Rocky Mountain Holiday

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Rocky Mountain Holiday
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ReleasedMay 1983
Genre Country folk
Label RCA Records
Producer
John Denver chronology
Seasons of the Heart
(1982)
Rocky Mountain Holiday
(1982)
It's About Time
(1983)
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Rocky Mountain Holiday
Also known asRocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and The Muppets
Genre Family film
Television special
Created by Henson Associates
John-Jer Productions
Written by Jon Stone
Joseph A. Bailey
Directed by Jim Henson
Starring John Denver
Muppet performers:
Jim Henson
Frank Oz
Jerry Nelson
Dave Goelz
Richard Hunt
Steve Whitmire
Karen Prell
Kathryn Mullen
Theme music composerJohn Denver
Country of originUnited States
Production
ProducersJohn Denver
Jim Henson Barney Wyckoff
EditorPeter Rudoy
Production company Henson Associates
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMay 12, 1983 (1983-05-12)

Rocky Mountain Holiday is a television special and a soundtrack album of songs from the special, performed by American singer-songwriter John Denver and The Muppets. The show has Denver playing host to the extended Muppet family; he takes them up into the scenic Rockies for an excursion that includes fishing, hiking, and camping. The soundtrack album was released in May 1983, and the special itself aired May 12, 1983, on ABC. In 1984, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, but lost to Michael Jackson's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial storybook.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Album track listing

  1. "Hey Old Pal" – John Denver, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, and the Cast
  2. "Grandma’s Feather Bed" – Kermit the Frog and the Cast
  3. "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" – Kermit the Frog, Janice, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Scooter, Gonzo the Great, Miss Piggy, and the Cast
  4. "Catch Another Butterfly" – John Denver
  5. "Down by the Old Mill Stream" John Denver and the Cast
  6. "Durango Mountain Caballero" – John Denver
  7. "Gone Fishin’" - John Denver and Floyd Pepper
  8. "Medley: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Happy Trails" – John Denver and Miss Piggy
  9. "Poems, Prayers and Promises"- John Denver and the Cast
  10. "Take 'em Away" – The Jug Band
  11. "Going Camping" – John Denver and the Cast
  12. "Home on the Range" – John Denver and Rowlf the Dog
  13. "No One Like You" – John Denver

Plot

John Denver takes the Muppets camping.

Cast

The Muppet performers

Home video

Rocky Mountain Holiday was released by Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment division on VHS and DVD on August 26, 2003. A scene from the original broadcast in which Denver pilots a plane with Rowlf the Dog to cure the dog of his hiccups was cut for the home video release, out of respect for Denver who died in a plane crash in 1997.

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