A Muppet Family Christmas

• Gerard Parkes: Jerome "Doc" Christian
• Jim Henson: cameo Himself

The Muppets celebrate Christmas (Original Title: A Muppet Family Christmas ) is a television film by Jim Henson from 1987, which ran on ZDF in German- Original Air Date on December 23, 1990. Although the Muppets play the leading role, and the characters of Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock and the Muppet Babies are ( show up here not as cartoon characters, but as the dolls ) with integrated into the plot in this unique crossover; also Jim Henson himself has a cameo (at the end of the film he washes the dishes in the kitchen ).

Action

Doc ( from Fraggle Rock ) decide to spend Christmas undisturbed on the land and rented for this purpose Fozzie Bear's home to mother, in turn, wants to spend the holidays in California. However, it is surprised by her son, who would like to celebrate the festival with his mother along with all the other Muppets. Of necessity omitted mother bear on their vacation and decides with the Muppets to celebrate together. Doc, it is anything but done, adds to his fate - and befriends the further course even with him initially annoying to visit. So they look, for example, old film footage from the time the baby of Muppets. Later still encounter the characters of Sesame Street added and Kermit and Robin meet in the basement of the Fraggles. After Miss Piggy also very late now reached the snowed- house, the film ends with several Christmas songs are sung in a large circle.

Prices

The movie 1988 was nominated in the category for Outstanding Primetime Children's Program Emmy and won in 1989, the Writers Guild of America Award in the category of vaudeville.

German version

The transfer to the German got (as in the Muppet Show ) Eberhard Storeck; this, however, not all song texts were translated. Especially the closing medley of Christmas songs is original (with original parts) can be heard in the original version. This German version has been released only on VHS and not on DVD. The television broadcast rights are at ZDF.

Voice Actors

Since the synchronization of Sesame Street in Hamburg is made, this TV movie as well as other Muppet productions ( The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock ), however, was synchronized near Munich, the following characters were given new voices: Bibo ( erklärungslos female synchronized), Oscar the grouch, Grover ( in this synchronization as in the original " Grover "), and Cookie Monster, Robert, beanpole (referred to in this synchronization as in the original " Herry Monster" ), as well as Wembley Fraggle. Furthermore, new voices found for the following characters: Fozzie Bear Snowman, Ernie, Bert, and Count von Count ( erklärungslos synchronized female, but only while singing ). The latter three Sesame Street characters but kept in their regular talk scenes spokesman for the Hamburg synchronization.

Interface versions

As the music rights were originally backed up only for television broadcasting, are several English-language VHS and DVD releases of this film, which all differ among themselves and from the original uncut TV version.

Criticism

" Muppets to celebrate Christmas ' is every year colorful, chaotic and very entertaining. "