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he was the victim! I did what the stunt people told me, but when I had to flap my wings in his face, I really couldn't control them." The film also features Murray's three brothers; John Murray as his on-screen brother James, Brian Doyle-Murray as Frank's father, and Joel Murray cameos as a party guest, and the final appearance of the Solid Gold Dancers. Comedian Sam Kinison was considered for the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past before it went to musician David Johansen. Robert Mitchum cameos as Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander; the actor was not interested in the
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viewed as a rival, found success as Buster Poindexter. As a result, Kane grew frustrated with music (although he continued playing and in fact learned harmonica during this period). He relocated from New York City to Los Angeles, but he could not escape his regrets. His envy and creative block, coupled with alcoholism and the breakdown of his marriage, led to a deepening depression. Although urban myth frames Kane as a drug addict, this was not the case; his true downfall was alcohol. After seeing David Johansen as the Ghost of Christmas Past in the comedy "Scrooged", Arthur, in his
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he was the victim! I did what the stunt people told me, but when I had to flap my wings in his face, I really couldn't control them." The film also features Murray's three brothers; John Murray as his on-screen brother James, Brian Doyle-Murray as Frank's father, and Joel Murray cameos as a party guest, and the final appearance of the Solid Gold Dancers. Comedian Sam Kinison was considered for the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past before it went to musician David Johansen. Robert Mitchum cameos as Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander; the actor was not interested in the
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and blues, calypso and Latin jazz. Johansen acted in several films during the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2000, had a brief role on the HBO drama series "Oz". He appeared in the television series "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" in the episode "On Golden Pete", in which he played a park ranger. He appeared in the Muppet Television segment of an episode of "The Jim Henson Hour". Among his more prominent roles are that of the wisecracking Ghost of Christmas Past in "Scrooged" as well as the part of "Looney" in the movie "Let It Ride", playing opposite
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he shows his contempt for a homeless man named Herman and the shelter workers. He returns to the studio. The Ghost of Christmas Present arrives as a clumsy yet volatile fairy. She takes him to Grace's apartment, showing his assistant's struggles to support her large family, including her youngest son Calvin who has remained mute since seeing his father murdered. The Ghost then shows him James, who still respects Frank as his brother despite declining invitations to his Christmas celebrations and cheap gifts. The Ghost leaves him in a utility space under a sidewalk with Herman, now frozen to death.
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network to talk to Frank, but Frank does not make time for her, and she returns to the homeless shelter where she works. As rehearsals start, Frank is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, appearing as a taxi driver. He takes Frank to see his past: how he found solace in television after his mother left his father, and how he had fallen in love with Claire but lost her favor when he prioritized his television career over her. When back in the present, Frank goes to see Claire, hoping to make amends. However, his attitude quickly sours and
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Scrooged Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, "Scrooged" is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The film also stars Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, and Alfre Woodard. "Scrooged" was filmed on a $32 million budget over three months
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him beating his wife before attempting suicide by jumping from a third story window. Scrooged Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, "Scrooged" is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The film also stars Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard,
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life. He apologizes on air to Grace, James, and the cast and crew, and makes a passionate plea to Claire to come back to him. Claire sees this at the shelter, and makes for the network with the help of the Ghost of Christmas Past. As Frank and Claire reunite, Calvin comes up to Frank and speaks for the first time, reminding him to say the closing words of the "Carol", "God bless us, everyone", much to Grace's elation. Frank leads the crew in singing "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", and sees Lew, the three Ghosts, and the
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also praised Woodard, Mitchum, and John Glover's credible portrayal of a sleazy executive. Both "The Hollywood Reporter" and Brown appreciated Goldthwait's role, with Brown calling it "twitchingly touching". Thomas called Johansen's Ghost of Christmas Past a "bonus", but he and Benson lamented the "king's ransom of actors" that were wasted. "The Hollywood Reporter" said that Elfman's music is "full blast with holiday spirit", and singled out J. Michael Riva's production design, calling it "dead on the mark funny". Make up artists Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman were responsible for the film's single nomination at the 61st Academy Awards for Best
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not only his own grave, but that of Tiny Tim. The script added an unusual twist to the story in having the Ghost of Christmas Past (Sally Fraser) and the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ray Middleton) be portrayed by the same actors who played Scrooge's sweetheart Belle and his nephew Fred, respectively, and Scrooge not only notices the resemblance, but mistakes the Ghost of Christmas Present for his nephew. A Christmas Carol (Shower of Stars) A Christmas Carol is the December 23, 1954 episode of the hour-long American television anthology variety series, "Shower of Stars", which had a four-season run
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to add to her own wealth. Because of it, Marli is still earthbound and in chains, and warns Ebony of a similar doom. Marli tells her that she will be visited by three spirits: Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, who will hopefully turn Ebony's life around. The Ghost of Christmas Past (Kathy Griffin) shows Ebony her tragic past with her abusive alcoholic father, and how she became the cold person she is today because of it. The only person that made her feel loved was her brother, Ronnie, and even
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Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Past or The Spirit of Christmas Past is a fictional character in the work "A Christmas Carol" by the English novelist Charles Dickens. The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley, his former business partner) to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. This angelic and caring spirit shows Scrooge scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge came to be a bitter,
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Frank desperately tries to escape, breaking through a boarded up door to end back up on the set of the production. Preston directs Brice to take over rehearsals to give Frank some time off. Retiring to his office, Frank finds Eliot waiting for him with a shotgun, ready to kill Frank for the loss of his job and family. Frank escapes into the elevator where the Grim Reaper-like Ghost of Christmas Future awaits. The Ghost takes him to the future, where Calvin has become catatonic and been institutionalized, and Claire has heeded Frank's words and shunned the homeless to become
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set in an attic with found objects taking the place of many characters: a broken stool played Tiny Tim, a lantern stood in for the Ghost of Christmas Past, a large double-bass trunk represented the Ghost of Christmas future. "At this time of year, when Dickens' story has such particular resonance, this evocative, thoughtfully realized production is bound to elicit as much surprise as delight. For those who think they know "A Christmas Carol" so well that there's no need for further exposure, "Fellow Passengers" is a refreshing and vital reintroduction to Dickens' masterpiece." ––Chris Comte "In Fellow Passengers playwright
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Makeup, losing to "Beetlejuice". It was also nominated for three Saturn Awards: Best Fantasy Film, Best Actor for Bill Murray, and Best Special Effects. Danny Elfman's score won a BMI Award. Since its release, "Scrooged" has become a cult classic and a Christmas classic, being regularly shown on TV during the holiday period. "Entertainment Weekly"s Whitney Pastorek called it an immortal classic and argued that it is the most underrated Christmas movie. Pastorek said that the film is "both crude and sentimental, resonant and ludicrous..."Scrooged" is the perfect holiday movie for bitter, reluctant, closet Christmas lovers". "The Boston Globe"s Maura
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bedroom, where he very quickly fell asleep. Various adaptations have added to the history shown by the Ghost. For example, in a 1984 film version of "A Christmas Carol", the spirit shows Scrooge an encounter between him and his unloving father, in which his father tells him that he has arranged an apprenticeship for young Scrooge, and that the boy's much longed-for homecoming is only to last three days. Other significant variations over time have included the following: Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Past or The Spirit of Christmas Past is a fictional character in the work
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feature on television at Christmas, with some critics citing it as an alternative to more traditional Christmas films, and others arguing that "Scrooged" was ahead of its time, allowing it to remain relevant in the modern day. It has appeared on various lists of the best Christmas films ever made. IBC Television president Frank Cross is pushing his company to broadcast an extravagant live production of "A Christmas Carol" on Christmas Eve, making the staff work throughout the holiday. Frank fires executive Eliot Loudermilk for disagreeing with him, and sends cheap IBC-monogrammed towels to all on his Christmas list, including
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2016, "Empire" listed "Scrooged" as the seventh-best Christmas film, and in 2017, "Time Out" and "Consequence of Sound" listed it as, respectively, the 12th-best and 23rd best. That same year, Collider named it the fifth-best adaptation of "A Christmas Carol", calling it is easily the best non-traditional translation of the story, and saying that it uses "a classic tale of redemption as the framework for a satire of modern culture's desire to embrace the irredeemable". Johansen's prominent role in the film sent his New York Dolls bandmate Arthur Kane into a jealous rage after seeing "Scrooged" on TV, resulting in
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by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Scrooge is shown in sequence his childhood sweetheart, Cratchit's Christmas, a vision of the death of Cratchit's crippled son Tim, and his own lonely tombstone. Scrooge wakes and realising the error of his ways, throws money from his window to the poor
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James Gordon's daughter, Barbara, being kidnapped by Mad Hatter and forced to participate in a twisted tea party with other kidnapped children. Batman and Gordon finally save Barbara and bring down Mad Hatter. "Ghosts" is a Batman universe version of "A Christmas Carol", with Bruce's father Thomas Wayne taking the place of Jacob Marley, and the three spirits being Poison Ivy (the Ghost of Christmas Past), the Joker (the Ghost of Christmas Present), and a Grim Reaper figure (the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) who turns out to be Batman's ghost. The message from the spirits is that Bruce
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in rhythm. He ended the song by wishing everyone a "Merry Christmas". In 1988, he made a brief cameo in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", when Eddie Valiant first drives through Toontown. Jiminy appeared in "Mickey's Christmas Carol" as the Ghost of Christmas Past. The badge is given to him by the Blue Fairy at the end of "Pinocchio" marking him as an official conscience now declares him to be the Ghost of Christmas Past. Scrooge is perplexed at his size, but Jiminy shoots back at him that if Scrooge were measured by his amount of kindness, "you'd be no bigger
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partners Jacob and Robert Marley (played by Statler and Waldorf), who warn him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like they were, informing him that three spirits will visit him during the night. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the childlike Ghost of Christmas Past who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life, Dickens and Rizzo hitching a ride too. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee under Fozziwig (Mr. Fezziwig from the original story, played by Fozzie Bear), who owned
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Scrooge is visited by the childlike Ghost of Christmas Past who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee under Albert Fezziwig. Fezziwig throws a Christmas party, Scrooge attends and meets a young woman named Belle, whom he falls in love with. However, the Ghost shows Scrooge how Belle left him when he chose money over her. A tearful Scrooge extinguishes the Ghost as he returns to the present. At two o'clock, Scrooge meets the merry Ghost of Christmas Present, which shows Scrooge
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of blood, shed with deliberation and carefully husbanded...”. Famous literary apparitions from the Victorian period are the ghosts of "A Christmas Carol", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. In a precursor to "A Christmas Carol" Dickens published "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton". Dickens also wrote "The Signal-Man", another work featuring a ghost. David Langford has described British author M. R. James as writing "the 20th century's most
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Blessing"). The Ghost warns Scrooge that Cratchit's young son Tiny Tim, who is sickly, will not survive until next Christmas if things do not change. The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge next and takes him back to his boyhood, where Scrooge was a lonely schoolboy ("Alone in the World"). The Ghost also shows him Belle, a woman he had a relationship with before she left him due to his desire for money ("Winter Was Warm"). Scrooge encounters the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and is shown a vision of the future, where an unloved man has recently died.
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scene showing the death of Tiny Tim. The film does not show the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, or Christmas Yet to Come, instead relying on the ghost of Marley to present the visions to Scrooge. The actor playing Ebenezer Scrooge has been identified as Daniel Smith on the IMDb Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronted by Marley's ghost and given visions of Christmas past, present, and future, is the earliest known film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843
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cold-hearted miser. According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge as a white-robed, androgynous figure of indeterminate age. It has on its head a blinding light, reminiscent of a candle flame, and carries a metal cap, made in the shape of a candle extinguisher. The ghost is often portrayed as a woman in dramatic adaptations of the story: After showing up in Scrooge's house, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes his hand and flies with him over London. It first shows Scrooge his old boarding school, where he stayed alone, but for his books, while his
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appeared as the Ghost of Christmas Present in a TV production in the Bill Murray comedy "Scrooged" in 1988, with his final appearance being in "Ted & Venus". He made frequent appearances as a panelist on innumerable television game shows including "I've Got a Secret" and "The Gong Show". He also enjoyed a successful radio and television voice-over career. Living in Palm Springs, California in 1996, McCormick retired in 1998 after being left partly paralyzed by a stroke leading to his admission to the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California in that year. He
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herself to save. "Northern Bob", his family and their dog, Tim, are hoping to stay for the night and have Christmas dinner with Joannie. They give her an alternative Christmas present by making a donation in her name to the Mobile Library of Sudan. She eventually throws them out. In the night, the ghost of Jake Taylor, her deceased husband, comes through her closet to tell her she'll be visited by three more ghosts. The first ghost she is visited by is the Ghost of Christmas Past (Ben Miller), who is really rubbish at his haunting tricks. He takes her
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A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. "A Christmas Carol" recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" during a period when the British were
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Wood and her brothers were actively involved in Theatre in the Park while growing up, including an appearance by her in the 1987 production of her father's musical comedy adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" when she was just a few months old. Subsequently, she played the Ghost of Christmas Past in several productions at the theater, and she later starred as Helen Keller alongside her mother (who played Anne Sullivan) in a production of "The Miracle Worker", under her father's direction. Wood's parents separated in 1996, and later divorced, and Wood moved with her mother to her mother's native Los
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Ghost of Christmas Present The Ghost of Christmas Present or The Spirit of Christmas Present is a fictional character in the work "A Christmas Carol" by novelist Charles Dickens. The Spirit closely resembles Father Christmas from local folklore. The Ghost of Christmas Present is the second of the three spirits (after the visitations by Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past) that haunt the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt him to repent. He shows Scrooge how other people, especially those he knows, celebrate Christmas in order to show the reader what people think of Scrooge behind his
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it seems like a misstep. A 2007 review by "Den of Geek" agreed, saying that the film and Murray are at their best before the redemption begins, and that the only film to come close to capturing Murray's vitriol was 2003's "Bad Santa". Jonathan Rosenbaum called "Scrooged" an ironic film, for seemingly condemning the commercialization of Christmas while also capitalizing on it, taking on the moral message of "A Christmas Carol", "without sacrificing its yuppie priorities for an instant". Rosenbaum cited out the ending in particular, where Frank gives his Christmas message, causing Karen to leave the needy homeless to
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Johnston said that the film was ahead of its time which allowed it to remain relevant years later, and "PopMatters" said that their view of the ongoing commercialization of Christmas, and the film's anticipation of marketing tactics aimed at pets watching television, made the film more relevant now that at the time of its release. In 2012, "Den of Geek!" described it as the "finest Christmas comedy of all time". Al Green's and Annie Lennox's "Put a Little Love in your Heart" is also played regularly at Christmas despite not being about or mentioning Christmas. O'Donoghue disavowed the film before
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Marley, who was killed in WWII twenty years earlier, on Christmas Eve 1944. After Fred leaves, Grudge once again hears the record playing upstairs, and sees a short vision of the deceased Marley sitting at the dining room table. Suddenly Grudge finds himself aboard a World War I-era troopship, which is carrying many coffins. A soldier on board introduces himself as the Ghost of Christmas Past (Lawrence) and explains that the ship is carrying the dead of all nations and from all past wars, with more war dead arriving even as he speaks. The Ghost suggests that the way to
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ghost of Herman smile and wave back to him. "Scrooged" features a number of cameos, including: Lee Majors, Miles Davis, Paul Shaffer, David Sanborn, John Houseman, Robert Goulet, the "Solid Gold" Dancers, Buddy Hackett, Mary Lou Retton (as "Tiny Tim" Cratchit), Jamie Farr, Larry Carlton, and Anne Ramsey and her husband Logan Ramsey. "Scrooged" was filmed on a $32 million budget over three-and-a-half months on sets in Hollywood. Murray considered himself "rusty" after having left acting for four years following the release of "Ghostbusters". He described the success of that film as a phenomenon that would forever be his biggest
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small role, but Donner asked him to meet with Murray, who convinced him to take the part. Lee Majors cameos as himself in the film after being contacted directly by Donner. Starring as himself, Majors appears in the opening scene helping to save Santa Claus with a machine gun he found difficult to hold due to its weight. In 1989, A&M Records released the soundtrack to "Scrooged", which features 9 songs. Seven of the songs were released as singles: Put a Little Love in Your Heart (October 1988), "The Love You Take" (December 1988), "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On
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An Open Fire)" December 1988 "We Three Kings Of Orient Are," A Wonderful Life,l Sweetest Thing 1988 Christmas Must Be Tonight. The rendition of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Al Green and Annie Lennox spent 17 weeks in the U.S. music charts, peaking at number 9 on January 14, 1989. The film's marketing made references to Murray's role in "Ghostbusters", with taglines including "Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it's three against one". "Scrooged" premiered in Los Angeles, California on November 17, 1988, followed by its public release on November 23, 1988. "Scrooged"
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of Television, and Mitchum's character who wants to add elements to the network shows that attract pet audiences, but Benson lamented that these details were never expanded upon. "The Hollywood Reporter" said that the story was uproarious and sometimes vitriolic, labeling it a scathing satire of the entertainment industry, that was a "wild and wooly holiday feast that should scrape off the competition". Their review continued that "Scrooged" features "wickedly amusing flashbacks", but also some overwrought comic misfires. The "Radio Times" John Ferguson appreciated the film, calling it a "joyously black Christmas treat", but once the "sentimentality starts seeping in",
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Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, "A Christmas Carol". At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Dickens describes him thus: "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice." His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost
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and performing with Beyoncé and Josh Groban. Karen Beyer, who also choreographed "Swamp Gravy" and "Christmas Carol", created the role of 'Missionary Lady' before going on to appear as a regular in the Lifetime Channel's series "Army Wives." Actress Marissa McGowen created the role of 'Fan' before going on to star in the Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music." Andrew Frace played 'the Ghost of Christmas Past' in 2004 and went on to appear in the nation tour of Disney's "The Lion King" and then star in the Las Vegas production of the Tony Awarding winning Best music of
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the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as Marley was. He tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the youthful Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his early life. Scrooge is shown his unhappiness when he was left to spend the holidays alone at school, and his joy when his sister, Fran, came to take him home for Christmas. The spirit reminds Scrooge that Fran, dead for some
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cricket, the Ghost of Christmas Past is a stork, the Ghost of Christmas Present is a kangaroo and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a walrus. This version differs from the original novel in many ways; for example, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come actually speaks, while most other versions have him mute. Tiny Tim doesn't die in the possible future revealed to Scrooge, but instead becomes as miserly as he is and Jacob Marley is said to be dead 2 years, unlike the original novel in which he was dead for 7 years. We also see
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Marley warned Scrooge is haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Past (Marie Ney) who shows Scrooge when he lost his fiancée due to his greedy nature towards others including a debt-ridden couple. Scrooge then sees that his ex-fiancée is now married and has many children. The next sprit the Ghost of Christmas Present (Oscar Asche) shows Scrooge just how poor Bob and his family are as they have a meager Christmas dinner of goose and pudding. The spirit threatens that unless the future changes Tiny Tim (Philip Frost) the youngest son who is ill will die. Scrooge then sees how
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A Christmas Carol (2000 film) A Christmas Carol is a British television crime fantasy drama film, written by Peter Bowker, that first broadcast on ITV on 20 December, 2000. The film is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", and stars Ross Kemp in the role of Eddie Scrooge. Warren Mitchell stars as Eddie's Dad, the Ghost of Christmas Past; Ray Fearon stars as Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Present; and Ben Inigo-Jones stars as Eddie's son, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The film was one of a number of projects offered to Kemp as
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2005, "Jersey Boys." Michael Mahany played the role of 'the Ghost of Christmas Past' in 2005 and then went on appear in the original Off Broadway production of "Spring Awakening" and as the male lead in "Disney's High School On Stage," and in the film "Sex In the City 2."Matt Gibson, who played Nephew Fred and Eb in the 2005 production, appeared with Patti LePone in the Tony Award-winning 2008 Broadway revival of "Gypsy." In the summer of 2004, Rob Lauer directed CMAC's second professional production Smoke on the Mountain The show featured Edmund Bagnell, who went on to star
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Scrooge & Marley (2012 film) Scrooge & Marley is 2012 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", which is retold from a gay perspective, co-directed by Richard Knight Jr. and Peter Neville, and co-written by Knight, Timothy Imse, and Ellen Stoneking. It also features David Pevsner as Ebenezer "Ben" Scrooge, Tim Kazurinsky as the ghost of Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley, Ronnie Kroell as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Megan Cavanagh as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and JoJo Baby as the Ghost of Christmas Future. The film adaptation received mixed reception. A gay successful piano bar owner Ebenezer
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stop the killing is to spend more time talking to resolve conflicts, since when talking stops, fighting starts. He and Grudge revisit a scene from Grudge's past in which Grudge, a Navy commander, accompanied by his WAVE driver (Saint), visited a hospital in devastated Hiroshima and saw Japanese schoolchildren whose faces had been destroyed by the atom bomb. Grudge walks through a door and meets the Ghost of Christmas Present (Hingle), who is feasting on an excessively large Christmas dinner on Grudge's dining table under Grudge's chandelier. This new Ghost turns on a light and shows Grudge that right next
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Christmas. One night, the ghost of her partner, Jake Marley (counterpart to Dickens' Jacob Marley character, played here by Jeffrey DeMunn), haunts her. She is soon brought back to a deserted Dobson's, where the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Jennifer Clement and Nicole Parker) show her the Christmases she has celebrated. They take her to a very significant Christmas when her sister Francine (Molly Parker) died after nearly miscarrying her niece due to toxemia of pregnancy (Ebbie believes that Francine would have survived had she not left her alone to attend a party); it is also the Christmas she met her
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animated by AKOM in South Korea, KK C&D Asia in Japan, and Wang Film Productions in Taiwan. "Littlest Pet Shop" was syndicated to local stations in the United States, such as Nickelodeon. The series was also broadcast on Tiny Pop and CBBC in the United Kingdom. In 1996, Family Home Entertainment released the show on four VHS cassettes each containing 2 to 4 episodes. The Christmas video entitled "Do Not Solve Until Christmas" (which contains "Do Not Solve Until Christmas" and "Who Scrooged McRude?") was released as part of the "Family Home Entertainment Christmas Classics" series. Littlest Pet Shop (1995
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and that he will be a stepfather to Tim before the two attend church together. The 1935 film differs from all other versions of the story in one significant way – most of the tormented spirits, including that of Jacob Marley, are not actually shown onscreen, although their voices are heard. Only the Ghost of Christmas Present (Oscar Asche) is actually seen in full figure – the Ghost of Christmas Past is a mere shape with no discernible facial features, Marley's Ghost is seen only briefly as a face on the door knocker, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to
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the first gothic novel. Famous literary apparitions from this period are the ghosts of "A Christmas Carol", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Professional parapsychologists and "ghosts hunters", such as Harry Price, active in the 1920s and 1930s, and Peter Underwood, active in the 1940s and 1950s, published accounts of their experiences with ostensibly true ghost stories such as Price's "The Most Haunted House in England", and Underwood's "Ghosts of Borley"
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Scrooged", a Christmas-themed hip-hop mixtape featuring music from "Silver & Gold". In 2012, Stevens' mother Carrie died of stomach cancer. His process of grieving and coming to terms with their relationship led to the songwriting on his 2015 album "Carrie & Lowell". As a part of Joyful Noise's 2013 Flexi Disc Series, Stevens and Cat Martino, of Stranger Cat, recorded the single "Take the Time". Martino has contributed to many of Stevens' past projects including "The Age of Adz". On March 18, 2014, Stevens released the self-titled album, "Sisyphus", with Son Lux, and the rapper Serengeti. On January 12, 2015,
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October 1987, the day before the Great Storm, when the Ghost of Christmas Past showed her the events surrounding her birth. The Ghost of Christmas Present showed a patient dying because she forgot to meet him for Christmas lunch. This was to show her how important she is to other people. The Ghost of Christmas Future showed her, Sam and Kieron three years from now. Maria and Sam were married, and living and working in a hospital in New York. Maria was also expecting a baby, but Kieron was devastated that Maria had married Sam. He was so hurt that
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at the thought that he is in the wrong for hating Christmas ("It's Not My Fault"). He is visited by the first spirit - the Ghost of Christmas Past - who takes Scrooge back to when he was a small boy who preferred not to take part in Christmas activities and carols ("Sing a Christmas Carol (Reprise)"). The child Ebenezer is visited by his sister Jenny, who takes Ebenezer, who is reluctant to go home to his father due to a troubled relationship, back home. Scrooge is confused as to why the visions are not communicating with him, to which
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Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. In 2013, Earnshaw played 'Lady of the Lake' in Spamalot at The Playhouse Theatre, 'Audrey' in Little Shop of Horrors at (Aberystwyth Arts Centre). She created the role of Sam in Payback (at the Riverside Studios) in June 2013, opposite Matthew White, and then in Christmas 2013 saw Earnshaw appear as 'Fairy' in Jack and the Beanstalk at Sheffield Lyceum. In 2011, she took the role of 'Emma Carew' in Jekyll and Hyde on the UK Tour opposite Marti Pellow. In 2012, she played 'The Ghost Of Christmas Past' in Scrooge at the London
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his personal assistant Grace, and his brother James. Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander, seeing the stress Frank is under with the production, brings in Brice Cummings to provide assistance, though Brice secretly wants Frank's job. The night before the show, Frank is visited by the ghost of his mentor Lew Hayward, who died from a heart attack as an unloved miser. Lew warns him three more ghosts will appear to him over the next day to help Frank avoid the same fate. Before it vanishes, the ghost dials up Claire Phillips, Frank's lost love from years ago. Claire comes to the
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"Ben" Scrooge (David Pevsner) despises Christmas and other people; he also mistreats and underpays his employees. One night, Scrooge encounters the ghost of Jacob Marley (Tim Kazurinsky)—who died ten years before the film—in chains, warning him that Scrooge would have the same fate in afterlife as Marley's and that the three Spirits will visit him. After he goes to sleep, Scrooge encounters the Ghost of Christmas Past (Ronnie Kroell), who transports him to the 1970s. There, they see Ben's father (Michael Joseph Mitchell) kicking Young Ben (Drew Anderson) out of the house after seeing Ben make love to one of
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("Father Christmas"). In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as he was, carrying a heavy chain forged by his own selfishness and greed ("See the Phantoms"). Before leaving, Marley informs him that three spirits will visit him. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the Victorian upper-class Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee
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his, carrying heavy chains forged from his own greedy ways. He informs Scrooge that three time-travelling spirits will visit him for that night. At one o'clock, the child-like Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge and takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit Scrooge's time as a boarding school student. He sees his father Silas, who gets him a job with Fezziwig, and his sister Fan, who has since passed away. Eventually becoming a successful in money lending and business, Scrooge becomes engaged to a woman named Belle. However, the Ghost shows Scrooge how
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Marley (related to Bob Marley), as well as the ghost of Christmas present, past and future (in that order) who all happen to have come to the wrong address, and had actually meant to visit Rosecog. During this experience, Karroll learns a lot about himself as well as Rosecog, and discovers that he and Rosecog have a lot in common, and decides to help Rosecog to see the light, and rediscover the joy of Christmas. Both men are able to rectify their mistakes of years past and Allan later realizes that the ghosts may not have made a mistake after
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harsh London 1840s life?" The main character in "Binge" is the hard-drinking, suicidal Gladys Cratchit, whose harshness to her family surpasses Mommie Dearest by a mile. The other two leads are The Ghost and Ebenezer Scrooge. The Ghost, whose character is written to be an African-American woman, plays the narrator role as she escorts Ebenezer Scrooge through the past, present and future of his life. But, as she says, everything keeps going "kaplooey" because she can't get her magic to work properly. In their first journey, the Ghost tries to take Scrooge to his past at the Fezziwig Christmas party,
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the Frog or Scooter was to be the Ghost of Christmas Past, Miss Piggy to be the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Gonzo (before he was written to portray Dickens) or Animal as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. However, the idea was scrapped in favor of new Muppet characters that would better underline the ominous nature. After the script was submitted for approval to ABC, the executives of Walt Disney Pictures offered to purchase the script for a feature film instead of a television release. English actors David Hemmings, Ron Moody, and David Warner and comedian George Carlin
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Coverley" is played and danced during the scene where Scrooge visits the office of Old Fezziwig with The Ghost of Christmas Past. The tragic folk song "Barbara Allen" is played as an instrumental when young Scrooge is talking with his sister Fan, and sung by a duet at Fred's Christmas party. Scrooge turns up just as they are about to sing the line "Young man, I think you're dying." Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprised their roles two decades later, lending their voices to Richard Williams's 1971 animated version of the tale. "Scrooge" can be seen playing on a television
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is content with their small dinner, Scrooge taking pity on Bob's ill son Tiny Tim (played by Robin the Frog). The Ghost of Christmas Present abruptly ages, commenting that Tiny Tim will likely not survive until next Christmas. Scrooge and the Ghost go to a cemetery, where the latter fades away. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come then approaches Scrooge, appearing as a tall, silent cloaked figure. While Dickens and Rizzo abandon the audience to avoid being frightened, the Ghost takes Scrooge into the future. Scrooge and the Ghost witness a group of businessmen discussing the death of an
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was a moderate box office hit on release in the United States, earning $18.6 million during its release over its Thanksgiving-extended opening weekend in the United States at 1,262 theaters. It was the highest earning film that weekend, ahead of "The Land Before Time" ($8.1 million) and "Oliver & Company" ($6.3 million), both in their second weekend, and made "Scrooged" the fourth highest-opening weekend of the year. The second weekend saw an over 40% drop, taking $7.5 million, and over the Christmas holiday period itself, the film had fallen to ninth place, behind "The Land Before Time" and "Oliver &
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that contains his arm because he "never lent a hand". The Ghost of Christmas Past (Jane Krakowski) sings "The Lights of Long Ago", a number reinforcing her signature theme of illuminating Scrooge's worldview. One notable departure from Dickens' novella in this portion of the film is its depiction of Ebenezer Scrooge's father, identified as John William Scrooge, being sentenced to debtors' prison while his horrified family looks on (a scene inspired by events from Dickens' own childhood). The Ghost of Christmas Present gets two numbers, "Abundance and Charity" and "Christmas Together", in which he makes his point that Christmas is
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had a heart". The Ghost of Christmas Past reinforces the character's signature theme of illuminating Scrooge's worldview ("The Lights of Long Ago"). One notable departure from Dickens' novella in this portion of the film is its depiction of Ebenezer Scrooge's father, identified as John William Scrooge, being sentenced to debtors' prison while his horrified family looks on; this scene was inspired by an actual occurrence from Dickens' own childhood. The Ghost of Christmas Present ("Abundance and Charity" and "Christmas Together"), makes his point that Christmas is a time for celebration, generosity, and fellowship. The former takes place at a fantastical
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performed as Jacob Marley's ghost in the 1999 television film adaptation of "A Christmas Carol". In 2009 he played the role of the archbishop in the feature film "The Young Victoria". Bernard Lloyd Bernard Lloyd (born 30 January 1934) is a Welsh actor noted for his television roles. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Perhaps his most famous role is as The Traveller, the man who tries to unravel signalman Denholm Elliott's predicament in the 1976 "Ghost Story for Christmas", "The Signalman". He also played William Holman Hunt in
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Company". The film left theaters after eight weeks with a total gross of $60.3 million, making it the 13th highest-grossing film of 1988. The DVD version was scheduled for re-release on October 31, 2006 as the "Yule Love It!" edition. This version was to include commentary by Donner, "On the set with Bill Murray", Murray's message from the ShoWest exhibitors convention, and other featurettes including "The Look of "Scrooged"", "Updating Ebeneezer", "Bringing the Ghosts to Life", and "Christmas to Remember". Although Paramount promoted the "Yule Love It!" edition with images of a custom DVD case and a retail price as
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Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future from "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" makes a cameo as a caller. Zorak and "Dad" from "The Brak Show" also appear after being shot by Early. Throughout the special, Space Ghost attempts to interview his guests, but they do not cooperate. After unsuccessfully attempting to perform the interview, Space Ghost is shot by Sharko, who is eventually killed by Early. The special ends with the set in ruins and Early shooting the talking head of Space Ghost off of Meatwad, while a bear eats Sharko's dead body in the background. Adult Swim Brain
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more focused on making money, and when Isabelle remarks she has been paying a mortgage on a cottage intended for their honeymoon and is wondering when he will propose marriage to her, Scrooge instead forecloses on the cottage (her last payment on it was an hour late), with the Ghost remarking he lost Isabelle forever because of it. A distraught Scrooge dismisses the Ghost as he returns to the present, lamenting his past actions. Scrooge next meets the gigantic, merry Ghost of Christmas Present (Willie the Giant). Scrooge and the Ghost visit Bob's house, learning his family is surprisingly content
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all. Karroll's Christmas Karroll's Christmas is a 2004 Christmas comedy television film from A & E. Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hindrance. He also hates the man who lives across the street, Zeb Rosecog, played by Wallace Shawn, who seems to take delight in tormenting him, who also happens to be the former CEO of the greeting card company where Karroll is employed. One day, Karroll is visited by the ghost of
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Karroll's Christmas Karroll's Christmas is a 2004 Christmas comedy television film from A & E. Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hindrance. He also hates the man who lives across the street, Zeb Rosecog, played by Wallace Shawn, who seems to take delight in tormenting him, who also happens to be the former CEO of the greeting card company where Karroll is employed. One day, Karroll is visited by the ghost of Jacob
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averaging less than 2mil per airing. The 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released in late October by Freeform. While notable absences include Jim Carrey's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Home Alone", and the second and third "Santa Clause" films, the schedule still includes many classics. The schedule includes 25 days of classics like, "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "The Santa Clause", Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Jack Frost", Disney's "A Christmas Carol", "The Polar Express", "The Holiday", "Elf", "Jingle All The Way", "Scrooged", "Deck the Halls", "Toy Story", "Frozen", and "Happy Feet". 2016
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Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronted by Marley's ghost and given visions of Christmas past, present, and future, is the earliest known film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novel "A Christmas Carol". The film, "although somewhat flat and stage-bound to modern eyes," according to Ewan Davidson of BFI Screenonline, "was an ambitious undertaking at the time," as, "not only did it attempt to tell an 80 page story in five minutes, but it featured impressive trick effects, superimposing Marley's
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Christianson cast Scatliffe in "A Christmas Carol: The Concert", an original adaptation of the Dickens classic tale, with music by Christianson and lyrics by Alisa Klein Hauser. Scatliffe played Marley's Ghost, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, and other assorted roles. Scatliffe reprised the role in HMS Media's 2013 national PBS special of the production, which was executive produced by Christianson and also starred E. Faye Butler, Michael Aaron Lindner, Scott Coulter and Arya Daire. In 2013, Scatliffe was cast as the leading role of Haywood Patterson in the West End Production of "The Scottsboro Boys". He received
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was the only commercially available format to purchase, and it featured Lopez's hit dance chart song "If You Feel It" as the B-Side, taken from her "Truth in Disguise" debut album. On the 12" vinyl, "The Love You Take" featured on both sides of the vinyl, whilst the CD single featured just the sole one track. Only the CD single featured artwork - a simple purple background with text highlighting the film's title, with the song's title and artists underneath. Heather Phares of Allmusic reviewed the "Scrooged" soundtrack album, and stated ""The soundtrack to "Scrooged" features updates on Christmas classics
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set was also released as part of the "Adult Swim in a Box" set on October 27, 2009. This season is also available on iTunes and the Xbox Live Marketplace. In the iTunes and Xbox Live releases "Mail Order-Bride" and "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future" were listed as part of the second season. This season was also released on Amazon Video under the label "Volume One", with "Mail-Order Bride" and "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future" released with the first part of the second season under the label "Volume Two". Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season
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all in place, and so is a modicum of blood, shed with deliberation and carefully husbanded...” Famous literary apparitions from this period are the ghosts of "A Christmas Carol", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. Oscar Wilde's comedy "The Canterville Ghost" has been adapted for film and television on several occasions. Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw" has also appeared in a number of adaptations, notably the film "The Innocents"
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being, as in, "The boy was past the age of needing a babysitter," or, "I'm past caring about that problem." The "past" is commonly used to refer to history, either generally or with regards to specific time periods or events, as in, "Past monarchs had absolute power to determine the law in contrast to many European Kings and Queens of today." Nineteenth-century British author Charles Dickens created one of the best-known fictional personifications of the "past" in his short book, "A Christmas Carol." In the story, the Ghost of Christmas Past is an apparition that shows the main character, a
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his vault to be safe. But the ghosts are not that easily stopped. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes on the form of an old lady and a bird (Granny and Tweety) then takes him back to his childhood, where they see that Daffy lived at the Lucky Duck Orphanage (with his design from "Baby Looney Tunes" reused), and every Christmas, he was ignored by potential parents, which explains his unhappy demeanor in the Present Day (and how his store got its name). The Ghost of Christmas Present (Yosemite Sam) then appears, and shows him how sad his employees are
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revealed that he is working for Annabelle's evil cousin, Belladonna (Neuwirth), who plots to use a massive version of the hypnotic dog whistle to hypnotize every dog in San Francisco into stealing the masters' Christmas presents, causing them to be thrown out of their houses and abandoned by their owners, much in the same way Carface used to be when he was a puppy. Charlie plots to scare "the Dickens" out of him and asks Annabelle for some aid, resulting in them being transformed into characters from "A Christmas Carol". Itchy becomes the Ghost of Christmas Past, Sasha becomes the
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Apostles" series. In 1954, he played a priest, Father Kerrigan, in the western film, "Jesse James v. the Daltons." On stage, Leigh portrayed Jesus Christ in multiple years in the annual production of the Pilgrimage Play in the Hollywood Pilgrimage Bowl. In 1949, he portrayed the Ghost of Christmas Past in a notoriously low-budgeted half-hour television version of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol", with Vincent Price as narrator and Taylor Holmes as Ebenezer Scrooge. In 1949, the American Association of Religious Film Directors gave Leigh its Best Actor Award for his portrayal of the Christus in "The Calling of Matthew".
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the ghost replies that these are shadows of the things that have been. Scrooge is then taken forward to his teenage years, to a party held by his then boss, Mr. Fezziwig ("December the 25th"). Scrooge reminisces of his relationship with Fezziwig's daughter, Isabel ("Happiness"), but we learn that she eventually leaves Scrooge as she feels their love has been negated by his desire for wealth. Scrooge and Young Ebenezer reflect on the situation ("You...You"). The Ghost of Christmas Past reveals to Scrooge that she is the ghost of his sister Jenny, who died young. She tells a heartbroken Scrooge
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schoolmates returned to their homes for the Christmas holidays. The spirit then shows Scrooge the day when his beloved younger sister Fan picked him up from the school after repeatedly asking their cold, unloving father to allow his return, as she joyfully claims that he has changed and is now kinder than he was. Next, the spirit shows Scrooge a Christmas Eve a few years later in which he enjoys a Christmas party hosted by his first boss, Mr. Fezziwig, a kind and loving man, who treated Scrooge like a son and was more compassionate to him than was his
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were greatly expanded in order to work in a romantic angle to the story that Dickens did not intend. The couple was played by Barry MacKay and Lynne Carver. Ann Rutherford, better known as Polly Benedict in the MGM Andy Hardy film series and as Carreen O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind", was a young and attractive Ghost of Christmas Past, rather than the somewhat unusual creation that Dickens described. The music for the film was composed by Franz Waxman, in contrast to most MGM films of the period, whose scores were composed by Herbert Stothart. Some of the grimmer
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on the grounds that he has the "power" to wiggle his ears. Lumpkin appeared in his own solo feature in "Marvel Comics Presents" #18 (May 1989). In this parody of "A Christmas Carol", he is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, who had intended to haunt cantankerous Spider-Man nemesis J. Jonah Jameson but couldn't find his address. The story concludes with the normally amiable postman deciding he hates Christmas. In Marvel Comics, Willie Lumpkin serves as the postal worker mailman whose Manhattan route includes the joint home and office of the superhero group the Fantastic Four. On occasion he
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Mr. Fezziwig Mr. Fezziwig is a character from the novel "A Christmas Carol" created by Charles Dickens to provide contrast with Ebenezer Scrooge's attitudes towards business ethics. Scrooge, who apprenticed under Fezziwig, is the very antithesis of the person he worked for as a young man. Mr. Fezziwig is portrayed as a jovial, foppish man with a large Welsh wig. In Stave 2 of "A Christmas Carol", the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to revisit his youthful days in Fezziwig's world located at the cusp of the Industrial Revolution. Dickens used Fezziwig to represent a set of communal values
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partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like he was, carrying heavy chains forged from his own greediness. Jacob informs Scrooge that he will be haunted by three spirits, who will guide him out of his misery. First, Scrooge is visited by the candle-like Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his early life. They visit Scrooge's boarding school and Scrooge sees his sister Fanie, who died after giving birth to Fred. Scrooge later begins a successful career in business and money lending as
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Dredd)" in 2014 with five nights of science and comedy with the theme of A Christmas Carol. The line-up for those days featured: 15 December - The Ghost of Christmas Past - a night of comedy, music and little lectures on the last 4000 years of civilisation With Tony Law, Natalie Haynes, Joanna Neary, Josie Long, Mary Beard, Steve Pretty's Origin of the Pieces orchestra, George Egg, Grace Petrie and Baba Brinkman. 16 & 17 December - The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come Professor Steve Jones, Stewart Lee, Professor Jon Butterworth, Joanne Neary, Ben Goldacre, Josie Long, Robin Ince,
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of Christmas Past, Hugh Maynard as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Norman Bowman as Jacob Marley, Peter Polycarpou as Mr Fezziwig, and John Addison as Fred Anderson. The concert production was again at the Lyceum on 11 and 18 December 2017, with Lindsay returning to the role of Scrooge. The opening numbers are "The Years Are Passing By" and "Jolly, Rich, and Fat". In later productions the two numbers are combined as "Jolly Good Time." Scrooge first encounters the three ghosts of Christmas in their real-world guises as a lamplighter (Past), a charity show barker (Present), and a blind beggar
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visits of three spirits. After Jacob departs, Scrooge heads for his bed with no intention of having his sleep be interrupted by anyone. Still, precisely as Jacob Marley had predicted, the first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past arrives at one o'clock. He and Scrooge depart together for the Christmases that have already been, and from the experience, Scrooge gains a painful memory of the person he was, and how he became what he is today. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shares with Scrooge the Christmases being celebrated on that same year, especially the merriment being had
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Scrooge will face the same torment unless he repents of his wicked, miserly ways. Marley informs Scrooge that three time-travelling spirits will visit him during the night. As Marley leaves, he falls downstairs after he avoids tripping over Scrooge's cane. Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past (Jiminy Cricket), who takes him back in time to his early life. They visit his time as an employee under Fezziwig (Mr. Toad). Fezziwig throws a Christmas party where the young Scrooge meets a young woman named Isabelle (Daisy Duck), whom he falls in love with. Ten years later, Scrooge is
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Christmas Carol", in which he played Marley's ghost. Reviews were mixed with "The New York Times" giving it a favourable write-up, while "Time" magazine remained ambivalent. The "Aberdeen Evening Express" echoed the comments made by an American reviewer by calling "Scrooge" a "trenchant and inspiring Christmas show". The author Fred Guida, writing in his book "Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination" in 2000, thought that Marley's ghost, though a "small but pivotal role", was "brilliantly played" by Hordern. With the first play of the season imminent, the Horderns moved to Stratford and took temporary accommodation at Goldicote House,
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worked with an improvisational comedian like Murray before, who ad-libbed many of his lines, saying "you don't direct [Murray], you pull him back". Murray described "being the meanest person in the world" as Frank Cross as fun. He described his challenge as having an edge but then complete Cross' transformation into a decent person at the end. Murray said "being a decent person is not that hard. But acting like one is." Carol Kane's ghost was intended to have a body double for ballet scenes until set designer saw Kane rehearsing the dance and convinced Donner that the resulting scene
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Marley who wears a chain as punishment for his greedy ways when he was alive. He warns Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits and the first will call at one in the morning. Despite the warning Scrooge continues his selfish ways by refusing to donate money to two men of business and instead supports the prisons and workhouses and even claims the poor better off dead and to 'Decrease the surplus population'. When Scrooge retires to bed he encounters the Ghost of Christmas Past who takes him back to his youth. Scrooge witnesses when he was unwanted in
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chains that he forged with his own greed and obsession with money ("Link by Link"). He tells Scrooge that his own chain will be twice as long and heavy, but that there is a chance for him to redeem himself by heeding the warnings of three spirits who will appear to him that night. Other ghosts who also wear chains also haunt Scrooge, implying they were all selfish and cold-hearted when they were alive. The first of the three spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, arrives after the bell chimes One; Scrooge recognizes her as the lamplighter he met the
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entirety in 2014, but the NBC version aired the following year. Distribution rights to the special are currently held by NBCUniversal Television Distribution following parent company Comcast's acquisition of DreamWorks Classics, formerly known as ClassicMedia. It has been released on VHS and DVD by DreamWorks and Sony Wonder. Clips from the special were seen on television monitors in "Scrooged". Animal Collective's debut album "Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished" is named for one of Scrooge's lines in the special. Ben Afleck’s character is seen watching the special in the movie “Surviving Christmas” The special was parodied as "Mr. McGrew's Christmas
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of Terror", "Brave", "Tangled", "Happy Feet Two", "Tooth Fairy", "Another Cinderella Story", "Mulan", "Wreck-it Ralph", "Matilda", "Little Rascals", "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", and "Despicable Me". Freeform also announced the network premiere of "The Odd Life of Timothy Green", "The Boxtrolls", and "". The holiday movies in the 2016 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas included: "Fred Claus", "The Holiday" (Freeform network premiere), "Scrooged", "Jingle All the Way", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", and "Deck the Halls". The 2016 ratings where on par with previous years. The highest airing of the countdown was the November 26th airing of "Tangled", gaining
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