[1] The special was an unsold pilot episode for a series, Tattertown, about a place where everything discarded in the world came alive.

A high-strung, self-absorbed young girl named Debbie opens a magic book, sucking her, a stuffed dog, and her doll Miss Muffet into the realm of Tattertown, a Fleischeresque world where discarded items come to life.

Miss Muffet rejoices at her newfound sentience and freedom until Debbie attempts to reassert her dominance.

Sidney the Spider, a villain who had previously made failed attempts at conquering Tattertown, takes Muffet to the "Deadster Zone", the home of "unsavory characters" such as war toys and weapons, to recruit the denizens into her army.

She recruits Mr. Tannenbaum, a stereotypically Jewish evergreen merchant, to serve as the Christmas tree.