008 - Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas ("A Triangle Of Burger") (w/ Patrick S. Barry)

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 5 a.m.

b"Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas was a holiday-appropriate joint production between the Jim Henson Company and the CBC in Toronto. The TV special was a Muppet-driven adaptation of the 1971 children's book of the same name, and featured original songs written by legendary songwriter and frequent Henson collaborator Paul Williams. It aired in 1977 to major critical praise, and has gone down as a beloved progenitor to the far more successful Muppet Movie two years later.

On this episode of Hell Is A Musical, Lilz and Scott unearth this much-loved piece of Muppet history, and remain thoroughly perplexed by it. Joining them is Lilz' Jukebox Zeroes co-host and singer-songwriter Patrick S. Barry, for an episode full of Gift Of The Magi-references, Frank Oz abuse, and an important lesson about the non-denominational magic of Captain Winter.

...with Lilz & Scott!"