The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - from the 45th most popular film of 1992 to Xmas favourite

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Go down the box office charts for 1992, and you need to look a long way before you find The Muppet Christmas Carol. Directed by Brian Henson, the movie was in 45th place at the box office that year, with surprisingly few choosing to check it out on its initial cinema release. The film had come together following the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson, and there'd been some difficulty cracking what the next Muppet film should be. Even when they settled on an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, there were a few different choices that were nearly made. The story of the film is told in this episode... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.3	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:52.7	I'm the founder of Film Stories magazine And a very warm welcome to the very latest episode of the Film Stories podcast.
1:01.1	Thank you for making me a part of this.
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