Tis the season to be jolly and joyous! Fa la la!. Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of redemption and the Christmas Spirit never looked or sounded as fun, as charming, and dare I say, as Christmassey as it does in Jim Henson Productions’ The Muppet Christmas Carol. Join your favourite Disney podcasting crew – Ellie, Ethan, Georgia, and Ian – along with Best Film Ever's Liam - as we conclude our trilogy of Christmas Themed reviews with this the film that we declared to be the best Christmas film of all time in our most recent Reel Roundtable episode. There is no ignorance or want in EPISODE 50 as we discuss:
- The big shoes that the director and some of the voice cast had to fill after the death of Muppets creator, Jim Henson
- Michael Caine's perspective on how he played the character
- Which muppets were originally supposed to portray the three Christmas spirits
- If there a better Muppets pun than Fozziwig
- How is it possible that a bunch of puppets present death to children in a manner better than many other writers or actors should envy
- How exactly did Brian Henson & company pull off some truly magical Muppet moments on screen
- We discuss the changes made to Charles Dickens' story by Henson and those made by Disney and if they did the film a disservice
- We get into a debate on loneliness that we ask for your viewpoint on
- Whether it's fair or not to compare Muppet adaptations such as this to Original Muppet scripts
- We hear from many friends of the podcast as they send in their Christmas messages
- Whether or not The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Film Ever
