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.
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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 The Adventures of Pinocchio is presented as a subplay with the young girl (Sandy Duncan) as Pinocchio and her father (Danny Kaye) as Geppetto.
Cast
Sandy Duncan ... Pinocchio
Danny Kaye ... Geppetto
Clive Revill ... Coachman
Don Correia ... Candlewick's Mate
Ben Lokey ... Dancer
Gary Morgan ... Candlewick
Roy Smith ... Candlewick's Mate
Liz Torres ... Cat
Flip Wilson ... Fox
Musical numbers
"Pinocchio" - Ensemble
"Talking to Myself" - Geppetto
"What's That?" - Pinocchio, Geppetto and ensemble
"I Like It" - Pinocchio and ensemble
"M-O-R-E" - Fox, Cat and Pinocchio
"I'm a No Worried" - Geppetto
"The Money Tree" - Fox, Cat, and Pinocchio
"Look at Me Now" - Geppetto and ensemble
"Fun, Fun, Fun" - Coachman, Pinocchio, and ensemble
"If I Could Start Again" - Pinocchio
"I Want to Go Home" - Pinocchio and Geppetto
"This Little Boy" - Geppetto
"Look at `Em Now" - Geppetto, Pinocchio, ensemble
"Pinocchio (Reprise)" - Ensemble
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.