A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Written by	Hugh Fink Andrew Samson Scott Ganz Paul Williams
Directed by	Kirk R. Thatcher
Starring	The Muppets Uma Thurman Jane Krakowski Nathan Lane Madison Pettis
Country of origin	US
Language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Anthony Katagas Martin G. Baker
Cinematography	Luke Geissbuhler
Running time	80 minutes
Distributor	NBC Television Walt Disney Television

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa is an NBC television special produced by The Muppets Studio (Burbank) starring The Muppets. It was shot in Brooklyn and Midtown Manhattan.

Plot

On Christmas Eve, the Muppets go to the post office in New York City to deliver each of their letters to Santa Claus (Richard Griffiths). When they head back to their apartment, Gonzo discovers that three letters wound up in his coat from a mishap there. One of those letters he recognizes as being written by his friend, a neighbor girl named Claire (Madison Pettis). On Gonzo's insistence, the principal Muppets decide to go to the North Pole and deliver them personally. The Muppets end up getting tickets from a North Pole Airlines clerk named Joy (Uma Thurman) and getting caught by Officer Frank Meany (Nathan Lane) who, for being a bully, perpetually ended up on Santa's naughty list. The Muppets eventually reach the North Pole to find that Santa has already left to deliver presents. Santa overhears their grieving and doubles back, where they hand him Claire's letter and the other two which are revealed to have come from Frank Meany (who wants to be taken off the naughty list) and Pepe the King Prawn. Santa brings them home to New York in time to spend the rest of the holiday with Claire and her mom, which was all Claire wanted in the first place.

Cast

• Madison Pettis - Claire
• Richard Griffiths - Santa Claus
• Jane Krakowski - Claire's Mom
• Nathan Lane - Officer Frank Meany
• Petra Nemcova - Beaker's girlfriend
• Steve Schirripa - Mafia Guy
• Tony Sirico - Mafia Guy
• Uma Thurman - Joy
• Michael Bloomberg - Himself
• Whoopi Goldberg - Cab Driver
• Jesse L. Martin - Postal Worker
• Paul Williams - Elf

Muppet Performers

• Bill Barretta - Pepe the King Prawn, Bobo the Bear, Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, The Swedish Chef, Pigeon Dad
• Tyler Bunch - Pigeon Mom
• Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Penguin
• Dave Goelz - Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Waldorf
• Eric Jacobson - Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Animal, Sam the Eagle
• Noel MacNeal - Sweetums
• Martin P. Robinson - Penguin
• David Rudman - Scooter, Janice, Luncheon Counter Monster, Sweetums (opening sequence, puppetry and voice)
• Matt Vogel - Floyd Pepper, Camilla the Chicken, Crazy Harry, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Pigeon Son
• Steve Whitmire - Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker, Statler

Additional Muppets performed by Pam Arciero, Heather Asch, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, James Godwin, James J. Kroupa, Tim Lagasse, Peter Linz, Jim Martin, and Paul McGinnis

Music

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (Soundtrack from the TV Special)
EP by The Muppets
Released	November 23, 2009
Genre	Christmas
Label	Walt Disney

This is the fourth time that songwriter Paul Williams has contributed songs to the Muppets. A version of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town by The Crystals was also used during the opening credits.

Soundtrack

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (Soundtrack from the TV Special)
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Delivering Christmas"	The Muppets (featuring Jesse Martin)	3:41
2.	"It's All About Heart"	The Muppets	1:43
3.	"I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus"	The Muppets	2:26
4.	"My Best Christmas Yet"	(featuring Jane Krakowski and Madison Pettis)	4:13

External links

• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa at the Internet Movie Database
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa at AllRovi

• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa on Muppet Wiki, an external wiki