{"id":1962,"date":"2024-12-14T00:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2024-12-14T00:03:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:03:37","slug":"retro-streaming-movie-adventures-the-muppet-christmas-carol-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/14\/retro-streaming-movie-adventures-the-muppet-christmas-carol-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Streaming Movie Adventures: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/muppet-christmas-carol.webp\" alt=\"The eyes of Charles Dickens (Gonzo) and Rizzo in The Muppet Christmas Carol.\" class=\"wp-image-1963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/muppet-christmas-carol.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/muppet-christmas-carol-300x38.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/muppet-christmas-carol-768x96.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was supposed to see Kraven the Hunter tonight. Thirty minutes before the show started, I decided to skip it and instead watch The Muppet Christmas Carol, which I somehow had never seen. I think I made a good choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tons of people had told me how much they love this movie. &#8220;It&#8217;s the best version of the story! Michael Caine never breaks character! Gonzo is an inspired choice for narrator! You&#8217;ll talk about how many sleeps until Christmas for the rest of your life!&#8221; I&#8217;d heard so many positive things about the film that I was afraid I&#8217;d be expect too much from the film to be able to enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nope, not a problem. This thing is great. Michael Caine had me believing he was worried that a frog puppet with a bad leg would die. Gonzo &amp; Rizzo were charming. Kermit is exactly the right energy for Bob Cratchit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been trying (and failing) to not end this with &#8220;God bless us every one.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first pure Christmas movie of the year. Maybe my first for several years. A strong choice for returning to the genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":10,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,63],"tags":[234,231],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-pass-adventures","category-movies","tag-christmas","tag-muppets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1965,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions\/1965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}