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A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
- Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
Jerry Nelson
- Emmet Otter
- (voice)
- …
Marilyn Sokol
- Ma Otter
- (voice)
Dave Goelz
- Wendell
- (voice)
- …
Richard Hunt
- Charlie
- (voice)
- …
Eren Ozker
- Gretchen Fox
- (voice)
- …
Jim Henson
- Kermit the Frog
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaOn the documentary about the making of the show on the DVD, singer/composer Paul Williams says that when Jim Henson asked him to write the songs for it, Henson explained that the show was going to be a "trial run" for a proposed Muppet movie to check out whether the Henson company could handle certain technical tasks needed to produce a full-length theatrical feature. When The Muppet Movie (1979) came out two years later, Williams also wrote the songs used in that film.
- Alternate versionsThe first two video releases, from 1982 and 1996, both did not include the scene with a group of bunnies dancing at the talent show. Both of these video releases also had a shortened version of "There ain't no hole in the washtub".
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
- SoundtracksThe Old Bathing Suit That Your Grandma Otter Wore
Written by Paul Williams
Featured review
Oct 2005 Release
There's a new, October 2005 release of Emmett's Jugband Christmas. This one contains an excellent 'making-of' video, made sometime in 2005. It contains a 'blooper' segment, also. It also contains clips of the pieces edited out of the original over the years.
Kermit has been removed from this version, released by HIT Entertainment (Kermit is now owned by Disney). Highly recommended, though.
Also included in the 'making-of' are the intricacies of having two 'Mom' performers. The singer first recorded the songs, then Frank Oz had to lip-sync 'Mom' to the songs, then Frank did 'Mom' with his own voice, then the singer had to re-do all of 'Mom's lines in sync with the video. Intricate, but it worked really well.
Kermit has been removed from this version, released by HIT Entertainment (Kermit is now owned by Disney). Highly recommended, though.
Also included in the 'making-of' are the intricacies of having two 'Mom' performers. The singer first recorded the songs, then Frank Oz had to lip-sync 'Mom' to the songs, then Frank did 'Mom' with his own voice, then the singer had to re-do all of 'Mom's lines in sync with the video. Intricate, but it worked really well.
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- pplane
- Dec 13, 2005
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- Los Teleñecos: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
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- Gross US & Canada
- $231,710
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $473,802
- Dec 16, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $231,710
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