107. A Christmas Carol, Part 2

Seasons greetings from Adapt or Perish! With Episode 107, our gift to you is a long-delayed follow-up to Episode 6, our original look at A Christmas Carol!

In Part 1, we discussed:

• Charles Dickens' original 1843 novel
• A Christmas Carol (1951), starring Alistair Sim
• A Christmas Carol (1984), starring George C. Scott
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), starring Michael Caine and the Muppets
• A Christmas Carol (1999), starring Patrick Stewart
• Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009), starring Jim Carrey

In this episode we discuss:

• Scrooge (the 1935 movie), directed by Henry Edwards, written by H. Fowler Mear, and starring Sir Seymour Hicks
• A Christmas Carol (the 1938 movie), directed by Edwin L. Marin, written by Hugo Butler, and starring Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Kathleen Lockhart
• A Christmas Carol (the 1954 episode of Shower of Stars), directed by Ralph Levy, written by Maxwell Anderson, and starring Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and Ray Middleton
• Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (the 1962 TV special), directed by Abe Levitow, Written by Barbara Chain, and starring Jim Backus
• Scrooge (the 1970 movie musical), directed by Ronald Neame, written by Leslie Bricusse, and starring Albert Finney and Alec Guinness
• Scrooged (the 1988 movie), directed by Richard Donner, written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue, and starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, and Alfre Woodard
• Blackadder's Christmas Carol (the 1988 TV special), directed by Richard Boden, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, and starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, and Hugh Laurie
• A Christmas Carol (the 2004 TV movie musical), directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, lyrics and teleplay by Lynn Ahrens, music by Alan Menken, and starring Kelsey Grammer, Jason Alexander, Jane Krakowski, and Jesse L. Martin
• A Christmas Carol (the 2019 miniseries), directed by Nick Murphy, written by Steven Knight, and starring Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Joe Alwyn, and Vinette Robinson

Footnotes:

• Playing Shakespeare Episode 8: Exploring a Character
• "Musician Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Jacob Collier & Herbie Hancock"

106. Treasure Island

Avast! With Episode 106, we're finally bringing you a look at something we've wanted to do for a long time: the pirate classic Treasure Island!

In this episode we discuss:

• Robert Louis Stevenson's original 1883 novel
• Treasure Island (the 1934 movie), directed by Victor Fleming, written by John Lee Mahin and John Howard Lawson, and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, and Lionel Barrymore
• Treasure Island (the 1950 live-action Disney movie), directed by Byron Haskin, written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, and starring Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll
• The DuPont Show of the Month Season 3 Episode 7: Treasure Island (1960), directed by Daniel Petrie, written by Michael Dyne, and starring Hugh Griffith, Richard O'Sullivan, Michael Gough, and George Rose
• Treasure Island (the 1987 anime movie, edited down from the 1978–79 series), directed by Osamu Dezaki and Yoshio Takeuchi, and written by Haruya Yamazaki and Yoshimi Shinozaki
• Treasure Island (the 1990 TV movie), written and directed by Fraser Clarke Heston, and starring Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Julian Glover, and Oliver Reed
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996), directed by Brian Henson, written by Jerry Juhl, Kirk R. Thatcher, and James V. Hart, and starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, and Kevin Bishop
• Treasure Island (the 1999 movie), written and directed by Peter Rowe, and starring Jack Palance and Kevin Zegers
• Treasure Planet (2002), directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, written by Clements, Musker, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and Rob Edwards, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, and Emma Thompson
• Treasure Island (the 2012 miniseries), directed by Steve Barron, written by Stewart Harcourt, and starring Eddie Izzard, Toby Regbo, Elijah Wood, and Donald Sutherland

Footnotes:

• Stan Rogers performs his song "Barrett's Privateers"
• "Captain Kidd" performed by Great Big Sea
• The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
• George Rose performing "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" from The Pirates of Penzance
• Black Sails (2014–2017)

105. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

We're letting our imaginations run wild in episode 105 of Adapt or Perish as we take a look at the classic tale of escapist fantasy, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty!

In this episode we discuss:

• James Thurber's original 1938 short story
• The 1947 movie, directed by Norman Z. McLeod, written by Ken Englund and Everett Freeman, and starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, and Boris Karloff
• The 2013 movie, directed by Ben Stiller, written by Steve Conrad, and starring Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, and Sean Penn