Film

Free to Be... a Family

8.819881hComedy Documentary TV Movie

Director: Gary Halvorson
Year: 1988

Seminal TV special about two groups of children, one in New York City and the other in Moscow, who befriend each other over a satellite connection and find common ground. The Muppets and several celebrities make a cameo.

Top cast

Jon Bon Jovi

Self - Host

Mel Brooks

Self

Kevin Clash

Elmo / Unemployed Bear (voice)

Phil Donahue

Self

Whoopi Goldberg

Self

Jim Henson

Kermit the Frog (voice)

Penn Jillette

Self

Frank Oz

Miss Piggy (voice)

Gilda Radner

Self

Carly Simon

Self

Teller

Self

Marlo Thomas

Self

Lily Tomlin

Self

Robin Williams

Self

Donald Faison

Self

Directed by

Gary Halvorson

Written by

Norman Stiles, Sarah Durkee, Christopher Cerf