It's a wonderful piece Jim. I have not seen this version. I have to say growing up when I did, we had Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol and I really miss that. It may have been a bit smarmy but I can still see many of the images and hear some of the dialogue and the songs all these years later. It would be nice to see the Magoo version again but I am afraid it wouldn't be the same as I am not the same. Years ago I made a mistake renting the funniest film from my childhood, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I barely got through it and thought it was awful. I know, I know, everyone always asks me how could I have hated that film when I saw it again? Sometimes there are films we loved that we shouldn't revisit. I hope all is well my friend.
Thanks Kelley! I hope you had a great Christmas and that things are well with you too. I'm looking forward to reading more of your writing in the coming new year.
It's worth seeing again if you can stream or get the blu-ray. For t.v. broadcasts, they used to edit out the Hell scenes and the sequence of people dancing on Scrooge's coffin as they sang, "Thank you Very Much."
It's a wonderful piece Jim. I have not seen this version. I have to say growing up when I did, we had Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol and I really miss that. It may have been a bit smarmy but I can still see many of the images and hear some of the dialogue and the songs all these years later. It would be nice to see the Magoo version again but I am afraid it wouldn't be the same as I am not the same. Years ago I made a mistake renting the funniest film from my childhood, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I barely got through it and thought it was awful. I know, I know, everyone always asks me how could I have hated that film when I saw it again? Sometimes there are films we loved that we shouldn't revisit. I hope all is well my friend.
Thanks Kelley! I hope you had a great Christmas and that things are well with you too. I'm looking forward to reading more of your writing in the coming new year.
Thank you for another great piece, Jim! I thoroughly enjoyed reading your take on the film and I'm excited to watch it here.
My personal favorite is the 1951 version with Alastair Sim!
I have seen Scrooge maybe 100 times. Happy to see it getting some love here.
Thanks, Alex! As I wrote, it's a childhood favorite, and I'm surprised at how well it hold up now, 50 years later.
I haven't seen that since I was a kid on TV
It's worth seeing again if you can stream or get the blu-ray. For t.v. broadcasts, they used to edit out the Hell scenes and the sequence of people dancing on Scrooge's coffin as they sang, "Thank you Very Much."