The Muppet Christmas Carol Page #7

Synopsis: A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Brian Henson
Production: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
G
Year:
1992
85 min
8,222 Views


- On a sea of love and a thankful heart

Life is like a journey

Who knows when it ends

Yes, and if you need to know

The measure of a man

You simply count his friends

Stop and look around you

The glory that you see

Is born again each day

Don't let it slip away

How precious life can be

With a thankful heart

that is wide awake

I do make this promise

Every breath I take

Will be used now

to sing your praise

Used now to sing your praise

And to beg you

to share my days

Beg you to share my days

With a loving guarantee

That even if we part

- I will hold you close in a thankful heart

- I will hold you close in a thankful heart

I will hold you close

In a thankful heart

In a thankful heart

- Okay. Okay.

- Oh. Yes. Yes.

Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh. Yes.

Bob Cratchit!

- So here you are.

- Uh. M-M-Mr Scrooge. Uh...

You. Sir. Were not at work this morning

as we had discussed.

Oh. But-but. Mr Scrooge. Sir.

we did discuss it.

It's Christmas Day.

You gave me the day off.

I? I. Ebenezer Scrooge?

- Would I do a thing like that?

- No.

I mean yes.

But-But you did.

Bob Cratchit.

I've had my fill of this.

- And I have had my fill of you.

Mr Scrooge.

- Emily! Emily! Mr Scrooge.

- And therefore. Bob Cratchit...

- And therefore. You can leave

this house at once!

And therefore. I'm about

to raise your salary.

- Oh! And I am about to raise you right

off the pavement and out... Pardon?

- Pardon?

Yes. Bob. Raise your salary...

and pay your mortgage

on this house.

- Please. Sir. Come inside. Uh. Yes.

- Oh. Yes. Yes.

Bob Cratchit. Would you

and your family...

care to join us for a little turkey dinner

on this fine Christmas Day?

Merry Christmas!

- Ho-ho! Merry Christmas!

- Merry Christmas! Ho-ho-ho-ho!

- Try a truffle?

- Oh. My goodness.

- I don't know...

And Scrooge was

better than his word.

He did it all

and infinitely more!

And. Uh. Tiny Tim?

- And Tiny Tim. Who did not die...

- Aw. Isn't that swell!

To Tiny Tim. Scrooge

became a second father.

He became as good a friend.

as good a master and as good a man...

- As the good old city ever had!

- Hmm.

And It was always said of him that he

knew how to keep Christmas well...

if any man alive

possessed the knowledge.

May that truly be said of us.

and all of us!

And so.

as Tiny Tim observed...

God bless us.

God bless us. Every one!

The love we found

The love we found

We carry with us

So we're never

quite alone

The love we found

The love we found

The sweetest dream

That we have ever known

- Hey! See ya later!

- Goodbye!

- The love we found

The love we found

- We carry with us

- Bye-bye!

- Goodbye!

So we're never

quite alone

- Nice story. Mr Dickens.

- Oh. Thanks.

- Lf you like this.

you should read the book.

- Ho-ho-ho-ho!

It's in the singing

of a street corner choir

- It's going home and getting warm

by the fire

- Merry Christmas!

It's true

wherever you find love

- It feels like Christmas

- Yes. It does!

The cup of kindness

that we share with another

- A sweet reunion with a friend

or a brother

- Hello!

In all the places

you find love

It feels like Christmas

It is the season of the heart

A special time of caring

The ways of love made clear

And it is

the season of the spirit

The message

if we hear it

Is make it last all year

Ho-ho-ho! Yes!

- Make it last all year.

- So we give our gift to another

- A pair of mittens that were

made by your mother

- Merry Christmas!

- It's all the ways that we show love

- Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!

- That feel like Christmas

- Yes.

A part of childhood

we'll always remember

- It is the summer of the soul

in December

- Bye-bye!

- Yes, when you do your best for love

- Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas!

- It feels like Christmas

- And remember...

It is the season of the heart

A special time of caring

The ways of love made clear

It is the season of the spirit

The message

if we hear it

Is make it last all year

Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!

Yes!

It's in the singing

of a street corner choir

It's going home and getting

warm by the fire

It's true

wherever you find love

It feels like Christmas

It's true

wherever you find love

It feels like

Christmas

It feels like Christmas

It feels like Christmas

It feels like Christmas

- It feels like Christmas!

Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!

- It feels like Christmas

It feels like Christmas

There comes a moment

in your life

Like a window

and you see

Your future there before you

And how perfect

life can be

But adventure calls

With unknown voices

calling you away

Be careful

or you may regret

The choice you make someday

When love is gone

When love is gone

The sweetest dream

That we have ever known

When love is gone

When love is gone

I wish you well

But I must leave you now alone

It was almost love

It was almost always

It was like a fairy tale

We'd live out

you and I

And, yes, some dreams

come true

Yes, some dreams

fall through

And, yes, the time

has come for us

To say goodbye

Yes, some dreams

come true

Yes, some dreams

fall through

Yes, the time has come

for us

To say goodbye

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Jerry Juhl

Jerome Ravn Juhl (July 27, 1938 – September 26, 2005) was an American television and film writer, best known for his work with The Muppets. more…

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