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Jim Henson introduced the Muppets back in 1955 and from that day to this one, they have been an indelible part of pop culture. Few people in the world don't know the best Muppets, names like Kermit the Frog, and Miss Piggy, but while a few Muppets have become stars in their own right, so many more fantastic characters were created by Henson and his team, and have been created since, that have never reached the same level of popularity.From The Muppet Show to the numerous Muppet movies, and all the various incarnations of…

The gang is back, and extended, on Disney+Image: DisneyIt’s a big day for Muppet fans with a Disney+ subscription. As previously reported, the service has just added the “full-length version” of Brian Henson’s 1992 film, The Muppet Christmas Carol. However, unlike some of the other new releases this weekend, it’s not that easy to find. So let us help out.You can click right here. That’s the easiest way. Because as of publication, Disney hadn’t given much fanfare to the release (the Muppets’ official social media is…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThere are Christmas movies, then there’s The Muppet Christmas Carol. In the years since its arrival in 1992, this surprisingly dedicated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ defining redemption story has emerged as a modern classic, dripping with nostalgia and indelibly linked to the childhood of a generation thanks to countless festive repeats. Full of memorable moments, beloved songs and…

Screenshot: DisneyI don’t know why the Muppets love Christmas so much, but they certainly do. Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and the extended Muppet cast of characters have made nearly a dozen holiday specials, along with a feature-length TV movie and a theatrical movie. That last one is The Muppet Christmas Carol, one of the best-loved adaptations of Charles Dickens’ tale of Ebenezer Scrooge ever made. But I want to talk about the TV movie, which isn’t nearly as famous… but a lot more infamous.It’s a Very Merry Muppet…

There may be some people who can watch Kermit the Frog’s nephew Robin give his heart-wrenching performance as Tiny Tim in The Muppet Christmas Carol without choking up. I am not among them.When Dickens was writing A Christmas Carol in 1843, he was said to have taken long night walks through London in a state of passionate euphoria, covering 10 or 15 miles at a time, dreaming his masterpiece into existence. I like to think if in the course of these walks some spirit could have taken him into the future to show him the…

Screenshot: Jim Henson Company/Disney PicturesThere’s magic in the air, Muppets fans! The wait is finally over as Disney+ is officially adding the extended cut of The Muppet Christmas Carol to the streaming platform. And yes, it’s going to include the beloved holiday musical’s long “lost” song, “When Love is Gone.”01:25Randall Park's Favorite SuperheroesMonday 5:02PMThe scene featuring the melancholy tune—which appears during a poignant moment in the past for Michael Caine’s Scrooge—was originally cut from the movie’s …

via Jim Henson Company People are rediscovering the treasure that is Muppet Treasure Island, a film that, if watched in childhood, everyone remembers fondly. While “everyone” is an exaggeration, the statement, “Muppet Treasure Island (1996) is a perfect movie,” has 4262 upvotes and counting on r/movies. It also has 472 comments, the vast majority of which are in agreement. “Tim Curry is the perfect Long John Silver, charismatic and menacing,” the OP wrote as one of five examples of the movie’s perfection:…

Step into the Jim Henson Company’s Los Angeles office and a gang of doozers from Fraggle Rock greets you at the front desk. Fozzie Bear peers out from a filing cabinet, Sesame Street’s Big Bird poses in a giant rococo frame, and one of Maurice Sendak’s wild things squats on a corner cabinet, hairs sprouting from his nose.But among these American puppet idols hanging around the workshop of Henson’s company is an ornament that will delight fans of Japan’s Studio Ghibli. It is the prowling catbus from its 1988 animated film…