Michael Caine would seem like an unlikely Ebenezer Scrooge, but the man nailed it in The Muppet Christmas Carol, delivering what many consider the best version of the character ever, up there with ...

Sir Michael Caine’s Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol is exquisite, as fans know (Picture: Disney) The esteemed actor, 90, announced his retirement earlier this year after ...

Henson: To start, we were thinking we were going to parody A Christmas Carol. Frankly ... Studios in June 1992 with screen icon Michael Caine stepping into the perpetual frown of Ebeneezer ...

If you’re anything like us, then setting time aside to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol (otherwise ... soundtrack and the costumes to Michael Caine’s spot-on performance, there’s a lot ...

WHEN it was first released in 1992, many thought The Muppet Christmas Carol was going to be a huge flop. Pairing a much-loved Charles Dickens novel with a load of puppets and Sir Michael Caine ...

Madness. But The Muppet Christmas Carol is good year-round. It’s got the Muppets and a ridiculously committed Michael Caine doing a little jig — what more could you want from arguably the best ...

Christmas Day has passed, and now we find ourselves in the Christmas season. I’ll admit that it doesn’t always feel that way: Regardless of what the liturgical calendar says, or what color ...

Michael Caine singing outside a shop bearing his real name in The Muppet Christmas Carol Despite rumours that Beaker gives Scrooge the finger while telling him off, if you look closely you’ll ...

As the festive classic turns 30, Simon Bland talks to director Brian Henson, Gonzo performer Dave Goelz, young Scrooge Raymond Coulthard and many more about the creation and legacy of the joyous ...