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SOPRANOS Vets To Star In NBC’s MUPPET CHRISTMAS!!
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Tony Sirico and Steve Schirripa, who both played captains in Tony Soprano's crime family, will star alongside Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo and Miss Piggy in NBC’s musical special "Letters to Santa -- A Muppets Christmas.”
Sirico and Schirripa also starred in ABC’s "Elmo's Christmas Countdown" special last year.
“Muppet Movie” composer Paul Williams will contribute songs to the new project. The Hollywood Reporter describes the premise:
"Letters" is set on Christmas Eve when Kermit and company mistakenly avert three letters en route to Santa Claus, which triggers a race against time to bring a happy Christmas to the kids whose wishes were lost in the mail.
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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I'm there!
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"Cutting in line in front of Italians": Aye! Oooh! Aye! Ahhhh. Aye! Whatsamatteroyu?
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A lethal, yet surprisingly family friendly combination.
I guess the real question is how long will it be before someone gets the idea to do a cgi muppets movie...mark my words, it will happen. -
..what Jason Segal does with the muppets. If it's as good as the bit in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, then color me excited...or blackface.
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Even if it wasn't, it's damn hard to be cynical in regards to the Muppets.
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Wait, wrong Muppet Christmas special.
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The Muppets were so great and innovative when Henson and Oz were calling the shots... Since then the magic is just not the same... "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" from a few years back was a real stinker. It makes me sad to be a Muppet hater.
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Bit of a cop-out if you ask me. The original Muppet Movie was charming, innovative and surreal. This just sounds like another "lets teach kids the true meaning of giftmas" schtick that Hollywood seems to think itself the authority on. I'd prefer that Dark Crystal sequel.
Well, at least they got Paul Williams doing the music. -
oh, and Amy Chasing - it's a stretch to call an NBC holiday special a "flick"...
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... no, AmyChasing. This is not the next Muppet movie that Jason Segal is working on. That's why the article describes it as an NBC television special.
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for me and anyone else who doesn't know who's-attached-to-which-project.
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anyone that can't fucking read.
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but doesnt disney own em? surprised this isnt airing on ABC since their last tv movies have.
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but I still think they should've gave Sirico a Sopranos spin-off, preferably in the form of a sitcom.
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think a few adults will be tuning into this special and watching it some of it.
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Jason Segal is doing the next Muppet Movie? Sweet!
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That's a great point... why is this on NBC and not ABC? Anybody know?
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Have picked up the rights to Wurzel Gummage and Rentaghost. Yes Wurzel gummage and rentghost are coming back for the 21st century. With the exception of the Sue Nicholls from Corrie. The rest of the cast are dead.
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while i'm not really sure why nbc and not abc, i do know that 'very merry muppet christmas' was on nbc too. memba? [scrubs] had a cameo
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See not all of us live in the States, so I wouldn't have a clue what's on NBC. What I have seen is It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, which I didn't think much of. Which was classed as a movie or a special? I don't know. But thanks for all your help I'm sure you were implying.
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Count me in!
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So white actors who pretend to be swearing Mafia murderers are fine, but a black rapper who pretends to be a swearing murderer gets cut? Must be the CHRONIC...
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His children sold them. After the tragic death of thier father and no other entertainment figures death devastated more me then hensons death as a teenager, they wanted to make more serious fare. Selling the muppets was a huge mistake. but they possibly wanted distance. or something. for the future.
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but he at least knows that you never let your children run anything. If things go belly up for pixar. a pixar henson team up?
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GO MAN GO! I have been WAITING ages for him to pen some new tunes - man doesn't get enough respect! Sold on this one now. Anyone else get teary eyed at the BUGSY MALONE reference in SPACED Season 2?
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It was a rumor that turned out to be a fact. It's about time somebody breathed life back into the Muppets. I've never met ANYONE in my lifetime that hated the Muppets. It's the one thing that America has that I'm not ashamed of...besides FREEDOM!!!
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flower shoved up his ass. Glorious. Can't wait.
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Sep 08, 2008 8:39:03 PM CDT
It's not quite a mop, it's not quite a puppet, but man!...
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so to answer your question, I dunno
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Very weird.
I think Disney not doing a crossover with Muppets & Mickey is a missed opportunity.
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