''Pinocchio'' is a 1976 made-for-TV musical starring Sandy Duncan in the title role and

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as Geppetto. It was first broadcast March 27, 1976 on CBS and rerun on April 18, 1977.

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

* Sandy Duncan ... Pinocchio *

... Geppetto * Clive Revill ... Coachman * Don Correia ... Candlewick's Mate * Ben Lokey ... Dancer * Gary Morgan ... Candlewick * Roy Smith ... Candlewick's Mate *

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Musical numbers

# "Talking to Myself" - Geppetto # "What's That?" - Pinocchio, Geppetto and ensemble # "I Like It" - Pinocchio and ensemble # "The Money Tree" - Fox and Cat # "M-O-R-E" - Fox, Cat and Pinocchio # "Look at Me Now" - Geppetto and ensemble # "If I Could Start All Over, Would I?" - Pinocchio # "Fun, Fun, Fun" - Pinocchio and ensemble"Fun, Fun, Fun"
sung by Sandy Duncan and ensemble, YouTube # "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 (

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) 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

and costarring a female as a young boy. On December 12, 1976, NBC telecast '' Peter Pan'' with Kaye as Captain Hook and

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in the title role. Ron Field was choreographer.

Home media

''Pinocchio'' was released on DVD on October 24, 2000.Pinocchio (1976 TV musical) at Amazon
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