Scrooge allows them the day off, but it pains him terribly to do so. Cratchit explains that there will be no other businesses open for them to work with. Scrooge throws a wreath at the poor bunny.Ĭratchit is elected by the rats to ask Scrooge for Christmas Day off from work. The homeless Bean Bunny comes to the shop door, hoping to receive a donation from Scrooge for singing a carol. He also says that if they die, it will decrease the surplus population. He rudely dismisses the men saying there are poor houses and debtors’ prisons that he already pays for with taxes. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker) come to ask Scrooge for a donation.
Scrooge looks down on his nephew for being poor. Scrooge’s only living relative, his nephew Fred (Steven Mackintosh), arrives to invite his uncle to Christmas dinner. Cratchit asks for more coal for the fire, and Scrooge threatens to fire them all. Scrooge thinks people spending money on Christmas is a frivolity. Cratchit reminds Scrooge that the next day is Christmas, making this day Christmas Eve. This interaction puts Scrooge in the mood to send eviction notices the next day. The other clerks, all rats, jump back to work in their ledge books. Scrooge ignores Applegate’s pleas and tosses the man into the street. Scrooge ignores the man and goes directly to his head clerk, Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog). Applegate is waiting to ask Scrooge about his past due payments on his mortgage. Dickens uses Rizzo to clean the window so they can watch the goings on inside. Scrooge arrives at the countinghouse of Scrooge and Marley. The song tells that Scrooge is a vicious slumlord. A team of muppets sings about the cold-heartedness of Scrooge. Scrooge comes around the corner and darkens the mood. In life, the brothers were partners with Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Dickens begins telling that the Marley brothers are dead.
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST MUPPETS MOVIE
Dickens introduces the movie with the help of Rizzo. The Fraggles are a bane to my existence.Ĭharles Dickens (The Great Gonzo) and Rizzo the Rat sell apples. One of the shops is called “Duncan & Kenworthy.” This is a node to Duncan Kenworthy, one of the creators of Fraggle Songs (1983).
Vendors are selling Christmas turkeys as the holiday is near. The crowd below consists of muppets and humans, but the humans mainly inhabit the background. Story – The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)Ī very familiar story! The credits roll as the camera pans downward to show snow-covered rooftops in Victorian London. I really appreciate the input from you, Classic People. Jerry Nelson puppeteered Tiny Tim, ghost partner Jacob Marley, and the Ghost of Christmas Present.įrank Oz puppeteered Miss Piggy playing Emily Cratchit, Fozzie Bear, who was Fozziewig, Sam the Eagle as a Headmaster, and Animal. Steve Whitmire puppeteered Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, Rizzo the Rat, and Bean Bunny. There were a total of three partners in this version. Let’s leave it with they are all super-talented performers and artists.ĭave Goelz puppeteered The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens and Scrooge’s ghost partner Robert Marley. NewĪt this point, I am not prepared to go into every puppet an individual controlled or the many voices they did. Caine was first covered in another of his greats, The Man Who Would Be King (1975). The undeniably great actor Michael Caine played the role of Scrooge. Actors – The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Returning Michael Caine is astounding in this role, and I will discuss that more in the conclusions. Val Strazovec’s production design offers a droll collection of snowy English rooftops and atmospheric street scenes. …Much of the music is also on the saccharine side, but little children should like that reasonably well, just as they enjoy crowd scenes featuring Muppet vegetables and other talking toys. In this one, some fancy special effects are also used to heighten the audience appeal of the original material…Christmas Past is a small, eerie, wide-eyed nymph and Christmas Present a chortling giant.
Michael Caine stars as Scrooge, playing the role enthusiastically and well… But when this film’s target audience watches the opening credits, don’t be surprised if Fozzie Bear gets a bigger hand than any grown-up could… What you expect - Muppets - is pretty much what you get… “The Muppet Christmas Carol” is not one of those clever children’s films that keep adult escorts from gazing longingly at the exit signs. I think New York Times film critic Janet Maslin missed the point in her December 11, 1992, review, saying in part: On, the film has 76 percent on the Tomatometer and a solid audience score of 86 percent. This film has a 7.7 rating on, which is not too bad for an adult story made generally for children.
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