One of my favorite comments I heard once is "The two best guest actors in Muppets media is Michael Caine who treated the Muppets as real people, and Tim Curry who treated himself like a Muppet."
Back in the day when I was working for Spitting Image, our crew were invited by the Henson crew (who were also shooting that day) to visit their set and view their Muppets. I remember rushing past this bewildered bloke on set to get to the Muppet Chickens (which are my favs) only to be told later "you do realise that was Micheal Cain" LOL Even back then the Muppets won out. lol
One of my favourite comments I heard about "The Muppets Christmas Carol" is also about "The Muppets Treasure Island"... "The reason Michael Caine and Tim Curry are so good in their respective Muppet movies is that Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow actors, and Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet" 😁
Since 2005, the one thing for me that really makes the Christmas period really Christmasy is when there's either a brand new Doctor Who Christmas Day Special or a New Years Day Special to watch!!! 😀
For whatever reason the "Last Unicorn" is broadcast on Christmas by one of my countries TV stations. I don't know why, but watching it kind of became a tradition.
I was lucky enough to get the chance to see Muppet Christmas Carol accompanied by a live orchestra for the soundtrack. I really love seeing you guys talk about this. I hope everyone gets to have a great holiday season.
For me, its not Christmas unless the whole family gets together to watch the live action How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It's our Grandpa's favorite Christmas movie and honestly, if I wasn't for how surpringly and genuinely good I found the 2009 Mocap A Christmas Carol it would also be mine. Jim Carrey playing Scrooge works surprisingly well, and without him acting like he usually would.
as a Kid i was Less Terrified of the Ghost of Christmas future than the Ghost of Christmas Past honestly the little child muppet gave me Nightmares haha
I have one movie that makes me feel like Christmas is here. Which is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the animated one, with Borris Karloff. The line "Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more" will never not kill me.
Something I noticed watching it last year was that out of the Marley brothers in the muppet adaptation, one is called Robert. Bob is short for Robert, so Muppet Christmas Carol has a singing Bob Marley?
For years my favorite was Scrooged with Bill Murray, but last year I watched Violent Night with David Harbour and that has to be my favorite Christmas movie now.
Weirdly for me, The Great Escape is very much a Christmas movie for me XD It was always played around Christmas time on TV. Also helped it was my Grandma's favourite movie.
I think it's a great film to watch during Christmas time as well. It also helps that they do sing Christmas Carols in the film (to drown out the noise from the digging of the tunnel and making of the tools, but still).
Every Christmas eve we watch Inglorious Bastards as a family, I don't know how or why it started but there's enough red in the film to make it a Christmas movie for me
For me, my go to media to watch on Christmas are the first two Thomas the Tank Engine Christmas specials (Thomas’ Christmas Party and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree) and the 1966 animated adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
In Metro Detroit, one of the local TV stations played Laurel and Hardy's "March of the Wooden Soldiers" every year on Christmas. We moved up to northern Michigan, and found that it wasn't broadcast on any of the stations there. The next year, my dad bought the VHS copy, and that was how we continued that little tradition.
Funny thing is I just finnished watching Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD, then I open UA-cam and this video is first suggestion (saying it posted an hour prior).
It's interesting you should mention wanting Steve McFadden to play Scrooge in A Christmas Carol because Ross Kemp (who plays the other Mitchel brother in Eastenders) has done just that. It's a made for TV film that came out in 2000 with the story being updated to reflect the time period which, ironically, dates it even more than if they had kept in the original era. It's enjoyable but nothing groundbreaking.
There’s a Hershey Kisses commercial that’s played on American tv for a few decades now, and I don’t consider my year complete until I see that commercial
Many years ago we had a thanksgiving tradition of making food from different countries. Every year in October my Uncle would call my mom and would decide a different country, typically one of us kids would choose it, and then all the food for Thanksgiving for that year were dishes from that country.
6:00 Did Charlie's mom originally sing more than one song? Because "Cheer up Charlie" has been in Televised version and physical media versions whenever I've seen it.
Speaking of "personal traditional christmas movies" one of our family's ones was this direct-to-TV animated adaptation of the Snow Queen starring Helen Mirren as the Snow Queen and Hugh Laurie as the main character's stressed out animal sidekick. Naturally it doesn't hold up beyond nostalgia, but Helen Mirren is an unironically *amazing* villain.
My favorite Christmas viewing is The Goes Wrong Show It's little half hour comedy plays, they are hilarious and there are 2 or 3 Christmas ones. Lovely and gets me into the Christmas spirit.
A really touching moment from the muppets I saw in the last few years was Seth Rogan's Hilarity For Charity special on Netflix. For the final part of the show the muppets come on to perform "Rainbow". Something about the muppets really does just disarm you of the idea that they're not "real." They're true celebrities, and personalities, and much more than just felt.
I’m kind of curious as to which daughter they’re talking about. Michael Caine’s two daughters are currently 67 and 50, making it impossible for either of them to have been 7 when the movie came out in 1992. Secondly, I have two Christmas traditions. Watching the 1994 Tim Allen Christmas movie, The Santa Clause and listening to the Patrick Stewart reading of A Christmas Carol on cd. First heard it when I was a kid when my mom got it for me for Christmas. Then my wife rebought me a copy a few years back so I could listen to it again to remind me of my childhood.
The first film I remember seeing at the pictures (though apparently I did see Bambi earlier than that, and my brother was so small he couldn’t keep the seat down).
It's so cool to see you guys drop a video on the Muppet Christmas Carol!! I've literally just spent the last semester at uni studying The Muppet Christmas Carol and A Christmas Carol for my re-imagining 19th century lit module! It was a bit eerie seeing the research that I did appear in this video too!!
15:21 the guy who built the Tweenie Puppets/Costumes was Neal Scanlan. Scanlan would later go on to do the creature & makeup effects for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy and the last 2 Jurassic World films.
I read once that the Muppet Christmas Carol is so popular because Micheal Cain treats the Muppets as fellow actors. And Muppet Treasure Island is so popular because Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet.
I'm American and was introduced ti Mr. Bean after Black Adder through my local PBS channel in the 90's and was ALWAYS confused when other Americans hadn't heard of Black Adder
I have a theory that the reason they show them around christmas is because of the old stop motion classics from the 60s and 70s, you know, rudolph, frosty, etc. the Rankin-bass ones. they have a similar feel to claymation, using the same methods and all. so it probably just evokes the same feelings in anyone watching.
My favorite Christmas Carol is the B/W 1950's version with Alister Sims as Scrooge and I also squeeze in the original Miracle on 34th Street and Charlie Brown Xmas special.
In a way, it's rather ironic that Statler and Waldorf would play the part of the Marleys, as they were both originally voiced by Jim Henson and Richard Hunt, which as we all know, unfortunately passed away beforehand and this film being dedicated to them.
I have survived whamageddon... it's hit xmas day here and haven't heard it once... But on the Michael Caine note that movie is one I used to watch every xmas as a kid, not so much now spent 15 years in bar and retail which ruined any xmas joy I had as a kid. I've become a scrooge / grinch character at xmas time.
Whamageddon has definitely made it's way to Canada. People I know have been playing it for at least five years. And for me it isn't Christmas until I've watched Garfield's Christmas special.
My "its not a Christmas movie. But it's a Christmas movie to me" movie is the Original Star Wars Trilogy. When I was berry young we the the golden box VHS special edition as a family gift on Christmas and for the next few years we'd always to a marathon of it on Christmas
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (a short 1995 Jim Henson made-for-TV movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Leslie Nielsen) and The Muppet Christmas Carol.
Talk about not-Christmas-related shows that aired on Christmas, one of my country's TV station used to aired Mr Bean episodes on Christmas day for a few years, in the early 1990's, before they decided to have a dedicated TV time slot for the show, to be air weekly.
Best Christmas Carol!!!!!!! Also, the 24 hours of Christmas story. Always watched when I was a kid and I can definitely do most of the lines from that movie
Muppets Christmas carol, the polar express, nightmare before Christmas and the Doctor Who Christmas special That's the stuff my family watch with out fail around on or around Christmas
It's hard to imagine a Christmas playlist that doesn't have The Muppet Christmas Carol and A Muppet Family Christmas. That combo is pure Christmas fuel.
One Christmas morning as I opened presents I found the vhs tape my dad grabbed randomly from a bin and saw it was a cartoon so he gave it to me... ever since I try to watch AKIRA during the season.
If I remember right the wrong trousers premiered at Christmas but I was rather much younger at the time so I might be just remembering it being on at Christmas
Christmas movies and movies watched on Christmas / New Years that may or may not have anything to do with the holidays but are family tradition anyway? a strange list from my family. this one, Muppet Christmas Carol often also the "David Lean Trilogy", as my family calls these: Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago (usually this one on New Years Eve. being Canadian my parents like the railway scenes which were filmed in Canada) Casablanca as well, and to round back to Christmas but still film noir but comedy: Lady on a Train. The Guns of Navarone usually ends up somewhere in there too. "That's easy for you to say, sitting there drinking coffee." "Party's over. Somebody stepped in the cake." idk exaclty why, but that's what we watch.
James Bond's Goldfinger. We taped the TNT James Bonds one year, and I always loved Goldfinger as a kid. A little problematic to watch, now, but it's still Christmas to me, dang it!
One of my favorite comments I heard once is "The two best guest actors in Muppets media is Michael Caine who treated the Muppets as real people, and Tim Curry who treated himself like a Muppet."
Gonzo is so awesome.
“Tiny Tim…who did NOT die!…”
Gets me every time.
From the actual book too.
Apparently it wasn't specified in the original draft and the editors thought he died so Dickens added the line.
I'm very happy to hear him say "Near by" and whoever is in the video. It makes me happy
I'm very happy to hear him
‘Nearby ____’ and ‘welcome to wiki weekends, I’m your host Lucas Holland’ are literally serotonin on tap
It feels a lot less dystopian than "Far away ___".
Back in the day when I was working for Spitting Image, our crew were invited by the Henson crew (who were also shooting that day) to visit their set and view their Muppets. I remember rushing past this bewildered bloke on set to get to the Muppet Chickens (which are my favs) only to be told later "you do realise that was Micheal Cain" LOL Even back then the Muppets won out. lol
One of my favourite comments I heard about "The Muppets Christmas Carol" is also about "The Muppets Treasure Island"...
"The reason Michael Caine and Tim Curry are so good in their respective Muppet movies is that Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow actors, and Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet" 😁
Since 2005, the one thing for me that really makes the Christmas period really Christmasy is when there's either a brand new Doctor Who Christmas Day Special or a New Years Day Special to watch!!! 😀
The Nightmare Before Christmas is as much a Christmas movie as it is a Halloween movie, and I will die on this hill.
Nightmare Before Christmas is so good about riding the line between those two holidays
Actually saw it in cinemas recently and they kept when love is gone, it made me love the film more
For whatever reason the "Last Unicorn" is broadcast on Christmas by one of my countries TV stations. I don't know why, but watching it kind of became a tradition.
I always watch the Father Ted Christmas Special. Its not Christmas until I see 8 Priests trying to escape a lingerie section.
I was lucky enough to get the chance to see Muppet Christmas Carol accompanied by a live orchestra for the soundtrack. I really love seeing you guys talk about this. I hope everyone gets to have a great holiday season.
This is without a doubt my favorite all time christmas movie. Everytime i think christmas i think sitting down and watching this
After moving to England, "The Snowman" has become part of my Christmas rotation. I would've been obsessed with it if I had seen it as a kid.
For me, its not Christmas unless the whole family gets together to watch the live action How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It's our Grandpa's favorite Christmas movie and honestly, if I wasn't for how surpringly and genuinely good I found the 2009 Mocap A Christmas Carol it would also be mine. Jim Carrey playing Scrooge works surprisingly well, and without him acting like he usually would.
as a Kid i was Less Terrified of the Ghost of Christmas future than the Ghost of Christmas Past honestly the little child muppet gave me Nightmares haha
Same. Loved how creepy he was. Terrified... but so intriguing!
I have one movie that makes me feel like Christmas is here. Which is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the animated one, with Borris Karloff. The line "Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more" will never not kill me.
Something I noticed watching it last year was that out of the Marley brothers in the muppet adaptation, one is called Robert. Bob is short for Robert, so Muppet Christmas Carol has a singing Bob Marley?
For years my favorite was Scrooged with Bill Murray, but last year I watched Violent Night with David Harbour and that has to be my favorite Christmas movie now.
Weirdly for me, The Great Escape is very much a Christmas movie for me XD It was always played around Christmas time on TV. Also helped it was my Grandma's favourite movie.
I think it's a great film to watch during Christmas time as well.
It also helps that they do sing Christmas Carols in the film (to drown out the noise from the digging of the tunnel and making of the tools, but still).
My Christmas touchstone is something next to no one has seen....Yogi's First Christmas...it's cheap...but it was a huge part of my childhood.
Me and my mother quote muppets Christmas carol constantly around Christmas. It’s so so iconic I love the movie
I do that with my mom as well
Every Christmas eve we watch Inglorious Bastards as a family, I don't know how or why it started but there's enough red in the film to make it a Christmas movie for me
2 movies that have become Christmas staples for me are The Hogfather and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz.
For me, my go to media to watch on Christmas are the first two Thomas the Tank Engine Christmas specials (Thomas’ Christmas Party and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree) and the 1966 animated adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Cheers fact fiend team! Thx for all the great content! Marry Christmas and happy new years!
as a kid I loved watching the animated Lion, the Witch, and the wardrobe every Christmas.
In Metro Detroit, one of the local TV stations played Laurel and Hardy's "March of the Wooden Soldiers" every year on Christmas. We moved up to northern Michigan, and found that it wasn't broadcast on any of the stations there. The next year, my dad bought the VHS copy, and that was how we continued that little tradition.
3:54 We’ve got a similar thing in America with “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey.
Everytime i heard "my cocaine" instead of "michael caine"
The Muppets were a tremendous gift that Jim Henson gave us.
And the Danny Trejo story is wonderful.
This is so hilariously timely for me, I literally watched this movie last night!
Funny thing is I just finnished watching Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD, then I open UA-cam and this video is first suggestion (saying it posted an hour prior).
My fav Christmas film is Arthur Christmas, which is an Aardman film! Its brilliant and to me is so Christmassy, love it so much
It's interesting you should mention wanting Steve McFadden to play Scrooge in A Christmas Carol because Ross Kemp (who plays the other Mitchel brother in Eastenders) has done just that.
It's a made for TV film that came out in 2000 with the story being updated to reflect the time period which, ironically, dates it even more than if they had kept in the original era. It's enjoyable but nothing groundbreaking.
There’s a Hershey Kisses commercial that’s played on American tv for a few decades now, and I don’t consider my year complete until I see that commercial
I always make sure that I watch at least one Doctor Who christmas special every year, most often The Runaway Bride due to its easy nature
Many years ago we had a thanksgiving tradition of making food from different countries. Every year in October my Uncle would call my mom and would decide a different country, typically one of us kids would choose it, and then all the food for Thanksgiving for that year were dishes from that country.
6:00 Did Charlie's mom originally sing more than one song? Because "Cheer up Charlie" has been in Televised version and physical media versions whenever I've seen it.
Speaking of "personal traditional christmas movies" one of our family's ones was this direct-to-TV animated adaptation of the Snow Queen starring Helen Mirren as the Snow Queen and Hugh Laurie as the main character's stressed out animal sidekick. Naturally it doesn't hold up beyond nostalgia, but Helen Mirren is an unironically *amazing* villain.
Me and my mum as well always watched this film. She loved it. Every Christmas eve without fail.
My favorite Christmas viewing is The Goes Wrong Show
It's little half hour comedy plays, they are hilarious and there are 2 or 3 Christmas ones. Lovely and gets me into the Christmas spirit.
The song switch out just made me question my memory for every Christmas I’ve ever lived through 😭
Ours would be “all I want for Christmas is you” because every nov 1st that song is everywhere
A really touching moment from the muppets I saw in the last few years was Seth Rogan's Hilarity For Charity special on Netflix. For the final part of the show the muppets come on to perform "Rainbow". Something about the muppets really does just disarm you of the idea that they're not "real." They're true celebrities, and personalities, and much more than just felt.
I’m kind of curious as to which daughter they’re talking about. Michael Caine’s two daughters are currently 67 and 50, making it impossible for either of them to have been 7 when the movie came out in 1992.
Secondly, I have two Christmas traditions. Watching the 1994 Tim Allen Christmas movie, The Santa Clause and listening to the Patrick Stewart reading of A Christmas Carol on cd. First heard it when I was a kid when my mom got it for me for Christmas. Then my wife rebought me a copy a few years back so I could listen to it again to remind me of my childhood.
The first film I remember seeing at the pictures (though apparently I did see Bambi earlier than that, and my brother was so small he couldn’t keep the seat down).
It's so cool to see you guys drop a video on the Muppet Christmas Carol!! I've literally just spent the last semester at uni studying The Muppet Christmas Carol and A Christmas Carol for my re-imagining 19th century lit module! It was a bit eerie seeing the research that I did appear in this video too!!
15:21 the guy who built the Tweenie Puppets/Costumes was Neal Scanlan.
Scanlan would later go on to do the creature & makeup effects for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy and the last 2 Jurassic World films.
The speed at which i ripped off my headphones when karl started saying "heres a clip"
I read once that the Muppet Christmas Carol is so popular because Micheal Cain treats the Muppets as fellow actors.
And Muppet Treasure Island is so popular because Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet.
My family usually spends Christmas Day with my grandparents and we make this huge breakfast and just kinda talk
It wouldn’t be Christmas without it.
I'm American and was introduced ti Mr. Bean after Black Adder through my local PBS channel in the 90's and was ALWAYS confused when other Americans hadn't heard of Black Adder
Just watched this movie for the first time ever tonight with some friends and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The ‘80s Santa Claus:the movie is a must. Also over the years have added Trading Places, Hawkeye and this year Violent night.
I have a theory that the reason they show them around christmas is because of the old stop motion classics from the 60s and 70s, you know, rudolph, frosty, etc. the Rankin-bass ones. they have a similar feel to claymation, using the same methods and all. so it probably just evokes the same feelings in anyone watching.
My favorite Christmas Carol is the B/W 1950's version with Alister Sims as Scrooge and I also squeeze in the original Miracle on 34th Street and Charlie Brown Xmas special.
I can't believe I dived for the remote when you said here is a clip. For whamagedon. 😂
In a way, it's rather ironic that Statler and Waldorf would play the part of the Marleys, as they were both originally voiced by Jim Henson and Richard Hunt, which as we all know, unfortunately passed away beforehand and this film being dedicated to them.
Christmas movies at our house includes White Christmas, At least 2 Doctor Who Specials, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Aliens vs Predator.
When i seen the name, that other video about him changing his name was my first thought, well done, Karl and crew 😂
I love watching Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas every year.
I have survived whamageddon... it's hit xmas day here and haven't heard it once...
But on the Michael Caine note that movie is one I used to watch every xmas as a kid, not so much now spent 15 years in bar and retail which ruined any xmas joy I had as a kid. I've become a scrooge / grinch character at xmas time.
Whamageddon has definitely made it's way to Canada. People I know have been playing it for at least five years. And for me it isn't Christmas until I've watched Garfield's Christmas special.
My "its not a Christmas movie. But it's a Christmas movie to me" movie is the Original Star Wars Trilogy. When I was berry young we the the golden box VHS special edition as a family gift on Christmas and for the next few years we'd always to a marathon of it on Christmas
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (a short 1995 Jim Henson made-for-TV movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Leslie Nielsen) and The Muppet Christmas Carol.
This video has informed me that I had lost the Whamageddon before I knew it was even a thing just a few days ago.
Talk about not-Christmas-related shows that aired on Christmas, one of my country's TV station used to aired Mr Bean episodes on Christmas day for a few years, in the early 1990's, before they decided to have a dedicated TV time slot for the show, to be air weekly.
Ernest saves Christmas a true classic
Watching a Muppets Christmas Carol in the cinema's tomorrow im so excited
Best Christmas Carol!!!!!!!
Also, the 24 hours of Christmas story. Always watched when I was a kid and I can definitely do most of the lines from that movie
My yearly tradition is watching Muppets Christmas Carol with pizza on Christmas eve
They played the long cut of Willie Wonka when I was a kid (now 39, grew up in the southern US)
I forgot about this one! My kids and I watch the Nightmare Before Christmas, on Christmas Eve
Just watched this last week with our family as usual for Christmas.
I went to Whamhalla on the 15th. Muppet Christmas is definitely a favorite.
Christmas begins when I start playing John Denver and the Muppets Christmas CD. I'm old enough that I remember when the Muppets Show came on TV.
Muppets Christmas carol, the polar express, nightmare before Christmas and the Doctor Who Christmas special
That's the stuff my family watch with out fail around on or around Christmas
Im not really familiar with the eras of Kermit's voice, but 11:37 was pretty good Kermit
It's hard to imagine a Christmas playlist that doesn't have The Muppet Christmas Carol and A Muppet Family Christmas. That combo is pure Christmas fuel.
Muppets Christmas Carol is near and dear to me, but I've really been enjoying adding Klaus to the holiday season tradition.
When I read the book I was surprised things I thought were ad lib were actually written
In Canada, especially on the east coast you can find shirts that say "real men watch coronation street"
One Christmas morning as I opened presents I found the vhs tape my dad grabbed randomly from a bin and saw it was a cartoon so he gave it to me... ever since I try to watch AKIRA during the season.
i always read terry Pratchett's Hogfather and watch the tv special
After Muppets for A Christmas Carol its the one with Patrick Stewart from 1999 and Scrooged with Bill Murry.
I like watching Chasing Christmas, there's something about a more human touch to the spirits
Getting the last bits and pieces in place before putting the full version on, timed so the credits roll at midnight.
My tradition is watching polar express and it ain't Christmas till hot chocolate plays
For me it's the Goodtimes Entertainment version of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, it just feels like Christmas and childhood to me.
Funny, we actually play Whammagedon in the Philippines. And the old Coca-Cola Holiday commercial was aired here too.
Like, the last video in which you mentioned WHAM!ageddon.... later that night my folks pick me up.... I get in the car and last Christmas is playing.
As much as I adore the Muppets Christmas Carol, the one my family constantly puts on is the one starring George C. Scott.
You actually just made me loses whamageddon, I blocked that song at work to try and make it to Christmas, 23rd is not too bad
It's a wonderful life, got played for decades. Now it's tradition
The moment you said Wham! I took my earbud out.
If I remember right the wrong trousers premiered at Christmas but I was rather much younger at the time so I might be just remembering it being on at Christmas
Christmas movies and movies watched on Christmas / New Years that may or may not have anything to do with the holidays but are family tradition anyway?
a strange list from my family.
this one, Muppet Christmas Carol
often also the "David Lean Trilogy", as my family calls these: Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago (usually this one on New Years Eve. being Canadian my parents like the railway scenes which were filmed in Canada)
Casablanca as well, and to round back to Christmas but still film noir but comedy: Lady on a Train.
The Guns of Navarone usually ends up somewhere in there too. "That's easy for you to say, sitting there drinking coffee." "Party's over. Somebody stepped in the cake."
idk exaclty why, but that's what we watch.
Playing through yakuza one and two is our Christmas tradition
every year, it's not Christmas until we watch Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
James Bond's Goldfinger. We taped the TNT James Bonds one year, and I always loved Goldfinger as a kid. A little problematic to watch, now, but it's still Christmas to me, dang it!