21 Responses to “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas”

1. Nice! It’s not the holiday season without a visit to Frogtown Hollow; one of my all time favorites. Killer soundtrack. Thanks!… as far as I know – never released on vinyl?

   The only other holiday film (‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ aside) that hits my seasonal bulls-eye is ‘Trading Places’.

   1 | b December 6th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

2. abfab, AD! i am covering “When the River Meets the Sea” at a gig I am playing in a few weeks.

   2 | murphy December 6th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

3. How ironic, just bought the dvd a couple weeks ago for my sisters kids and watched it with them over thanksgiving!

   3 | Brooke December 6th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

4. AD earns an INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF STREET CRED with me for posting about my all-time favorite Christmas Special.

   4 | J December 6th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

5. Ahh the holidays, full of hot coca, cold weather, kids eagerly awaiting santa, and people like me eagerly awaiting the AD end of the year list! Hope that comes out sooner than later! I’ll have to add some stuff to my wish list!

   5 | Cody December 7th, 2009 at 1:18 am

6. i watch it every year, though strangely the DVD took all of Kermit’s parts out, he originally was the narrator, bastards. just watching the puppets walk is a holiday tradition, especially the clumsy scene where Emmet and ma on the slide

   6 | Roadside December 7th, 2009 at 7:07 am

7. [...] one of my favorite blogs, Aquarium Drunkard, has MP3s from the movie available for download HERE. Beyond the jugband music is the Deep Purple-esque heavy metal sludge of the River Bottom Nightmare [...]

   7 | Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (Free Music) « Facing the Music December 7th, 2009 at 11:18 am

8. “The original special was hosted by Kermit the Frog; however, later releases edited out the frog’s narration due to legal issues. While The Jim Henson Company retained ownership of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, the company sold the rights to the Muppets (including Kermit) to the Walt Disney Company in 2004.”

   8 | Ujn Hunter December 7th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

9. Not letting me download from either Safari or Firefox.

   9 | Alan December 7th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

10. Fave Xmas thing period. Thank you.

    10 | J December 7th, 2009 at 7:28 pm

11. You just made my wife’s Christmas!

    11 | Log December 7th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

12. That brings back memories.

    12 | woody December 7th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

13. I watch this every Christmas.

    13 | LNA Recs December 8th, 2009 at 12:47 am

14. wow. talk about must have xmas music., goin to play this at my xmas party for sure.

    14 | roger the engineer December 8th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

15. What channel does emmit otter’s jug band christmas play on I haven’t seen it in years?

    15 | so sad December 9th, 2009 at 8:22 pm

16. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this! Apparently My Morning Jacket is going to cover “Closer Now Than Ever Before” (Our World) on an upcoming Muppets tribute:

    http://kidsmusic.about.com/b/2009/09/28/rock-stars-cover-classic-songs-on-muppets-revisited.htm

    16 | Maggie December 10th, 2009 at 3:14 pm

17. Just watched my VHS copy from about 1997 – Kermit makes an appearance at the beginning, but that’s about it.
    Still my favorite ever Christmas special. Not sure why the stupid Rankin/Bass stuff gets played all over the place while this one collects dust. Thanks AD for posting the mp3s!

    17 | Paul December 10th, 2009 at 10:14 pm

18. I think the Hit Entertainment version of the dvd from 2005 has the Kermit parts. Yancey Woodchuck alone makes this probably the greatest holiday soundtrack ever.

    18 | JoeyC December 11th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

19. [...] 2.  Aquarium Drunkard’s got Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas. [...]

    19 | Gyozamonsta’s 3rd Annual Free Holiday Music Roundup « Feet up on the coffee table, drink in hand. December 12th, 2009 at 12:51 pm

20. I have been looking for these songs forever but they don’t work!! Can someone email them to me?!

    20 | Eric January 7th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

21. i read the link for mp3 is for only 14 days, i didn’t catch them either. if anyone has them, can you send them to me, too? skyy_tini at yahoo

    21 | michele January 21st, 2010 at 10:34 am

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