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    Frank Oz, Paul Williams and David Goelz remember 'Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas,' the Jim Henson-directed Muppet musical

    by Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times Dec 14, 2018 5 minutes

    Emmet Otter is not the most famous Muppet in Jim Henson's universe of characters. But Hollywood will still embrace the occasional second act, and the leader of the Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band in 1977 TV special "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" is now a part of the revival circuit.

    Four decades after the show originally aired on a then-fledgling HBO, Henson's hourlong TV musical will see its first-ever theatrical release this month alongside another Henson holiday special, "The Bells of Fraggle Rock." Screenings will occur Sunday in approximately 600 theaters nationwide.

    The music from "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," entirely composed by Grammy-winning songwriter Paul Williams, has also just been issued on CD and to music streaming services through the Music.Film Recordings imprint. Williams couldn't be happier that the songs of Emmet and his townsfolk pals including Doc Bullfrog, Pop-Eyed Catfish

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