Eric & Sannah spent the last few weeks watching many movie adaptations of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," and they have some opinions about each of them! They start at the very beginning, talking about how Edison brought the story to cinematic life in the 1901 "Marley's Ghost," and continue on from there, discussing each of the following versions at least briefly, and spending more time on some of the more famous ones: the 1935 Seymour Hicks version, 1938 MGM version, 1951 Alastair Sim
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version, 1954 Fredric March version, 1970 ("Scrooge" with Albert Finney), 1971 animated short, "Mickey's Christmas Carol," the 1984 George C. Scott version, "The Muppets Christmas Carol," and the 2009 Robert Zemeckis version with Jim Carrey. Phew!
At the end, they give awards for the best of various categories, including "Best Scrooge," "Best Bob Cratchit," and more.
This is a big episode, so listen along. Oh, and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!