Statler and Waldorf the Saturday morning animated television series "Muppet Babies". Both characters were voiced by Dave Coulier. In "The Muppet Christmas Carol", they played the ghosts of Jacob and Robert Marley. Whereas the novel "A Christmas Carol" features only a Jacob Marley, creating a Robert allowed for including the two Muppets, and possibly also references Bob Marley. When Ebenezer Scrooge, played by Michael Caine, accuses them of always criticizing him, they reply "We were always "heckling" you." In "Muppet Treasure Island", they were the figureheads of the "Hispaniola". Statler complains about being stuck on the front of the ship, to which Waldorf
Rich Little's Christmas Carol Rich Little's Christmas Carol Rich Little's Christmas Carol is a TV special that premiered on Home Box Office (HBO) on December 16, 1979, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978. It starred Rich Little in a one-man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens famous holiday story. Little played the following celebrities: The show was shot on videotape and included a laugh track. In 1963, Little release the LP Scrooge and the Stars, which seems to have been the inspiration for this version of A Christmas Carol. In Little's LP version, Scrooge was portrayed