Muppety Puppety Argle Bargle.

[pyat]

So, I bought a Muppet Christmas Special DVD at the grocery store for the girls, one with a generic festive cover.

I thought I was buying A Muppet Family Christmas.

Turns out I bought It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, in in which Kermit freezes to death on a park bench and Pepe the "Most Annoying Character after Elmo" King Prawn tries to have sex with Joan Cusack.

With a special guest appearance by Triumph the Insult Dog!

Comments

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

Dear me, that sounds horrible. Is that one of the Disney-era movies?

Lee.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Wait, what?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

It's 2002. It has some funny bits, but the girls are bored by it, and I'm sort of mad at it. :)

Also - in answer to a comment you made earlier - yes, I would like to read some of your fiction!

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

Nope, Wikipedia says its a Jim Henson Television production. The Wikipedia article describes it a wee bit differently than you do.

Lee.

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

You'll be sorry. I'll have a look and see if I still have your email addie.

Lee.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

I. Um. What?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia probably watched it all. :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Not that I can blame Pepe...

[melstra.livejournal.com]

OH dear, fooled, were you? I saw that one in the store the other day and passed. For completeness sake, I might someday want it, being a Muppet freak, but I thought it was pretty icky and depressing. It tried to do an "It's a wonderful life" parody and failed miserably.

Muppet Family Christmas, however, is a must. And I'm quite partial to "Muppet Christmas Carol" as well, though it's not quite as toddler friendly.

[animecat.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, the "Muppet Family Christmas" doesn't exist on DVD. At least not in the US. The only copies I've ever seen are bootlegs. Which I'm not happy about either.

[hilson.livejournal.com]

It's actually quite entertaining and really the Muppet version of It's A Wonderful Life.

There's a great scene at the end where Miss Piggy throws down with Joan Cusack.

My siblings and I watch it every year along with the Muppet Family Christmas and A Muppet Christmas Carol, because it's not Christmas without the Muppets.

[hilson.livejournal.com]

The Muppet Family Christmas is on DVD and has been for a few years now, but for some reason the stand up comedy routine Fozzie does with the snowman got cut.

[renface.livejournal.com]

Ew, ew, ew.

Conjurdude loves Pepe the Prawn, but I've already forgiven him.

[animecat.livejournal.com]

I take it back. You CAN find the DVD on Amazon... but because its out of print, they want over $140 for it.

I love the Muppets, but that's harsh.

[summerfields.livejournal.com]

I almost made that mistake once...but the good one is like $100+ on DVD and is pretty rare...so I am glad I at least have it on VHS.
They are making a Christmas special every year, it seems...which is kinda not cool.
I guess I will just have to buy the Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD.

[neebs.livejournal.com]

That sounds pretty sweet, actually! =P If you want to get rid of it, I'll send you my address. ;)

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Anyone recall that one with Emmet the Otter, I think it was? Had a bunch of river side animals playing in a jug band, if memory serves right...

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas. Yep! I saw it when I was very very small, and half-remembered it for years. Now I have it on VHS.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

The Muppet Family Christmas one is on Youtube, in high quality... you can save the video to your computer machine, with a Firefox plugin!

[anidada.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with Pepe?

[anidada.livejournal.com]

...okay, just re-read your post. I love Pepe. *shrug*

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I like him most of the time. I really hated him in their Wizard of Oz thing, and wasn't crazy about him in this one. So, I suspect my dislike is more based on recent exposure, than a fair assessment of his value in light of the totality, the "oeuvre d'Pepe."

[summerfields.livejournal.com]

I have it on DVD!

[summerfields.livejournal.com]

(emmet otter, that is)

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

HAHA. Oh dear. I'm curious about how you discovered the mistake :D.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Oh, we put it on and watched it. :) The girls got fairly bored with it.