A Muppet Family Christmas

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Summary: A Cozy Comedy!
Review: I've been watching the muppets for as long as I can remember and this video captures the Christmas spirit as well as Jim Henson's vision. It's filled with all the lovable characters and Christmas songs. A great video for children

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Summary: Very annoyed
Review: I am very annoyed with the video that I bought off this website. I had the video recorded from t.v years ago and accidently loaned it out to someone. When I found it on amazon, needless to say I was thrilled, until I watched it. You cut out the major scenes from the movie like when Fozzie does his stand up comedy act with the snowmen and when the Muppet babies video is cut short. I don't mind little edits, but editing out these parts is absolutely ridiculious! I would have given the movie five stars, but since it has been butchered, it only receives three stars. People who have never seen this movie would never notice the edits, but if you're like me and you have watched this video about 5 million times, you will definetly notice the edits. You shouldn't even be selling the movie like this! It ruins the whole story! Therefore, I will continue to look for my old copy and watch the one I recorded off Odyseey instead.

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Summary: Jipped
Review: I love this movie. It has always and will always be my favorite Christmas movie. I recorded it from t.v. when it first came on in the 80's. In about 1994, my mom recorded over it. I was so mad! I haven't seen it since until I bought it on Amazon.com. I received it yesterday and watched it immediately. As the movie went on, I began to notice strange things. Parts of the movie had been removed! I felt let down. My advice is to be careful when you buy something.

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Summary: an instant classic
Review: this was one of my favorites back when I had it taped from television. It is a sweet tale of the Muppets sharing Christmas together. It is a classic tale for young and old. Jim Henson always had a way of reaching the hearts of his viewers. This video is no exception. I look forward to watching it every year

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Summary: A video for the whole family
Review: This is my favorite of all the Muppet videos because it has all the Muppets represented (for the time it was made ) including Rowlf, who is my all time favorite since I was a kid and saw him on the old Jimmy Dean Show. The jokes are funny not only for kids but adults too. The different story lines are cute and send a special message for the holiday season. I highly recommend this video, even my 11 year old daughter still loves to watch it. It has become a Christmas favorite of ours.

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Summary: DISAPPOINTING CUT VERSION of a MUCH LOVED CLASSIC
Review: Growing up, the Muppets played a crucial part in my life as they did in so many others'. I watched the films as they were released, sang the songs, tuned in for all three TV series over the years and enjoyed every minute of all I watched and heard. Ever since this particular Muppet TV special aired in 1987, it has been my very favorite Christmas special with repeated viewings over the years. HOWEVER.... this 1995 video release is extremely disappointing and should never have come about unless done properly. If the issues at hand with Henson Video were copyright problems with the songs that had been cut, negotiations should have been made to keep them in. If the problems came from re-use fees, they should have paid them rather than release this badly edited version. Apparently, they didn't think anyone would care since it's only a TV movie. This featurette deserves a full release in VHS and DVD. Hold off on purchasing this video release until the proper release is made available. Until then, I'll be watching my taped-from-television version with poor picture quality.

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Summary: This movie is the funniest and best movie ever made!!!
Review: I'm a 15 year old girl and I love Christmas so much that I find myself watching Christmsa movies all year round. But a Muppets Family Christmas is definately my favorite one out of all of them. Today is August 31st and I was just watching it a few days ago and I even watched it twice the day before that!! So you're definately never too old for this movie.

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Summary: Why is part of this moving missing?
Review: While still being a cute holiday video, several songs/scenes from the television special are missing in this video. Among those missing are the best scene of the movie (when Fozzy, the snowman, and Ralf the Dog sing "Sleigh Ride"). Also missing are the Muppet Babies singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", and Miss Piggy singing,"There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays". For some reason the non-traditional songs, such as "Pass It On" by the Fraggles, were left in. It's bad enough that the movie was butchered, but why cut out the best scenes and leave some of the less "Christmasy" ones?! If I had known that half of the movie was missing I would not have bought it. My entire family was extremely disappointed.

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Summary: Good video but major scenes are missing from the original.
Review: This is a very enjoyable holiday video with lots of singing and plenty of their famous vaudevillian humor. The problem with this tape, however, is that the version I received is missing several scenes that were on the original airing. If you are interested in this video because you have enjoyed it previously on television, do not buy this. You will be greatly disappointed as we were.

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Summary: One of Jim Henson's most brillant creations!!!
Review: For anyone that love the Muppets, this film gathers all the friends from Sesame Street and the Fraggles for one BIG family Christmas celebration. It's sheer brillance! Watch for a cameo of Mr. Henson, himself at the end of the video.