The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Michael Caine plays Scrooge straight, opposite the Muppets, with Gonzo as Charles Dickens.
Keep the narrator, because the narrator is half the fun of the book, and make him Gonzo.
You want songs, jokes and the actual story all at once, with anyone from five to ninety.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: a lot of Dickens’s narration, spoken by Gonzo as Dickens with Rizzo the Rat beside him.
Changes: the cast and the music: Statler and Waldorf are Jacob and Robert Marley, and Paul Williams wrote the songs.
Whose story is it?
Scrooge’s, played by Caine as if there were no puppets in the room.
How much time does it ask?
A feature, 1 hour 26 minutes. Directed by Brian Henson.
Michael Caine, Gonzo, Rizzo the Rat, Statler and Waldorf. Songs by Paul Williams.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Blu-ray — Amazon · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
Common questions
Who plays Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol?
Michael Caine, who plays the part straight opposite the Muppets. Gonzo plays Charles Dickens as the narrator, with Rizzo the Rat beside him.
More Christmas Carols: A Christmas Carol (MGM, 1938) · Scrooge (1951), with Alastair Sim · A Christmas Carol (1984), with George C. Scott