''Pinocchio'' is a 1976 made-for-TV musical starring

Sandy Duncan Sandra Kay Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American actress, comedian, dancer and singer. She is known for her performances in the Broadway revival of ''Peter Pan'' and in the sitcom ''The Hogan Family''. Duncan has been nominated for thr ...

in the title role and

Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; yi, דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and ...

as Geppetto. It was first broadcast March 27, 1976 on

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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 Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' is presented as a subplay with the young girl (Sandy Duncan) as Pinocchio and her father (Danny Kaye) as Geppetto.

Cast

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Geppetto Geppetto ( , ), also known as Mister Geppetto, is an Italian fictional character in the 1883 novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio ...

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Don Correia Donald Correia (born August 28, 1951) is an American dancer, actor and choreographer of American stage, film and television. He has been married to actress Sandy Duncan since July 21, 1980. He was nominated in 1986 for the Tony Award for Best ...

... Candlewick's Mate * Ben Lokey ... Dancer * Gary Morgan ...

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* 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

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for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming, one for Costume Design (

Bill Hargate Bill Hargate (1935–2003) was an American costume designer, known for his work on stage and screen. He won four Emmy Awards, including one for his work on the series ''Murphy Brown.''

) and another for Videotape Editing. It was also nominated for Emmys for Outstanding Children's Special and Outstanding Makeup (designed by

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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,

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telecast ''

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'' with Kaye as Captain Hook and

Mia Farrow Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow ( ; born February 9, 1945) is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera '' Peyton Place'' and gained further recognition for her subsequent ...

in the title role.

Ron Field Ron Field (October 18, 1933 – February 6, 1989) was an American choreographer, dancer, and director. Life and career Field was born in New York City, New York where he made his Broadway debut as a child in ''Lady in the Dark'' (1941) with Ge ...

was

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Home media

''Pinocchio'' was released on

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on October 24, 2000.Pinocchio (1976 TV musical) at Amazon
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References

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