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This is the article I had read: https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/muppet-christmas-carol-song-when-love-is-gone-song-returning.html https://www.vulture.com/2022/1

This is the article I had read: https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/muppet-christmas-carol-song-when-love-is-gone-song-returning.html https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/muppet-christmas-carol-song-... In it they say Disney cut it - I had read elsewhere it wasn’t an order but they definitely seemed to have pushed it despite what he wanted. That article says they then lost it after. >” While the scene was cut from the theatrical release, Henson very much wanted it to be included. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in November, Henson explained that Jeffrey Katzenberg (yes, the Quibi one, who was then in charge of Disney) was the one who had the scene cut. “He’s like, ‘It’s just a little too adult-emotional for little kids to stay connected,’” Henson recalled Katzenberg saying, adding that the film “certainly plays well without the song, but I obviously preferred having the song in. I think it’s good for kids to be pulled into deeply emotional moments, even if they feel slightly awkward about it when they’re in a movie theater.” According to Henson, Disney lost the original footage soon after, but efforts have been made to recover it. “For years and years, I’d call them every six months and see how they were doing. And they actually even put together a team and a little budget to try to find it, and they still couldn’t,” he told EW. “It’s very frustrating.”” Also at the end of the movie the last song is a throw back “when love is found” which loses some meaning with the other song cut.

mandevil 4y ago
I don't understand how this is possible, since it was definitely in the VHS release. Maybe he meant the original master of the scene was missing? Again, it was in the VHS release, and on the DVD release that we own, so it was not like the scene was truly missing. As for which is shown on Disney+, given that streaming generally has to pick one version, I can see the argument for going with the theatrical release or the director's cut, or even going Disney Vault style and swapping back and forth somewhat randomly, which is what they appear to be doing.
- gonehome 4y ago
  Yeah, they mean the original masters (so they could add it back in at high quality in future releases). We had it on vhs which is the first one I saw. It looks like Disney finally updated Disney plus December 9th 2022 - it just took them 2 years after finding the masters to do it (and more than a decade since their unfortunate decision to cut it when releasing it on dvd I guess?)

mandevil 4y ago

I don't understand how this is possible, since it was definitely in the VHS release. Maybe he meant the original master of the scene was missing? Again, it was in the VHS release, and on the DVD release that we own, so it was not like the scene was truly missing. As for which is shown on Disney+, given that streaming generally has to pick one version, I can see the argument for going with the theatrical release or the director's cut, or even going Disney Vault style and swapping back and forth somewhat randomly, which is what they appear to be doing.

gonehome 4y ago
Yeah, they mean the original masters (so they could add it back in at high quality in future releases). We had it on vhs which is the first one I saw. It looks like Disney finally updated Disney plus December 9th 2022 - it just took them 2 years after finding the masters to do it (and more than a decade since their unfortunate decision to cut it when releasing it on dvd I guess?)