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Other | 1979
Outstanding Childrens Program | 1981 | Jim
Outstanding Individual Achievement Childrens Programming | 1981
On the documentary about the making of the show on the DVD, singer/composer Paul Williams says that when Jim Henson asked him to write the songs for it, Henson explained that the show was going to be a "trial run" for a proposed Muppet movie to check out whether the Henson company could handle certain technical tasks needed to produce a full-length theatrical feature. When The Muppet Movie (1979) came out two years later, Williams also wrote the songs used in that film.
The scene where the drum rolls past Emmet and Ma Otter took over 200 takes to get right. In 2020, Frank Oz wrote in a tweet about how much fun he and Jerry Nelson had doing the takes.
The song "When the River Meets the Sea" was one of the songs performed at Jim Henson's funeral.
During filming, Frank Oz provided both the puppeteering and voice for Ma Otter. Later, Marilyn Sokol's voice was dubbed over Oz's.
Amy Poehler states that Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas is her favorite Christmas special.
"Chuck: Look at the birds up in the tree. Harvey: We're not birds, we're a jug band!"
"Ma Otter: A person's got to take some chances or life will never come to nothin'."
