The 48-minute Christmas special delivers the kind of amusing and sweet Muppety charm that we’ve come to know and love from ...

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977) is a heartwarming holiday special about a poor otter family, who struggles to make ends meet during Christmas. Despite their hardships, they remain optimistic ...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in ...

Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas is presented by OFC Creations (Broadway in Brighton Series) and is directed by ...

Fans have extolled the virtues of Jim Henson's adaptation of Russell and Lillian Hoban's book over generations, broadening awareness so much that in recent years there have been special edition DVDs, ...

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas may not be the most famous holiday musical — or even really famous at all. The 1977 television Christmas special from Jim Henson is now probably best known for the ...

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 ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: It’s a peaceful morning in Frogtown Hollow. A fresh layer of snow blankets the earth, and the river is frozen silent. Chilly water drips quietly from icicles stretching ...

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, ...

The Christmas Jug Band — “the kings of 100% acoustic folk-skiffle-swing holiday high jinks” — recently released their first album of new material in a decade. The band will bring “Live from the West ...