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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977
Comedy, Drama
TV Movie
48m
Emmet Otter and his Ma are poor come Christmas time, unable to buy that special gift for one another. But when a talent show offers a top prize of fifty dollars, they both secretly risk what little they have left to try and top the Riverbottom Gang, the favorite to win the competition.

Directed by:

Jim Henson
Jim-Henson
61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)

Writers:

Russell Hoban
Russell-Hoban
7 total credits
Russell Hoban has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, The Mouse and His Child, Turtle Diary and Deadsy and the Sexo-Chanjo
,
Lillian Hoban
Lillian-Hoban
1 total credit
Lillian Hoban has just 1 credit at Criticker: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Starring:

Frank Oz
Frank-Oz
60 total credits
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz); is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films including the 1986 Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars series... (Wikipedia)
,
Jim Henson
Jim-Henson
61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
,
Dave Goelz
Dave-Goelz
34 total credits
Dave Goelz has 34 credits at Criticker, including: The Dark Crystal, The Muppets, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie and Muppet Treasure Island
,
Marilyn Sokol
Marilyn-Sokol
4 total credits
Marilyn Sokol has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Basketball Diaries, Crocodile Dundee II, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas and Something Short of Paradise
,
Jerry Nelson
Jerry-Nelson
28 total credits
Jerry Nelson has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie, Muppet Treasure Island, The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper
,
Richard Hunt
Richard-Hunt
17 total credits
Richard Hunt has 17 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Show and Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
,
Eren Ozker
Eren-Ozker
2 total credits
Eren Ozker has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

AKA:

Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977
Comedy, Drama
TV Movie
48m
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Avg Percentile 63.47% from 88 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Avg Percentile 63.47% from 88 total ratings
Rated 12 Dec 2015
70
56th
It feels like classic Henson, but no more so than The Muppets. In fact, I'm a bigger fan of the Muppets. It's definitely a passion project of sorts, and it definitely has its merits, including adorable and nostalgic puppetry, but I feel like I did not get the whole experience by being able to rewatch it as a movie from my childhood. Still a nice little film, but it's no Muppets Show.
Rated 06 Dec 2023
7
66th
Very charming, if dated. The puppetry and visuals are perfect, completely engrossing you in its cozy, oddly-bittersweet atmosphere of rural, pseudo-turn-of-the-century small town Americana populated by furry talking critters.
Rated 16 Dec 2022
80
79th
O Henry meets the Muppets. Completely sappy, but the songs are very good (even the tonally different Nightmare Band). The best part was the often-wrong YouTube subtitles, including when Ma says "It's a nice [branch], Emmet," which comes out as "It's a nice one, dammit."
Rated 18 Mar 2012
69
73rd
I prefer The Muppets but this is a decent little holiday film.
Rated 11 Mar 2010
73
78th
Worth it for the Riverbottom Nightmare Band.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Jim Henson
Jim-Henson
61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)

Writers:

Russell Hoban
Russell-Hoban
7 total credits
Russell Hoban has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, The Mouse and His Child, Turtle Diary and Deadsy and the Sexo-Chanjo
,
Lillian Hoban
Lillian-Hoban
1 total credit
Lillian Hoban has just 1 credit at Criticker: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Starring:

Frank Oz
Frank-Oz
60 total credits
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz); is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films including the 1986 Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars series... (Wikipedia)
,
Jim Henson
Jim-Henson
61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
,
Dave Goelz
Dave-Goelz
34 total credits
Dave Goelz has 34 credits at Criticker, including: The Dark Crystal, The Muppets, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie and Muppet Treasure Island
,
Marilyn Sokol
Marilyn-Sokol
4 total credits
Marilyn Sokol has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Basketball Diaries, Crocodile Dundee II, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas and Something Short of Paradise
,
Jerry Nelson
Jerry-Nelson
28 total credits
Jerry Nelson has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie, Muppet Treasure Island, The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper
,
Richard Hunt
Richard-Hunt
17 total credits
Richard Hunt has 17 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Show and Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
,
Eren Ozker
Eren-Ozker
2 total credits
Eren Ozker has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

AKA:

Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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