Musical Monday I love Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol. I remember an earlier time when there was a more divided opinion of it. A time after that, I often heard and read a lot of folks list this as their favorite. Now, it is an undeniable classic! There is so much […]
Musical Monday As I’ve written in the past, “The Muppets and A Christmas Carol?” This was what I pondered on the release of The Muppet Christmas Carol in 1992. I’ve always been a fan of the Muppets and it’s pretty established by now how I feel about the story of A Christmas Carol. However, the […]
Musical Monday The Stingiest Man in Town is the second musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol I viewed tonight. This post if really just a rehash of last year’s with some minor updates. My perception of this adaptation is unchanged. This is a very good show and I have to […]
Musical Monday My first of two viewings for Musical Monday. 1979 was one of those interesting years for A Christmas Carol. An American Christmas Carol gave us the modernized adaptation in 1930’s depression U.S.A. with Henry Winkler. There was the short Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol that was part of an […]
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 starring Frederic March and Basil Rathbone. For me, the latter half of the 1980’s was a […]
Musical Monday This season’s first viewing of a musical version of A Christmas Carol is 2004’s adaption of a hit stage musical. This is the first time I’ve watched it since 2015. Be warned: major spoilers ahead. The title alone was always a red flag for me; in it is […]