Bill Barretta has produced two of the Muppets television films, including a 2002 NBC television film that was written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis, and was directed by who?
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 NBC television film, directed by Kirk Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis and stars Whoopi Goldberg, David Arquette, Joan Cusack, the cast of "Scrubs" and The Muppets. The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel who shows him a world in which he had never been born. The film is an homage to Frank Capra's 1946 film, "It's a Wonderful Life", which has a similar plot.
Ernest and Bertram Ernest & Bertram is a 2002 tragic comedy short film by Peter Spears spoofing "Sesame Street" characters Ernie and Bert. The film is based on Lillian Hellman's "The Children's Hour", and depicts Bert and Ernie after they are outed by "Variety" magazine. Although the film was a success at the Sundance Film Festival and the U.S Comedy Arts Festival, it kept from further distribution when Sesame Workshop served the film's producers with a cease and desist order for copyright violation.