The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

58 mins | Family, Fantasy, TV Movie | Nov. 19, 1984

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

58 mins | Family, Fantasy, TV Movie | Nov. 19, 1984

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers WETA, WQED, KCET, KTCA, South Carolina Educational Television
Original title The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Directors Peter Baldwin
Writers Daniel M. Pinkwater, Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson

Cast

Benny Baker

as Mr. Gluckschen

Vivian Bonnell

as Pamela Reschner, the Mayor's Secretary

Hamilton Camp

as Gibbons

Keene Curtis

as Crandall

Richard Deacon

as City Councilman

Stephanie Edwards

as News Anchor

John P. Finnegan

as Policeman

Alice Ghostley

as Narrator - Mrs. Gluckschen

Arlene Golonka

as Helen Bobowicz

Jerry Houser

as Policeman

Gabe Kaplan

as Anthony DePalma

Bill McLean

as Homeless Man

Clive Revill

as Prof. Mazzocchi

J. Jay Saunders

as Fireman

Van Snowden

as Henrietta the Chicken

Bill Sorrells

as Carl Bobowicz

Dick Van Patten

as Mayor Bagley

Peter Billingsley

as Arthur Bobowicz

Lulee Fisher

as Screaming Woman

Chris Hebert

as George

Helen Geller

as Henrietta the Chicken (voice)