12-22-2020, 10:56 PM
Hmm -- I haven't ever seen The Muppet's Christmas Carol but will watch it this year if it's on Prime or Netflix.
The George C. Scott version is YouTube-able. He was great as Ebenezer, but the other casting was perfect as well, such as David Warner as Bob Cratchit and Susannah York as Mrs. Cratchit. It also featured the most tragic-looking Tiny Tim, the scariest Marley's ghost (Frank Finlay,) and perfect ghosts of Christmas past and present, excellent costumes.
Sorry, but with the one with Jean Luc Peppard, I kept waiting for him to say "Computer! Engage warp."
No one seems to like the Jim Carrey/Robert Zemeckis animated version.
American Christmas Carol is a TV movie starring Henry Winkler that was made in 1979, so they could use Henry for the 21 and 34-year-old versions of himself and his grumpy old man makeup and manner was really convincing. That one takes place in the depression and is on Prime and is also YouTube-able.
Finally, there are some horrible versions out there. Last year, I saw one that was a modern day take with a trailer trash 'ho as the "Scrooge." I kid you not, and it's not even worth sitting through even for "so bad it's good."
The George C. Scott version is YouTube-able. He was great as Ebenezer, but the other casting was perfect as well, such as David Warner as Bob Cratchit and Susannah York as Mrs. Cratchit. It also featured the most tragic-looking Tiny Tim, the scariest Marley's ghost (Frank Finlay,) and perfect ghosts of Christmas past and present, excellent costumes.
Sorry, but with the one with Jean Luc Peppard, I kept waiting for him to say "Computer! Engage warp."
No one seems to like the Jim Carrey/Robert Zemeckis animated version.
American Christmas Carol is a TV movie starring Henry Winkler that was made in 1979, so they could use Henry for the 21 and 34-year-old versions of himself and his grumpy old man makeup and manner was really convincing. That one takes place in the depression and is on Prime and is also YouTube-able.
Finally, there are some horrible versions out there. Last year, I saw one that was a modern day take with a trailer trash 'ho as the "Scrooge." I kid you not, and it's not even worth sitting through even for "so bad it's good."
