Your Thoughts: Muppets Letters to Santa

[MWoO]

I think something that would have made Piggy's absence better would have been scenes of her in the Caribbean, alone and having a horrible time without Kermit. Also it would have been nice to see the band on their vacation having a horrible time. I think had the special been longer we would have seen that, ala Muppets take Manhattan. I wouldn't be surprised if something like this was a deleted scene, possibly on the DVD that I am sure is coming.

 

[frogboy4]

I think something that would have made Piggy's absence better would have been scenes of her in the Caribbean, alone and having a horrible time without Kermit. Also it would have been nice to see the band on their vacation having a horrible time. I think had the special been longer we would have seen that, ala Muppets take Manhattan. I wouldn't be surprised if something like this was a deleted scene, possibly on the DVD that I am sure is coming.

Nail on the head right there!

As much as I enjoyed Piggy sitting most of the special out this time around, it would have been great to see the Muppets engages in more chaotic moments juxtaposed to her on vacation doing simple boring things like ordering room service and feeling put-upon by the most minor inconveniences.

Piggy being out of this special allowed other Muppets to shine, but a few cut-aways wouldn't have intruded on that and only enhanced the special. Hindsight is 20/20, but you are very right here IMHO.

 

[SillyRed]

It was more decent than Muppets Wizard Of Oz.

 

[RedPiggy]

I'm not entirely convinced they actually WENT anywhere.

 

[Libba Yuki]

I agree with what others here said, that it would have added more to show The EM and Miss Piggy miss their friends back in the city and not fully be able to enjoy their vacations because of it. Then show them coming back home to suprise the rest of the gang!

I'm hoping we get to some deleted scenes, or an extended edition when it comes out on dvd next year (assuming they bother releasing it).

Anyone else think Piggy looked adorable and funny when she huffs out of her apartment in her vacation clothes?

 

[MWoO]

I'm not entirely convinced they actually WENT anywhere.

We see them leave. They went somewhere during that time.

 

[Redsonga]

It would have been funny if Link had ended up being in the same hotel and there was like a running gag of her trying to get away from him (hi-ya anyone?) . That's what the newer muppets need more running gags *lol* :3

 

[CensoredAlso]

I think something that would have made Piggy's absence better would have been scenes of her in the Caribbean, alone and having a horrible time without Kermit. Also it would have been nice to see the band on their vacation having a horrible time. I think had the special been longer we would have seen that, ala Muppets take Manhattan.

Piggy being out of this special allowed other Muppets to shine, but a few cut-aways wouldn't have intruded on that and only enhanced the special. Hindsight is 20/20, but you are very right here IMHO.

Definitely agree with you guys! That's part of what made Muppets Take Manhattan so special, because even though the other characters weren't there a lot, you still got to check up on them and really develop the themes of "Saying Goodbye" and then "Together Again."

 

[Drtooth]

Nail on the head right there!

As much as I enjoyed Piggy sitting most of the special out this time around, it would have been great to see the Muppets engages in more chaotic moments juxtaposed to her on vacation doing simple boring things like ordering room service and feeling put-upon by the most minor inconveniences.

Piggy being out of this special allowed other Muppets to shine, but a few cut-aways wouldn't have intruded on that and only enhanced the special. Hindsight is 20/20, but you are very right here IMHO.

Again, a time issue. It seems like the characters should have somehow met up with the others at the North Pole after Gonzo's lament, looking for them at least. I bet this thing had a grander scale, but it all had to be trimmed for the same annoying advertisement for Macy's to pop up every five minutes.

 

[CBPuppets]

I liked it, I liked it a lot. My wife LVED it. Here's my quick thoughts:

Eric's characters sound identical to Franks. Sam was fantastic. I'm still gonna' be a little picky on his puppeteering. It's good, don't get me wrong, just a little stiff.

Frank and Jerry tribute? I thought I heard "Frances Ozkowitz" over the PA in the airport, but I read on Muppet Wiki Jerry had a tribute too. Help? (sorry if I missed it in this thread). I'd love to know what Frank thinks of all these tributes. (Why no Jim tributes though? Do they really want to try and just get Frank back?)

That was Paul Williams! The head elf! Fantastic!

Floyd sounded great, Robin sounded okay. I've said it before; whoever the new guy doing Jerry's characters is, he's really good, I just miss Jerry.

Scooter is fantastic. I loved Rudman's performance in Studio DC, I loved it here. Great work.

Bill Baretta is the best thing to happen to The Muppets since Jim and Richard's deaths. I saw in the credits he was puppet captain.

Just a couple negatives:
Why was Beau only sweeping in the background... he couldn't say anything?

Where's Kevin? Is Clifford completely fazed out? He may not be my favorite Muppet, but I think he belongs in there.

All in all, my feelings are this: The Muppets will never be the same without Jim ever again, that's one point I'm just not going to argue. However, for the first time ever in my life, I feel this is something he'd be proud of. I like to picture Jim looking down from Heaven with a smile and just going "Hmm..." in silent appreciation.

Let's not Forget Crazy Harry doing his Trademark Muppet show explosion after all these years.