The Muppet Christmas Carol: 10 Awesome Images You've Never Seen

8. When Love Is Gone

A voice recording session for Michael Caine and co-star Meredith Braun, whose character Belle - Scrooge's young love - was considerably cut from certain versions of the film when her song "When Love Is Gone" was cut by Disney for being too adult for young audiences. Director Brian Henson objected to that editing decision (which led to an uncomfortable cut in the film itself) and the song was restored to the VHS and laserdisc editions, though it was cut from the 10th Anniversary Edition DVD and the recent Blu-ray combo pack. Here's the cut song in full as it originally appeared in the film, which explains why Scrooge bursts into tears for very little reason in the edited version... http://youtu.be/XO_Y5lzSLZI
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