A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas is a 1987 Christmas television special starring the Muppets. It features four of the major Muppet franchises as a crossover: Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock and Muppet Babies. Dialogue Doc: Excuse me, Ms. Bear. Remember me? I rented this place to have a nice quiet Christmas. Animal: Peace on Earth. Give me presents! [Sprocket barks at Animal] Doc: Be careful, Sprocket. These could be from some foreign planet. Emily Bear: Actually, they're from television. I recognize Fozzie's weirdo friends. Dr. Teeth: Yeah, and we're proud of it, too! Sam the Eagle: Why am I here? Doc: [to Sprocket]: Tell me Spocket: are these anything like those Fraggles that you keep on telling me? [Christmas Turkey is flirting with Camilla] Turkey: I take it chicken little, you're my kind of poultry Gonzo: Camilla! What is going on here? Turkey: You got some fine drumsticks there my fine feathered mama. Gonzo: But Camilla's MY girlfriend! Turkey: You've gotta be kidding. You're not even a bird! Gonzo: Well, nobody's perfect. [The Sesame Street gang is singing Deck the Halls] Ernie: See the blazing yule before us. All: Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Bert: Strike the harp and join the chorus. All: Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Oscar the Grouch: I will NOT sing this song! All: Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Ernie: Oh, hi there. Hey, we're Ernie and Bert. Doc: Well, hi there yourself, I'm Doc. Bert: Did you know that Doc starts with the letter "D"? Doc: Why, yes. Ernie: Yes! Yes starts with the letter "Y". Doc: True. Ernie: And true starts with the letter "T". Doc: Hey, what is this? Bert: Where we come from, this is small talk. Emily Bear: Alright, the huge canary sleeps in the attic with the cookie-eater. The blue monster said he'll sleep in the bathtub. And Ernie and Bert will bunk out with the lizard here. Kermit the Frog: Frog. Kermit the Frog. Fozzie Bear: What about Oscar? Oscar the Grouch: No, I'll be nicely miserable in my trash can here. Rizzo the Rat: Hey, maybe I could bunk out with you? Oscar the Grouch: I never had a rat in my trash can before. Janice: Hey, everybody, look what I've got: Christmas cookies! Cookie Monster: COOKIE! [gobbles up the whole basket] Oh, thank you! Janice: Who was that strange blue creature? Animal: That my kind of fella! Ernie: Hey, everybody, it's time for our Sesame Street pageant. It's called 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Come on out Bert. Bert: I won't Ernie: Come on, Bert. Bert: Ernie, please don't make me Ernie: Bert, listen, everyone's waiting. [Bert comes out dressed as MaMa] Bert: Ernie, why must you always humiliate me? Ernie: Come one, Bert. Somebody has to play MaMa, and you lost the toss. [The 'Twas the Night Before Christmas play continues] Ernie: "...I sprang from my bed to see what's the matter" ... Open the curtain! [The curtain opens to reveal various Sesame Street aliens playing the reindeer] Bert: Monsters as reindeer? This is crazy! And where's Santa Claus? Ernie: Don't worry Bert. We're getting to him. [returning back to read the story] "With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick." [The Two-Headed Monster appears, with each head wearing a white beard] Sam the Eagle: Is nothing sacred? Bert: Now what a minute. Who let the Two-Headed Monster be Santa Claus? Ernie: But Bert, he said he never been in a play before ... I mean they said it ... both of them said it. Doc: Boy, that storm is getting worse. Kermit the Frog: I hope Miss Piggy is ok. Doc: There is one worried frog. Count von Count: That's one! One worried frog! Robin: He's not the only one. Count von Count: That two! Two worried frogs! Doc: [to Spocket after the Count leaves] Search me, more small talk I think. Kermit the Frog: We just came down here to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Wembley Fraggle: What's Christmas? Robin: Don't you have Christmas? Red Fraggle: No. Robin: Well, that's when you gather together with the people you love, and you wish each other peace on earth. Red Fraggle: We have a time like that. Mokey Fraggle: Yes, we do. As a matter of fact we're celebrating it right now. We give each other little presents. I'm giving Boober this nice shiny pebble. Red Fraggle: And I gave Mokey that pebble last year. Wembley Fraggle: And I gave it to Red that year before that. Boober Fraggle: And I gave it to you, Wembley, the year before that. Gobo Fraggle: That pebble has been a gift 37 times. Robin: And speaking of presents, Grover, I'd like you to have this Fraggle pebble. Grover: This Fraggle pebble here is for me? Oh, I just love Christmas! External links 0251282 A Muppet Family Christmas Category:1987 American films Category:Christmas television specials Category:The Muppets films Category:Films directed by Peter Harris