Fact Fiend - That Time Michael Caine Made a Christmas Movie for his Daughter

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[@takeru3159]

One of my favorite comments I heard once is "The two best guest actors in Muppets media is Michael Caine who treated the Muppets as real people, and Tim Curry who treated himself like a Muppet."

[@Silver-rx1mh]

Back in the day when I was working for Spitting Image, our crew were invited by the Henson crew (who were also shooting that day) to visit their set and view their Muppets. I remember rushing past this bewildered bloke on set to get to the Muppet Chickens (which are my favs) only to be told later "you do realise that was Micheal Cain" LOL Even back then the Muppets won out. lol

[@jphilb]

Gonzo is so awesome. “Tiny Tim…who did NOT die!…” Gets me every time.

[@Adamdidit]

From the actual book too. Apparently it wasn't specified in the original draft and the editors thought he died so Dickens added the line.

[@stevenwallenstein2059]

I'm very happy to hear him say "Near by" and whoever is in the video. It makes me happy

[@belloons]

I'm very happy to hear him

[@reeceflook134]

‘Nearby ____’ and ‘welcome to wiki weekends, I’m your host Lucas Holland’ are literally serotonin on tap

[@MrVxBojanglesxv]

It feels a lot less dystopian than "Far away ___".

[@stevencharlton7693]

Since 2005, the one thing for me that really makes the Christmas period really Christmasy is when there's either a brand new Doctor Who Christmas Day Special or a New Years Day Special to watch!!! 😀

[@TFGRhinehart]

The Nightmare Before Christmas is as much a Christmas movie as it is a Halloween movie, and I will die on this hill.

[@TheSchultinator]

Nightmare Before Christmas is so good about riding the line between those two holidays

[@DoctorSpudhead]

I always watch the Father Ted Christmas Special. Its not Christmas until I see 8 Priests trying to escape a lingerie section.

[@l2919]

Actually saw it in cinemas recently and they kept when love is gone, it made me love the film more

[@pattycakesgrr7394]

I was lucky enough to get the chance to see Muppet Christmas Carol accompanied by a live orchestra for the soundtrack. I really love seeing you guys talk about this. I hope everyone gets to have a great holiday season.

[@DAveShillito]

One of my favourite comments I heard about "The Muppets Christmas Carol" is also about "The Muppets Treasure Island"... "The reason Michael Caine and Tim Curry are so good in their respective Muppet movies is that Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow actors, and Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet" 😁

[@Aristeides]

For whatever reason the "Last Unicorn" is broadcast on Christmas by one of my countries TV stations. I don't know why, but watching it kind of became a tradition.

[@fredrickcuriosity6368]

Cheers fact fiend team! Thx for all the great content! Marry Christmas and happy new years!

[@eypick6987]

3:54 We’ve got a similar thing in America with “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey.

[@Grimmay]

as a Kid i was Less Terrified of the Ghost of Christmas future than the Ghost of Christmas Past honestly the little child muppet gave me Nightmares haha

[@thehumanconsensus]

Same. Loved how creepy he was. Terrified... but so intriguing!

[@gentlemandemon]

After moving to England, "The Snowman" has become part of my Christmas rotation. I would've been obsessed with it if I had seen it as a kid.

[@namecomingsoon9517]

This is without a doubt my favorite all time christmas movie. Everytime i think christmas i think sitting down and watching this

[@poppyfrancis7338]

For me, its not Christmas unless the whole family gets together to watch the live action How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It's our Grandpa's favorite Christmas movie and honestly, if I wasn't for how surpringly and genuinely good I found the 2009 Mocap A Christmas Carol it would also be mine. Jim Carrey playing Scrooge works surprisingly well, and without him acting like he usually would.

[@JohnTalbane87]

2 movies that have become Christmas staples for me are The Hogfather and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz.

[@megapwner1234]

lasted 14 days into WHAM!ageddon this year... fucking poundland ruined it for me. also its not christmas until hans gruber falls off nakatomi plaza, and this is a hill (skyscraper?) i will die on.

[@johnsmith8906]

My Christmas touchstone is something next to no one has seen....Yogi's First Christmas...it's cheap...but it was a huge part of my childhood.

[@CmdrBrannick]

Weirdly for me, The Great Escape is very much a Christmas movie for me XD It was always played around Christmas time on TV. Also helped it was my Grandma's favourite movie.

[@theyakkoman]

I think it's a great film to watch during Christmas time as well. It also helps that they do sing Christmas Carols in the film (to drown out the noise from the digging of the tunnel and making of the tools, but still).

[@piroknight]

i always read terry Pratchett's Hogfather and watch the tv special

[@rainbowriggs5245]

Every Christmas eve we watch Inglorious Bastards as a family, I don't know how or why it started but there's enough red in the film to make it a Christmas movie for me

[@grumpyoldnord]

For years my favorite was Scrooged with Bill Murray, but last year I watched Violent Night with David Harbour and that has to be my favorite Christmas movie now.

[@MichaelHonscar]

I’m kind of curious as to which daughter they’re talking about. Michael Caine’s two daughters are currently 67 and 50, making it impossible for either of them to have been 7 when the movie came out in 1992. Secondly, I have two Christmas traditions. Watching the 1994 Tim Allen Christmas movie, The Santa Clause and listening to the Patrick Stewart reading of A Christmas Carol on cd. First heard it when I was a kid when my mom got it for me for Christmas. Then my wife rebought me a copy a few years back so I could listen to it again to remind me of my childhood.

[@lisasingfield4683]

My fav Christmas film is Arthur Christmas, which is an Aardman film! Its brilliant and to me is so Christmassy, love it so much

[@MarkimedesJacquesStonehouse]

It's interesting you should mention wanting Steve McFadden to play Scrooge in A Christmas Carol because Ross Kemp (who plays the other Mitchel brother in Eastenders) has done just that. It's a made for TV film that came out in 2000 with the story being updated to reflect the time period which, ironically, dates it even more than if they had kept in the original era. It's enjoyable but nothing groundbreaking.

[@thatoneguy3332]

Me and my mother quote muppets Christmas carol constantly around Christmas. It’s so so iconic I love the movie

[@PeacelordApropos]

I do that with my mom as well

[@JdeeGeekyGao]

I have survived whamageddon... it's hit xmas day here and haven't heard it once... But on the Michael Caine note that movie is one I used to watch every xmas as a kid, not so much now spent 15 years in bar and retail which ruined any xmas joy I had as a kid. I've become a scrooge / grinch character at xmas time.

[@Tannerbot2k]

I have one movie that makes me feel like Christmas is here. Which is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the animated one, with Borris Karloff. The line "Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more" will never not kill me.

[@belloons]

Im not really familiar with the eras of Kermit's voice, but 11:37 was pretty good Kermit

[@coolfinel]

For me, my go to media to watch on Christmas are the first two Thomas the Tank Engine Christmas specials (Thomas’ Christmas Party and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree) and the 1966 animated adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

[@chrislew464]

Good idea for episode alternative Christmas episodes x files ghost who stole Christmas

[@Tannerbot2k]

The Muppets were a tremendous gift that Jim Henson gave us. And the Danny Trejo story is wonderful.

[@thecitykitty7528]

This is so hilariously timely for me, I literally watched this movie last night!

[@pheonixfire667]

Everytime i heard "my cocaine" instead of "michael caine"

[@skavenbrad9569]

Something I noticed watching it last year was that out of the Marley brothers in the muppet adaptation, one is called Robert. Bob is short for Robert, so Muppet Christmas Carol has a singing Bob Marley?

[@rwsaldrich]

Love actually is my favorite Christmas movie

[@sea-envy3137]

as a kid I loved watching the animated Lion, the Witch, and the wardrobe every Christmas.

[@michaelsternau86]

Ernest saves Christmas a true classic

[@RicPendragon]

Morpheus ARRRRRHHHHHHH!!! vs Marley's WOOOOOooooaaaaaaaaaaoooooo

[@kevinmilner2916]

Batman Returns is my number 1 go to Christmas movie

[@b4billy27]

Watching a Muppets Christmas Carol in the cinema's tomorrow im so excited

[@adamallen661]

As a Canadian I love Black Adder

[@OriginalMaRulFullStream]

After Muppets for A Christmas Carol its the one with Patrick Stewart from 1999 and Scrooged with Bill Murry.

[@luxhemlock5194]

A really touching moment from the muppets I saw in the last few years was Seth Rogan's Hilarity For Charity special on Netflix. For the final part of the show the muppets come on to perform "Rainbow". Something about the muppets really does just disarm you of the idea that they're not "real." They're true celebrities, and personalities, and much more than just felt.

[@GM_Joe]

They did cut a few things that probably would have just been too much for the kids....like the twin children Ignorance and Want that lived in the Ghost of Christmas Present's robes. But I can't blame them for that

[@CasualRonin]

In a way, it's rather ironic that Statler and Waldorf would play the part of the Marleys, as they were both originally voiced by Jim Henson and Richard Hunt, which as we all know, unfortunately passed away beforehand and this film being dedicated to them.

[@AlexSDU]

Talk about not-Christmas-related shows that aired on Christmas, one of my country's TV station used to aired Mr Bean episodes on Christmas day for a few years, in the early 1990's, before they decided to have a dedicated TV time slot for the show, to be air weekly.

[@Dexy83]

The first popular Christmas song I remember is Last Christmas... I don't like y'alls game! I play it on repeat! 😂😂😂

[@Demonslayre]

Like, the last video in which you mentioned WHAM!ageddon.... later that night my folks pick me up.... I get in the car and last Christmas is playing.

[@Gantros]

My family usually watches the 1970 animated film The Phantom Tollbooth.

[@frellion6430]

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (a short 1995 Jim Henson made-for-TV movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Leslie Nielsen) and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

[@DeaditeSlayer01]

Christmas movies at our house includes White Christmas, At least 2 Doctor Who Specials, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Aliens vs Predator.

[@stoneyboyd]

15:21 the guy who built the Tweenie Puppets/Costumes was Neal Scanlan. Scanlan would later go on to do the creature & makeup effects for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy and the last 2 Jurassic World films.

[@nigelsummers7949]

My yearly tradition is watching Muppets Christmas Carol with pizza on Christmas eve

[@GM_Joe]

I got my headphones off before the clip started! (and we play in the US as well). Also, you just lost the game

[@evelyntodd9946]

Christmas begins when I start playing John Denver and the Muppets Christmas CD. I'm old enough that I remember when the Muppets Show came on TV.

[@karlheath4327]

Me and my sister have to watch Santa Claus The Movie, Scrooged, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Muppets Christmas Carol doesn't feel like Christmas till we've watch those films

[@saundraschaefer]

We def watch Muppets Christmas Carol, but also always a Knight Before Christmas (which is terrible, but we love it anyway), Jingle Jangle, and Die Hard.

[@atimholt]

I like Last Christmas. I play a similar game with the Super Bowl. Every year, I forget when the Super Bowl is. The longer it takes for me to find out the Super Bowl is coming up, the better. I win if I find out it's already happened.

[@FpsFenix]

On christmas me and my sister watch the movie tokyo godfathers the twilight zone christmas special "night of the meek" the original and the 1980 one , "its a wonderful life" and gremlins

[@CHRISA2095]

Christmas movies and movies watched on Christmas / New Years that may or may not have anything to do with the holidays but are family tradition anyway? a strange list from my family. this one, Muppet Christmas Carol often also the "David Lean Trilogy", as my family calls these: Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago (usually this one on New Years Eve. being Canadian my parents like the railway scenes which were filmed in Canada) Casablanca as well, and to round back to Christmas but still film noir but comedy: Lady on a Train. The Guns of Navarone usually ends up somewhere in there too. "That's easy for you to say, sitting there drinking coffee." "Party's over. Somebody stepped in the cake." idk exaclty why, but that's what we watch.

[@thepsychopotato]

Funny, we actually play Whammagedon in the Philippines. And the old Coca-Cola Holiday commercial was aired here too.

[@hannabellerose4690]

Very late, but I've I wanted to share anyway cause I feel very strongly about these. Most faithful: Jim Carrey animated, at least in imagery. Favorite: Muppets. Best in quality imo: George C. Scott, with Scott being the best Scrooge if not being in the best film adaptation overall.

[@zeo1chris]

I'm American and was introduced ti Mr. Bean after Black Adder through my local PBS channel in the 90's and was ALWAYS confused when other Americans hadn't heard of Black Adder

[@antondevonlh]

James Bond's Goldfinger. We taped the TNT James Bonds one year, and I always loved Goldfinger as a kid. A little problematic to watch, now, but it's still Christmas to me, dang it!

[@crono4752]

I love watching Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas every year.

[@ladnie9454]

How fucking dare you remind me of Whamageddon (I got out literally two days ago), anyway my favorite christmas related media is Pilotredsun’s Grinch’s Ultimatum and as an Okie the most important thing is the B.C. Clark Jingle (look it up if you haven’t heard it)

[@MaxEverywhereSystem]

the funniest thing to me is that the of “adapt one story, one character stays human while the rest are muppets” meme is only applicable to muppet christmas carol purely because its such a cultural phenomenon edit: immediately remembered thats not even true its something we just made up

[@DrTurtleBee]

I went to Whamhalla on the 15th. Muppet Christmas is definitely a favorite.

[@alegacybestforgotten752]

During Christmas time I play Payday 2 and listen to their Christmas Album. Just a good fun blast!

[@thehumanconsensus]

The American equivalent of Whammagedon is Ar-Mariah-geddon

[@mindlessmeat4055]

Every year I watch the original Miracle on 34th Street. I really like that movie.

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

Every year I watch Die Hard (yes i know what he said my choice) Lethal Weapon, then Home Alone, and now Violent Night.... I wonder what that says about me 🤔

[@Nostripe361]

Internet joke has ruined his name for me. Cause every time I hear his name I can only hear MY COCAINE.

[@FriscoFlame]

I legitimately plugged my ears thinking they might actually play Last Christmas

[@YanBaoQin]

We play Whamageddon and also vs. Mariah Carrey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

[@gabrielr7511]

My "its not a Christmas movie. But it's a Christmas movie to me" movie is the Original Star Wars Trilogy. When I was berry young we the the golden box VHS special edition as a family gift on Christmas and for the next few years we'd always to a marathon of it on Christmas

[@MasterTMO]

When I graduated 8th grade, I was voted most likely to replace Jim Henson as the voice of Kermit. :D Apparently I can still do it alright, but about an octave too low.

[@michaelyapp3254]

The ‘80s Santa Claus:the movie is a must. Also over the years have added Trading Places, Hawkeye and this year Violent night.

[@tonyd.7088]

If you are looking for "not die hard" I present "reindeer games" with Ben Affleck and Gary Sinese

[@freeble100]

Funny thing is I just finnished watching Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD, then I open KZbin and this video is first suggestion (saying it posted an hour prior).

[@georged7059]

It’s not Christmas for me until I’ve watched muppets Christmas carol with my mum and Die Hard with my dad and refused to watch love actually with either of them😂

[@dansmart3182]

There are six ghosts, jacob, past, present, and future and ignorance and want.

[@cassieacr]

I read once that the Muppet Christmas Carol is so popular because Micheal Cain treats the Muppets as fellow actors. And Muppet Treasure Island is so popular because Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet.

[@TheTimberwolf44]

I friends and I have a similar game at Christmas, where we try to go as long as we can without hearing Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." I managed to make it all the way to the 21st this year, though I had to sprint out of a few buildings to manage it (house rule is that it doesn't count unless you hear lyrics)

[@takeru3159]

I would make the argument that "The Love is Gone” and "Cheer up Charlie" weren't cut because they were sad, but because they are shit songs.

[@katashworth41]

3:39 my partner got Whammed on the first and I on the second. 2021 I made it to Christmas Eve. I was so angry.

[@GreatGizmo74]

Me and my mum as well always watched this film. She loved it. Every Christmas eve without fail.

[@LilithVWinter]

a Muppet family Christmas ! and pee wee's playhouse Christmas special! are my go to every year.

[@diobrando5501]

i believe the American version of whammiss is "all i want for Christmas is you"

[@GeniuneMafiosoHeavy]

Muppets Christmas Carol is near and dear to me, but I've really been enjoying adding Klaus to the holiday season tradition.

[@kaelang12]

There’s a Hershey Kisses commercial that’s played on American tv for a few decades now, and I don’t consider my year complete until I see that commercial

[@CirJohn]

My wife's Christmas movie: The Long Kiss Goodnight.

[@soge5143]

The song switch out just made me question my memory for every Christmas I’ve ever lived through 😭

[@shinetilly]

I’ve heard other actors taking roles so their kids to watch but I haven’t heard that about Michael Caine. Was it possibly his grandchildren? It looks like his daughters were both adults by the time of A Muppets Christmas Carol was made

[@araiguma888]

We have a similar game in america where we try to go the longest without hearing Mariah Carey all I want for Christmas is you. Also Scrooge is only visited by 1 ghost the other 3 are spirits. Ghosts are souls of the departed the 3 spirits weren't once people, they were concepts brought to life through the magic/power of Christmastime.

[@leonardonoca2871]

My wife and I are still going strong without hearing Mariah carie’s “Last Christmas”

[@carolyncasner4806]

When I read the book I was surprised things I thought were ad lib were actually written