Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes is an animated television special broadcast on ABC on Monday night, February 21, 1972.

[1] The special was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, a former division of Tomorrow Entertainment, using their "Animagic" stop-motion puppetry technique in Japan, along with some live-action footage shot in Denmark.

[1] Kaye was strongly associated with the author, having previously played the title role in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen.

[1] Kaye sang five original songs written by Maury Laws and Jules Bass: "Come Along with Me", "Clothes Make the Man" with Swift, "The Tailor's Song", "Creation", and "All You Need Is Money to Be Rich" with Coca, while Ritchard sang "I See What I Want to See".

Danny Kaye tells a group of Danish children the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes", from the point of view of Marmaduke, a smooth-talking, yet kindly trickster.

Marmaduke and his sidekick Mufti hear that a million gold pieces will be awarded to the tailor who makes the best clothes for the emperor.

Marmaduke, Mufti and Busky pretend to work on the suit that isn't there, as the emperor tries to educate himself so that he's smart enough to see the cloth.

Jasper tries to arrange a wedding with Jane, but Busky interrupts the procession by laughing and telling the emperor he is naked.

Realizing that she loves Marmaduke, the emperor leads a parade through town to the Boulevard of Rogues, and attends the wedding naked.

Danny Kaye recorded the soundtrack for Rankin/Bass in New York City, filmed the live-action segments in Aarhus, and visited the "Animagic" studio in Tokyo to see the production of the stop-motion animation.