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[edit] Adaptations
The novel was the subject of Dickens' first public reading, given in Birmingham Town Hall to the Industrial and Literary Institute on 27 December 1852. This was repeated three days later to an audience of 'working people', and was a great success by his own account and that of newspapers of the time. Over the years Dickens edited the piece down and adapted it for a listening, rather than reading, audience. Excerpts from 'A Christmas Carol' remained part of Dickens' public readings until his death.[edit] Theatre
Throughout the late nineteenth century, and into the early years of the twentieth, British actor Seymour Hicks toured England with his own non-musical adaptation of the story, in which he played Scrooge.- A Christmas Carol (1974 to present), original musical-comedy stage adaptation written and directed by, and starring (as Scrooge) Ira David Wood III (father of Evan Rachel Wood and Ira David Wood IV), which has been performed for the last 39 years on stage at Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium. In 2008, the show added performances at the brand new Durham Performing Arts Center. Theatre In The Park, in Raleigh, North Carolina, has produced the show since its premiere. Wood's "A Christmas Carol" is the longest running indoor show in North Carolina theatre history.
- A Christmas Carol (1975 to present), a theatrical adaptation by Barbara Field produced by the Guthrie in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- A Christmas Carol (1976 to present), a musical adaptation by Charles Jones performed annually at the Omaha Community Playhouse in Omaha, Nebraska as well as two touring companies with the Nebraska Theatre Caravan.
- A Christmas Carol (1977 to present), a theatrical adaptation performed annually at Theatre Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee.
- A Christmas Carol (1981), a musical adaptation which premiered in 1982 at the Hartman Theatre, Stamford, Connecticut. The show was workshopped as a tour in 1981, Ray Abraham as Scrooge, and Ossie Davis, June Havoc, and Rex Smith.
- A Christmas Carol (1988), is an original musical adaptation by Phillip Wm. McKinley which was written for The Chatham Players in Chatham, New Jersey. The ensemble production features Charles Dickens as narrator. In 2008, the production celebrated its 20th anniversary; actor Alan Semok has portrayed Scrooge in the Chatham with Richard Kiley as Scrooge. Book and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, Music by Michel Legrand.
- A Christmas Carol (1983), a theatrical adaptation by Jeffrey Sanzel has been performed annually at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, New York for 28 years. On December 10, 2011, Sanzel will reach 1000 performances as Scrooge.
- A Christmas Carol (1985), an adaptation by Bille Brown with music and staged by W. Stuart McDowell, was performed at the Symphony Space in New York City as a fundraiser for the Riverside Shakespeare Company, with narration by Helen Hayes, featuring Len Cariou as Scrooge, and MacIntyre Dixon, Celeste Holm, Raul Julia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harold Scott, Carole Shelley, and Fritz Weaver, and the children's choir of the Anglo-American School. This script was restaged the following year at the Marriott Theatre on Broadway, produced by McDowell and directed by Robert Small, narrated by Ms. Hayes, featuring F. Murproduction since 1994.
- The Gospel According to Scrooge (1982), A stage musical that began at Jesus People Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1980 as a simple little production at a dinner theater. It grew into a broadway-style hit in 1981 as it debuted at the Historic State Theater. It was video recorded and made into a television special featuring actor Dean Jones as the host. The production emphasizes the religious elements of the story, and is still being performed by American churches.
- A Christmas Carol (1988), Patrick Stewart's one-man reading/acting of the story, made its first appearance in London and later on Broadway. On stage he would use a table, chair, stool, lectern and a book with an over-sized print cover to enact the entire story. The production has been revived in London and New York several times. It has also been released on compact disc.[1]
- The Scrooge Diary (Canada) (1990 to the present) (In the USA: Scrooge Tels All) Adaptation by Avril Kelly, performed by Welsh actor Phil Arnold, in a solo staged performance. Later performed on license only (two performances) by John Gray, late of RSC.
- Scrooge!: A Dickens of a One-Man Show (1991), a theatrical adaptation one person show written by and starring Kevin Norberg portraying all 40-plus characters in a solo performance.
- Scrooge: The Musical (1992), a British stage musical adapted from the 1970 film and starring Anthony Newley.
- A Christmas Carol: The Musical (1994), a Broadway musical adaptation with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, ran at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden, New York City yearly until 2003. Starring as "Scrooge" were Walter Charles (1994), Terrence Mann (1995), Tony Randall (1996), Hal Linden and Roddy McDowell (alternating) (1997), Roger Daltrey (1998), Tony Roberts (1999), Frank Langella (2000), Tim Curry (2001), F. Murray Abraham (2002) and Jim Dale (2003). The 2004 television version of the musical starred Kelsey Grammer as "Scrooge".
- A Christmas Carol (1996 to the present), a one-man show of the work performed by Gerald Charles Dickens, great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, in which he plays 26 characters.
- A Christmas Carol (1997), a musical adaptation with music by Steve Parsons and book/lyrics by John Popa was performed from 1997–2000 at The Players Guild Theatre in Canton, Ohio and is scheduled to be remounted in December 2009. This version spawned two cast recordings, one featuring the original cast and a 10th anniversary recording in 2008.
- A Christmas Carol, written and performed by Greg Oliver Bodine, is a one-man stage adaptation enacted by Charles Dickens himself, and is based on a condensed version of the novel that he used while on the second of his historic reading tours of the United States. First performed in 2003.
- Steve Nallon's Christmas Carol (2003), theatrical adaptation starring impressionist Nallon, as a number of famous people.
- A Christmas Carol (2003), theatrical adaptation by Karen Louise Hebden produced by and performed at Derby Playhouse in 2003 and revived in 2006. On both occasions, Scrooge was played by Ben Roberts.
- A Christmas Carol: the musical (2005), musical adaptation by Stephen DeCesare. Follows 99% of the original book and has had over 300 performances around the world. It starred Carl DeSimone as Scrooge, Scott Morency as "Marley" and Kim Kalunian as "Belle" from the Academy Players in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
- A Christmas Carol (2007), theatrical adaptation by Jacqueline Goldfinger produced by and performed at North Coast Repertory Theatre in San Diego. This adaptation has become North Coast Rep's annual Christmas show.
- A Christmas Carol adapted by Tom Haas, has been performed each year at the Indiana Repertory Theatre for more than 25 years. Set on a minimalist stage covered in snow, this adaptation features the characters narrating their own actions to the audience and intersperses carols and dance along with the visits of the ghosts.
- A Christmas Carol a new adaptation by Adam Graham, first performed on 6 December 2007 by Performing Arts Winchester, part of Winchester Student Union. A one hour version featuring all the major characters and well loved carols, it was performed twice a night for the holiday season.
- A Christmas Carol an adaptation by Ron Severdia, premiered on 6 December 2006 at the Barn Theatre in Ross, CA. In 2007, he toured Europe with a new adaptation of the show.[citation needed]
- A Christmas Carol (2003) a new stage adaptation by Scott Harrison which has been produced in both the UK and the US. Originally performed by The Dreaming Theatre Company in the Kirkgate Victorian street exhibition inside the York Castle Museum (the first ever company to perform inside this venue) it has also recently been performed across the United States by three separate theatre companies.
- Fellow Passengers (2004), a three-actor narrative theatre adaptation using nearly every word of the novel, first presented at Strawberry Theatre Workshop in Seattle.
- A Christmas Carol - (2006) a stage adaptation by Jeannette Jaquish for the Firehouse Theater in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was performed Decembers of 2006, 2007 & 2009, and is now found on the theaterfunscripts website.
- A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased) (2009/10); adapted and performed as a one-man show by James Hyland.
- A Christmas Carol a stage adaptation by Jason Carr and Bryony Lavery was written for the Chichester Youth Theatre and performed at The Chichester Festival Theatre during Christmas 2008. This adaptation was also performed by Birmingham Repertory Theatre for Christmas 2009.
- A Christmas Carol (2009) a stage adaptation written by Alexandria Haber and produced by Geordie Productions, premiering in December 2009 at the D.B. Clarke Theatre in Montreal, Quebec (Canada).
- A Christmas Carol (2010) a new stage adaptation written by Jim Cook, Jr. and produced by the Off Broad Street Players Theater Company in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Follows much of the original text of the novella with some character relationships explored. Premiered in November 2010.[2]
- A Christmas Carol (2010) a stage adaptation by The Pantaloons theatre company, touring England in Winter 2010.[3]
- A Christmas Carol (2010-present) a new stage adaptation by Preston Lane, produced by Triad Stage in Greensboro, North Carolina. Premiered November 2010, starring Gordon Joseph Weiss as Ebenezer Scrooge. [4]
- 3 Ghosts (2011) a steampunk inspired stage adaptation by PiPe DREAM Theatre, written by Collin Simon and Liz Muller. Premiered in December 2011 at the Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row. [5] [6]
[edit] Film
- Scrooge; or, Marley's Ghost (1901), a short British film that is the earliest surviving screen adaptation.
- A Christmas Carol (1908), with Thomas Ricketts as Scrooge.
- A Christmas Carol (1910) is a 10-minute silent version of the film starring Marc McDermott as Scrooge and Charles Ogle as Cratchit.
- Scrooge (1913), starring Sir Seymour Hicks and retitled Old Scrooge for its U.S. release in 1926.
- A Christmas Carol (1914), with Charles Rock as Scrooge.
- The Right to Be Happy (1916), the first feature-length adaptation, directed by and starring Rupert Julian as Scrooge. Now presumed lost.
- A Christmas Carol (1923), produced in the UK and starring Russell Thorndike, Nina Vanna, Jack Denton, and Forbes Dawson.
- Scrooge (1935), a British movie, again starring Seymour Hicks as Scrooge, rather notorious for not showing most of the ghosts onscreen.[7]
- A Christmas Carol (1938), starring Reginald Owen as Scrooge and Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart as the Cratchits.
- Leyenda de Navidad (1947), a Spanish adaptation starring Jesús Tordesillas as Scrooge.
- Scrooge (1951), re-titled A Christmas Carol in the U.S., starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge and Mervyn Johns and Hermione Baddeley as the Cratchits.
- It's Never Too Late (1953), Italian adaptation of Dickens's novel, featuring Paolo Stoppa and Marcello Mastroianni.
- Scrooge (1970), a musical film adaptation starring Albert Finney as Scrooge and Alec Guinness as Marley's Ghost.
- A Christmas Carol (1971), an Oscar-winning animated short film by Richard Williams, with Alastair Sim reprising the role of Scrooge.
- Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983), an animated short film featuring the various Walt Disney characters (including characters from Wind in the Willows, Robin Hood and The Three Little Pigs), with Scrooge McDuck fittingly playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), featuring the various Muppet characters, with Michael Caine as Scrooge.
- A Christmas Carol (1994), an animated version produced by Jetlag Productions, written by Jack Olesker.
- A Christmas Carol (1997), an animated production featuring the voice of Tim Curry as Scrooge as well as the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York and Ed Asner.
- Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001), an animated version produced by Illuminated Films (Christmas Carol), Ltd/The Film Consortium/MBP; screenplay by Robert Llewellyn & Piet Kroon; with the voices of Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, and Nicolas Cage.
- A Christmas Carol (2004), an animated film with animals in the lead roles. Distributed by Genius Entertainment and produced by BKN International. ISBN 1594442657.
- A Christmas Carol (2006), a computer animated adaptation featuring anthropomorphic animals in the lead roles.
- A Christmas Carol (2009), a performance capture film directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts, from Walt Disney Pictures and ImageMovers Digital. It was released in November 2009 in Disney Digital 3D.
[edit] Television
- An early television adaptation was broadcast live by DuMont's New York station WABD on December 20, 1944.[8]
- A 1947 live television version starred John Carradine as Scrooge.
- A 1948 live television adaptation which aired on Philco Television Playhouse starred Dennis King as Scrooge.
- A 1949 30-minute filmed television adaptation, reportedly notorious among modern critics for its cheap special effects, starred Taylor Holmes as Scrooge with Vincent Price as the on-screen narrator.
- A British television version, with Bransby Williams as Scrooge, was televised in 1950.
- An adaptation of A Christmas Carol with Ralph Richardson as Scrooge was shown as a 30-minute filmed episode of NBC's Fireside Theatre in 1951.
- The story was dramatized twice, in 1952 and 1953, on Kraft Television Theatre (NBC).
- A Christmas Carol (1954), a filmed musical television adaptation starring Fredric March as Scrooge and Basil Rathbone as Marley was shown on the TV anthology Shower of Stars. The adaptation and lyrics were by Maxwell Anderson, the music by Bernard Herrmann. The first version in color, it apparently has survived only in black-and-white, though a color version may yet turn up. March received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance.
- The Stingiest Man In Town (1956), the second musical adaptation, starring Basil Rathbone and Vic Damone as, respectively, the old and young Scrooge. A live episode of the dramatic anthology series The Alcoa Hour.
- A 1958 filmed episode of the half-hour anthology series Tales from Dickens again featuring Rathbone as Scrooge, with Fredric March as narrator.
- Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962), an animated musical television special in color featuring the UPA character voiced by Jim Backus, with songs by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. Other voices were provided by such actors as Jack Cassidy (as Bob Cratchit). Shown annually by NBC for many years, this was the first animated Christmas special ever telecast (excluding marionette versions of The Night Before Christmas and the Nativity story).
- Mr. Scrooge, a 1962 CBC television musical adaptation, starring Cyril Ritchard (Peter Pan 's Captain Hook) as Scrooge, with Alfie Bass and Tessie O'Shea as Bob Cratchit and his wife.
- A Christmas Carol (1969), an animated television special directed by Zoran Janjic and produced by Australia's Air Programs and aired on CBS. It was the first in a series titled Famous Classic Tales and sponsored by Kenner.[9]
- A Christmas Carol (1977), an adaptation by the BBC with Sir Michael Hordern, who had played Marley's Ghost in two other versions, as Scrooge.[10]
- Rich Little's Christmas Carol (1978), an HBO television special in which impressionist Rich Little plays several celebrities and characters in the main roles.
- The Stingiest Man in Town (1978), an animated made-for-TV musical produced by Rankin-Bass. Stars Walter Matthau as the voice of Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the narrator. Scrooge was drawn to physically resemble Matthau. This had originally been done as a live-action musical on television in 1956.[11] This version, however, was not nearly as well received as the 1956 one.
- Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979), an animated television special featuring the various Looney Tunes characters, with the role of Scrooge going to Yosemite Sam.
- A Christmas Carol (1982), Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia.
- A Christmas Carol (1984), starring George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, David Warner and Susannah York as the Cratchits, with Edward Woodward as The Ghost Of Christmas Present. Scott (who had played Fagin two years previously) received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance. Clive Donner, who had been the film editor for the 1951 film Scrooge, directs.
- Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol (1992), an animated television movie directed by Al Guest and starring the voice of Christopher Corey Smith as Brer Rabbit.
- A Christmas Carol (1999), a television movie directed by David Jones, starring Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge. Produced by Turner Network Television, and shown by them annually. Inspired by Patrick Stewart's one-man stage adaptation of the story, but featuring a full supporting cast. This was the first version of the story to make use of digital special effects. Stewart was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for his performance.[12]
- Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (2002), made for TV animated film created by DIC Entertainment. It premiered on television on Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons and was released on DVD and VHS shortly afterward by MGM Home Entertainment.
- A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004), starring Kelsey Grammer. This version is unique in that Scrooge meets all three spirits in human form both before and after his night-time encounters, much as Judy Garland encounters Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz.[13]
- A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006), a direct to DVD special featuring Oscar the Grouch in the Scrooge role.[14]
[edit] Radio
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- Lionel Barrymore starred as Scrooge in a dramatization on the CBS Radio Network on December 25, 1934, beginning a tradition he would repeat on various network programs every Christmas through 1953. Only twice did he not play the role: in 1936, when his brother John Barrymore filled in because of the death of Lionel's wife, and again in 1938, when Orson Welles took the role because Barrymore had fallen ill.[15][16][17][18]
- A 1940s adaptation starring Basil Rathbone as Scrooge was subsequently issued as a 3-record set by Columbia Records.[19]
- Alec Guinness starred as Scrooge in a BBC production from 1951, also broadcast in America, and repeated for several years afterward.
- Another 1953 version, also from the BBC, starred Laurence Olivier in his only recorded performance as Scrooge. This one was issued on CD in 1992.
- Beginning in the 1980s, NPR has periodically broadcast a straightforward, faithful version read by comedian Jonathan Winters, in which he plays all the roles.
- In 1995, Quicksilver Radio Theater broadcast a dramatization directed by Jay Stern and starring Craig Wichman as "Scrooge", Anthony Cinelli, John Prave, Ghislaine Nichols, Deborah Barta, Joseph Franchini, Jodi Botelho, Elizabeth Stull and Tony Scheinman.[citation needed] The production was originally aired on Max Schmid's Radio Theater on WBAI, New York, NY on Christmas Eve 1995 and repeated Christmas Day 1995, and is currently syndicated on National Public Radio.[citation needed]
- Focus on the Family Radio Theatre adapted the story in a 1996 production hosted by David Suchet, narrated by Timothy Bateson, and with Tenniel Evans as Scrooge. This production credits Noel Langley's screenplay for the 1951 film as well as Dickens' original book.
- Paul Oakenfold's Urban Soundtracks (1999) included a remixed celebrity reading of the book, including sound effects and dance music in a version for UK dance radio stations
- WBZ Newsradio 1030 in Boston adapted the play for its radio listeners in 1999.[citation needed] It starred now-retired morning news anchor Gary LaPierre as Ebeneezer Scrooge with members of the WBZ Newsradio staff (renamed the WBZ Radio Holiday Players) in various roles, including Carl Stevens as Scrooge's nephew Fred, Deb Lawlor as the Ghost of Christmas Past and New England Patriots play-by-play announcer Gil Santos as Marley's Ghost. WBZ radio producer Michael Coleman gave the prologue and played various characters in the play. It has been broadcast on WBZ every Christmas Eve since.
- A Christmas Carol (2007), a theatrical audio version, written and directed by Arthur Yorinks from Night Kitchen Radio Theater, starring Peter Gerety, noted stage and film actor, as Scrooge. This faithful adaptation features a score by Edward Barnes and carols sung by members of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Concert Choir.
- In 2008, David Jason recorded a 10 part abridged reading of A Christmas Carol for BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.[20]
- The Colonial Radio Theatre of Boston produced A Christmas Carol in 2004, and it has been broadcast yearly on Sirius XM Radio. It was released by Blackstone Audio in 2007. Brilliance Audio released the production on CD in 2010.
[edit] Recordings
- In 1941, Ronald Colman portrayed Scrooge in a famous American Decca four-record 78-RPM album of "A Christmas Carol" with a full supporting cast of radio actors and a score by Victor Young.[21] This version proved extremely popular and was eventually transferred to LP, where it sold well into the 1960s. In 2005, it appeared on a Deutsche Grammophon compact disc, along with its companion piece on LP, Mr. Pickwick's Christmas, narrated by Charles Laughton. (The Pickwick recording had originally been made in 1944.) The Ronald Colman "A Christmas Carol" is slightly abbreviated on both the LP and the CD versions. On the LP, this was done to fit the entire production onto one side of a 12-inch 33 RPM record. With the greater time available it was hoped that the CD would have the complete recording, but Deutsche Grammophon used the shorter LP version.
- Ralph Richardson and Paul Scofield were featured on a Caedmon Records adaptation of the story. While the Colman version took up only one side of an LP, the Caedmon Records version took up an entire one.[22] It was released on CD in 2010.[23]
- Patrick Stewart has recorded his one-man dramatic reading of the story.[24]
- The actor Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, has recorded a CD of A Christmas Carol which is unabridged and in which he plays twenty-six characters. His performance is based on Charles Dickens' original reading tour script.
- Voice artist Jim Dale, heard on the unabridged recordings for the U.S. release of the Harry Potter books (for which he won two Grammy awards),[citation needed] in 2003 released an unabridged reading of "A Christmas Carol" with full characterizations of all the roles as part of the Random House Listening Library series.[25]
[edit] Opera
- Mister Scrooge (1958–1959); alternative name: Shadows (Tiene), an opera by Slovak composer Ján Cikker.
- "A Christmas Carol" (1978–1979), an opera by Thea Musgrave.[26]
[edit] Graphic Novel
- Christmas carol (2004), drawn by Dick Matena (ISBN 9789023416432)
- A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel (2008), by Sean Michael Wilson and Mike Collins (ISBN 9781906332518)
[edit] Parody
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988), in which the central character, Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), is initially kind and generous, but after being visited by the Spirit of Christmas (Robbie Coltrane), becomes greedy, insulting and mean.
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol (2003), a Christmas special for the BBC Radio 4 panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, with central character Ebenezer Scrumph (Humphrey Lyttelton) and assistant Colin Crotchet (Colin Sell).
- An American Carol (2008), the Scrooge character is Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) which is a rightwing parody of liberal filmmaker Michael Moore. The setting of the story is moved from Christmas to Independence Day, and Malone is visited by three spirits who take him on a journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America. The supporting cast includes Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, and Leslie Nielsen.
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
- Canadian comedy actor Don Harron recorded a version as "Charlie Farquharson" using malaprops.
- Huh-huh Humbug, by Beavis and Butthead, with Beavis as Scrooge.
[edit] Pastiches, continuations, and other uses
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- The Six Shooter, December 20, 1953, starring Jimmy Stewart as Britt Ponset in this unusual Western adaptation of Dickens' classic, featuring Howard McNear as "Eben."
- Disney's A Christmas Carol (1972) is an audio musical recording with six original musical numbers, featuring various Disney characters playing the Dickens roles. It was adapted (without the songs) into the animated short Mickey's Christmas Carol in 1983.
- An American Christmas Carol (1979), an adaptation starring Henry Winkler at the height of his fame from the television series Happy Days, where the story is set in Depression era New England, and the Scrooge character is named Benedict Slade.[27]
- Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol (1979), an American country music inspired TV film starring Hoyt Axton as Cyrus Flint.[28]
- X-Mas Marks the Spot (1985), an episode of The Real Ghostbusters, where, on Christmas Eve, Peter Venkman, Ray Stanz, Egon Spangler, and Winston Zeddmore end up traveling back in time to England in 1837. There they unknowingly meet Scrooge and end up "busting" the Three Christmas Ghosts by accident. It is revealed that Peter's childhood was very similar to Scrooge's.
- A Jetson Christmas Carol (1985) Episode sixty-five of The Jetsons animated television series. Spacely orders George to work overtime on Christmas Eve while Astro causes himself to be sick. Three spirits visit Spacely to convince him that Christmas is a time of giving.[29]
- The Odd Couple: In the episode “Scrooge Gets an Oscar”, Felix and the other poker players become Dickens characters in a dream after Oscar refuses to be Scrooge in a children’s play.
- Ebenezer Sanford, an episode of Sanford and Son in which Fred is a Scrooge-like miser. His family and friends try to get him to join into the Christmas spirit, but he rejects the attempts. Fred falls asleep and dreams he’s in “A Christmas Carol”.[30]
- WKRP in Cincinnati: In the episode “Bah Humbug”, Mr. Carlson plans to give the staffers no Christmas bonuses. But after eating one of Johnny Fever’s "special" brownies, the ghosts of Christmas Past (Jennifer), Present (Venus) and Future (Johnny) visit him to show him the error of his ways.
- Family Ties: In the episode “A Keaton Christmas Carol”, Alex finds the spirit of Christmas in a dream when he’s shown visions of the past and future by ghosts of Mallory and Jennifer.
- The Six Million Dollar Man: In the episode “A Bionic Christmas Carol”, When Steve Austin is sent to investigate problems with an OSI project contracted out to Budge Corp., he discovers the problem is that the corporation’s owner is a cheap miser. Steve then uses his bionic powers to emulate the Dickens classic and convince Budge to change his mind.
- Alice: In the episode “Mel’s Christmas Carol”, On Christmas Eve, Mel is haunted by a former partner after he fires the waitresses.
- A Christmas Carol II (1985), an episode of the TV series George Burns Comedy Week in which it's revealed that Scrooge is good-natured to a fault, and all of Camden Town takes advantage of his generosity. Scrooge is so giving of his fortune that the townspeople end up taking all his money. This prompts the spirits to return and make sure Scrooge reaches a median between his past and current behavior. (In the second alternate future, Scrooge has been buried in a pauper's grave, under a headstone marked "Ebenoozer Screege.")[31]
- God Bless Us Every One (Methuen, 1985) by Andrew Angus Dalrymple. An Imagined Sequel to 'A Christmas Carol featuring all the major characters of the original, expanding upon the Cratchit children Tim and Belinda.
- Scrooged (1988), a remake in a contemporary setting with Bill Murray being a misanthropic TV producer who is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas. Directed by Richard Donner.
- A Little Miracle (1990) is an episode of the series Quantum Leap; the protagonist, Sam Beckett, who travels through time by leaping into the lives of others, becomes the valet of a Scrooge-like industrialist, showing the industrialist the error of his ways by reminding him of his past via photographs while taking him on a drive around his future planned development, culminating in his holographic partner from the future, Al Calavicci, showing the industrialist what will happen to him in the future as he poses as the Ghost of Christmas Future.
- The Marley Carol(1993) Christmas Play in Two Acts by Dennis Drake taking place on the Christmas Eve Jacob Marley gives up the ghost, sees The Spirit of Christmas Present battle Old Scratch for Marley's soul, helped by little Belinda Cratchit and, less wittingly, her father Bob, Scrooge's Nephew, a Punch and Judy Man, and various street urchins.
- Ebbie (1995), a TV movie that brought the first portrayal of Scrooge as a female, with Susan Lucci as Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge, owner of a huge department store, and some of her own employees doubling as the three Christmas Spirits.
- Martin (1996), in the episode "Scrooge", Martin was visited by three Christmas spirits, to encourage Christmas spirit and the joy of giving to Martin.
- Ms. Scrooge (1997), a TV movie starring Cicely Tyson as "Ebenita Scrooge", managing director of a loan company, and Katherine Helmond as her deceased business partner Maude Marley.
- Ebenezer (1997), a Western version produced for Canadian TV, starring Jack Palance as Ebenezer Scrooge, a land baron.
- An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998), animated TV movie based on All Dogs Go to Heaven and featuring the villainous Carface as this version's Scrooge analog
- Whatever Happened to Tiny Tim? by John Mortimer (New York Times Book Review, 1992). In this short story, Tim grew up to be a successful businessman and gained a knighthood, but became even more heartless than Scrooge (beginning his career by embezzling funds from Scrooge's Christmas Turkey fund, then buying Scrooge out and pensioning off his own father). On Christmas Night 1894, he is visited by both the ghosts of Scrooge and Christmas Yet-to-Come who force him to see a horrible vision of the world in 1992 in which war, crime, poverty, famine and corruption are rampant. This story was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on January 1, 2003 under the title Not So Tiny Tim and was read by Richard Pasco.
- Timothy Cratchit's Christmas Carol, 1917: A Sequel to the Charles Dickens Classic (Dickens World, 1998) by Dale Powell. In this version, an elderly Tiny Tim is a wealthy immigrant living in America who experiences his own spiritual visitations on Christmas Eve.
- The Spirit of the Season, 1998, by Don Flowers; Paralleling the visitations of the three "spirits" 20 years before, Scrooge prevails on a grown-up Tim Cratchit to help to him try to reconnect with (and win freedom for) Marley's Ghost, during the pair's visits to three "spiritualists" on the last Christmas Eve of Scrooge's earthly life. Later adapted by Flowers and Fred Walton as a musical (Ebenezer Ever After) that premiered in Portland, Oregon in 2010.
- A Christmas Carol (2000), A TV-movie that takes place in the present where Ross Kemp plays Eddie Scrooge, a London loan shark. Jacob Marley (Ray Fearon) not only warns Scrooge of the three impending spirits, but doubles as The Ghost of Christmas Present.
- A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000), TV movie that premiered on VH1, now on Lifetime, portraying Vanessa Williams in the Scrooge role as "Ebony" Scrooge, one third of a late-'80's pop trio called "Desire" and now an egotistical, arrogant, grouchy solo diva.
- Marley's Ghost, (2000), by Mark Hazard Osmun: The prequel to A Christmas Carol. A novel imagining the life and afterlife of Scrooge's partner, Jacob Marley and how Marley came to arrange Scrooge's chance at redemption.
- Marley's Ghost (2003) by Jeff Goode is a stage play which is a prequel to A Christmas Carol along similar lines to the novel by Osmun.
- The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge (Ohio State University Press, 2001) by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. A uniquely philosophical take on the Scrooge mythology set in the afterlife with Scrooge on trial to determine if he merits entry into Paradise.
- Scrooge & Cratchit (Scrooge-and-Cratchit, 2002) by Matt McHugh. Bob Cratchit is now Scrooge's partner in business as they both face the wrath of bankers as ruthless as Scrooge in his prime. Reprinted in 2007 as The Index-Journal holiday edition insert. In print and Kindle/iPhone/ebook formats.
- Scrooge Blues was written by Nicholas McInerny and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002 [32] and re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 28 December 2010.[33] This continuation, starring David Hargreaves, takes place one year after the events of A Christmas Carol after the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge.
- A Carol Christmas (2003), another TV movie portraying Scrooge as an arrogant female celebrity, this time as a TV star named "Carol Cartman", played by Tori Spelling, with her own talk show. Having premiered on The Hallmark Channel and currently on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas, the movie also featured Dinah Manoff as Marla, Carol's stage-mother type aunt, and two of the three Christmas Spirits portrayed by Gary Coleman (Christmas Past) and William Shatner (Christmas Present).
- The Last Christmas of Ebenezer Scrooge: The Sequel to A Christmas Carol (Wildside Press, 2003) by Marvin Kaye. This sequel picks up right where the original left off, with Scrooge trying to right an unresolved wrong. This version was also adapted for the stage.
- Mr. Timothy (HarperCollins, 2003) by Louis Bayard. Here again is an adult Tiny Tim, only this time as a 23-year-old resident of a London brothel who becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. Mr. Timothy was included in the New York Times's list of Notable Fiction for 2003.
- The Haunting Refrain to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" (2004 revised 2007) This short novel details the lives of the original characters, plus a few new introductions, 21 years later. It is posted exclusively to the web at his time and is out of print from its original printing run. It is available for free viewing at www.dickensworks.com
- Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006) the second Looney Tunes adaptation; this time, it features Daffy Duck as Scrooge.
- Barbie in a Christmas Carol (2008), Barbie stars as the female version of Ebenezer Scrooge.
- Of Christmas Past is a short comic strip by Johnny Lowe and Seaward Tuthill in the literary trade paperback Iconic released in 2009 by members of the Comicbook Artists Guild. It deals with Scrooge's nephew Fred facing the decision of what to do about a criminal who murdered his wife, with the ghost of Scrooge playing the role of the three spirits to try to save him from a path of darkness.
- A Christmas Carol - Scrooge's Ghostly Tale (2006), animated.
- Nan's Christmas Carol (2009)
- I am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas is a novel by Adam Roberts (Gollancz, 2009). It deals with the aftermath of Tiny Tim's parlous health. It turns out that the child was a harbinger of an infectious virus that threatens a zombie apocalypse, and it is left to Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to rectify the matter. It is scheduled to coincide with Christmas 2009.
- A Klingon Christmas Carol (written c. 2006) is an adaptation set on the Klingon homeworld of Qo'noS in the Star Trek fictional universe.[34] The play was co-written and directed by Christopher O. Kidder, and was performed from 2007–2010 by Commedia Beauregard (a Saint Paul, Minnesota theatre company),[34] and also presented in Chicago for 2010.[35]
- Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010) - the 2010 Christmas special episode of Doctor Who is a science fiction story that borrows elements from the original.
- An American Country Christmas Carol (2010) a new stage country musical adaptation with a book and lyrics by Scott Logsdon and music by Rand Bishop, Kent Blazy, Roxie Dean, Tim Finn, Billy Kirsch, J. Fred Knobloch, and Pam Rose. It was presented as a staged reading at the Boiler Room Theatre in Franklin, Tennessee on December 5, 6 and 13 of 2010.[36]
- A London Carol (2010) - the sixty-fourth episode of Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life on Deck. Cody and Bailey collect toys for poor children. When they ask London for donations, she's too selfish to give anything. On the Christmas Eve night, London's mirror takes her to the past, present and future only for her to find out that everyone will loathe her and she will be lonely.
- Christmas Cupid (2010), made-for-TV movie starring Christina Milian as the Scrooge-inspired character Sloane Spencer.
- Batman Noel (2011) A graphic novel written and illustrated by Lee Bermejo, featuring a tale with the caped crusader inspired by A Christmas Carol.
[edit] References
- ^ Philip Fisher (2005). "Reviews: A Christmas Carol (Albery Theatre)". The British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ "OBSP's A Christmas Carol (2010)".
- ^ "The Pantaloons official website".
- ^ "Triad Stage's A Christmas Carol (2010)".
- ^ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://theater.nytimes.com/show/33171/3-Ghosts/overview. - ^ "PiPe Dream Theatre official website".
- ^ Scrooge (1935) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Tiny Tim Comes to Television", New York Times, Dec. 24, 1944, p. 35.
- ^ A Christmas Carol (1970) (TV) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ A Christmas Carol (1977) (TV) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ The Stingiest Man in Town at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001772/awards
- ^ "A Guide to Christmas Carol Adaptations". January 16, 2010.
- ^ A Sesame Street Christmas Carol at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "On the Air Today", The Washington Post, Dec. 25, 1934, p. 21. "Nash-LaFayette Radio Program" (advertisement), New York Times, Dec. 25, 1934, p. 32.
- ^ Lionel Collapses, But a Barrymore Acts as 'Scrooge'", The Washington Post, Dec. 26, 1936, p. X1.
- ^ "Listen! with Glyn" (advertisement), The Washington Post, Dec. 20, 1940, p. 36.
- ^ "You Don't Play Scrooge You Just Ain't Workin'", The Washington Post, Dec. 23, 1953, p. 46.
- ^ "Basil Rathbone.net/Recordings". Basilrathbone.net. 1952-03-23. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ 09:30 - 09:45 (2008-12-26). "Radio 4 Programmes - Book at Bedtime: A Christmas Carol". BBC. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "Christmas Carol & Mr Pickwick's Christmas: Charles Dickens, Hanns Eisler, Victor Young, Ronald Colman, Charles Laughton: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003SNKBCI
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743563794
- ^ Dickens, Charles, and Jim Dale. A Christmas Carol. New York: Random House/Listening Library, 2003. ISBN 978-1400086030
- ^ "A Christmas Carol - Thea Musgrave, composer". Theamusgrave.com. 1981-12-16. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ An American Christmas Carol at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "A Jetson Christmas Carol " at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Ebenezer Sanford (#5.12)" at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Christmas Carol II the Sequel" at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ ""Scrooge Blues" and "Not So Tiny Tim"".
- ^ "Scrooge Blues".
- ^ a b Belkin, Douglas (2010-12-18), "BaQa'—or Is It Humbug? Aliens Attack a Holiday Classic", The Wall Street Journal (New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dow Jones & Company), OCLC 0099-9660, archived from the original on 2010-12-19, retrieved 2010-12-19, "The arc of "A Klingon Christmas Carol" follows the familiar Dickens script: An old miser is visited on a hallowed night by three ghosts who shepherd him through a voyage of self-discovery. The narrative has been rejiggered to match the Klingon world view."
- ^ Klingon Christmas Carol brought to the stage, The Telegraph, 2010-12-21, accessed 2010-12-23.
- ^ "OBSP's A Christmas Carol (2010)".
[edit] Further reading
- Fred Guida, A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: Dickens's Story on Screen and Television, McFarland & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-786-40738-7.
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The Santa Clause
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For the cultural figure, see Santa Claus.
| The Santa Clause | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Pasquin |
| Produced by | Robert F. Newmyer Brian Reilly Jeffrey Silver |
| Written by | Leo Benvenuti Steve Rudnick |
| Starring | Tim Allen Eric Lloyd Wendy Crewson Judge Reinhold David Krumholtz Peter Boyle |
| Music by | Michael Convertino |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Editing by | Michael A. Stevenson |
| Studio | Outlaw Productions |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures Hollywood Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 11, 1994 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $189,833,357 |
The film was followed by two sequels, 2002's The Santa Clause 2 and 2006's The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.
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[edit] Plot
Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) is a 38-year-old divorced father and advertising executive for a toy company in the fictional city Lakeside, Michigan with a young son, Charlie (Eric Lloyd). On Christmas Eve, Charlie comes over to spend the night with Scott before going back to his mother and stepfather's for Christmas Day. Scott attempts to assure Charlie of Santa Claus' existence, while in full disbelief himself. That night, they are awakened by a clatter on the roof. Going outside to investigate, they can see someone on there. Scott yells at the trespasser, "Hey, you!", which causes him to lose his balance and fall off. He appears to be Santa Claus.After he lands he magically disappears, but his suit remains. They find a business card in a pocket stating that if something should happen to him, someone should put on the suit, and the reindeer will know what to do. They find his sleigh and eight reindeer perched on the roof. While trying to figure out how to explain all of this to people, Scott bumps his head on a ladder leading up to the roof. Scott puts on the suit to please Charlie, and begins delivering toys from house to house.
Their final stop is the North Pole where the head elf, Bernard (David Krumholtz), shows him a tiny inscription on the card which says that upon the disappearance of the previous occupant, whoever wears the suit immediately assumes the identity of Santa Claus and all the responsibilities that go with it. This is the "Santa Clause," as stated by Bernard: "You put on the suit and you're the big guy!" He also gives Charlie a snow globe as a gift.[1] He then tells Scott that he only has eleven months, until Thanksgiving, to get his affairs in order before becoming Santa Claus full time, which he tries to refuse. He and Charlie spend the night at the factory. The next morning they awaken back in Scott's house, where the only indication of their previous night's adventure is his new silk pajamas with "SC" monogrammed on them. He dismisses it all as a dream.
Soon, however, Scott starts gaining weight and his boss, Mr. Whittle (Peter Boyle), likens him to the Pillsbury Doughboy and he interjects a presentation on the company's new toy by complaining about Santa not being represented with his sleigh and they should simplify their toy designs. He develops a ravenous taste for Christmas treats, like cookies and hot cocoa. Scott's facial hair grows practically overnight, and shaving it off has no effect as it regrows instantly. His hair turns gray then white, despite all attempts to dye it. He somehow knows who has been "naughty" and "nice". Scott also starts wearing clothes with red and green, and his heart even beats Jingle Bells. Children (who somehow know he is Santa despite Scott not dressing like him) approach him with gift requests. His rapid transformation worries his ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson) and her new husband, psychiatrist Dr. Neil Miller (Judge Reinhold), who tries to terminate his visitation rights to Charlie. They question his mental stability, and believe that his changes are attempts at getting his son to like him.
Eventually, Scott's visitation rights to Charlie are suspended. Disheartened, he begins to lose some of his certainty about his job as Santa. While visiting Charlie on Thanksgiving, Charlie's insistence that Scott is Santa reawakens his magic and he, with Bernard's help, whisks him away to the North Pole. Laura and Neil, who think he has kidnapped him against his will, call the police, who start a massive investigation.
Meanwhile, at the North Pole, Charlie helps Scott and the head elves perfect a new sleigh and communication devices. He calls his mother, but this only reinforces their belief that he is being held against his will. Nevertheless, Scott, as Santa Claus, goes on with his Christmas Eve trip, but is arrested while delivering presents to the Miller house, and is accused of kidnapping Charlie. A team of rescue elves called the ELFS (Effective Liberating Flight Squad) free him from jail by tying up the front desk guard and using tinsel to break through the bars (which he is very impressed by). The ELFS then fly him and Charlie home to Laura and Neil, to whom Scott/Santa gives the presents they always wanted since childhood but never got (It was because they did not get these that they became convinced Santa did not exist.).
Laura, finally realizing that Scott really is the new Santa, tosses the custody papers into the fireplace and welcomes him to visit Charlie any time that he desires. Neil, both amazed and joyful, realizes that one does not have to see to believe. Bernard tells Charlie that the snow globe is magical. Anytime he wants his father to visit, all he has to do is shake it. After ten minutes, he does so and Scott comes back, saying he was on his way to Cleveland, and takes Charlie with him to deliver the rest of the presents.
[edit] Cast
- Tim Allen as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus, a cynical, ordinary man who becomes Santa Claus over the course of 11 months.
- Judge Reinhold as Dr. Neil Miller, Laura's new husband. A well-meaning psychiatrist who thinks Scott is crazy.
- Wendy Crewson as Laura Miller, Scott's ex-wife who is torn between her husband's opinions and believing that Scott is Santa.
- Eric Lloyd as Charlie Calvin, Scott's son.
- David Krumholtz as Bernard the Head Elf
- Larry Brandenburg as Detective Nunzio
- Mary Gross as Miss Daniels, Charlie's teacher
- Paige Tamada as Judy the Elf
- Peter Boyle as Mr. Whittle, Scott's boss.
- Steve Vinovich as Dr. Pete Novos, Scott's physician
- Frank Welker as Reindeer vocal effects
- Rebecca Oatt as herself
[edit] Production
The film was shot in Oakville, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario which also served as the fictional town of Lakeside, Illinois in it. The reindeer used in the film were all from the Toronto Zoo.[citation needed][edit] Reception
[edit] Box office
The Santa Clause grossed over USD $144 million in the United States alone and over $189 million worldwide, making it a box-office hit.[2][edit] Critical reception
The film was generally well received by critics, and maintains a "fresh" rating of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, with 31 positive reviews from 39 counted and an average rating of 6.1/10.[3] The consensus from the site is "The Santa Clause is utterly undemanding, but it's firmly rooted in the sort of good old-fashioned holiday spirit missing from too many modern yuletide films."[3][edit] Soundtrack
Note that songs listed here (and in the movie credits) cannot always be found on CD soundtracks.[4]- "Oh Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)"; Arranged by John Neufeld
- "Carol of the Bells"; Written by Peter Wilhousky
- "White Christmas"; Written by Irving Berlin; Performed by The Drifters
- "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"; Written by J. Fred Coots And Haven Gillespie; Performed by The Chipmunks
- "Think!" (Theme from Jeopardy!); Written by Merv Griffin
- "Jingle Bell Ride"; Written and Performed by Johnny Hawksworth
- "Gimme All Your Lovin'"; Written by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard; Performed by ZZ Top
- "Jingle Bells"; Arranged by John Neufeld
- "Christmas Will Return"; Written by Jimmy Webb; Performed by Brenda Russell and Howard Hewett
- "The Bells of Christmas"; Written and Performed by Loreena McKennitt
- Come Together
- Immigrant Song
- All I Want for Christmas is You
- Let's Go
- Believing Is Seeing
- Sash Completes the Ensemble
- Flight
- Weightless
- Away to the Window
- Bells of Christmas
- Listen
- Goodnight, Goodnight...Don’t Forget the Fire Extinguisher
- Visitation – The Drifters
- Rose Suchak Ladder
- Give Me All Your Loving – ZZ Top
- List – Loreena McKennitt
- Elves with Attitude
- Someone in Wrapping
- Near Capture
- Comfort and Joy
- Not Over Any Oceans
- Christmas Will Return
[edit] Home media
This film has been released on VHS in 1995 and again in the UK in 1996, standard Widescreen DVD in 2000 and Special Edition VHS and DVD in 2002. The Santa Clause along with The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause were released in a three-movie DVD collection.Towards the beginning of the film a brief exchange between Scott and Laura takes place in which Laura hands Scott a piece of paper with Neal's mother's phone number on it. Scott then exclaims "1-800-SPANK-ME? I think I know that number!". In the United States, the exchange was removed from the 2000 DVD release as well as the 2002 Special Edition DVD and VHS releases after a 1997 incident in which a child from Steilacom, Washington called the number and racked up a $400 phone bill. [5] The line remains intact on the 1995 VHS release.
[edit] Sequels
The popularity of the film spawned two sequels, The Santa Clause 2 in 2002 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause in 2006. Much of the character cast remains the same in each one, but with some additions.[edit] References
- ^ Quotes from The Santa Clause from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- ^ "Disclosure Edges Out 'Santa' at the Box Office Movies: Much-hyped sexual-harassment drama pushes aside the Tim Allen heavyweight.". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ a b "The Santa Clause". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111070/soundtrack
- ^ "Woman Complains Of Porno Line In Disney Film.". Retrieved 2011-12-23.
[edit] External links
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33 Comments:
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Jay said...
- I used to love those old Mad song parodies. Thanks for the reminder and the links!12/15/2007 11:29 PM
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blunoz said...
- Funny, I can't hear "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" without thinking of my Electrical Operator from my first deployment on the 719. He used to sing all these perverted versions of Christmas carols like "Walking 'round in Women's Underwear" (to the tune of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland"). I wonder if he got it from MAD magazine.12/16/2007 11:36 AM
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Mike said...
- I think I was 8 years old when I got the Mad Magazine Christmas Carol parodies and I can still recall some lines. My favorite was the parody to "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" a.k.a "Stick'n out their greedy little hadn" but don't remember all the words."Then will come the superintendents visit.
He will ring your doorbell loud and long.
You will open up and ask who is it.
He just smiles and sings a Christmas song.
Later on...you'll give cash up.
To the man..who picks the trash up.
How nice they're all here.
For one day a year.
Stick'n out their greedy little hand."12/17/2007 8:25 AM
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Cyndi said...
- Thanks for the lyrics. I used to have that Mad paperbook, but I guess it got lost in one of the moves. Bummer!To Mike: the first part of that song goes:
Doorbells ring, it's the season
And you know what's the reason
There's someone out there
Who's after his share
Stickin' out his greedy little hand.First to come, is the doorman
He'll complain he's a poor man
The janitor's next on some weak pretext
Stickin' out his greedy little hand.
12/21/2007 9:36 PM
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Geoff said...
- Thanks Mike - I had the first verse but couldn't remember the second. So (AFAICT) the complete "Greedy Little Hand" goes something like:Doorbells ring, it's the season
And you know what's the reason
Someone's out there, after their share
Sticking out their greedy little hand
First in line is the doorman
He'll complain he's a poorman
The janitor's next on some weak pretext
Sticking out his greedy little handThen will come the superintendents visit.
He will ring your doorbell loud and long.
You will open up and ask who is it.
He just smiles and sings a Christmas song.
Later on...you'll give cash up.
To the man..who picks the trash up.
How nice they're all here.
For one day a year.
Stick'n out their greedy little hand.
12/25/2007 3:25 AM
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Janus said...
- I remember "Wrap Your Gifts" quite well. I recently wrote about it myself. In fact, I found your site on a Google search that also led to my site.12/31/2007 8:53 AM
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Anonymous said...
- Thank you for these!! We 3 clods from ohmaha!! I so remember getting this Mad issue when I was a little kid!! It goes thru my skull every x-mas! For giggles I googled & found this!! Thanks again!!!4/27/2008 1:46 PM
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Anonymous said...
- hey...anyone remember "Passed out in the snow...In a stolen chevrolet..."6/04/2008 2:06 PM
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Anonymous said...
- How about:
"Hark the TV networks bring/Songs that do their Christmas thing"12/09/2008 6:47 PM
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Anonymous said...
- ...I meant "*shows* that do their Xmas thing"12/09/2008 6:48 PM
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Gailie said...
- "Out There On The Sidewalk" was always my favorite.12/17/2008 11:31 AM
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Anonymous said...
- What about this Christmas favorite...(to the tune of Hard the Herald Angels Sing)It hangs down from our chandlier,
we have no idea what it does.
Its shape is weird is and it drips with goo,
and lets off a high sounding buzz.It grows a couple of feet each day,
and wriggles with a kind of twitch.
We keep it 'cuz it's a present from,
a visiting uncle who's rich.
12/23/2008 7:52 AM
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Kelly R said...
- Thank you so much! The opening lines to "We Three Clods" has been going through my mind for years, and I appreciate knowing the rest of the lyrics!Sure do miss the days of the witty writing and intelligent banter we got in our MAD Magazine.12/24/2008 9:10 AM
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Anonymous said...
- Here's one of my favorites - to the tune of "Deck the Halls:"Sodden Clods Are Comin to Town"
(by Phil Hahn)You better watch out
You better not try,
Trav'ling about
I'm telling you why
Sodden clods are coming to town.
They're wrecking the bars
They're starting street fights.
They're having one of
Their naughtiest nights,
Sodden clods are coming to town.
Blithe New Years's drivers, pickled
In alcoholic brine
Will gaily bounce off walls and trees
To the strains of "Auld Lang Syne",
So,
You better stay home
And drink your own rye.
You're crazy to roam
It's obvious why,
Sodden clods are coming to town.
from the Oct. 1960 edition of Mad
2/04/2009 7:55 AM
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rsand said...
- For years I've remembered this bit from MAD Magazine sung to the tune of Jingle Bells... would love it if someone could find the actual original text!This is what I remember (and its likely wrong) from 30+ years ago. The order of the verses, actual text etc is likely wrong, but you get the jist:(Sung to Jingle Bells):
Christmas bills, Christmas bills
Piled on the floor.
Everyday the mailman came and brought a dozen more.
Oh......
Christmas bills, Christmas bills
Making me lament
I've got my back against the wall
From all those gifts I sent
Writing out the checks
All in great amounts
Sending them today
Knowing they will bounce!
Bill collectors come
Notify my boss
Now they've got my salary
My life's a total loss!
Oh......
Christmas Bills, Christmas bills
Piled on the floor.
Everyday the mailman came and brought a dozen more.
Christmas bills, Christmas bills
How the stores will swear
When they soon discover that
My bank account is bare!
(finally it ends with some verse about doing it all again next year...)
12/03/2009 3:24 PM
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Genie said...
- Here's the few I recall.Sung to the tune of: It Came Upon a Midnight ClearThis plane we boarded last evening, dear
to start on our holiday spree.
We read a book and enjoyed a meal
and saw a movie for free.
We pushed our seats back and slept 'till dawn,
then chatted togther passed noon.
It's been real fu-un, and now let's hope
that we'll be taking off soon.
Sung to the tune of: Its The Season of Christmas:
Driver's speeding, signs unheeding
down the highway they race.
You can tell it's the season of Christmas.
Wild weaving, sometimes heaving
with the cops giving chase.
And with each fatal crack-up you'll hear:
Count the toll, count the toll
The Safety Council is saying.
Please keep score, just one more
We'll break the record this year.
Sung to the tune of: Frosty the Snowman.
Harry the mailman brings us letters soaked with rain.
Jams the box so full that the mail is crushed
and then laughs when we complain.
Charlie the milkman is the biggest slob in town
Seldom leaves the quarts that we've asked him for,
when he does, they're upside-down.
Eleven months through-out the year, they're as lousy as can be.
But starting in December, they show great efficiency.
Then Charlie and Harry really show they're full of zip!
And they'll work that way every doggone day,
'till they get their Christmas tip.
Sung to the tune of: Santa Clause is Coming to Town
You better not shout,
you better not cheer.
We're going to out-do tradition this year.
Santa's wife is coming to town.
She's driving the sleigh,
she's running the trip,
she's wearing the pants and cracking the whip.
Santa's wife is coming to town.
She won't use any reindeer,
to pull the sleigh be-cause
she wants to show that she's in charge
so she's using Santa Clause.
So what will you get?
Just wait and see.
The biggest old bag you ever did see.
Santa's wife is coing to town!
12/07/2009 1:25 PM
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Genie said...
- These I only partly recall:Sung to the tune of: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing.Hark the Herald singers choke,
from the smog and fumes and smoke.
See them rub their itching eyes
while soot pours from the skies.
(can't recall the middle part)
Gasping out the first noel.
When their final song is sung,
they'll head home with one less lung.
Sung to the tune of: Let it Snow!
Oh the weather outside is cru-el.
But the workers won't bring fu-el.
Seems the pay-raise they don't like.
They're on strike, they're on strike, they're on strike!
Oh we're waiting for Santa's visit.
His sleigh is late - where is it?
Seems the reindeer won't make the hike.
They're on strike, they're on strike, they're on strike.
Sung to the tune of: Oh Christmas Tree.
Oh telephone, oh telephone,
repairmen we are ringing.
'Cause telephone,
frustration you are bringing.
We called Aunt Sue in Portland, Maine,
and get a drugstore in Fort Wayne.
Oh telephone, oh telephone,
your service we've rejected
'Cause telephone, oh telephone,
we've just been disconnected.
12/07/2009 1:26 PM
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Anonymous said...
- Genie, Thanks for posting these lyrics. It's been forty years since I first saw the "Harry & Charlie" parody and I always wondered how the first two stanzas went. I should probably get back to work. Mike12/17/2009 2:58 PM
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Anonymous said...
- This site rocks:) I, too, am haunted by the humor of the MAD christmas carols of 1977. I am so grateful to have found the lyrics. I remembered a lot of them, but this really helped fill in the blanks. MERRY CHRISTMAS!12/23/2009 8:33 PM
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Don_TerriJ said...
- I remember a partial one:If R.Kipling
had wrote "The Night Before Christmas"It was the night of the battle and all through the slaughter,
Not a creature was moving, we all needed water,
Our canteens were hung on the sand dunes with care,
In the hopes that Gunga Din would soon be there,Thats all I remember...
12/24/2009 5:04 PM
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spagooty said...
- I remember a few....one sung to the tune of Deck the Halls....Fill the bars with Christmas drinking fa la la la la la la la la
See the people getting stinking
fa la la la la la la la la
Though their brains are half corroded
fa la la, la la la, la, la, la
Still they try to drive home loaded fa la la la la, la la, la, la
See the busy intersection
fa la la la la la la la la
Here come cars from each direction
fa la la la la la la la la
See the pileup when their meeting
fa la la la la la la la la
What a novel Christmas greeting
fa la la la la la, la la, la la12/29/2009 10:40 PM
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spagooty said...
- there was another but I can't remember all the wordssung to the tune of "We Three Kings"We're the men who carry great sacks
filled with Christmas cards on our backs
Ever sending never ending till we fall in our tracks
ohh, cards for Herman cards for Sue,
cards we'd like to tear in two...
and that's where my memory fails me, maybe somebody remembers the rest of it
12/29/2009 10:52 PM
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Charles said...
- On the "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" parody, the missing verse is "Fithy air their throats expel"Happy New Year!12/31/2009 7:19 PM
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Anonymous said...
- Sung to the tune of: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing.These, I think, are the full words:Hark the Herald singers choke,
from the smog and fumes and smoke.
See them rub their itching eyes
while soot pours from the skies.
Filthy air their throats expel,
gasping out The First Noel,
Joyful Voices cough and hack,
While freash snow is turning black.
When their final song is sung,
they'll head home with one less lung.
11/18/2010 6:22 AM
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Anonymous said...
- Oh, and the first line should be "Hark the Carol singers choke".11/18/2010 6:29 AM
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Anonymous said...
- Once there was a fill-in-the blank song to Jingle Bells. They gave you like 4 different lines to pick from for each verse. One possible line that always stuck in my head was..Snorting lines of coke, on the way to old L.A.Would have been a Mad issue in the 70s or 80s...
12/21/2010 7:07 PM
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Tania said...
- OMG...I'm so glad you posted those songs. They always get stuck in my head come Christmas time and I would wonder if anyone else remembered them. I have to forward this link to my brother. Thanks for the memories!12/23/2010 3:44 AM
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David Krider said...
- rsand,I'm glad I'm not the only one to remember "Christmas Bills". I think it ends with:Christmas bills, Christmas bills
I'll go broke and then
When next Christmas rolls around
I'll do it all again
11/21/2011 11:32 PM
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Anonymous said...
- I remember the one in the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" called "Sam and Roz are coming to town":
You better give up
On Christmas this year
You better give up with relatives here
Sam and Roz are coming to townTheir bringing their kids
To add to your fun
They're staying two weeks
You thought it was oneSam and Roz are coming to town
They'll monopolize your bathroom
They'll ruin you solitude
They'll eat you out of house and home and complain about the food
so....
There's only one way to save your noel
Give them your house and get a hotel
Sam and Roz are coming to town
11/22/2011 4:07 PM
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john said...
- These are the lyrics as I recall the "Sam and Roz" song, to the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town":Oh, you'd better give up on Christmas this year
You haven't a chance with relatives here
Sam and Roz are coming to town.They're binging their kids to add to your fun
They're staying ten days you thought it was one
Sam and Roz are coming to town.
They'll monopolize your bathroom
They'll destroy your solitude
They will eat you out of house and home
Then complain about the food
Oh, there's only one way to save your Noel
They come to your house, you take a hotel
Sam and Roz are coming to town.
11/28/2011 2:49 PM
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Mike E said...
- Re: The deck the hallsThat's the one I was just searching for. However, I recall that there's one more verse, one line of which I cannot remember.(Here's the line I can't remember)
fa la la la la, la la, la la
See the Yuletide death toll growing
fa la la la la, la la, la la
That's the fate of drunken drivers
fa la la, la la la, la la la
Sing this song to their survivors
fa la la la la, la la, la la
12/09/2011 10:05 AM
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AniJo said...
- Does anyone remember this one, to the tune of "Away in a Manger"?An eighty foot manger extends to the street,
With wise men and camels, the scene is complete,
A choir of angels in perched on a limb,
Beneath a loudspeaker that's blaring a hymn.Our roof feature Santa, with reindeer and sleigh,
While two dozen floodlights light up the display,
Although it costs thousands, we'd spend even more,
Just so we're outdoing our neighbors next door!
12/18/2011 6:05 PM
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Matt B. said...
- It's Hark the Hareld Angels Choke,
Vapors Fumes and Factory Smoke.Another good one was:Harry the milkman, was the biggest slob in town; seldom leaves the quarts that you ask him for, when he does they're upside down.
(To frosty the snowman)
And: Away in a manger upon a big limb, beneath a loud speaker that's blaring a hym.
What classics.
12/21/2011 12:38 PM
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