Rocky Mountain Holiday

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]}

Rocky Mountain Holiday
Album cover
Soundtrack album by John Denver and The Muppets
Released	May 1983
Genre	Country folk
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Milton Okun Barney Wyckoff John Denver
John Denver chronology
Seasons of the Heart (1982) Rocky Mountain Holiday (1982) It's About Time (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Rocky Mountain Holiday
Also known as	Rocky 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 composer	John Denver
Country of origin	United States
Production
Producers	John Denver Jim Henson Barney Wyckoff
Editor	Peter Rudoy
Production company	Henson Associates
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	May 12, 1983 (1983-05-12)

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

• 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.