Die Muppets feiern Weihnacht

Alternate title video cover.

Die Muppets feiern Weihnacht ("The Muppets Celebrate Christmas") is the German dub of A Muppet Family Christmas. The dub first aired on December 23, 1990 on ZDF. The special was one of the last projects to use substantially the same voices as Die Muppet Show, although Andreas von der Meden of Sesamstrasse dubbed Kermit.

All of the musical numbers are fully dubbed, with the exception of the closing medley. Among other dubbing oddities, both Big Bird (throughout the special) and the Count (when singing) are voiced by women. Big Bird's voice artist is the same person, that is voicing him in Die große Muppet-Party.

The special was released under the title Die Muppets feiern Weihnachten (both German spellings are technically correct) on home video in PAL format on November 1, 2000, under the Sony label.

Edits

• A brief segment (5 seconds) where Fozzie Bear and Elmo light the Christmas tree only appears in the original English version from 1987.
• A scene with Fozzie and Ma Bear hanging stockings right after the carol sing (16 seconds) also only appears in the original English version from 1987. In the scene, Ma Bear hangs Fozzie's stocking on the fireplace, which embarrasses her son a little.

Notes

• Grover retains his English name in the dub, rather than Grobi, his established German name.

Voices

• Andreas von der Meden as Kermit the Frog (Kermit der Frosch)
• Bruno W. Pantel as Fozzie Bear (Fozzie Bär, speaking voice)
• Marianne Wischmann as Miss Piggy
• Werner Abrolat as Gonzo
• Christina Hoeltel as Scooter
• Michael Rüth as Rowlf and photographer
• Eberhard Storeck as der dänische Koch, Robin, Gobo Fraggle (singing voice), Beaker, Krümelmonster, Sprocket, and others
• Thomas Rau as das Tier and Dr. Goldzahn (speaking voice)
• Manfred Lichtenfeld as Statler and Dr. Goldzahn (singing voice)
• Walter Reichelt as Waldorf
• Wolf Ackva as Sam der Adler
• Paul Lasner as Floyd Pepper
• Helen von Münchhofen as Janice (speaking voice)
• Gaby Fehling as Janice (singing voice)
• Gerd Duwner as Ernie (speaking voice)
• Horst Schön as Bert (speaking)
• Karl-Heinz Krolzyk as Graf Zahl (speaking)
• Donald Arthur as Boober Fraggle and Beauregard
• Fred Maire as Gobo Fraggle (speaking)
• Christa Häussler as Red Fraggle
• Sabine Plessner as Mokey Fraggle
• Alice Franz as Ma Bär
• Michael Habeck as der Schneemann (speaking)
• Franz Rudnick as der Nachrichtensprecher
• Kurt Zips as Dr. Honigtau Bunsenbrenner
• Harald Baerow as Zoot
• Inge Schulz as Big Bird (Bibo, unnamed here)
• Hans von Borsody as Doc

Credits

• Director/Adaptor: Eberhard Storeck
• Editor: Hans-Dieter Radke