John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together

A Christmas Together title card.

Denver narrates a nativity scene.

A Christmas Together is a television special starring John Denver and the Muppets. Based on the album of the same name, this one hour Christmas special was originally produced for ABC and aired on December 5, 1979.

Highlights include:

• Denver and the Muppets sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
• Denver sings "The Pleasure of Your Company."
• Kermit the Frog and Denver reminisce about past Christmases with their friends and families, and sing "The Christmas Wish."
• Miss Piggy confronts Denver in her dressing room about their presumably mutual attraction.
• Denver and Rowlf the Dog sing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
• Denver recites the story of Jesus' birth.
• Miss Piggy, as a doll named Fifi, sings "I Will Wait for You" to Denver, who plays a wooden soldier trying to stay in step with a line of marching soldiers.

The program concludes with Denver and the Muppets singing "Stille Nacht," and children in the audience join in for the English version, "Silent Night."

Credits

• Executive Producer: Jerry Weintraub
• Producer: Bob Finkel
• Director/Choreographer: Tony Charmoli
• Writers: Bob Finkel and Herbert Baker
• Special Material by: Jon Stone
• Host: John Denver
• Muppet Performers: Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, Robert Payne, Brian Muehl, Mike Davis, Cheryl Henson, Phillip Huber

See also

• A Christmas Together (album)
• A Christmas Together (music book)