"Kermit's
Christmas Capers" to air this holiday season
By
Greg James
September
17, 2005
Aside
from celebrating Kermit’s 50th Birthday this year, The Muppets
and Disney also plan to celebrate Christmas together (again). With
half-a-dozen Christmas productions already under their belts, the
Muppets plan to continue to the grand tradition with an all new
television special planned to air this holiday season. The plans
for an all new Muppet Christmas television special in was announced
a few months ago by Chris Curtin, the vice president and general
manager of the Muppets.
The
special, which is tentatively titled “Kermit’s Christmas
Capers”, will be the first of many new Muppet productions
released by the Muppets Holding Company. The Muppets Holding Company
is impressed on the overall response the past Muppet Christmas specials
and films have gotten from viewers, and have said that they would
like to allow the Muppets to be part of families’ annual Christmas
traditions. Christmas is one of the things the Muppets do best,
and Christmas specials are things people love to watch year after
year.
The
Muppet’s last two productions, “The Muppets' Wizard
of Oz” and “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas
Movie”, were the first two times that there had ever been
a really high-budget Muppet movie made for TV. When asked if “Kermit’s
Christmas Capers” will be the big television project these
films were made to be, insiders reported that this will be more
of a low-key special, more in line with the Muppet specials of the
1970’s, ‘80s, and early ‘90s (such as “A
Christmas Together” or “A Muppet Family Christmas”).
The special will feature the regular wacky Muppet antics, a touching
story, great jokes, heart-filled moments, the obligatory celebrity
cameos, and holiday fun that all will enjoy. No further information
or details on the production are available at this time.
“Kermit’s
Christmas Capers” is planned to air on TV in December, 2005.
There have been no official plans for home video or DVD releases
announced at this time. More information on the special, its production,
and its release should be released by Disney and available later
this fall.
The
Muppets Holding Company has also been working with Walt Disney Records
on a Christmas project. Plans for a Muppet holiday album are set
for release this holiday season as well. The exact details and track
listing of the album are unknown at this time, but many believe
that the CD will be the Muppet’s greatest Holiday hits from
their past Christmas specials, films, and productions. More details
on this endeavor should be available later this fall as well.
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