Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales is a 1979 television special:

I remember Bugs Bunny and Looney Toons from Saturday morning TV viewing in my childhood, but this one came out long after my childhood was but a memory.

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Speaking of "looney"... is anybody else watching the Republicans in the House of Representatives crowing about their majority but not able to elect a Speaker of the House after 6 ballots?

The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)

The Stingiest Man in Town is a 1956 musical adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol from The Alcoa Hour. Basil Rathbone is Scrooge with Vic Damone as Young Scrooge. John McGiver is one of the charity men. I'm just now discovering this one, and I'm sad for the lost years I didn't get to watch it. It's well-done and worth watching.

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This Christmas Specials Wiki has this:

For a long time, this version of the musical was thought to be a lost film, a victim of the lack of preservation of many early television broadcasts. By chance, a copy of the master reel was found in the home of a retired executive for Alcoa, and restored...

Christmas TV History says,

In its day, The Stingiest Man in Town was received with high praise from TV viewers and critics alike. ... One of the details of this particular production that stands out in people's minds is the unforgettable portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge by actor Basil Rathbone. ... Special effects created during a live production are just some of the fine details that went into making this one of TV's finest holiday moments.

Scrooge and Marley (2001)

Scrooge and Marley is a dreadful 2001 adaptation of the famous Dickens story. The only reason to watch this one is if you need something that's heavy-handed with the Christian faith angle and if you don't mind misplaced and poorly played humorous elements. Seriously, there are so many excellent adaptations and plenty of perfectly fine ones. Why watch a bad version? I didn't finish it.

But you can see for yourself if you like:

Exploring Scrooge's London

Exploring Scrooge's London: 10 Locations from A Christmas Carol (a 20-minute video):

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A Christmas Carol (1997)

A Christmas Carol is a 1997 animated adaptation of the classic Christmas ghost story with Tim Curry voicing Scrooge. You can watch it free on the Roku channel or on Pluto or via YouTube below:

 

 

Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol

Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol is a 1992 animated TV show based on the Dickens story. I watched it on Tubi. I found this one too silly to watch. I didn't finish it.

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Rich Little's Christmas Carol

Rich Little's Christmas Carol is a 1978 retelling of the Dickens story. It is a one-man performance with Rich Little playing all the roles impersonating famous people. Not my thing. I don't care for impersonators, I'm not a W.C. Fields fan and he's Scrooge, there's a lame laugh track... I found it too painful to finish.

An American Christmas Carol

An American Christmas Carol is a 1979 adaptation of the Dickens story. This one stars Henry Winkler as the Scrooge character. I watched it online on TubiTV.

A Message from Mars

A Message from Mars is a 1913 British science fiction film with a plot similar to Dickens' Christmas Carol story. It's only an hour long.

A Cinema History has information.

Bah, Humbug

Bah, Humbug is a season 3 episode of the WKRP in Cincinnati TV series. It casts Gordon Jump's Arthur Carlson in the role of Scrooge. I was a huge fan of this series.

Ebenezer Sanford

Ebenezer Sanford is a season 5 episode of the Sanford and Son television series from the 1970s. I didn't watch this show when it was on and had never seen this Christmas episode.

A Jetson Christmas Carol

A Jetson Christmas Carol is a 1985 Christmas special. The Jetsons is a 1960s series I remember fondly from my childhood, but this special is from the second incarnation of the show which I'd never seen.

A Carol for Another Christmas

A Carol for Another Christmas is a 1964 television movie. Wikipedia says it's

scripted by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and a plea for global cooperation. It was the first in a planned series of television specials developed to promote the United Nations and educate viewers about its mission.

It is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and is the only television program he ever directed. It stars Britt Ekland, Ben Gazzara, Sterling Hayden, Steve Lawrence, Eva Marie Saint, and Peter Sellers. It was politically relevant then; sadly, it's politically relevant now.

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Scrooge Gets an Oscar

Scrooge Gets an Oscar is an episode of the 1970s Odd Couple TV series. I enjoy it when a TV series has an episode devoted to the Scrooge story.

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Mickey's Christmas Carol

Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 animated version with Mickey Mouse as Cratchit, Scrooge McDuck as Scrooge, and Donald Duck as Fred. I don't know how many adaptations there have been for A Christmas Carol, but sometimes I think there's one for every television show and character. This one is fun if you like these characters.

A Christmas Carol (1959)

A Christmas Carol is the 1959 adaptation aired on the TV series Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. This stars Basil Rathbone as Ebenezer Scrooge. Fredric March narrates. This is a bare-bones, much-condensed version.

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A Christmas Carol (1954)

This adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic is an episode from the television variety series Shower of Stars. Much condensed and faithful in parts, this is only an hour long. Fredric March is Scrooge and Basil Rathbone is Marley's Ghost.

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A Christmas Carol (1939 radio play)

A Christmas Carol is a radio play narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore. It aired on December 24, 1939, as part of the Campbell Playhouse radio series, which was a continuation of Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air.

You can see my blog posts on other Christmas Carol adaptations here.

A Christmas Carol (1982)

This Australian film is an animated adaptation of A Christmas Carol from 1982. To be honest, the animated adaptations often seem much of a muchness to me. I find the background music in this one to be annoying. This isn't by far the worst one I've seen, but I won't watch it again.

A Christmas Carol (1923)

This 1923 adaptation of A Christmas Carol is a 27-minute British production. I found it online at this page but couldn't figure out any way to embed it in this post.