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Emmet Otter reboot by "Brait"! (where's the braid, Brait?)
https://slate.com/culture/2019/10/bret-mckenzie-muppet-emmet-otter-jug-band-christmas-reboot.html
Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie will be writing the script and music for a new version of the 1977 Jim Henson Christmas special Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, Variety reports.
The original special, an adaptation of a 1971 children’s book written by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Lillian Hoban, was produced by Henson in collaboration with the CBC and aired on Canadian TV in 1977. After failing to find a home at an American network, Henson sold it to HBO for a 1978 U.S. television debut; two years and one ACE award later, it trickled down to ABC. The story, a riff on “The Gift of the Magi” in which an economically downtrodden family of otters enters a talent show in hopes of winning money to buy Christmas presents, was a natural fit for the art of Muppetry, especially once Henson added songs from “Rainbow Connection” songwriter Paul Williams. Here’s a taste of the original jug-band performing an ode to barbecue:
Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie will be writing the script and music for a new version of the 1977 Jim Henson Christmas special Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, Variety reports.
The original special, an adaptation of a 1971 children’s book written by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Lillian Hoban, was produced by Henson in collaboration with the CBC and aired on Canadian TV in 1977. After failing to find a home at an American network, Henson sold it to HBO for a 1978 U.S. television debut; two years and one ACE award later, it trickled down to ABC. The story, a riff on “The Gift of the Magi” in which an economically downtrodden family of otters enters a talent show in hopes of winning money to buy Christmas presents, was a natural fit for the art of Muppetry, especially once Henson added songs from “Rainbow Connection” songwriter Paul Williams. Here’s a taste of the original jug-band performing an ode to barbecue:
Emmet Otter and FOTC!