From IMDB trivia: "The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Sir Michael Caine actively pursued the role of Ebenezer Scrooge when he heard that it was going into production. He had missed out on a guest star role on the TV series The Muppet Show (1976) which was shot in the UK while he was living as a tax exile in the US at the time. However friends and colleagues he knew who had guested on it such as Sir Roger Moore, John Cleese, Peter Sellers and Sylvester Stallone had told him they had a massive amount of fun appearing in the show and that it had also given them extra kudos with children too. By the time this film was greenlighted in 1991, Caine had moved back to the UK and when he heard it was going to be filmed in a a London film studio he had his agent badger Jim Henson Productions until they agreed to meet with him. They then cast him shortly afterwards." He then insisted he would play the part absolutely seriously. Brian Henson said great. Michael considers this one of his most memorable role he had done.
I love that Michael Caine was largely the only human actor in the entire film, yet he treated the other performers as human beings, not puppets. He was the perfect choice for Scrooge.
For that era, absolutely. Patrick Stewart was pretty good. I always thought Anthony Hopkins could play a good Scrooge. Bill Murray was perfect for an 80s version, but because it's 80s, it's an acquired taste. The best by far for me and everyone I know is the Alastair Sim version from 1951. It's like a horror movie, which is how the book is written. It's a ghost story. It should be a horror movie. But all too often, everything has to be toned down. Nobody liked Return To Oz, even though it was the most faithful adaptation of the novels. They liked the Judy Garland version, which was nothing nothing like the books. Parents are a bunch of wimps. The things they do actually harm kids more than the things they're actually afraid of.
That's the trick to a great performance in a Muppet movie. They either treat them like people (Michael Caine, Charles Grodin) or they act like Muppets (Tim Curry)
There is a song called "When Love is Lost" that is sung when Ebenezer and his girlfriend break up. It was deleted from the film against the director's wishes. It was only in the standard definition version as the original film copy, of the song was thought lost. The film was recently found and inserted in the HD and 4K versions of the film. It makes the final song, "When Love is Found" all the more meaningful.
I believe it is "When love is gone." rather than lost. When I was a kid we had a VHS recording of Muppets Christmas carol that we watched every year with the song in it, I was quite confused after moving out when seeing a version where it skips it.
Yeah its a pain, when i had this on vhs it had the song on it and every subsequent version they hacked it out. That scene makes hardly any sense without it lol
I saw the version of the film with "When Love is Gone" restored for the first time last Christmas, and it definitely made the film work so much better, Belle breaking up with Scrooge ends up having more impact, and it adds more significance to the last song
That's why this movie and Muppet Treasure Island work so incredibly well. Michael Caine is an actor and treats the muppets as fellow actors. Tim Curry embodies being a Muppet and fits right in with the rest of them. Both geniuses.
Apparently that's surprisingly easy to do: Alice Cooper also reports immediately feeling as if the Muppets were real, to the point of addressing the puppet, rather than the performer, in rehearsal.
Too this day, the Muppets Christmas Carol had the best Scrooge from any version I’ve seen. There’s been countless but you can’t beat Michael Caine. Even when he’s talking to a frog.
It's important to remind people of the true meaning of Christmas: ghosts terrorizing rich people in the middle of the night until they agree to pay their employees more.
If ghosts actually existed, I wouldn't mind spending some time as a ghost in this way. I am not a big fan of Christmas, but I could make an exception to assist in this reason for the season. Dibs on Christmas Future!
One ghost, or two in this one for the Marleys, or countless for the other damned souls weighed down by their sins you see in the book. But the Ghosts of Christmas aren't ghosts despite the name, they're spirits
@@derekstein6193 that's fine, you can come as the spirit of Halloween's Past, or Thanksgiving Present, or Valentines' Day Yet to Come. Hell, maybe throw in some less commercialized holidays if that's your thing.
The level of joy in this reaction was off the charts. The synchronous singing was a bonus. The Jen Commandments #11 - "When with sister, thou shalt sing."
"and Tiny Tim... who did NOT die" is one of the most iconic line deliveries of all time haha! Loved this reaction you two, it really was joyous and heartwarming
Allison Brie's "Teeny Tim!", from the season 3 finale/Christmas episode of GLOW, is still one of my favorite deliveries. She plays a hilarious Scrooge.
I loved hearing from another channel -- I need to check for the channel name, but she mentioned that since Dickens' editors were so caught up with Tiny Tim's plight and noticed it wasn't clarified that he survived, in the original book, it is written exactly like that. "And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he became a second father to..."
The funny thing is that is straight from Dickens who all caps the word NOT in the story, because he had forgotten and everyone asked him what about Tiny Tim
"God save my little broken body!" 🐀 Rizzo as the comedic punching bag accompanying Gonzo Dickens is my favorite part 😅 It absurdly offsets that Muppet Christmas Carol has more lines straight from Dickens than most adaptations. Muppet literary adaptations should have been a bigger thing, but sadly we only have this, Muppet Treasure Island (with Tim Curry!), and the hard to find Muppet Wizard of Oz.
I grew up with this movie as a child in the 90’s and as an adult it never fails to make me happy. Thank you for watching my favorite Christmas movie. Here’s to the songs getting stuck in your head throughout the year ;)
May I recommend another Muppets classic: “Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas”. Also a musical, extremely heart-warming, all-Muppet cast. It’s got some great and memorable tunes and characters. Vintage 1977.
It’s so nice to see you and your sister doing a reaction together again. I loved this movie when I was a kid, it’s on my list of Christmas movies that my family and I watch every year during the holidays.
Following up on how much you loved Kermit's outfit, I've heard from the historical fashion nerds that out of countless productions of A Christmas Carol, this one in particular is hyper-accurate in all its period costuming, not just absolutely nailing the designs down to the year, even during the time skips in the Christmas past sequence, but also accounting for the fact that poorer characters would have fashion that's a few years out of date with respect to what year that particular scene of the story is set in, while the well-off characters have been able to afford the latest.
Michael Caine has always been my favourite Scrooge, always appreciated Gonzo and Rizzo speaking directly to us. Cue about a week's worth of replaying the songs in my head 🎹🎻
For me this is my favorite version, both due to Caine’s performance and the songs. Respect to you that they only stay a week in your mind, I’m likely hear them for the rest of the year, and be perfectly happy about it.
Thanks so much for watching this one! I love you both! Another excellent telling of the Christmas Carol story is the 1970 film “Scrooge” starring Albert Finney.
Such a good film, surprisingly its one of the most faithfully adapted versions of the original book too. Was great to see Tara again, I hope she's doing well.
This is my favorite Christmas movie! I'm so glad you both saw it together, my sister and I would watch this when we were little. Always gets me nostalgic. 🙂🎩🎄🐸
Love to see Tara here with you Jen. Great sister energy. You should definitely try to do a few videos together a year if possible. I think we’d all enjoy that. Happy Christmas!!
I used to watch Tara's channel, it's a shame she stopped but you guys are great together, you should definitely do more reactions with the both of you. Merry Christmas!
Steve Whitmore, who replaced Jim Henson, was nervous about taking up the torch. The night before he was to record his lines, he dreamed that Jim met him in a hotel lobby and told him everything would be alright.
Muppet Christmas Carol is a cute version. Michael Caine makes for a good Scrooge while Gonzo and Rizzo are a great duo! Fun to watch with you Jen, and your sister. 🎉🎄
My Christmas wish has came to me early, Tara, so happy to see you again. Thank you Jen, for making my Christmas wish come true. Only one thing left for you two, To the Batpoles! Batman 66 awaits, those who have a love for camp. Camp basically funny content preformed straight. Welcome back, Tara, missed you a lot.
I refuse to acknowledge that there AREN'T two Jens in the thumbnail I just clicked. This should be interesting Edit: Now I know why people love Canadians
Jen so nice to see a Christmas reaction with your sister. Michael Cain is a good Scrooge, but the best Ebenezer Scrooge is Alistair Sim in Scrooge (UK) from 1951 It was released as (A Christmas Carol) in the United States that same year. Admittedly I don't always trust movie ratings, but it has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It can be seen in black and white or colorized. Its old so the resolution isn't fantastic, but the acting and story telling is well done. It's more true to Charles Dickens Novel, and the transformation/redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge in that movie is wonderful. I hope you will watch it. The Muppet version is fun. Regardless of the version many people seem to forget the message of the Christmas Carol. The important message of compassion, empathy and charity for the less fortunate. A message especially aimed at greedy people that put profits before people/lives. Just like Ebenezer Scrooge was before his redemption. Unfortunately profits being put ahead of people is sadly all to common today.
I absolutely love the Muppets! This is a wonderful interpretation of the Dickens classic. I hope that you will watch more Muppet movies. I recommend going back to the original, The Muppet Movie (1979). If you are really interested, maybe you would enjoy watching some select episodes from The Muppet Show (1976-1981). There is hilarious Star Wars special.
This movie is pretty accurate to the book and the time period. However, there is one big difference. They made Scrooge always a humbug. In the books, he actually liked Christmas. The book showed that, over time, all his love for Christmas and others, was instead soon directed towards money. Edit: In the VHS version of the movie, there is a song during the Ebenezer and Bell scene, that is cut out of the digital version. Which is a shame, because its a very emotional song.
Every actor I've ever heard from says that the difficulty working with Muppets was not acting with them. The Muppeteers tend to stay in performance mode between takes to keep themselves 'on' and there's loads of behind the scenes footage over the years that shows them larking around, complaining about meal penalties or the size of their trailers or whatever. I seem to remember an 'on set interview' with Miss Piggy when this movie happened where she does nothing but bitch about how small her part in the movie is. 🤣 There's some brilliant footage of Ricky Gervais with Elmo that will have you in stitches. Anyway, most actors have said that after a while they realized that they were only relating to the Muppets between takes and were totally ignoring the performers underneath - which made them feel bad but the performers were chill, and that was pretty much a 'mission accomplished' kind of thing for them. My favorite "Christmas Carol" was the one with George C. Scott as Scrooge that was made for TV about ten years before the Muppets' version. No song and no Muppets, alas, but George is unmatched as Scrooge for me - although it's not like anyone ever screwed up their performance in any version of this story that I've seen.
Muppets Treasure Island with Tim Curry is just as awesome :-) tbh I consider it the other muppet christmas movie as it's like watching a christmas Pantomime 🙂
If ever you thought Jen was just playing a character look no further than her hanging out with her sis… you can’t fake that 😆 this is the most wholesome thing I’ve seen in a while
This is actually one of the most faithful adaptations of Charles Dickens’ novel put to film, despite the fact that it is performed largely by puppets. Gonzo appearing on-screen as Dickens really helps to preserve the whimsical narration style that Dickens employed in the original story.
Agree. Muppet Treasure Island with Tim Curry! It's not as overall satisfying as Muppet Christmas Carol but has enough great moments and great lines to make it worth the watch. [#1 Hearing Tim Curry sing, "A Professional Pirate"]
Rizzo the Rat is my favorite character lol 15:37 the best line of the movie "hey, hey, hey, light the lamp, not the rat, light the lamp, not the rat!" Lol
This sure was a lot of fun and even though i dont wear jumpers as im allergic to wool i can appreciate them and you both look fantastic in them 🎉 im definitely looking forward to the fun again
Just watched this last night, great holiday movie. Unfortunately Disney cut out a sad song when scrooge's girlfriend leaves him and it makes the scene feel pointless. The song brought alot of emotion to the scene now its just forgettable
Before it got restored, I would pause at that part and watch that scene on TH-cam. The movie always felt incomplete without that scene if you grew up with the VHS.
Both Murray sisters was the best unexpected early Christmas present already, but discovering that they both do pitch-perfect Piggy impressions was just the icing on the cake!
There are two other Muppets Christmas specials. One has Characters from the Muppets, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock and the other is the Emmett Otter Christmas.
Good Afternoon, My Friend. I can't remember if I've ever seen this one before, but I've Liked the Muppets since I was a Kid, and of course I have to see Tara "Tune-Back-In" again! (LOL)
I adore the original Muppet Movie, but if you measured which of their movies is my favorite by how many times I've rewatched it, this one would win by a mile. When Caine agreed to do this movie, he stipulated that he would play it seriously. No nod-and-wink "I'm working with muppets" moments. And that's part of why the movie is so good, that he plays it completely straight. For silliness we get Rizzo and Gonzo - sorry, I mean Mr. Dickens. There are some fun little jokes in the names of the stores during the finale. One of them is names Statler and Waldorf's, after the two old hecklers who in this one played Marley and Marley (in the book there was only one Marley, but they had two here so they could use the two old guys). Another is named Mickelwhite's, which is a reference to Michael Caine's actual last name. So glad you watched this one, and that you watched it together. It's good to see Tara again. Merry Christmas!
This movie can't help but be good... 'cause Muppets! But, what makes this movie GREAT is that in a Muppet movie, playing to a bunch of puppets, Michael Caine played his role like he was with the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing Richard III for Her Majesty... He played the entire movie no different than playing it with a human cast - and he was absolutely BRILLIANT!!! And - We miss you Tara!!! If you decide to dust off your channel, we have room in our hearts to watch Jen's AND your reactions!
The great Muppet version of the classic story. Michael Cain plays it as straight as if it were a serious stage version. It's amazing to watch a really good actor work. Although there are many versions of the story on film, I would argue for the best being the Alastair Sim version, "Scrooge" (1951).Or the wonderful "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962), the surprisingly touching cartoon musical (with music by Jule Styne, the composer of Funny Girl and Gypsy) It includes all the salient aspects of the story but with humor and good music. And read the book, it's short!
This is one of the Mt Rushmore of A Christmas Carol adaptations along with 1938's Reginald Owen's (my personal favorite), 1951 Alistair Sim's (probably the most famous) and the 1984 George C Scott's adaptations.
What a shame that this version omits my all time favorite song. The song that made me cry as a child. The song that actually makes that scene emotionally impactful. “When Love is Gone”
The Muppet Movie The Great Muppet Caper The Muppets take Manhattan The Muppet Christmas Carol (w/ Michael Caine) Muppet Treasure Island (w/ Tim Curry) Muppets from Space There's the quick theatrical list of Muppet Movies and of course there's so much stuff the t.v. as well. I had a great time watching you guys. I'm looking forward to when you watch these classics as well. Take care and stay safe. 🙂
Hi, thank you both for a great reaction to a great film. I would definitely recommend seeing Scrooge (1951) starting Alastair Sim. IMHO the definitive version of A Christmas Carol. Happy Holidays!
If you really want to watch a lot of Muppet movies. There are a lot the original Muppet movie from 1979 which was the first one. Then in order of when they came out The Muppets take Manhattan, the great Muppet caper, then came the Muppet Muppet Christmas Carol, then there's Muppets in space,, and then there was Muppet treasure Island. And they all have singing in them
I highly recommend Muppet Treasure Island. THE Christmas Carol is great because Michael Caine treats the Muppets like fellow actors. Treasure Island is great because Tim Curry treats himself like a fellow Muppet.
I know it's been said before, but the decision by then Walt Disney chairman, future DreamWorks CEO and known bagpipe head Jeffrey Katzenberg to cut out the "When Love Is Gone" scene was very contentious. He genuinely tried to argue that it was too depressing for a Muppets film, even though it's imperative to Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption. Needless to say that Sir Michael Caine and Meredith Braun, who had done their own singing by the way, were really upset and director Brian Henson was extremely upset. And for the longest time, there wasn't a decent quality version of it, with the only known widescreen version available being on the Laser Disc release. Finally, in 2022, just in the nick of time for the 30th anniversary of "The Muppet Christmas Carol", they found some negatives of the "When Love Is Gone" scene and have not only added it as a bonus feature, but have also allowed for the director's cut where you can see it in the film as originally intended.
I usually don't like the newer versions of A Christmas Carol. For me, it's Alastair Sim's 1951 horror movie version (as it was intended), Bill Murray's Scrooged and all the rest. But Michael Caine does well here. He's a little cartoony, but it IS the Muppets, my childhood heroes (behind the Fraggles) and to his credit, he does a good job of making it seem like he's talking to a person rather than a puppet. I always found Albert Finney and George C. Scott in the role to be wildly overrated. Finney's I believe was a musical and Scott's felt like a bad imitation of the Alastair Sim version. I think there was an American version with Henry Winkler AKA The Fonze from Happy Days, but I never bought it. Actually, the one recent one that everyone overlooks that isn't bad is the Patrick Stewart version. Yes, Captain Picard played Scrooge. And he's not bad. The movie does feel a bit cheap and lazy, but he doesn't phone it in and plays a convincing jerk.
Take the greatest, most world renowned, story of redemption ever written... set it at Christmastime... add in a couple of ghosts... and you've got "A Christmas Carol". In prose... being a ghost story of Christmas. Published 1843. Entertaining and heart warming, this tale has been performed to audiences in one fashion or another (readings, live stage acting, motion pictures and television) since 1844. Author Charles Dickens would read it to sold out audiences every Christmas Eve until the year before his death in 1870. After it's first sold out publication, charitable giving increased significantly. I, myself, do enjoy the muppet version... but it's the 1970 musical that's my favorite. It was so good seeing Tara again. I miss her reaction channel. Wonderful seeing the Murray sisters doing another reaction together.
This is one of my fave versions of this story & I can watch year round easily because I never get bored of it. One cute slight blink & you miss it thing at the end that's extra heartwarming is that Tiny Tim is sitting right near the reformed Mr Scrooge as they are about to enjoy their holiday feast. It showed the Crachit family accepted his reformation unquestionably & trusted him enough to know their youngest & smallest child would be safe near him 💖
Michael Caine had always wanted to be on the Muppet Show, but had never got the call. He didn't have to change how he acted for the movie, saying in his memoir, The Elephant to Hollywood: "working with the Muppets was just like working with real people." A great Easter Egg near the end of the film. Here at 31:09 Scrooge passes the shop "Micklewhite's." Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite.
You said, "It makes me want to read some Dickens." Exactly! 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Treasure Island' are two wonderful stories that can introduce children to classical literature, and Brian Henson did a wonderful job with both of them. I also love how carefully they chose the wording for Tiny Tim's death - while Bob Cratchit is lovingly helping his children understand, he is also speaking to the children in the audience.
this is my second favorite Muppet movie. you should check out Muppet Treasure Island, which is my most favorite, with Tim Curry as Long John Silver! but my favorite Christmas Carol musical is Scrooge (1970).
26:07 "’Man,’ said the Ghost, ‘if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered WHAT the surplus is, and WHERE it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man's child. Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!’”
You guys HAVE to watch Muppet Treasure Island!!! It stars another superstar actor the great Tim Curry! This is my 2nd favorite muppet movie, but Muppet Treasure Island was my go to as a child.
Merry Christmas (and Tara). I just wanted to say that this is a very faithful adaptation of the book. Many of the lines and narration are verbatim. But with muppets, which is SO COOL. Also, in the book Scrooge had only one dead partner, Jacob Marley. But since they used the cranky old men, they had to make a name up for another Marley. Do you think it was a coincidence that they chose to name him Robert (Bob) Marley, or is it an inside joke? :D
The pirate one must be Muppet Treasure Island with Tim Curry as Long John Silver is excellent. Definitely recommend. Also, oddly enough, this version of the Christmas Carol contains the most direct passages and references from the book, and has some of the most historically accurate costuming going on. (Those lobsters in the window are a book reference to one of Dickens' metaphors!)
Imo it was a stroke of genius to have a muppet play the part of Charles Dickens as some of my favourite parts of the book are narration rather than dialogue.
Did this cut contain Belle singing "The Love is Gone" during the break-up scene?? It's hard to tell from the yt reaction if it was just edited out or was the standard commercial cut, but it looks you didn't see it. It was removed after the theatrical release for the longest time, but I believe it was announced that it was getting put back in for the streaming version. It's such a good song and really sells the moment of heartbreak fro Scrooge (and explains why Rizzo was so upset when Belle walks away). I highly recommend watching it on youtube if you haven't seen it.
Poor man. In the book it describes that Scrooge was not Allowed to come home for Christmas when he was a boy. (heck he wasn’t allowed to come home at all until he got a job to support them all.) It wasn’t until he was almost an adult was he invited home. His baby sister was the one to come and bring him home. She was just as much a bundle a joy as her son. He doesn’t like his nephew because his baby sister died giving birth to him. But still tolerates. It’s why he’s able to get away with his shenanigans at the beginning of the movie. He met his girlfriend one Christmas Eve and she dumped him on Christmas Day years later. Basically almost everything bad that happened to him was during Christmas. You can see why he hates Christmas.
The extended cut has a song during the break-up scene. It's heart-wrenching, at least to me. The ending refrain -- "The love we found, we carry with us" -- is the song's mirror, as the missing song is "When Love is Gone".
Easter eggs in the shop names: 30:57 "Statler and Waldorf" is obvious, but 31:10 "Micklewhite's" less so: Michael Caine's real name is Maurice Micklewhite.
I think you are the first reactors I've seen to do The Muppet Christmas Carol. Thank you. This is, despite all the Muppet shenanigans, the most accurate adaptation of this story I have seen. You should now do Muppet Treasure Island, with Tim Curry.
Fun Muppet Show fact. Due to our different advertising rules the UK got about 3 extra minutes of content per episode than the US. Usually a song which is arguably the best part of the show.
I'm not a huge fan of Muppets movies, but I knew that it would be fun watching it with you guys! I really miss your sister's channel..... please come back! 🖤🌹🖤🧛
This is a very good adaptation. But the version that is considered definitive, is the 1951 version starring Alistair Sim. Please do this one next year.
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Awesome choice! Happy Holidays!
Tara, you are surely missed ❤ I'm still subscribed, and waiting patiently for your return!
@@e.d.2096 Me too, Eric, well said. 😊
From IMDB trivia: "The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Sir Michael Caine actively pursued the role of Ebenezer Scrooge when he heard that it was going into production. He had missed out on a guest star role on the TV series The Muppet Show (1976) which was shot in the UK while he was living as a tax exile in the US at the time. However friends and colleagues he knew who had guested on it such as Sir Roger Moore, John Cleese, Peter Sellers and Sylvester Stallone had told him they had a massive amount of fun appearing in the show and that it had also given them extra kudos with children too. By the time this film was greenlighted in 1991, Caine had moved back to the UK and when he heard it was going to be filmed in a a London film studio he had his agent badger Jim Henson Productions until they agreed to meet with him. They then cast him shortly afterwards."
He then insisted he would play the part absolutely seriously. Brian Henson said great. Michael considers this one of his most memorable role he had done.
Awesome to see Tara again!
I love that Michael Caine was largely the only human actor in the entire film, yet he treated the other performers as human beings, not puppets. He was the perfect choice for Scrooge.
He and Tim Curry are the best human actors in Muppets movies!
That's what's so great about the Muppets. They work best when you stop thinking about them as puppets.
@@Flamebeard0815 I would argue that Bren Browder and Claudia Black are pretty good too.
For that era, absolutely. Patrick Stewart was pretty good. I always thought Anthony Hopkins could play a good Scrooge. Bill Murray was perfect for an 80s version, but because it's 80s, it's an acquired taste. The best by far for me and everyone I know is the Alastair Sim version from 1951. It's like a horror movie, which is how the book is written. It's a ghost story. It should be a horror movie. But all too often, everything has to be toned down. Nobody liked Return To Oz, even though it was the most faithful adaptation of the novels. They liked the Judy Garland version, which was nothing nothing like the books. Parents are a bunch of wimps. The things they do actually harm kids more than the things they're actually afraid of.
That's the trick to a great performance in a Muppet movie. They either treat them like people (Michael Caine, Charles Grodin) or they act like Muppets (Tim Curry)
There is a song called "When Love is Lost" that is sung when Ebenezer and his girlfriend break up. It was deleted from the film against the director's wishes. It was only in the standard definition version as the original film copy, of the song was thought lost. The film was recently found and inserted in the HD and 4K versions of the film. It makes the final song, "When Love is Found" all the more meaningful.
It is now also available on Disney+, in the Extras section of the film.
I hate that they took it out -- it really helps explain Scrooge.
I believe it is "When love is gone." rather than lost.
When I was a kid we had a VHS recording of Muppets Christmas carol that we watched every year with the song in it, I was quite confused after moving out when seeing a version where it skips it.
Yeah its a pain, when i had this on vhs it had the song on it and every subsequent version they hacked it out. That scene makes hardly any sense without it lol
I saw the version of the film with "When Love is Gone" restored for the first time last Christmas, and it definitely made the film work so much better, Belle breaking up with Scrooge ends up having more impact, and it adds more significance to the last song
Michael Caine treated the Muppets as fellow theater actors and not like puppets. I think that's why this is such a wonderful adaptation.
That's why this movie and Muppet Treasure Island work so incredibly well.
Michael Caine is an actor and treats the muppets as fellow actors.
Tim Curry embodies being a Muppet and fits right in with the rest of them.
Both geniuses.
@@Ozai75 I was trying to think of this quote
I totally agree.
Apparently that's surprisingly easy to do: Alice Cooper also reports immediately feeling as if the Muppets were real, to the point of addressing the puppet, rather than the performer, in rehearsal.
Too this day, the Muppets Christmas Carol had the best Scrooge from any version I’ve seen. There’s been countless but you can’t beat Michael Caine. Even when he’s talking to a frog.
*ESPECIALLY when he's talking to a frog.
@@jmsmys13ify haha I think he’d do okay talking to a person but you know what? I stand corrected.
It's important to remind people of the true meaning of Christmas: ghosts terrorizing rich people in the middle of the night until they agree to pay their employees more.
If ghosts actually existed, I wouldn't mind spending some time as a ghost in this way. I am not a big fan of Christmas, but I could make an exception to assist in this reason for the season.
Dibs on Christmas Future!
One ghost, or two in this one for the Marleys, or countless for the other damned souls weighed down by their sins you see in the book. But the Ghosts of Christmas aren't ghosts despite the name, they're spirits
@@derekstein6193 that's fine, you can come as the spirit of Halloween's Past, or Thanksgiving Present, or Valentines' Day Yet to Come. Hell, maybe throw in some less commercialized holidays if that's your thing.
The level of joy in this reaction was off the charts. The synchronous singing was a bonus. The Jen Commandments #11 - "When with sister, thou shalt sing."
Wonderful seeing the sisters together again. I have missed Tara.
Same here
Ditto...
Agreed!
"and Tiny Tim... who did NOT die" is one of the most iconic line deliveries of all time haha!
Loved this reaction you two, it really was joyous and heartwarming
Allison Brie's "Teeny Tim!", from the season 3 finale/Christmas episode of GLOW, is still one of my favorite deliveries. She plays a hilarious Scrooge.
The effect of money on healthcare...
I loved hearing from another channel -- I need to check for the channel name, but she mentioned that since Dickens' editors were so caught up with Tiny Tim's plight and noticed it wasn't clarified that he survived, in the original book, it is written exactly like that. "And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he became a second father to..."
The funny thing is that is straight from Dickens who all caps the word NOT in the story, because he had forgotten and everyone asked him what about Tiny Tim
YES !
This is by far the best adaptation of a Christmas Carol ^^
"God save my little broken body!" 🐀
Rizzo as the comedic punching bag accompanying Gonzo Dickens is my favorite part 😅 It absurdly offsets that Muppet Christmas Carol has more lines straight from Dickens than most adaptations.
Muppet literary adaptations should have been a bigger thing, but sadly we only have this, Muppet Treasure Island (with Tim Curry!), and the hard to find Muppet Wizard of Oz.
"You could fit through those bars?" "Yeah why?" "You're an idiot" "LIGHT THE LAMP NOT THE RAT, LIGHT THE LAMP NOT THE RAT" 😂😂
I grew up with this movie as a child in the 90’s and as an adult it never fails to make me happy. Thank you for watching my favorite Christmas movie. Here’s to the songs getting stuck in your head throughout the year ;)
May I recommend another Muppets classic: “Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas”. Also a musical, extremely heart-warming, all-Muppet cast. It’s got some great and memorable tunes and characters. Vintage 1977.
It’s so nice to see you and your sister doing a reaction together again. I loved this movie when I was a kid, it’s on my list of Christmas movies that my family and I watch every year during the holidays.
Yes I Agree 👍💯😊
Following up on how much you loved Kermit's outfit, I've heard from the historical fashion nerds that out of countless productions of A Christmas Carol, this one in particular is hyper-accurate in all its period costuming, not just absolutely nailing the designs down to the year, even during the time skips in the Christmas past sequence, but also accounting for the fact that poorer characters would have fashion that's a few years out of date with respect to what year that particular scene of the story is set in, while the well-off characters have been able to afford the latest.
Michael Caine has always been my favourite Scrooge, always appreciated Gonzo and Rizzo speaking directly to us. Cue about a week's worth of replaying the songs in my head 🎹🎻
Second for me after Alistair Sim but very good and convincing while playing against puppets
He is a very close second to Patrick Stewart for me.
For me this is my favorite version, both due to Caine’s performance and the songs. Respect to you that they only stay a week in your mind, I’m likely hear them for the rest of the year, and be perfectly happy about it.
Thanks so much for watching this one! I love you both! Another excellent telling of the Christmas Carol story is the 1970 film “Scrooge” starring Albert Finney.
Such a good film, surprisingly its one of the most faithfully adapted versions of the original book too. Was great to see Tara again, I hope she's doing well.
This is my favorite Christmas movie! I'm so glad you both saw it together, my sister and I would watch this when we were little. Always gets me nostalgic. 🙂🎩🎄🐸
Love to see Tara here with you Jen. Great sister energy. You should definitely try to do a few videos together a year if possible. I think we’d all enjoy that. Happy Christmas!!
Yes I Agree 💯
I used to watch Tara's channel, it's a shame she stopped but you guys are great together, you should definitely do more reactions with the both of you. Merry Christmas!
By far my favorite Christmas movie. Glad you both enjoyed it so much and thank you for reacting to it!
After a long grueling day at work, this was the Christmas movie reaction I needed. Thanks Jen and Tara!!
Steve Whitmore, who replaced Jim Henson, was nervous about taking up the torch. The night before he was to record his lines, he dreamed that Jim met him in a hotel lobby and told him everything would be alright.
Muppet Christmas Carol is a cute version. Michael Caine makes for a good Scrooge while Gonzo and Rizzo are a great duo! Fun to watch with you Jen, and your sister. 🎉🎄
My Christmas wish has came to me early, Tara, so happy to see you again.
Thank you Jen, for making my Christmas wish come true. Only one thing left for you two, To the Batpoles!
Batman 66 awaits, those who have a love for camp.
Camp basically funny content preformed straight.
Welcome back, Tara, missed you a lot.
Love to see the SISTAH here. LOVED HER CHANNEL. Miss you, Gurl. I’m just settling in to your reaction, and you two are charming as usual. 🥰
"Light the lamp, not the rat! LIGHT THE LAMP, NOT THE RAT!!!" 🤣🤣🤣
It still pains me they took out the love is gone, its the best song in the film 😢
I refuse to acknowledge that there AREN'T two Jens in the thumbnail I just clicked. This should be interesting
Edit: Now I know why people love Canadians
Jen so nice to see a Christmas reaction with your sister. Michael Cain is a good Scrooge, but the best Ebenezer Scrooge is Alistair Sim in Scrooge (UK) from 1951 It was released as
(A Christmas Carol) in the United States that same year.
Admittedly I don't always trust movie ratings, but it has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It can be seen in black and white or colorized.
Its old so the resolution isn't fantastic, but the acting and story telling is well done.
It's more true to Charles Dickens Novel, and the transformation/redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge in that movie is wonderful. I hope you will watch it.
The Muppet version is fun. Regardless of the version many people seem to forget the message of the Christmas Carol. The important message of compassion, empathy and charity for the less fortunate. A message especially aimed at greedy people that put profits before people/lives.
Just like Ebenezer Scrooge was before his redemption.
Unfortunately profits being put ahead of people is sadly all to common today.
I absolutely love the Muppets! This is a wonderful interpretation of the Dickens classic. I hope that you will watch more Muppet movies. I recommend going back to the original, The Muppet Movie (1979). If you are really interested, maybe you would enjoy watching some select episodes from The Muppet Show (1976-1981). There is hilarious Star Wars special.
Jen would adore The Muppet Show! Fantastic hosts, musical numbers, and general Muppet variety show shenanigans.
This movie is pretty accurate to the book and the time period. However, there is one big difference. They made Scrooge always a humbug. In the books, he actually liked Christmas. The book showed that, over time, all his love for Christmas and others, was instead soon directed towards money.
Edit: In the VHS version of the movie, there is a song during the Ebenezer and Bell scene, that is cut out of the digital version. Which is a shame, because its a very emotional song.
Every actor I've ever heard from says that the difficulty working with Muppets was not acting with them. The Muppeteers tend to stay in performance mode between takes to keep themselves 'on' and there's loads of behind the scenes footage over the years that shows them larking around, complaining about meal penalties or the size of their trailers or whatever. I seem to remember an 'on set interview' with Miss Piggy when this movie happened where she does nothing but bitch about how small her part in the movie is. 🤣 There's some brilliant footage of Ricky Gervais with Elmo that will have you in stitches. Anyway, most actors have said that after a while they realized that they were only relating to the Muppets between takes and were totally ignoring the performers underneath - which made them feel bad but the performers were chill, and that was pretty much a 'mission accomplished' kind of thing for them.
My favorite "Christmas Carol" was the one with George C. Scott as Scrooge that was made for TV about ten years before the Muppets' version. No song and no Muppets, alas, but George is unmatched as Scrooge for me - although it's not like anyone ever screwed up their performance in any version of this story that I've seen.
Muppets Treasure Island with Tim Curry is just as awesome :-) tbh I consider it the other muppet christmas movie as it's like watching a christmas Pantomime 🙂
Dear Jen: a Great movie is the Man that would be King staring Michael Caine and Sean Connery ( 1975). 97% rotten tomatoes
If ever you thought Jen was just playing a character look no further than her hanging out with her sis… you can’t fake that 😆 this is the most wholesome thing I’ve seen in a while
Lol I appreciate that! Love my sis and she brings out the best in me :)
@@jenmurrayxoyou guys should do more together :)
You know doing reactions should really be used as an acting exercise. You're given your character and you have to react in character.
This is actually one of the most faithful adaptations of Charles Dickens’ novel put to film, despite the fact that it is performed largely by puppets. Gonzo appearing on-screen as Dickens really helps to preserve the whimsical narration style that Dickens employed in the original story.
Yay! Haven't seen Tara in a long time! You both should watch The Muppets Treasure Island with Tim Curry as Long John Silver!
Agree. Muppet Treasure Island with Tim Curry! It's not as overall satisfying as Muppet Christmas Carol but has enough great moments and great lines to make it worth the watch. [#1 Hearing Tim Curry sing, "A Professional Pirate"]
All I wanted for Christmas was to see My 2 Favorite Sisters back-together again💝and Y'all have Granted My Wish!!✌
Rizzo the Rat is my favorite character lol
15:37 the best line of the movie "hey, hey, hey, light the lamp, not the rat, light the lamp, not the rat!" Lol
This sure was a lot of fun and even though i dont wear jumpers as im allergic to wool i can appreciate them and you both look fantastic in them 🎉 im definitely looking forward to the fun again
Just watched this last night, great holiday movie. Unfortunately Disney cut out a sad song when scrooge's girlfriend leaves him and it makes the scene feel pointless. The song brought alot of emotion to the scene now its just forgettable
Disney plus has the full version under the extras section.
Before it got restored, I would pause at that part and watch that scene on TH-cam. The movie always felt incomplete without that scene if you grew up with the VHS.
I have the old version on DVD so I usually use it instead
I love that the film acknowledged Gonzo’s chicken fetish.
Both Murray sisters was the best unexpected early Christmas present already, but discovering that they both do pitch-perfect Piggy impressions was just the icing on the cake!
There are two other Muppets Christmas specials. One has Characters from the Muppets, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock and the other is the Emmett Otter Christmas.
It's so good to see you two together again! Family is everything! I wish the best for you both! MERRY CHRISTMAS Tara! MERRY CHRISTMAS Jen! 🎅 ❤
Good Afternoon, My Friend. I can't remember if I've ever seen this one before, but I've Liked the Muppets since I was a Kid, and of course I have to see Tara "Tune-Back-In" again! (LOL)
Is that a Brandon Routh Superman figure in the background?
It’s Tara! I just posted on one of her videos that’s she’s missed. Stoked to see you both in this reaction!
Nice to see Tara again 😊
Hey! That's your sister? No way! I'm subscribed to her too! I had no idea!
A Jen & Tara Team-Up? Awesome-sauce! I'll be here with bells on.
Full Disclosure: There will be no bells, but I'll definitely be here. 👍☮❤🤓🤓
gotta be honest, i was kinda looking forward to the bells.
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Aww Jen ❤
Love your dialog with your sister
So sweet 🥹
Jen, Tara, Muppets?? You can't go wrong!
I adore the original Muppet Movie, but if you measured which of their movies is my favorite by how many times I've rewatched it, this one would win by a mile.
When Caine agreed to do this movie, he stipulated that he would play it seriously. No nod-and-wink "I'm working with muppets" moments. And that's part of why the movie is so good, that he plays it completely straight. For silliness we get Rizzo and Gonzo - sorry, I mean Mr. Dickens.
There are some fun little jokes in the names of the stores during the finale. One of them is names Statler and Waldorf's, after the two old hecklers who in this one played Marley and Marley (in the book there was only one Marley, but they had two here so they could use the two old guys). Another is named Mickelwhite's, which is a reference to Michael Caine's actual last name.
So glad you watched this one, and that you watched it together. It's good to see Tara again. Merry Christmas!
My two favorite muppet movies are this one and the muppets take Manhattan.
Muppet Treasure Island with Tim Curry and Muppet Christmas with John Denver.
This movie can't help but be good... 'cause Muppets! But, what makes this movie GREAT is that in a Muppet movie, playing to a bunch of puppets, Michael Caine played his role like he was with the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing Richard III for Her Majesty... He played the entire movie no different than playing it with a human cast - and he was absolutely BRILLIANT!!!
And - We miss you Tara!!! If you decide to dust off your channel, we have room in our hearts to watch Jen's AND your reactions!
Such a fun holiday movie. I luv a Muppet!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed ☺️🎄
12:19 Gonzo: "You're such an Idiot."
The great Muppet version of the classic story. Michael Cain plays it as straight as if it were a serious stage version. It's amazing to watch a really good actor work. Although there are many versions of the story on film, I would argue for the best being the Alastair Sim version, "Scrooge" (1951).Or the wonderful "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962), the surprisingly touching cartoon musical (with music by Jule Styne, the composer of Funny Girl and Gypsy) It includes all the salient aspects of the story but with humor and good music. And read the book, it's short!
The song they cut makes Rizzo's crying make more sense too!
Please watch Muppet Treasure Island!! Tim Curry is amazing!!
This is one of the Mt Rushmore of A Christmas Carol adaptations along with 1938's Reginald Owen's (my personal favorite), 1951 Alistair Sim's (probably the most famous) and the 1984 George C Scott's adaptations.
What a shame that this version omits my all time favorite song. The song that made me cry as a child. The song that actually makes that scene emotionally impactful. “When Love is Gone”
Bahaha 'we're Murray and Murray' is hilarious
The costume design in this went so much harder than it needed to and I'm here for it.
IKR
Excellent version, the second best one
The best is Scrooge ( in the US ,A Christmas Carol) 1951 , with the incomparable Alistair Sim 😊😊😊
The Muppet Movie
The Great Muppet Caper
The Muppets take Manhattan
The Muppet Christmas Carol (w/ Michael Caine)
Muppet Treasure Island (w/ Tim Curry)
Muppets from Space
There's the quick theatrical list of Muppet Movies and of course there's so much stuff the t.v. as well. I had a great time watching you guys. I'm looking forward to when you watch these classics as well. Take care and stay safe. 🙂
Hi, thank you both for a great reaction to a great film. I would definitely recommend seeing Scrooge (1951) starting Alastair Sim. IMHO the definitive version of A Christmas Carol. Happy Holidays!
If you really want to watch a lot of Muppet movies. There are a lot the original Muppet movie from 1979 which was the first one. Then in order of when they came out The Muppets take Manhattan, the great Muppet caper, then came the Muppet Muppet Christmas Carol, then there's Muppets in space,, and then there was Muppet treasure Island. And they all have singing in them
I highly recommend Muppet Treasure Island.
THE Christmas Carol is great because Michael Caine treats the Muppets like fellow actors. Treasure Island is great because Tim Curry treats himself like a fellow Muppet.
I know it's been said before, but the decision by then Walt Disney chairman, future DreamWorks CEO and known bagpipe head Jeffrey Katzenberg to cut out the "When Love Is Gone" scene was very contentious. He genuinely tried to argue that it was too depressing for a Muppets film, even though it's imperative to Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption. Needless to say that Sir Michael Caine and Meredith Braun, who had done their own singing by the way, were really upset and director Brian Henson was extremely upset. And for the longest time, there wasn't a decent quality version of it, with the only known widescreen version available being on the Laser Disc release. Finally, in 2022, just in the nick of time for the 30th anniversary of "The Muppet Christmas Carol", they found some negatives of the "When Love Is Gone" scene and have not only added it as a bonus feature, but have also allowed for the director's cut where you can see it in the film as originally intended.
I usually don't like the newer versions of A Christmas Carol. For me, it's Alastair Sim's 1951 horror movie version (as it was intended), Bill Murray's Scrooged and all the rest. But Michael Caine does well here. He's a little cartoony, but it IS the Muppets, my childhood heroes (behind the Fraggles) and to his credit, he does a good job of making it seem like he's talking to a person rather than a puppet. I always found Albert Finney and George C. Scott in the role to be wildly overrated. Finney's I believe was a musical and Scott's felt like a bad imitation of the Alastair Sim version. I think there was an American version with Henry Winkler AKA The Fonze from Happy Days, but I never bought it. Actually, the one recent one that everyone overlooks that isn't bad is the Patrick Stewart version. Yes, Captain Picard played Scrooge. And he's not bad. The movie does feel a bit cheap and lazy, but he doesn't phone it in and plays a convincing jerk.
This was so wholesome, and yes, please watch more Muppets movies, they're so good! The pirate one is Treasure Island, and is AMAZIINNGGGG
Muppet Treasure Island
There's another Muppet Christmas thing: Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. I like it a lot. It's shorter.
Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤
Thanks John you too!
Take the greatest, most world renowned, story of redemption ever written... set it at Christmastime... add in a couple of ghosts... and you've got "A Christmas Carol". In prose... being a ghost story of Christmas. Published 1843. Entertaining and heart warming, this tale has been performed to audiences in one fashion or another (readings, live stage acting, motion pictures and television) since 1844. Author Charles Dickens would read it to sold out audiences every Christmas Eve until the year before his death in 1870. After it's first sold out publication, charitable giving increased significantly. I, myself, do enjoy the muppet version... but it's the 1970 musical that's my favorite. It was so good seeing Tara again. I miss her reaction channel. Wonderful seeing the Murray sisters doing another reaction together.
"Muppets at Sea", LOL. Or, another movie based on a literary classic, "Treasure Island."
This is one of my fave versions of this story & I can watch year round easily because I never get bored of it. One cute slight blink & you miss it thing at the end that's extra heartwarming is that Tiny Tim is sitting right near the reformed Mr Scrooge as they are about to enjoy their holiday feast. It showed the Crachit family accepted his reformation unquestionably & trusted him enough to know their youngest & smallest child would be safe near him 💖
Michael Caine had always wanted to be on the Muppet Show, but had never got the call. He didn't have to change how he acted for the movie, saying in his memoir, The Elephant to Hollywood: "working with the Muppets was just like working with real people."
A great Easter Egg near the end of the film. Here at 31:09 Scrooge passes the shop "Micklewhite's." Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite.
You said, "It makes me want to read some Dickens." Exactly! 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Treasure Island' are two wonderful stories that can introduce children to classical literature, and Brian Henson did a wonderful job with both of them. I also love how carefully they chose the wording for Tiny Tim's death - while Bob Cratchit is lovingly helping his children understand, he is also speaking to the children in the audience.
this is my second favorite Muppet movie. you should check out Muppet Treasure Island, which is my most favorite, with Tim Curry as Long John Silver!
but my favorite Christmas Carol musical is Scrooge (1970).
26:07 "’Man,’ said the Ghost, ‘if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered WHAT the surplus is, and WHERE it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man's child. Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!’”
You guys HAVE to watch Muppet Treasure Island!!! It stars another superstar actor the great Tim Curry! This is my 2nd favorite muppet movie, but Muppet Treasure Island was my go to as a child.
Tara please start react to movies again. miss your reactions😀
Merry Christmas (and Tara). I just wanted to say that this is a very faithful adaptation of the book. Many of the lines and narration are verbatim. But with muppets, which is SO COOL. Also, in the book Scrooge had only one dead partner, Jacob Marley. But since they used the cranky old men, they had to make a name up for another Marley. Do you think it was a coincidence that they chose to name him Robert (Bob) Marley, or is it an inside joke? :D
The pirate one must be Muppet Treasure Island with Tim Curry as Long John Silver is excellent. Definitely recommend. Also, oddly enough, this version of the Christmas Carol contains the most direct passages and references from the book, and has some of the most historically accurate costuming going on. (Those lobsters in the window are a book reference to one of Dickens' metaphors!)
Imo it was a stroke of genius to have a muppet play the part of Charles Dickens as some of my favourite parts of the book are narration rather than dialogue.
Did this cut contain Belle singing "The Love is Gone" during the break-up scene?? It's hard to tell from the yt reaction if it was just edited out or was the standard commercial cut, but it looks you didn't see it. It was removed after the theatrical release for the longest time, but I believe it was announced that it was getting put back in for the streaming version.
It's such a good song and really sells the moment of heartbreak fro Scrooge (and explains why Rizzo was so upset when Belle walks away). I highly recommend watching it on youtube if you haven't seen it.
This reaction is so cute 😊 was smiling the entire movie
This has warmed my heart. ❤Send more of sisters watching high quality kids movies!
You two should watch MirrorMask!
Poor man. In the book it describes that Scrooge was not Allowed to come home for Christmas when he was a boy. (heck he wasn’t allowed to come home at all until he got a job to support them all.) It wasn’t until he was almost an adult was he invited home. His baby sister was the one to come and bring him home. She was just as much a bundle a joy as her son.
He doesn’t like his nephew because his baby sister died giving birth to him. But still tolerates. It’s why he’s able to get away with his shenanigans at the beginning of the movie.
He met his girlfriend one Christmas Eve and she dumped him on Christmas Day years later.
Basically almost everything bad that happened to him was during Christmas.
You can see why he hates Christmas.
The extended cut has a song during the break-up scene. It's heart-wrenching, at least to me. The ending refrain -- "The love we found, we carry with us" -- is the song's mirror, as the missing song is "When Love is Gone".
Best Christmas movie ever. Treasure Island is the nex t best Movie, it;s got Tim Curry. The do Black Sails. Not a muppet series...🤗
Easter eggs in the shop names: 30:57 "Statler and Waldorf" is obvious, but 31:10 "Micklewhite's" less so: Michael Caine's real name is Maurice Micklewhite.
I think you are the first reactors I've seen to do The Muppet Christmas Carol. Thank you. This is, despite all the Muppet shenanigans, the most accurate adaptation of this story I have seen. You should now do Muppet Treasure Island, with Tim Curry.
Fun Muppet Show fact.
Due to our different advertising rules the UK got about 3 extra minutes of content per episode than the US.
Usually a song which is arguably the best part of the show.
I'm not a huge fan of Muppets movies, but I knew that it would be fun watching it with you guys! I really miss your sister's channel..... please come back! 🖤🌹🖤🧛
Wonderful, Ladies! Thank you for sharing this one. Merry Christmas! 😊
This is a very good adaptation. But the version that is considered definitive, is the 1951 version starring Alistair Sim. Please do this one next year.