Full Length Muppets!

Exciting news (well, exciting to me and news to me) on "The Muppet Christmas Carol" front!

The Disney+ streaming service now offers the "Full Length Version" as an extra!

So, now you can watch (in hi-def) the old VHS version that includes Meredith Braun as Belle's wonderful "When Love Is Gone" number without having to stop the movie, watch the deleted scene, then go back to the movie!

I think this solves the issue nicely, as the original theatrical cut is still available and not replaced by a different version. I don't like the original of something to be suppressed, even if the alternate version is better!

I still say that "The Muppet Christmas Carol" breakup scene with Belle's song included is the best of any version, with the possible exception of the one in "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" with the "Winter Was Warm" song.

Funny that the Muppets and Mister Magoo can pack such an emotional wallop as is not always found in more "traditional" adaptations!