Musical Monday This musical version of A Christmas Carol is 2004’s adaption of a hit stage musical. I don’t watch it every year, usually skipping a few years between viewings. This is the first time I’ve watched it two years in a row; doing so hasn’t changed my perceptions. Be […]
Today’s two A Christmas Carol adaptations are animated versions meant for a juvenile audience. This is not only the second time I’ve included A Flintstones’ Christmas Carol and A Jetson Christmas Carol, but also watched. Both are productions of the prolific Hanna-Barbera company. A Flintstones’ Christmas Carol is from 1994 […]
Female Friday Female Friday continues. Ms. Scrooge, 1997 made for television, is the second attempt with some gender role reversal in A Christmas Carol, on the heels of 1995’s Ebbie. I don’t actually own a personal copy. When Ms. Scrooge was originally released on VHS after its initial broadcast, it […]
Female Friday Everyday is Christmas is one of the more recent adaptations of A Christmas Carol with a female lead. It features pop singer Toni Braxton who also serves as an executive producer. Originally presented as one of the standard Christmas offerings in 2018 by the Lifetime cable channel, it […]
This was the one that started it all for me. This is the first A Christmas Carol I remember watching as a child the first time it was broadcast on U.S. television. It is the first of two Australian animated versions; this one was made in 1969 (the other was […]
Musical Monday The Stingiest Man in Town is the second musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol viewed for the 2020 Countdown. This is another post that’s a rehash of previous years with some minor updates. My perception of this adaptation is unchanged. This is a very good show and I […]
Female Friday The last decade of the 20th Century introduced the first adaptation of A Christmas Carol where the main character of Scrooge, at least, is portrayed as a female instead of male. Ebbie is the first big production version of A Christmas Carol to feature a woman in the […]
Updated / modern-day adaptations of A Christmas Carol are not uncommon anymore. Most are usually U.S. centric and produced. An English modern-day adaptation was refreshing when it was made; it still is now when it’s over twenty years old. 2000’s A Christmas Carol, originally presented on ITV, still isn’t available […]
Traditional Tuesday In last year’s blog, I noted that 2019 was the twentieth anniversary of the Patrick Stuart version. Now at twenty-one years, it is secure in its place among the traditional classics. A Christmas Carol fanatics were well aware of his acclaimed early ‘90’s one-man theatre piece where he performs […]
Musical Monday Since its early days, American television has been using ACC for holiday programming; sometimes bad and occasionally very successful. Today is one of the surviving endeavors of early U.S. television from 1954/55 starring Frederic March and Basil Rathbone. For me, the latter half of the 1980’s was a […]