A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jim Henson
Various Characters / Executive Producer
Frank Oz
Various Characters
Dave Goelz
Various Characters
Jerry Nelson
Various Characters
Richard Hunt
Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)
Kathryn Mullen
Mokey Fraggle (voice)
Steve Whitmire
Turkey / Rizzo the Rat / Wembley Fraggle / Sprocket the Dog / Lips (voice)
David Rudman
Miss Piggy's Photographer (voice)
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Gerard Parkes
Doc
Karen Prell
Red Fraggle / Maureen the Mink (voice)
Peter Harris
Director
Eric Till
Director
Jerry Juhl
Writer
Martin G. Baker
Producer
Diana Birkenfield
Producer
Val Strazovec
Production Design
John Rook
Lighting Design
Larry Grossman
Music Supervisor
Eric Robertson
Music Director
Ritamarie Peruggi
Production Manager
Kim Brouwer
Production Assistant
Polly Smith
Costume Design
Stephen Finnie
Set Decoration
Tim Lidstone
Special Effects
Gordon Stoddard
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 16, 1987
StatusReleased
Running Time48m
Content RatingG
Genres
Wiki.
A Muppet Family Christmas is a Christmas musical television special starring Jim Henson's Muppets. It first aired on December 16, 1987, on the ABC television network in the United States. Its teleplay was conceived by longtime Muppet writer Jerry Juhl, and directed by Peter Harris and Eric Till (the latter of whom was uncredited). This television special was filmed at 9 Channel Nine Court in Toronto, Ontario. The special features various Muppets from The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and Muppet Babies. It also stars Gerard Parkes as Doc from the North American wraparound segments of Fraggle Rock, and Henson as himself in a cameo appearance at the end. In the plot, the Muppets surprise Fozzie Bear's mother with a Christmas visit to her farmhouse, unaware of her planned getaway to Malibu.
Due to licensing issues with songs featured in A Muppet Family Christmas, some scenes have been cut from subsequent home media releases.