Rocky Mountain Holiday Explained

Rocky Mountain Holiday
Type:	soundtrack
Artist:	John Denver and The Muppets
Cover:	John Denver Rocky Mountain Holiday album cover.jpg
Caption:	Album cover
Released:	November 1982
Label:	RCA Records
Producer:	Milton Okun, Barney Wyckoff, John Denver

Alt Name:	Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and The Muppets
Genre:	Family film Television special
Creator:	Henson Associates John-Jer Productions
Director:	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 Composer:	John Denver
Country:	United States
Producer:	John Denver Jim Henson Barney Wyckoff
Editor:	Peter Rudoy
Company:	Henson Associates
Network:	ABC

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 November 1982, 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.

Album track listing

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Medley: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Happy Trails" – John Denver and Miss Piggy
2. "Poems, Prayers and Promises"- John Denver and the Cast
3. "Take 'em Away" – The Jug Band
4. "Going Camping" – John Denver and the Cast
5. "Home on the Range" – John Denver and Rowlf the Dog
6. "No One Like You" – John Denver

Plot

John Denver takes the Muppets camping.

Cast

• John Denver as himself

The Muppet performers

• Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Waldorf, and Zeke
• Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Gramps
• Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Camilla the Chicken, and Slim Wilson
• Richard Hunt as Scooter, Janice, Statler, and Bubba
• Dave Goelz as Gonzo the Great, Zoot, and Lubbock Lou
• Steve Whitmire as Rizzo the Rat and the Giant Man-Eating Chicken
• Kathryn Mullen
• Karen Prell

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.