Justice for "When Love Is Gone." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This sequence happens when Michael Caine's Ebenezer Scrooge is ...

Many of us have watched The Muppet Christmas Carol more than we can count — but far fewer have seen "When Love is Gone," the moving ballad performed by actress Meredith Braun and Michael Caine. The ...

This version stars Michael Caine and a bunch of Muppets: Caine acts in this movie by playing his role as Scrooge completely straight, as though the famous Henson puppets were just fellow actors on the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This is an image from an official clip for “The Muppet Christmas Carol” distributed by Disney.

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