When the holiday season rolls around every year, many turn to their favorite Muppets film or special to get into the spirit. For the Boomers and Gen X, that means 1977's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 40 years after it first warmed television audiences’ hearts, “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” is charming viewers of ...

In 1977, Jim Henson produced a remarkable one-hour television special in Toronto for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Based on a book by Russell Hoban, a fantasy novelist and children’s writer, ...

The puppet cast of Jim Henson's popular 1977 Christmas special, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. (Photo: Sony Home Pictures Entertainment/ The Jim Henson Company) The Muppets had Dr. Teeth and the ...

Based on the beloved television special originally created by legendary puppeteer Jim Henson, the family-friendly musical features music and lyrics by Paul Williams (The Muppet Movie), with a book by ...

Now that the Muppets have came back in their latest movie, it’s easy to forget that Jim Henson’s best work is “Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas.” If you were a kid in the 1980s, seeing this show on HBO ...

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Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce the cast of its upcoming world premiere production of Jim Henson's classic holiday favorite Emmet ...

Editor's note: Due to multiple positive COVID-19 cases in the company and staff, New 42 announced that all remaining performances of "Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas" have been canceled.