Funny / A Muppet Family Christmas

• When the gang first invades Ma Bear's house, Sam the Eagle randomly pops up to ask, "Why am I here?"
  • And then his reaction to the Two-Headed Monster dressed as Santa for the Christmas pageant.
    Sam: Is Nothing Sacred? (face palm)
  • Related to that, Bert asks Ernie who let the Two-Headed Monster be Santa, and Ernie gets confused over whether or not they're a singular being with two heads, or two beings in one body ("Yeah, but, Bert, he said he'd never been in a play before... I mean they said it... um... both of him said it.").
  • When Ernie says "not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse", Grover comes out dressed as a mouse with one mother of a Visual Pun. It's the tone in his voice that says he thinks he's enormously clever that really sells the joke:
    Bert: What's the bowl for?
    Grover: Oh, uh, so you can see that I am not stirring! Note how the hand never touches the spoon.
• Pretty much all of Animal's antics. "Peace on Earth, gimme presents!"
• When the Sesame Street gang sings "Deck the Halls" and it's Oscar's turn (the next line is "Follow me in merry measure"), he declares, "I will not sing this song!"...and the others pick up the next line without missing a beat.
  • The Count singing "I Saw Three Ships".
• Most of the interactions between the various cast members from the three Muppet shows.
  • Janice comes out of the kitchen with a snack, and...
    Janice: Hey, everyone, look what I've got—Christmas cookies!
    Cookie Monster: (popping up out of nowhere) COOOOOOKIES! OM NOM NOM NOM OH THANK YOU OM NOM NOM...
    (He keeps at it until all of the cookies are gone, and then leaves Janice standing in shock)
    Janice: Who was that strange blue creature?
    Animal: Dat my kinda fella! Ahahahaha!
  • Ernie and Bert's interaction with Doc:
    Ernie: Oh, hi there! Hey, we're Ernie and Bert!
    Doc: Well, hi there yourself! I'm Doc.
    Bert: Oh, did you know that "Doc" starts with the letter "D?"
    Doc: ...why, yes.
    Ernie: Yes! "Yes" starts with the letter "Y!"
    Doc: True...
    Ernie: And "true" starts with the letter "T!"
    Doc: (Laughing a bit) What is this?
    Bert: Where we come from, this is small talk.
  • Rowlf and Sprocket communicating in barks, made better by how Sprocket is actually barking while Rowlf is just saying "Bark" and "Woof".
    Doc: Don't you just hate it when you can't speak the language?
  • Big Bird being blissfully unaware of the Swedish Chef trying to cook him.
    Swedish Chef: Gøbblä Gøbblä Hümüngä!
• Miss Piggy, while doing some last-minute Christmas shopping, spies the perfect gift for (presumably) Kermit.
  Miss Piggy: Oooh, green fuzzy flipper slippers! Ohhh, divine! Have them gift-wrapped.
• The Running Gag where various characters accidentally slip on an icy patch.
  • A subtle addition that makes said Running Gag even better is the fact that the "careful of the icy patch" warning is always delivered only after a character has already slipped over.
  • Miss Piggy's arrival at the farm deserves a mention. She comes in on a dogsled manned by Doc, who's dressed in full mountie gear. After singing a tender cover of "Home for the Holidays," she approaches the door with all of her usual splendor and grace, then...
    Miss Piggy: Wah! (Slips)
    Everyone else: Careful of the icy patch!
• Mrs. Bear, after confirming that everyone has arrived at the farm, announces that they've just run out of room, and two of them will have to sleep on coat hangers. Cut to Gonzo and Animal doing just that.
  Floyd: That's the only way Animal ever sleeps, ma'am.
• Jim Henson's cameo is generally remembered by the fandom as a Heartwarming Moment, but it ended with this cutely funny line:
  Jim: But, tell you what, somebody'll have to do something about these dishes, Sprocket. C'mon. I'll wash, you dry, okay?
  • Also watch Sprocket during that line. He's smiling and wagging his tail right up until the moment Jim mentions the dishes.
• This exchange at the beginning of the film during the car ride up to Mrs. Bear's farm:
  Fozzie: Guys, this is the best idea we've had in years! Christmas at my mother's farm.
  Kermit: Sounds great, Fozzie, but don't you think we should have called your mother to let her know we were coming?
  Fozzie: Oh, how little you understand bears, Kermit! My mother loves surprises!
  Gonzo: Good thing; she's in for a beauty.
• This part:
  Swedish Chef: Dïs mäkë ä gøbblä-gøbblä fäïrë fürnøüssë!^note This line is even funnier if you know that pfeffernusse is a kind of German gingerbread cookie
  Doc: I don't care if the turkey says the dog is a turkey. The dog is not the turkey. The turkey's the turkey, you turkey!
• Fozzie is trying to lead Kermit outside to meet his new snowman partner:
  Fozzie: Now's the time for you to meet my new partner!
  Kermit: Who's your new partner?
  Fozzie: A snowman.
  Kermit: The heck you say.
  Fozzie: Yeah, yeah, come on outside and we'll do our act for you!
  Kermit: Outside? Fozzie, it's too cold to go outside.
  Fozzie: It's not cold.
  Kermit: It is cold!
  Fozzie: It's not cold! (The door opens and the snowman comes inside, shivering.)
  Snowman: Can I come in and warm up?
  Fozzie: (with a vague dismissive gesture) Okay, so it's cold.
• Animal answering the phone with "HELLO HELLO HELLO GIVE ME PRESENTS!"
  • And then his reaction when he realizes it's Miss Piggy on the line.
    Animal: (disgusted disappointment) Oh. Pig. (drops receiver)
• The weather report wherein the newsman is clobbered by falling barometers. His "Oh, no!" is what sells it.
• "Pass It On," if only because it's probably the only Christmas song about re-gifting. And *cheerful* re-gifting at that!
• After the gang watches the home movie about the Muppet Babies (1984) (done live-action, of course), Doc, who's been pretty upset about the Muppets hijacking his time on the farm, has this to say.
  Doc: (To Sprocket) Oh, that was fun. Even weirdos are cute when they're babies!
  Gonzo: (Zips up to Doc with an audible Whoosh) I knew you'd learn to love us!
  Doc: I didn't say that.

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