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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The puppet cast of Jim Henson's popular 1977 Christmas special, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. (Photo: Sony Home Pictures ...

American songwriter Paul Williams has touched a lot of hearts through his work in music. But beyond his better-known songs with groups like Daft Punk or The Carpenters, Williams has worked extensively ...

Originally airing in 1977, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is a unique holiday television special. Directed by Jim Henson, the special is based on Russell Hoban’s 1971 children’s book of the same ...

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, ...

Thanks to new Muppet wizardry and sophisticated songs by Paul Williams, Jim Henson’s Christmas special is just as enchanting and enduring as those of The Grinch and Rudolph. By Seth Abramovitch Senior ...

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 ...

I stumbled upon my favorite Christmas movie, “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas,” while flipping the channels as a kid. At a time when I was just getting to know the Muppets and Jim Henson’s world ...

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.