Rocky Mountain Holiday

Rocky Mountain Holiday
Soundtrack album by John Denver and The Muppets
Released	November 1982
Label	RCA
Producer	Milton Okun, Barney Wyckoff, John Denver
John Denver chronology
Seasons of the Heart (1982) Rocky Mountain Holiday (1982) It's About Time (1983)

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Rocky Mountain Holiday is a television special and a soundtrack album of songs from the show, 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, Fraggles and the Cast
2. "Grandma’s Feather Bed" - Kermit the Frog, Fraggles and the Cast
3. "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" - Kermit the Frog, Janice, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Scooter, Gonzo the Great, Miss Piggy, Loretta Callisto, Fraggles and the Cast
4. "Catch Another Butterfly" - John Denver
5. "Down By The Old Mill Stream" John Denver, Loretta Callisto, Fraggles and the Cast
6. "Durango Mountain Caballero" - John Denver and Loretta Callisto
7. "Gone Fishin’" John Denver and Sgt. Floyd Pepper

Side two

1. "Medley: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Happy Trails" - John Denver and Miss Piggy
2. "Poems, Prayers And Promises"- John Denver, Leo Callisto and the Cast
3. "Take ‘em Away" - The Jug Band with Miles Callisto and Leo Callisto
4. "Going Camping" - John Denver, Loretta Callisto, Fraggles and the Cast
5. "Home on the Range" - John Denver and Rowlf the Dog
6. "No One Like You" - Madame Phoebe Callisto
7. Fraggle Rock Closing Theme

Plot

John Denver takes the Muppets and the Fraggles and the Callistos camping. Madame Phoebe Callisto is wearing Princess Leia's bikini for the trip. She sets her warm heart to start her heart sounds. Madame Phoebe Callisto's heart is thumping dramatically in her chest, seeing her skin upwards in a cookie-cutter heart shape, and she starts Belly Dancing and singing “Supernova Girl” to her Daughter Loretta. She loves it.

Cast

• John Denver as Johnny Denver

The Muppet performers

• Jerry Nelson as Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Camilla the Chicken and Slim Wilson
• Dave Goelz as Gonzo the Great, Zoot and Lubbock Lou
• Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Gramps
• Steve Whitmire as Rizzo the Rat and Giant Man-Eating Chicken
• Kathryn Mullen
• Karen Prell
• Richard Hunt as Scooter, Janice, Statler and Bubba
• Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Waldorf and Zeke
• Cullen McCarthy as Miles Callisto
• Fiona Bishop as Loretta Callisto
• Olivia Munn as Madame Phoebe Callisto
• Tom Kenny as Leo Callisto

Crew

• Muppet Performers: With Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Richard Hunt, Jim Henson, Cullen McCarthy, Fiona Bishop, Olivia Munn, Tom Kenny
• Producer: Lawrence S. Mirkin
• Director: Jim Henson
• Writers: Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey
• Associate Producers: Al Lowenstein, Martin G. Baker
• Musical Consultant: Ray Charles
• Musical Director: Don Gillis
• Music and Lyrics by: Philip Balsam, Dennis Lee (author)
• Senior Script Coordinator: Jocelyn Stevenson
• Art Directors: Gene McAvoy, Robert Hackborn
• Director of Photography: George Reisenberger
• Production Manager: Andy Corwin
• Production Associate: Barney Wyckoff
• Stage Manager: Carl Lauten
• Setting Designed by: William Beeton
• Conceptual Designer: Michael K. Frith
• Muppet Design Consultant: Bonnie Erickson
• Muppets by: Caroly Wilcox, Tim Miller, Connie Peterson, Mimi Kingsley, Cheryl Blalock, Rollin Krewson, Polly Smith, Barbara Davis, Deborah Lombardi
• Muppet Special Effects Directors: Faz Fazakas, Dick Loveless, Tom Newby, Larry Jameson
• Assistant to Producer: Stephanie Chaffin
• Editorial Assistant: Susan Juhl
• Production Coordinator: Gregory J. Gettas
• CBC Manager: John Dimon
• Floor Managers: Wayne Moss, Allan Wylie
• Production Assistants: Ritamarie Peruggi, Heather Casey, Carroll Hicks, Linda Bain
• Assistant Art Director: David Kelly
• Technical Supervisors: Tom Kyle, Bob Kaufman
• Technical Director/Video: John Field
• Technical Producer: Gerry Lee
• Switcher: Harley Walker
• Lighting Director: Gordon Luker
• Audio: Doug Nelson, Dietmar Niemietz, Brian Radford
• Recording Engineer: Roger Nichols
• Sound Effects: Floyd Burrell
• VTR Editor: Hamilton Walker
• Cameramen: George Clements, Dave Levisohn, John King, Tim Rohal, Ron Manson
• Audio Assistant: Murray Siegel
• Gaffer: Dennis Rudge
• Videotape Editor: Peter Rudoy
• Set Decoration: Stephen Finnie, Eric Gilks
• Special Effects: George Clark, Tim McElcheran
• Staging Crewleader: Ron Robinson
• Construction Crew Chiefs: Derrick Eldridge, Robert Liivoja
• Unit Managers: Barry Smith, Kim Hester
• Creative Consultants: Jocelyn Stevenson, Duncan Kenworthy
• Creative Producer: Jerry Juhl
• Executive in Charge of Production: Diana Birkenfield
• Executive Producers: Jerry Weintraub, Jim Henson

Home media releases

The special was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on VHS and DVD on August 26, 2003. The video is released by Walt Disney Home Video on VHS.

References

External links

• Rocky Mountain Holiday at the Internet Movie Database