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What scenes are missing from the Emmet Otters Jug-Band Christmas video?

April 26, 2017christmas emmet MISSING OTTER video

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What scenes are missing from the Emmet Otters Jug-Band Christmas video?

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While the severe edits to Muppet Family Christmas are due to music and lyric rights obtained only for broadcast television (in the United States and Canada), the cuts to Emmet Otter aren’t as easy to explain. It’s possible a different master than the original broascast version was used by Columbia in order to record their video release. They likely removed Ma’s “dock falling” lines in order to make it more “politically correct”. If Columbia did use a different master than the one shown on broadcast television, it’s possible Kermit’s appearance at the end of the special was added later as a last minute addition for the TV debut. The total running time of Columbia’s 1998 video and 2001 DVD release is 50 minutes and 28 seconds.