About this episode
🎄 It’s 2002, and we’re trapped in a horrifying world where Kermit the Frog doesn’t exist. Join us for a spectacular, spectacular Christmas Eve extravaganza starring Kermit in the George Bailey role of the Muppets’ perfectly silly take on “It’s a Wonderful Life,” also featuring Joan Cusack, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, the cast of “Scrubs,” and Whoopi Goldberg as God, Herself. **** 🎙 Guests: Lindy Kempe ( @ieatvideogames , 📸 @pinkmedley ). Adam Jurotich ( The Ambassadors of Harmony , 📸 @adam_sr ). Erik Johnson ( Erik Johnson Illustrator , 📸 @erikjohnsonillustrator ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Muppet Wiki’s list of similarities between this special and 2011’s “The Muppets.” 2. Joe Snow . 3. Hoggle from “Labyrinth” at the Unclaimed Baggage Center. 4. Director Kirk Thatcher as the punk on the bus in “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” and ”Picard.” 5. Jonathan Bruce , who’d later appear in “Elf.” 6. Deleted scenes include more of Carson Daly , Santa, and a lost cut scene with Snoop Dogg. 7. The giant Bossmen Muppets. 8. A scheduling conflict robbed this movie of actual Steve Irwin . 9. Fozzie as “ that green guy who stole Christmas .” 10. Today’s TV Tropes: Celestial Bureaucracy , Laser Hallway , and Lampshade Wearing . 11. The Yoda Muppet has his own Muppet Wiki entry. 12. So does Amy, the Dancing Brick ! 13. The World Trade Center in alternate timeline Piggy’s apartment window, and that’s not the worst part of that scene. **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Mastercard Priceless Getaway Sweepstakes Commercial starring The Muppets , 2002. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Acid Washed Memories , a retro pop-culture celebration podcast starting January 9, 2023. **** “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie” © 2002 The Jim Henson Company. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .