TMTYR Episode #14: Double the Marley, Double the Fun! (A Christmas Carol)

Merry Christmas to all! In honor of the holiday, the Pavement Pounders read Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol and watched four adaptations: Scrooge (1951, starring Alastair Sim),  The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992, starring Michael Caine), A Christmas Carol (1999, starring Patrick Stewart), and Scrooged! (1988, starring Bill Murray). We also discussed other versions we’d seen and gave some … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #14: Double the Marley, Double the Fun! (A Christmas Carol) →

Merry Christmas to all!

In honor of the holiday, the Pavement Pounders read Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol and watched four adaptations: Scrooge (1951, starring Alastair Sim),  The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992, starring Michael Caine), A Christmas Carol (1999, starring Patrick Stewart), and Scrooged! (1988, starring Bill Murray).

We also discussed other versions we’d seen and gave some general Christmas-movie-viewing recommendations.

Thanks to everyone who listened this year.  Our first episode was recorded in December 2013, so we’re officially a year old now!

Don’t forget to go check out our friends at The Sci-Fi Movie Podcast, as they’ve got a special Christmas episode up today.

Pounder Rankings!

Colin:

A Christmas Carol (1999)
Scrooge (1951)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooged!

James:

The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Scrooged!
Scrooge (1951)

Seth:

Scrooge (1951)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Scrooged!

Favorite adaptations (Top Three):

Seth:

A Christmas Carol (1984, George C. Scott)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooge (1951)

James:

A Christmas Carol (1984, George C. Scott)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooged!

Colin:

A Christmas Carol (1999)
A Christmas Carol (1984, George C. Scott)
The Muppet Christmas Carol

Other versions watched by any or all Pounders:

1901 silent film
1935 Seymour Hicks film
1949 TV Adaptation (narr. by Vincent Price)
1970 Albert Finney musical Scrooge!
1971 animated short (Scrooge voiced by Alastair Sim)
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol
Mickey’s Christmas Carol
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey)

Notes:

Get the eBook free from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Carol-Books-Book-ebook/dp/B00H5SE1TG
Get the eBook free from B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-christmas-carol-charles-dickens/1116639901?ean=9781451685626
Is it Sci-Fi?: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/12/genre-in-the-mainstream-how-a-christmas-carol-invented-time-travel
Peter David’s take: http://www.peterdavid.net/2010/04/30/what-the-dickens/
Christmas and Exmas: http://www.khad.com/post/196009755/xmas-and-christmas-a-lost-chapter-from-herodotus
From Louisa May Alcott: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7425/7425-h/7425-h.htm#i
From Horatio Alger: http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/alger/DigRepos/jobwarner.cfm
1901 silent short, first film adaptation, Marley’s Ghost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILDHYYsC-g0
1949 TV short film, narrated by Vincent Price: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxgU_J366JI
Best and Worst Adaptations: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/23887/a-christmas-carol-the-best-and-worst-adaptations