As with Die fantastische Miss Piggy Show, two German dubs exist of this production. Depending on the dub, the special goes under two different names: Die Große Muppet-Party, subtitled "Jim Henson zu Ehren" ("to honor Jim Henson"), aired twice on ZDF; first on December 14, 1986, and a second time on May 1, 1991. It featured the original voices that were used on Die Muppet Show, while the Sesame Street characters have different voices than the ones used on Sesamstrasse. This was due to location issues: Die Muppet Show and the special were dubbed near Munich, whereas Sesamstrasse is co-produced and dubbed in Hamburg. Big Bird, oddly, is voiced by a female voice artist in this first dub.