The Muppet Christmas Carol/Funny

• Beaker (likely) flipping Scrooge the bird after the "surplus population" line.
• The book-keeping Rats who work for Scrooge. It's a little less funny when your realize that they're only doing it to keep their jobs...

Ebenezer Scrooge: How would the bookkeepers like to be suddenly...UNEMPLOYED?! Rats: [singing] HEAT WAVE! Oi! This is my island in the sun... Oi, oi!

• • As well as this line when the bookkeeping Rats applaud Fred

Scrooge: And how does one celebrate Christmas ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE?!?

• Most of the scenes with Gonzo and Rizzo tend to leave audiences roaring in laughter.

"Light the lamp, not the rat, light the lamp nottherat!"

• Another one with Gonzo and Rizzo, with Rizzo about to jump off the top of a gate:

Rizzo: "God bless my little broken body. AAAAAAAAAAAA- *thud* (glares at Gonzo, who was supposed to catch him) Gonzo: Missed. Rizzo: Ugh... ooh, ooh, wait second--I forgot my jellybeans! (climbs through the fence he'd just fell from the top of) Gonzo: ...you can fit under those bars? Rizzo: Yeah... Gonzo: You are such an idiot.

• Right before that...

Rizzo: Jelly bean? I had 'em in my pocket all along. Gonzo: (groans) Rizzo: What? (awkward pause...then he leans in and quickly kisses Gonzo's nose.)

• Rizzo expresses concern that part of this film could be too scary for kids. Gonzo replies cheerily, "Nah, it's all right, this is culture!"
• What can I say, I love puns:

Scrooge: You're a little absent-minded, Spirit. Christmas Present: No, I'm a large absent-minded Spirit!

• • That comes directly from the Dickens story.
  • And I love that Statler and Waldorf, er, the Marleys are happy to heckle Dickens' writing itself.

Scrooge: Yes. There's more gravy than of grave about you. Robert Marley: More gravy than of grave? Jacob Marley: What a terrible pun. Where'd you get those jokes? Robert Marley: Leave comedy to the bears, Ebenezer.

• The Marleys meet Scrooge for the first time in years, and this is their reaction:

Jacob Marley: Oh, look! It's Ebenezer Scrooge! Robert Marley: Looking older and more wicked than ever! Jacob Marley: I knew he wouldn't disappoint us!

• Scrooge visiting the Cratchits at the end and Miss Piggy's brilliant Double Take.

Scrooge: Therefore I am about to raise your salary. Emily/Miss Piggy: OOOHH! And I am about to raise you right off the pavement...pardon?

• When the Ghost Of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to his nephew Fred's house, Rizzo takes notice of a bowl of fruit and starts eating. Soon...

Gonzo: You know, that's wax. Rizzo: Oh, yeah... I wondered about the texture... (Starts spitting)

• This actually hysterical little moment when the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to his nephew's house, and they are playing Yes and No, and despite the fact that Scrooge is invisible and inaudible to everyone else around him in this scene, he actually participates!:

Scrooge: A cat? Clara: A cat! Scrooge: I said it first!

• This hilarious Call Back when Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past visit Fezziwig's annual Christmas ball.

/Fezziwig/Fozzie: At this time, it's a tradition for me to make a little speech. Jacob Marley/Statler: And it's a tradition of ours to take a little nap! Fezziwig/Fozzie: (As everyone laughs) Pay no attention to them! (takes out a paper) Here is the speech; "Thank you all, and Merry Christmas!" Jacob/Statler: That was the speech? Robert Marley/Waldorf: It was dumb! Jacob/Statler: It was obvious! Robert/Waldorf: It was pointless! Jacob/Statler: It was...short. Beat Marleys: I loved it!

• • Fezziwig is called Fozziewig in this adaptation.
• Gonzo uses Rizzo to wipe the soot off a window, to which Rizzo says "Thank you for making me a part of this."
• The part where Gonzo gets knocked off a carriage, and Rizzo's all concerned for him before he wakes up and continues his narration has this troper and her mother rolling every time we watch it.

Rizzo: Gonzo speak to me! I mean uh... Mr. Dickens! Charlie! Are ya hurt? (Gonzo sits up) Gonzo: To say that Scrooge was not startled would be untrue. Still, the moment had passed and the world was as it should be. Rizzo: He ain't hurt. Didn't even break his concentration! Gonzo: Hm? Rizzo: Nuttin.

• During the Christmas past section, Gonzo and Rizzo are watching a lonely looking young Scrooge.

Rizzo: (sighs) Rats don't understand these things. Gonzo: You were never a lonely child? Rizzo: I had twelve hundred and seventy four brothers and sisters! Gonzo: Geesh, rats don't understand these things.

• This wonderful exchange between Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present:

Scrooge: I don't believe I've ever met anybody like you before, sir. Ghost of Christmas Present: Really? Over 1800 of my brothers and sisters have come before me! Scrooge: 1800? Imagine the grocery bills!

• Gonzo and Rizzo sitting on Scrooge's windowsill, asking what danger could possibly befall them after they had to hide from the spooky Christmas Future. Scrooge promptly flings open the windows and knocks them several floors to the ground below.