Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
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Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree is a 1995 Christmas television special starring Robert Downey Jr., Stockard Channing and Leslie Nielsen, featuring Kermit the Frog as a narrator and various other Muppets created exclusively for the special. It was sponsored by Nabisco and originally aired December 6, 1995 on CBS.
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Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | |
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Based on | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry Kermit the Frog by Jim Henson |
Written by | Mitchell Kriegman |
Directed by | Jon Stone |
Starring | Robert Downey Jr. Stockard Channing Leslie Nielsen |
Narrated by | Kermit the Frog |
Music by | Michael & Patty Silversher |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Michael K. Frith |
Producer | Ritamarie Peruggi |
Cinematography | Tony Cutrono |
Editors | Jason Bielski David Gumpel Mark Oberthaler |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Jim Henson Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | December 6, 1995 (1995-12-06) |
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The special was based on a 1963 book of the same name, by Robert Barry. In 2005, Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree was adapted into a children's theater stage production by the Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre.