https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKp5A9j06foWhat do you think about Emmet Otter?
>>146830843I used to hate this when it would come on tv when I was a kidI always turned the channel. I guess “hate” is too strong a word but …it was kind of boring
Not very fuckable, are they?
>>146830843Watch it every year for the last while. Even have the Riverbottom Nightmare Band song on my year round playlist
>>146831862>>146832664>>146833587HE PUT A HOLE IN THE WASHTUB.CRUCIFY HIM!
>>146830843It's comfy but as I got older I began to realize just how fucking irresponsible Emmett and his Mom were for pawning the toolbox and destroying the washtub which were their two sources of income on a gamble.Yeah I get that it's the 'gift of the magi' with Muppets but still...
>>146830843The riverbottom band were the best part for sure. i wish they had their own special or even show.
Too schmaltzy (and not the fun type of schmaltzy that Muppet Family Christmas had)
>>146831874>Not wanting to make sweet tender love to Alice Otter and be Emmet's caring step father
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGVsyQXAF6U
>>146830843Anyone have the philfog 30th anniversary fan edit?
>>146830843>Who are they Ma?
>>146830843classic. Very sweet>>146830999i know how this is. when I was a kid, I wasn't as into the gushy emotional simple children's story stuff. it had to have some edge. Muppet Frog Prince had edge.But I think this one did too! Riverbottom Nightmare Band kicked ass.>>146831874well, they do appear to be sea otters despite being in a freshwater setting.>>146839334Riverbottom vs Electric Mayhem when?
>>146846982should have kept Oz's voice.
The outtakes are funny. "All she needs is a bottle of Ripple." https://youtu.be/OGVsyQXAF6U
>>146830843>Golly! It's a talent contest, at the town hall, on Christmas Eve!
>>146830843Poor Emmet's never gonna keep his wife
>>146860721how's that
>>146861701i am very confused
>>146862848they cut this part out of some releases, right
>>146837702They did that 'because Pa would've', and Pa was a horrible businessman who gambled his fortune on snake oil and struck out.
>>146837702>>146865479yeahhhh>>146865433you ever watch that sequence and ask yourself how the puppetry worked? several of them look impossible, and you get so many angles that would logically expose the puppeteer's arm
>>146839367You people are just nasty so you hate good and kind things.
>>146865948Everytime. I wish there was a behind the scenes making of.
>>146830843I think the bloober reel is some of the funniest muppets material ever produced.>>146846982Yeah, that's the stuff!
>>146871167they need to always release that shit
>>146873979dassa cute otter
>>146830843Cool
>>146878541the lizard and snake guys were regular felt muppets but with scales made of hot glue then painted
>>146882389oh it's based on a book?
>>146884139Yes, the authors were literally credited at the start.
>>146884559ohhh yeah
>>146830843https://youtu.be/1iG_d0tgZEY?si=CXTw503gfmVqKKgZ
>>146884139
>Lepidopter's Bug Band Christmas
>>146886024i looked it up, interesting that they were originally from "Riverbend" and their SONG contained the words "River bottom"
>>146886500aww he gave her top billing in this publishing
>>146830843For some reason hippies had an ironic thing for this jug band music that people don't really talk about today
>>146888517henson and especially nelson were definitely way into folksy music in a hippie kinda way. i like that.
>>146852283https://fanedit.org/emmet-otter-s-jugband-christmas-30th-anniversary-edition/
>>146888611what's this improve on? kinda cleanup n stuff?
>>146888624>Using the HBO, ABC and the official DVD version, this is the longest, most complete version of this memorable Muppet Christmas special. So, if you like your dancing rabbits, but miss “fall off the dock”, then this is for you.>Philfrog is proud to present this classic Jim Henson TV special in its most complete form ever, using all of the bits unique to each of the two officially-released edits (and all the different releases and recuts of each one). As a bonus, one scene has been cleverly extended to include the complete “Bathing Suit” song, with verses previously unused in the two official versions of this special. With every line, lyric, and Kermit the Frog segment intact, this is “Emmet Otter” as it deserves to be seen for generations to come.
>>146888649brillianti had no idea it was this compricated.
waithow do you actually watch it
>>146888649Is this the one on Tubi? It's 53 minutes
>>146888700if it's fanmade, how can it be on anything
>>146888700While Kermit is in the current official upload cuts, it's just his framing segments but not the narration that goes on over the whole story.
so nobody knows the place to find the good versionit's not on wcostream or anything
>>146889271did they make figures of the Nightmare?
>>146856487There's an Emmet Otter in The Goon's universe. Neat!Now do The Goon in Emmet Otter's universe!
>>146889837We get it. She can't draw. Let us enjoy it anyway.
>>146830843Sometimes I’ll just blurt out to myself, “Riverbottom Nightmare Band.” It’s just the way the wolf says it.
>>146889899What is wrong with the illustrations? They look exactly as I what would expect they would look from a book illustrated in '71.
>>146830843>Hey fellas! Chuck's hungry!
>>146890938I'm not hungry. I'm HUUUNGREEEE!
>>146889899She draws better than many children's book illustrators. Is it really worse than Beatrix Potter or Uncle Remus artwork?
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>>146894471Look at how they massacred my boy Chuck.
>>146890244I thought he was a bearokay i've checked, he's a stoat. which is kind of hilarious
>>146890258also makes me nostalgic for Achewoodsafe to say there was some inspiration there?
>>146894035whoa, the first time he's actually been drawn as a RIVER otter.
>>146894471nice. though technically the band's name is just The Nightmare, right
>Weeeee're travelin' musicianswait that's a different one
https://archive.org/details/jim-hensons-emmet-otters-jug-band-christmas-1977
>>146896467this is not the fanmade perfect one, rightnot that it matters since watching shit on archive.org is like watching videos on dialup
>>146898777that's the best they could do posing his legs?
>>146831874Those rabbits at the talent show are sort of hot.
>>146830843Cute
This special is to wholesome for 4chan.
Ma had a beautiful voice and that's all I need to want to breed.
>>146905808she's a little old for that, but might have a few pups left in herI think she was funnier as Frank Oz but the serious moments might have been spoiled.
I saw part of this on NBC back when I was a kid in the 80's and I remember something really sad about one part...but I can't remember it. Guess I'll watch.
>>146906013i wish we could find that one version everyone says is the best one, fan-edited-together from the best versions
>>146906038i'm amazed not one person has a mega or anything for that.the forum is like "just make an account and PM someone" fuck that noise.
>>146906013I remember watching this when it first came out. I found it rather somber and slightly depressing throughout until the end. But my take away was that Good prevails in the end.
>>146907246the lesson's clear to me>Don't take stupid risks that rely on a lot of luck to pay back the person you stole from>being the protagonist doesn't mean you're going to win. Firstly, what if there's two protagonists and only one of you can win? Secondly, there will always be someone bigger and better from out of town.
you'd think someone would have figured out by now how to make a standup bass without using a washtub
>>146916184i love how Stan is just an oldtimey sock puppet. fuckin Hush Puppy.
>>146909218The setting is REALLY rural, and it's the early 70's. Possibly earlier. Nobody there is trying to re-design the wheel. They use what they know. If it was good enough for their grandparents, it's good enough for them
>>146907197I'm REALLY surprised it isn't on Archive.org.
>>146917654necessity is the mother of invention, and not ruining his mom's livelihood was a powerful motivator to find another way to attach a heavy resonant metal object to a pole.>>146917675i guess archiving a fan edit doesn't make a lot of sense and they're being attacked hard enough as-is
>>146830843Thanks for whoever made this thread. It makes me happy to know other people remember this film. It was a family tradition to watch Emmet Otter's Jug Band every Christmas.
>>146924060Ah...looks like the old "jangling puppets with independently controlled heads, arms, and legs on a black background" bit from Sesame Street and Labyrinth.
>>146916287To be fair, that was EVERY puppet on Lamb Chop. They were just dressed up to better hide the fact. Except Hush Puppy, that loveable half-wit.
>>146924417yeah that's true. it was just most noticeable with hush puppy. and also his... posture.. his mouth posture.. was more in line with Stan.
