6. A Christmas Carol

Merry Christmas, everyone! In this episode, we discuss Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, 1843.

Everything we read and watched for this episode:

• The original novella. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
• A Christmas Carol, 1951, starring Alastair Sim. Buy on Amazon.
• A Christmas Carol, 1984, starring George C. Scott. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992, starring Michael Caine. Buy on iTunes or Amazon. Make sure to watch “When Love is Gone,” the song that was wrongly cut from the film.
• A Christmas Carol, 1999, starring Patrick Stewart. Buy on Amazon.
• Disney’s A Christmas Carol, 2009, starring Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, and Jim Carrey. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode:

• World Wide Words: Cudiles or cudulles.
• The Muppet Christmas Carol on Frock Flicks.
• Honey Nut Cheerios “Scrooge” commercial.

5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

In this episode, we discuss Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

We consumed a lot for this episode:

• The original radio series (1978). Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979) and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), the first and second books in the inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s trilogy. You can purchase them separately, but it’s definitely worth owning the complete collection. Buy on iBooks or Amazon.
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981). Six-episode series originally broadcast on the BBC. Buy the DVD on Amazon. If you’re a fan, this is definitely worth owning on disc.
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Directed by Garth Jennings and starring Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, and Sam Rockwell. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

We also discussed Neil Gaiman’s Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988). Buy on Amazon.

4. The Hobbit

In this episode, we discuss:

• J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, 1937. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.

• The Hobbit, produced by Rankin/Bass, 1977. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

• The Hobbit, adapted by Chuck Dixon and Sean Deming, and illustrated by David Wenzel, 1989. Buy on Amazon.

• The Hobbit Trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, 2012–2014:

  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012. Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013. Part two! Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.

  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Part three! OMG why part three! Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.

I think we can all agree, this is too much Hobbit. We couldn't even bring ourselves to watch the extended edition of The Hobbit Trilogy, it was so much Hobbit.