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12-22-2008, 09:47 AM
A Muppets Christmas:
We begin with Kermit, Ms. Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie and Co. standing in line outside of the post office on Christmas Eve. They’re all donning festive garb except for Gonzo, who in his vintage polyester suit, apparently enjoys dressing up like Benson DuBois even around the holidays. Kermit, on the other hand looks like he took advantage of that 40% off sale at the Gap. I KNEW it was him I saw thumbing through a pile of performance fleeces the other day. But my buddy convinced me it was just that jaywalking jerk from Frogger so we left.
We learn that this will be the first Christmas the Muppets spend apart from each other as everyone has scheduled separate vacations. Amidst the waiting, they notice that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also in line. It seems with everything that happened to his boys Spitzer, Blagojevich and Stevens this past year; he’s not taking ANY chances when mailing his illegal documents. Crooked politicians just can’t seem to trust anyone these days. And it’s sad.
Once inside the building, we get our first musical performance of the evening. Ah yes, nothing makes me want to burst into song like waiting in line at the post office for 45 minutes staring at a strip of clerks who resemble the front row of a suicide support group. (And while we’re here, would it be too much to ask for every post office to install a little light bulb above each teller? When it’s green, they’re available. When it’s red, they’re unavailable. This would enable us to bypass the whole “Customer didn’t know the clerk wasn’t ready yet and almost got his face mauled off as a result” exercise. As enjoyable as that is. Otherwise, we should just go back to the Pony Express. Pony comes to your door, pony takes your letter, pony gallops off. No confusion. None.)
As everyone in the post office continues singing about the joys of Christmas, the Muppets are invited to a backroom to help sort the mail; an obvious plotline progression. The foreman who extends the invitation is former New York City detective Ed Green from “Law and Order”. Frankly, I’m appalled. Lenny could be lying in a dumpster right now calling for backup after getting roughed up by a gang of street toughs and you’re just prancing around a mail warehouse tossing presents in the air. And on Christmas? How could you?
Pepe takes this bizarre moment to reveal he does not believe in Santa Claus. Really, Pepe? You believed in the vile fish sticks and hushpuppies from Long John Silver’s yet the idea of Santa doesn’t do it for you? Get yourself together.
Apparently bored with the lackluster song like the rest of us, Gonzo wanders off and decides to pull a lever which throws the whole process into warp speed. Envelopes start pouring from the ceiling, packages begin piling up and everyone starts moving like a Chicken Dance finale. Rather than simply flipping the switch back to normal, the Muppets and workers accept this postal apocalypse. Very astute.
In an obvious tribute to the “Candy Factory” episode of “I Love Lucy,” Sweetums (the big hairy monster lookin’ Muppet ) starts eating all of the letters racing up the conveyer belt. That a boy, Sweetums! Way to honor the television icons who paved the way for your stardom. No way you’d have that house in the Hamptons if it wasn’t for the Ethel Mertz’s of the world.
Kermit then violates the first rule of working in factory: no loose hanging clothes by the machinery. (Which reminds me, I recently found out that in crack cocaine distribution centers, the workers aren’t allowed to wear any clothes. Yep, completely nude. This is to ensure no one stuffs the merchandise up or down anywhere and enjoys themselves some crack later the company’s dime. Who knew?) So of course, Kermit’s scarf gets caught on the conveyer belt, he gets sucked into the mail sorting machine and the whole operation sputters to a halt. Foreman Ed Green proceeds to berate the Muppets for causing this disaster. (Are you kidding me? You invited a group of animals to help you sort out the mail and now you’re going to complain that it didn’t end well? What the hell did you expect? For example, if I invite a group of convicts over to my house for sandwiches, I’d have no place to grumble if they decided to snatch a TV and dining room set on their way out. That would be my problem. Grab a mirror, Ed. Grab a feakin’ mirror. And for God’s sakes, go check on Lenny.)
The Muppets return home and from the outside, their place looks exactly like the Huxtable residence. I was hoping they’d walk in and one of those super entertaining grandparent anniversary performances the Huxtable kids would always put on was happening, but all I got was more Muppets. Gonzo assures his neighbor – a little girl named Claire who lives with her mom (played by Jenna from “30 Rock”) – that he successfully mailed her letter to Santa for her. Claire explains how incredibly depressed she is because all of her friends our out of town for the holidays. (They will all be back in five days honey, not that big of a deal. Just be happy that mommy is able to make her mortgage payments and go back to coloring.) Claire’s mom then asks for help blowing up her inflatable Santa. It must be hard being a single mom around the holidays.
After their exchange, Gonzo realizes that Claire’s letter fell back into his bag during the post office mayhem and thus never got mailed. So he and Fozzie run back to the post office only to learn that the post office is now closed until after Christmas. Disheartened, they agree they have to figure something out because poor Claire needs her letter mailed. Okay, timeout. I know we’re supposed to feel bad for Claire, but A) Why did she wait until December 24th to mail her letter to Santa? I remember when I was 10; I knew what I wanted starting in oh I don’t know… May? And did she really think it was going to get all the way to the North Pole by the end of the day? What grade do they start giving kids those math problems with the trains traveling towards each other at different speeds where you have to figure out how long it will take before the trains meet? Let’s bump that up a few grades. And B) You trusted Gonzo with your important letter? The same guy who routinely catches on fire and gets shot out of cannons? Not one of your finer moments, Claire.
Fozzie and Gonzo consider opening Claire’s letter but are shot down by Sam the Eagle who swoops in to explain that opening someone else’s mail is a federal offense.( I find this news particularly troubling because it threatens one of my favorite holiday traditions. See, I have a small family; I only get a handful of Christmas cards every year. So one thing I like to do is open any Christmas cards addressed to my roommate so I feel like there are more people thinking about me during the holidays. Now that I know this is a federal offense, I’m really going to feeling guilty when I do it next time.)
Fozzie and Gonzo return back to the crib and brainstorm with the rest of the Muppets on how they can get Claire’s letter to Santa in time. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew shoots down the idea of emailing Santa citing the magnetic interference of the Northern Lights would make it impossible to set up a wireless network. I would go with the fact that the North Pole is located in the middle of an ocean being the main problem, but ya know, either or. Then Beaker strolls in wearing a helmet that allows any wish to come true merely by Beaker thinking about it. Unfortunately, Beaker wishes for a beautiful woman dressed like a Chinese restaurant hostess who then proceeds to make Beaker type noises while kidding his face. Believe me when I tell you this was all kinds of creepy. Beaker then wishes for the two to disappear together. I was hoping he would have taken the remaining half hour with him, but no luck.
Mrs. Piggy walks in and demands that Kermit forget about the letter and leave with her for their trip to the Caribbean immediately. Kermit refuses and Piggy storms off. A couple of things: 1) Let me get this straight, you’re going to scrap your big Caribbean vacation that you’ve been anticipating for months in favor of hanging back to mail a letter written by a 10 year old and intended for a fake person? You’re just going to eat the three grand? In this economy? Where do a pig and a frog get $3,000 anyway? 2) Mrs. Piggy is awful. She’s in the right in this argument, but that aside, she’s an unreasonable, loud, diva who drags down every scene she sticks her snout in. And she knows she can get away with this act because she’s the only main character that’s a female and if Kermy wants some corkscrew tail, he’s going to have to deal with it. So, can’t they add another female Muppet to keep her honest? Maybe a sweet little rabbit named Bunny? Or Foxy the Fox? Okay, I’m going to stop right now. Something about trying to think of sexy animal names really makes me feel uneasy.
Pepe heads over to a local EYE-talian restaurant to ask Paulie and Bobby from “The Sopranos” if they can assist with making this problem disappear. They nix the negotiations once they see that Pepe is accompanied by Rizzo the Rat, vowing never to make a deal with a rat. As Pepe and the Rizzo scurry off, the Swedish Chef strolls up with a dinner platter. Chef pulls the top off revealing an AK-47 and proceeds to gun down both Soprano bosses as well as the majority of patrons at table eight.
I mean, what I meant to say is, the Swedish Chef strolls up with a pizza. Hey I’m trying here…the plot leaves a lot to be desired.
Back at the Muppet house, Gonzo determines that the only option left is to deliver the letter themselves. This revelation causes everyone aside from Kermit and Fozzie to bail on Gonzo. Pepe and Rizzo stick around, but only to make fun of the situation. (Exactly the same reason I’m still watching at this point.) Disappointed in his friends, Gonzo sings a somber tune asking everyone to examine their hearts. These songs have been so incredibly weak that I keep waiting for Kermit to pull out his guitar and give us another heartbreaking rendition of “Hurt.”
The group then hails a taxi to the airport and finds that Whoopie Goldberg is the driver. (I’ve never been less disappointed about a hyped celebrity cameo only lasting 30 seconds in my life.) Once at the airport, they stumble across North Pole Airlines. Of course, no one is working the counter. It’s gotten so bad that even fantasy airlines are in the tank. Eventually Uma Thurman pops up serving as “Joy” the ticketing agent. She’s a she so Pepe is instantly infatuated. Joy informs everyone that there is one last flight leaving for the North Pole. They purchase a ticket and everyone aside from Pepe sprints for the gate. Fozzie comes back, grabs Pepe and says, “Keep it in your pants, Pepe!” Or something like that.
At security, Pepe is informed that he has to remove all of his belongings and put them through the x-ray machine. He tosses his blackberry in the plastic bin along with a blueberry, raspberry and a framed pictured of Halle Berry. Pepe is making a case to become my favorite Muppet of all-time. He is single handedly making this episode watchable. He really should hold out and refuse any more Muppet specials until Disney renegotiates his contract. I’m thinking something in the ballpark of $40 million over six years with a 10 million plankton signing bonus.
Once through the metal detectors, Officer Meany (the head of security, played by Nathan Lane) is suspicious of the Muppets and decides to detain them. Why on Earth you’d be suspicious of a frog, a teddy bear and a shrimp walking through an airport, is beyond me. Meany and his partner usher the Muppets into a side interrogation room. Meany’s partner is a bear in a suit, not to be confused with a guy in a bear suit. We learn that Meany hates Christmas because Santa didn’t bring him a tricycle back when he was a little boy due to Meany being on Santa’s naughty list. Riveting. Eventually Meany has a change of heart and allows the Muppets continue on their quest.
Because the airplane has already pulled away from the gate, the Muppets have to ride outside on the plane’s wing all the way to the North Pole. Makes sense, right? Three hours later they all decide that it’s time to let go of the wing and miraculously land right outside of Santa’s workshop. (Aren’t you so pissed you missed this one?) Once at Santa’s, the head elf informs the Muppets that Santa has already left for the evening. The elf is someone famous, but I can’t think of his name off hand. Look it up. My um, internet is down.
We’re again mistreated to another crappy song however; the homoeroticism between Fozzie and Gonzo in this one is off of the charts. So at least there’s that. At least we have that. As the melody winds down, some strange, paranormal shadows and sparks start flickering. Remembering that we just had a Whoopi sighting, I hoped that the black death shadows from “Ghost” were appearing to siphon the souls of the Muppets and end the episode.
But naw, it was Santa. They decide to join the big fella in the sky while he opens the infamous letters. We learn that the real reason Officer Meany held the Muppets up was so he could slip a letter to Santa in their batch asking to be removed from the naughty list. Santa obliges thereby rewarding this obvious display of manipulation and deceit. Finally, we get to Claire’s letter which is nothing more than a request to be with her friends for Christmas. Awwwe. And if there was any character development for Claire, I would sincerely mean that. She’s been in a collective 35 seconds of this movie. Sorry.
Santa then drops Fozzie, Kermit, Gonzo, Pepe and Rizzo off at Claire’s where they are joined by the rest of the Muppet cast. One by one, each Muppet files into Claire’s while really bringing the Christmas cheer. I personally enjoyed the turkey Muppet rolling in with a giant roasted turkey on a platter. That would be the equivalent of me showing up to a turkey farm with a human corpse in hand ready to party. I guess some things just to translate across species. We close with everyone agreeing this all worked out for the best because everyone gets to be together for Christmas. (Then why did you all schedule vacations in the first place?! You mean this whole episode could have been avoided? I could have been assigned to write about “Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too” dammit!)
All in all, I would say this was a D plus Christmas special. Every scene seemed to be on fast forward, the songs may or may not have been free styled, and not a single character induced so much as a smile outside of Pepe. It ranks about 7,500 slots behind Christmas special heavyweights like “Ziggy’s Gift,” “White Christmas” and “Christmas Comes to Pac Land”. Which is surprising; I would have expected a higher quality product now that The Muppets are owned by Disney. Rumor has it that the late Jim Henson even sent Gonzo a text message after the show aired Wednesday night simply stating: “You’re dead to me.”
Happy Holidays everyone!
We begin with Kermit, Ms. Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie and Co. standing in line outside of the post office on Christmas Eve. They’re all donning festive garb except for Gonzo, who in his vintage polyester suit, apparently enjoys dressing up like Benson DuBois even around the holidays. Kermit, on the other hand looks like he took advantage of that 40% off sale at the Gap. I KNEW it was him I saw thumbing through a pile of performance fleeces the other day. But my buddy convinced me it was just that jaywalking jerk from Frogger so we left.
We learn that this will be the first Christmas the Muppets spend apart from each other as everyone has scheduled separate vacations. Amidst the waiting, they notice that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also in line. It seems with everything that happened to his boys Spitzer, Blagojevich and Stevens this past year; he’s not taking ANY chances when mailing his illegal documents. Crooked politicians just can’t seem to trust anyone these days. And it’s sad.
Once inside the building, we get our first musical performance of the evening. Ah yes, nothing makes me want to burst into song like waiting in line at the post office for 45 minutes staring at a strip of clerks who resemble the front row of a suicide support group. (And while we’re here, would it be too much to ask for every post office to install a little light bulb above each teller? When it’s green, they’re available. When it’s red, they’re unavailable. This would enable us to bypass the whole “Customer didn’t know the clerk wasn’t ready yet and almost got his face mauled off as a result” exercise. As enjoyable as that is. Otherwise, we should just go back to the Pony Express. Pony comes to your door, pony takes your letter, pony gallops off. No confusion. None.)
As everyone in the post office continues singing about the joys of Christmas, the Muppets are invited to a backroom to help sort the mail; an obvious plotline progression. The foreman who extends the invitation is former New York City detective Ed Green from “Law and Order”. Frankly, I’m appalled. Lenny could be lying in a dumpster right now calling for backup after getting roughed up by a gang of street toughs and you’re just prancing around a mail warehouse tossing presents in the air. And on Christmas? How could you?
Pepe takes this bizarre moment to reveal he does not believe in Santa Claus. Really, Pepe? You believed in the vile fish sticks and hushpuppies from Long John Silver’s yet the idea of Santa doesn’t do it for you? Get yourself together.
Apparently bored with the lackluster song like the rest of us, Gonzo wanders off and decides to pull a lever which throws the whole process into warp speed. Envelopes start pouring from the ceiling, packages begin piling up and everyone starts moving like a Chicken Dance finale. Rather than simply flipping the switch back to normal, the Muppets and workers accept this postal apocalypse. Very astute.
In an obvious tribute to the “Candy Factory” episode of “I Love Lucy,” Sweetums (the big hairy monster lookin’ Muppet ) starts eating all of the letters racing up the conveyer belt. That a boy, Sweetums! Way to honor the television icons who paved the way for your stardom. No way you’d have that house in the Hamptons if it wasn’t for the Ethel Mertz’s of the world.
Kermit then violates the first rule of working in factory: no loose hanging clothes by the machinery. (Which reminds me, I recently found out that in crack cocaine distribution centers, the workers aren’t allowed to wear any clothes. Yep, completely nude. This is to ensure no one stuffs the merchandise up or down anywhere and enjoys themselves some crack later the company’s dime. Who knew?) So of course, Kermit’s scarf gets caught on the conveyer belt, he gets sucked into the mail sorting machine and the whole operation sputters to a halt. Foreman Ed Green proceeds to berate the Muppets for causing this disaster. (Are you kidding me? You invited a group of animals to help you sort out the mail and now you’re going to complain that it didn’t end well? What the hell did you expect? For example, if I invite a group of convicts over to my house for sandwiches, I’d have no place to grumble if they decided to snatch a TV and dining room set on their way out. That would be my problem. Grab a mirror, Ed. Grab a feakin’ mirror. And for God’s sakes, go check on Lenny.)
The Muppets return home and from the outside, their place looks exactly like the Huxtable residence. I was hoping they’d walk in and one of those super entertaining grandparent anniversary performances the Huxtable kids would always put on was happening, but all I got was more Muppets. Gonzo assures his neighbor – a little girl named Claire who lives with her mom (played by Jenna from “30 Rock”) – that he successfully mailed her letter to Santa for her. Claire explains how incredibly depressed she is because all of her friends our out of town for the holidays. (They will all be back in five days honey, not that big of a deal. Just be happy that mommy is able to make her mortgage payments and go back to coloring.) Claire’s mom then asks for help blowing up her inflatable Santa. It must be hard being a single mom around the holidays.
After their exchange, Gonzo realizes that Claire’s letter fell back into his bag during the post office mayhem and thus never got mailed. So he and Fozzie run back to the post office only to learn that the post office is now closed until after Christmas. Disheartened, they agree they have to figure something out because poor Claire needs her letter mailed. Okay, timeout. I know we’re supposed to feel bad for Claire, but A) Why did she wait until December 24th to mail her letter to Santa? I remember when I was 10; I knew what I wanted starting in oh I don’t know… May? And did she really think it was going to get all the way to the North Pole by the end of the day? What grade do they start giving kids those math problems with the trains traveling towards each other at different speeds where you have to figure out how long it will take before the trains meet? Let’s bump that up a few grades. And B) You trusted Gonzo with your important letter? The same guy who routinely catches on fire and gets shot out of cannons? Not one of your finer moments, Claire.
Fozzie and Gonzo consider opening Claire’s letter but are shot down by Sam the Eagle who swoops in to explain that opening someone else’s mail is a federal offense.( I find this news particularly troubling because it threatens one of my favorite holiday traditions. See, I have a small family; I only get a handful of Christmas cards every year. So one thing I like to do is open any Christmas cards addressed to my roommate so I feel like there are more people thinking about me during the holidays. Now that I know this is a federal offense, I’m really going to feeling guilty when I do it next time.)
Fozzie and Gonzo return back to the crib and brainstorm with the rest of the Muppets on how they can get Claire’s letter to Santa in time. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew shoots down the idea of emailing Santa citing the magnetic interference of the Northern Lights would make it impossible to set up a wireless network. I would go with the fact that the North Pole is located in the middle of an ocean being the main problem, but ya know, either or. Then Beaker strolls in wearing a helmet that allows any wish to come true merely by Beaker thinking about it. Unfortunately, Beaker wishes for a beautiful woman dressed like a Chinese restaurant hostess who then proceeds to make Beaker type noises while kidding his face. Believe me when I tell you this was all kinds of creepy. Beaker then wishes for the two to disappear together. I was hoping he would have taken the remaining half hour with him, but no luck.
Mrs. Piggy walks in and demands that Kermit forget about the letter and leave with her for their trip to the Caribbean immediately. Kermit refuses and Piggy storms off. A couple of things: 1) Let me get this straight, you’re going to scrap your big Caribbean vacation that you’ve been anticipating for months in favor of hanging back to mail a letter written by a 10 year old and intended for a fake person? You’re just going to eat the three grand? In this economy? Where do a pig and a frog get $3,000 anyway? 2) Mrs. Piggy is awful. She’s in the right in this argument, but that aside, she’s an unreasonable, loud, diva who drags down every scene she sticks her snout in. And she knows she can get away with this act because she’s the only main character that’s a female and if Kermy wants some corkscrew tail, he’s going to have to deal with it. So, can’t they add another female Muppet to keep her honest? Maybe a sweet little rabbit named Bunny? Or Foxy the Fox? Okay, I’m going to stop right now. Something about trying to think of sexy animal names really makes me feel uneasy.
Pepe heads over to a local EYE-talian restaurant to ask Paulie and Bobby from “The Sopranos” if they can assist with making this problem disappear. They nix the negotiations once they see that Pepe is accompanied by Rizzo the Rat, vowing never to make a deal with a rat. As Pepe and the Rizzo scurry off, the Swedish Chef strolls up with a dinner platter. Chef pulls the top off revealing an AK-47 and proceeds to gun down both Soprano bosses as well as the majority of patrons at table eight.
I mean, what I meant to say is, the Swedish Chef strolls up with a pizza. Hey I’m trying here…the plot leaves a lot to be desired.
Back at the Muppet house, Gonzo determines that the only option left is to deliver the letter themselves. This revelation causes everyone aside from Kermit and Fozzie to bail on Gonzo. Pepe and Rizzo stick around, but only to make fun of the situation. (Exactly the same reason I’m still watching at this point.) Disappointed in his friends, Gonzo sings a somber tune asking everyone to examine their hearts. These songs have been so incredibly weak that I keep waiting for Kermit to pull out his guitar and give us another heartbreaking rendition of “Hurt.”
The group then hails a taxi to the airport and finds that Whoopie Goldberg is the driver. (I’ve never been less disappointed about a hyped celebrity cameo only lasting 30 seconds in my life.) Once at the airport, they stumble across North Pole Airlines. Of course, no one is working the counter. It’s gotten so bad that even fantasy airlines are in the tank. Eventually Uma Thurman pops up serving as “Joy” the ticketing agent. She’s a she so Pepe is instantly infatuated. Joy informs everyone that there is one last flight leaving for the North Pole. They purchase a ticket and everyone aside from Pepe sprints for the gate. Fozzie comes back, grabs Pepe and says, “Keep it in your pants, Pepe!” Or something like that.
At security, Pepe is informed that he has to remove all of his belongings and put them through the x-ray machine. He tosses his blackberry in the plastic bin along with a blueberry, raspberry and a framed pictured of Halle Berry. Pepe is making a case to become my favorite Muppet of all-time. He is single handedly making this episode watchable. He really should hold out and refuse any more Muppet specials until Disney renegotiates his contract. I’m thinking something in the ballpark of $40 million over six years with a 10 million plankton signing bonus.
Once through the metal detectors, Officer Meany (the head of security, played by Nathan Lane) is suspicious of the Muppets and decides to detain them. Why on Earth you’d be suspicious of a frog, a teddy bear and a shrimp walking through an airport, is beyond me. Meany and his partner usher the Muppets into a side interrogation room. Meany’s partner is a bear in a suit, not to be confused with a guy in a bear suit. We learn that Meany hates Christmas because Santa didn’t bring him a tricycle back when he was a little boy due to Meany being on Santa’s naughty list. Riveting. Eventually Meany has a change of heart and allows the Muppets continue on their quest.
Because the airplane has already pulled away from the gate, the Muppets have to ride outside on the plane’s wing all the way to the North Pole. Makes sense, right? Three hours later they all decide that it’s time to let go of the wing and miraculously land right outside of Santa’s workshop. (Aren’t you so pissed you missed this one?) Once at Santa’s, the head elf informs the Muppets that Santa has already left for the evening. The elf is someone famous, but I can’t think of his name off hand. Look it up. My um, internet is down.
We’re again mistreated to another crappy song however; the homoeroticism between Fozzie and Gonzo in this one is off of the charts. So at least there’s that. At least we have that. As the melody winds down, some strange, paranormal shadows and sparks start flickering. Remembering that we just had a Whoopi sighting, I hoped that the black death shadows from “Ghost” were appearing to siphon the souls of the Muppets and end the episode.
But naw, it was Santa. They decide to join the big fella in the sky while he opens the infamous letters. We learn that the real reason Officer Meany held the Muppets up was so he could slip a letter to Santa in their batch asking to be removed from the naughty list. Santa obliges thereby rewarding this obvious display of manipulation and deceit. Finally, we get to Claire’s letter which is nothing more than a request to be with her friends for Christmas. Awwwe. And if there was any character development for Claire, I would sincerely mean that. She’s been in a collective 35 seconds of this movie. Sorry.
Santa then drops Fozzie, Kermit, Gonzo, Pepe and Rizzo off at Claire’s where they are joined by the rest of the Muppet cast. One by one, each Muppet files into Claire’s while really bringing the Christmas cheer. I personally enjoyed the turkey Muppet rolling in with a giant roasted turkey on a platter. That would be the equivalent of me showing up to a turkey farm with a human corpse in hand ready to party. I guess some things just to translate across species. We close with everyone agreeing this all worked out for the best because everyone gets to be together for Christmas. (Then why did you all schedule vacations in the first place?! You mean this whole episode could have been avoided? I could have been assigned to write about “Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too” dammit!)
All in all, I would say this was a D plus Christmas special. Every scene seemed to be on fast forward, the songs may or may not have been free styled, and not a single character induced so much as a smile outside of Pepe. It ranks about 7,500 slots behind Christmas special heavyweights like “Ziggy’s Gift,” “White Christmas” and “Christmas Comes to Pac Land”. Which is surprising; I would have expected a higher quality product now that The Muppets are owned by Disney. Rumor has it that the late Jim Henson even sent Gonzo a text message after the show aired Wednesday night simply stating: “You’re dead to me.”
Happy Holidays everyone!