Deleted songs on MCC DVD?

[collectmuppets]

I remember something about someone saying 2 songs from MCC were not on the video release. Are all the orignal songs back on the DVD? Thanks.

Scott

 

[Phillip]

Scott,

The two extra songs "Room in Your Heart" by Bunsen & Beaker and "Chairman of the Board" by Sam the Eagle are not on the DVD.

If you haven't seen them, here are some reviews of the Muppet Christmas Carol DVD that may be helpful...

http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/merchandise/mcc_dvd.shtml

 

[Crazy Harry]

I don't think these two were in the theatrical release eather. This is the first time I've heard of eather of them.

 

[Drtooth]

I have a feeling they were not even incorperated into the plot. In other words, it was not shot into the final product. Mayhaps that's the reason why.

I remember one lyric being removed (for no apparent reason) on the MTI video:

We were siling sailing over the bounding main,

And now we're not.

which stinks, cuz it was Lew Zeland's only line. He appeared as a pirate, but didn't talk.

 

[petrieboy]

I feel a bit foolish because I wrote Henson a letter requesting they put the songs back where they belong (due to info I got from fans here.) Turns out that the two songs were never in the theatrical version- whether they shot footage for the songs and then edited it out (then they SHOULD release them,) or just decided not to use the songs before they filmed the movie like "Dr. Tooth" mentioned (more likely,) nothing is missing on the dvd from the theatrical release (Oh, except for a big chunk of scenery and action on each side of your tv.) The songs were included on the CD soundtrack though. The soundtrack sells for a lot of money around this time of year on Ebay, but I saw copies of it last year at Duane Reade in NYC for 7.99.
And I think it has been confirmed that the "Muppet Family Christmas" DVD is not missing anything that the VHS version from 1992 has. I did not buy the DVD last year because I thought they hacked it up even more, but turns out that it's a case of 5 advertising minutes that caused confusion. Go out and buy Muppet Family Christmas- if you haven't seen it, I think it's one of the best Muppet products. I'm going to try not to compare "Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" but I'm anxious to see if they can get a piece of the magic that MFC had.

 

[smcguire]

Originally posted by petrieboy
The songs were included on the CD soundtrack though. The soundtrack sells for a lot of money around this time of year on Ebay, but I saw copies of it last year at Duane Reade in NYC for 7.99.

I noticed that the Muppet Christmas Carol DVD has a blurb on the back saying "buy the soundtrack album!" Disney seems to have failed to realize that the CD is completely out of print. I'm sure they just took the standard credit template from the original movie poster and recycled it; but it's just another reflection of how much effort they put into this release...

--Scott McGuire