:03:00
What about my nose?
Ow!
:03:04
Banana peels comin' down!
:03:09
Come along. Ladies.
Here's a nice Christmas turkey.
:03:12
Turkeys!
Get your Christmas turkey.
:03:14
Hey. Wha...
Get back in that box there!
:03:18
Get your boomerang fish.
Oh! Guaranteed fresh.
:03:22
Throw the fish away.
and it comes back to me.
:03:25
- Get 'em while they're fresh.
- Apples! Christmas apples!
:03:28
- We got Mclntosh!
- Get your Christmas apples.
:03:30
- Red Delicious.
- Tuppence apiece while they last.
:03:33
We... They won't last long
the way you're eating them.
:03:36
Hey. I'm creatin' scarcity.
Drives the prices up.
:03:39
Rizzo...
:03:41
Hello! Welcome to
The Muppet Christmas Carol.
:03:45
- I am here to tell the story.
- And I am here for the food.
:03:48
- My name is Charles Dickens.
- And my name is Rizzo the Rat.
:03:52
Hey. Wait a second.
You're not Charles Dickens.
:03:54
- I am too!
- No.
:03:56
A blue. Furry Charles Dickens
who hangs out with a rat?
:03:59
- Absolutely!
- Dickens was a 19th-century novelist.
:04:02
- A genius!
- Oh. You're too kind.
:04:06
Why should I believe you?
:04:07
Well. Because I know the story
of"A Christmas Carol"
like the back of my hand.
:04:11
- Prove it!
- All right.
:04:13
Um. There's a little mole on my thumb
and. Uh. A scar on my wrist...
:04:18
- From when I fell off my bicycle.
- No. No. No. No.
:04:19
Don't tell us your hand.
Tell us the story.
:04:22
Oh. Oh. Thank you. Yes.
:04:24
The Marleys were dead to begin with.
:04:27
- Wha- Wha... Pardon me?
- That's how the story begins. Rizzo.
:04:30
The Marleys were dead to begin with.
as dead as a doornail.
:04:35
It's a good beginning.
It's creepy and kind of spooky.
:04:38
- Oh. Thank you. Rizzo.
- You're welcome. Mr Dickens.
:04:41
In life. The Marleys
had been business partners...
:04:43
with a shrewd moneylender
named Ebenezer Scrooge.
:04:48
You will meet him
as he comes around that corner.
:04:51
- Where?
- There.
:04:52
- When?
- Now.
:04:56
There he is.
Mr Ebenezer Scrooge.