A Christmas Carol, Part 2 (Ep. 107)

Seasons greetings from Adapt or Perish! With Episode 107, our gift to you is a long-delayed follow-up to Episode 6, our original look at A Christmas Carol!

In Part 1, we discussed:

Charles Dickens' original 1843 novel A Christmas Carol (1951), starring Alistair Sim A Christmas Carol (1984), starring George C. Scott The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), starring Michael Caine and the Muppets A Christmas Carol (1999), starring Patrick Stewart Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009), starring Jim Carrey

In this episode we discuss:

Scrooge (the 1935 movie), directed by Henry Edwards, written by H. Fowler Mear, and starring Sir Seymour Hicks A Christmas Carol (the 1938 movie), directed by Edwin L. Marin, written by Hugo Butler, and starring Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Kathleen Lockhart A Christmas Carol (the 1954 episode of Shower of Stars), directed by Ralph Levy, written by Maxwell Anderson, and starring Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and Ray Middleton Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (the 1962 TV special), directed by Abe Levitow, Written by Barbara Chain, and starring Jim Backus Scrooge (the 1970 movie musical), directed by Ronald Neame, written by Leslie Bricusse, and starring Albert Finney and Alec Guinness Scrooged (the 1988 movie), directed by Richard Donner, written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue, and starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, and Alfre Woodard Blackadder's Christmas Carol (the 1988 TV special), directed by Richard Boden, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, and starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, and Hugh Laurie A Christmas Carol (the 2004 TV movie musical), directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, lyrics and teleplay by Lynn Ahrens, music by Alan Menken, and starring Kelsey Grammer, Jason Alexander, Jane Krakowski, and Jesse L. Martin A Christmas Carol (the 2019 miniseries), directed by Nick Murphy, written by Steven Knight, and starring Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Joe Alwyn, and Vinette Robinson

Footnotes:

Playing Shakespeare Episode 8: Exploring a Character "Musician Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Jacob Collier & Herbie Hancock"

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