
Bryan Joseph Original ABC
Norman Stiles channel
Jim Thurman
Original December 10, 1974
Tom Whedon
airing
Directed by Bill Davis
Out to Lunch a prime-time special, was broadcast on De-
Lunch,
Starring Rita Moreno
Luis Avalos
cember 10, 1974, on ABC, from 9 to 10pm ET. It mixed the
Hattie Winston Sesame Street Muppets and the cast of The Electric Compa-
Morgan Freeman ny along with guest stars Elliott Gould, Barbara Eden and
Skip Hinnant Carol Burnett.
Judy Graubart In the program, ABC News anchor Bill Beutel and his
Jim Boyd
Elliott Gould stage manager wrapped up a newscast, and left the studio
Barbara Eden to take a lunch break. After they leave, the Muppets and
Carol Burnett the cast of The Electric Company take over the studio, to fill
Bill Beutel an hour of programming on ABC while the studio staff is
Jim Henson’s Muppets on break.
(performed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll
Spinney, Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt) A member of the Electric Company cast, Rita Moreno,
received an Emmy nomination in 1975 for her participa-
Composer(s) Joe Raposo tion in the show in the category of Outstanding Continu-
Production ing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or
Music.
Executive David Connell
producer(s)
Producer(s) Norton W. Wright
External links
• "Out To Lunch" at Muppet Wiki
Running 60 mins.
time • Out to Lunch at the Internet Movie Database
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• Sesame Street features
• The Electric Company (TV series)
• American television specials
• American Broadcasting Company network shows
• ABC News
• 1974 television specials
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