Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (TV 1977) 7.7
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas. Director:Jim Henson |
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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (TV 1977) 7.7
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas. Director:Jim Henson |
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| Jerry Nelson | ... |
Emmet Otter /
Weasel /
Doc Bullfrog /
Melissa Rabbit /
Yancy Woodchuck
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| Frank Oz | ... |
Chuck
(voice)
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Marilyn Sokol | ... |
Ma Otter
(voice)
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| Dave Goelz | ... |
Wendel /
Pop-eyed Catfish /
Will Possum
(voice)
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Richard Hunt | ... |
Charlie /
Lizard /
George Rabbit
(voice)
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Eren Ozker | ... |
Gretchen Fox /
Hetty Muskrat /
Mrs. Mink /
Old Lady Possum
(voice)
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Emmet Otter and his Ma are dirt-poor, but very happy and good singers. But as Christmas is around the corner, both of them want to get something special for each other. And the talent show prize is $50! So, Ma gets a song ready, and Emmet forms a jug-band with his friends. But the Riverbottom Gang, a bunch of rich kids with killer electric band equipment are going to be tough competition. Written by Kathy Li
The brilliance of Jim Henson was that he could make schmaltz without seeming schmaltzy. This is an unabashedly sentimental movie (as one would expect a Christmas special to be) and it succeeds in drawing you into its sentiment, but it never loses that quirky edge that made his Muppets so much more interesting than most programming directed (ostensibly) at children. Who else could pull off making the antagonist an evil teddy bear who sings in a heavy metal band? Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas is my favorite Muppet movie.