Pinocchio is a 1976 made-for-TV musical starring Sandy Duncan in the title role and Danny Kaye as Geppetto.

[1] 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.

Pinocchio won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming, one for Costume Design (Bill Hargate) and another for Videotape Editing.

In 1976, this was the first of two TV musical adaptations of a children's classic starring Danny Kaye and costarring a female as a young boy.

On December 12, 1976, NBC telecast Peter Pan with Kaye as Captain Hook and Mia Farrow in the title role.