Die große Muppet-Party

Die große Muppet-Party ("The Big Muppet Party") is the German dub of The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years.
As with Die Muppets gehen ins Kino (the 1981 special The Muppets Go to the Movies), and with Die fantastische Miss Piggy Show (the 1982 special The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show), two German dubs exist of this production. Depending on the dub, the special goes under two different names:
==Die große Muppet-Party==
Die große Muppet-Party, subtitled "Jim Henson zu Ehren" ("to honor Jim Henson"), aired twice on ZDF; first on December 14, 1986, and a second time on May 1, 1991.
This first dub largely features the original voices that were used on Die Muppet Show, except for Kermit, who switches voices throughout: Clips from Die Muppet Show feature Horst Gentzen, who dubbed him on the show, whereas the framing show has the character's original voice artist Andreas von der Meden dubbing the frog. The Sesame Street characters have entirely different voices than the ones used on Sesamstrasse, with Mogens von Gadow filling in for Ernie. This was due to location issues: Die Muppet Show and the special were dubbed near Munich, whereas Sesamstrasse is co-produced and dubbed in Hamburg. Big Bird, oddly, is voiced by female voice artist Inge Schulz in this first dub; the same voice used for his appearance in Die Muppets feiern Weihnacht. Several scenes and songs, such as Joey Calvan and Kermit counting, and Ernie's "Rubber Duckie," remain in English.
This localization omits all of the title cards and commercial breaks, inserting its own title after the opening montage. Footage is therefore missing around the commercial break points. A few seconds of Fozzie walking up to the podium are omitted at the beginning, and so is part of Dr. Teeth's speech. Kermit's final lines at the podium are cut.
==Die Muppets feiern Geburtstag==
Die Muppets feiern Geburtstag ("The Muppets Celebrate Their Birthday") aired during the holiday season on RTL2 in 1995.
This version features the second set of voices used since Die Muppets Weihnachtsgeschichte (the 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol). While a few of the voice artists remain the same, the entire special has been redubbed, and even a lot of their lines are often changed slightly. Some scenes and songs that appeared in English in the first dub, appear dubbed in German in this version.
The previously cut scenes, such as Kermit's final lines at the podium, have been restored in this dub.
Neither one of the two dubs was ever released on home video.
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