A Yuletide treat! This year, we at Historical Friction have plenty of cheeses for you meeces, as Alice, Helen, and Abigail finally discuss The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Directed by Brian Henson, this film stars Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit, a few other humans, and the entire Muppet cast!
From how the Muppets alter the original Dickens text, to what they so brilliantly add in, from ectoplasmic spiritualism to embodied cognition and Muppet lore, this episode has a little something to fill everyone's stocking! This movie was such a childhood and Dickensian touchstone for all three of us that we're sure we'll be revisting it and referencing it on many holiday episodes Yet To Come (but that's in the future, like December 2026).
Happy holidays everyone, from us here at Historical Friction!
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