movie

1977 · Canada, United States

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 53 min
Age rating: NR
Language: English
Country: Canada, United States

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.

The story

A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

holiday
puppet
contest
puppetry
christmas
otter
talent competition
anthropomorphic puppets
gift of the magi
jug-band

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Eren Ozker — Gretchen Fox / Hetty Muskrat / Mrs. Mink / Old Lady Possum (
Jim Henson — Kermit the Frog / Harrison Fox / Harvey / Snake (voice)
Dave Goelz — Wendell / Pop-eyed Catfish / Will Possum (voice)

Directed: Jim Henson
Written: Jerry Juhl

Production

Rating: 6.9 / 10 · 82 ratings
Studio: The Jim Henson Company, Henson Associates, CBC, Parents' Magazine Films, Inc., Westfall Productions

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.