2024

154. A Christmas Carol, Part 5

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A mosaic of images from screen adaptations of A Christmas Carol, featuring Vincent Prince, Sterling Hayden, Rich Little, Ross Kemp, Oscar the Grouch, the Smurfs, and more.

Season's greetings and happy holidays from Adapt or Perish! It’s the time of year for our fifth look at A Christmas Carol and 10 more screen adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic. And here’s a Christmas miracle for you: Ari’s back to help!

Our previous Christmas Carol episodes:

In this episode, we discuss:

  • The Christmas Carol (1949), the TV special written and directed by Arthur Pierson, and starring Vincent Price and Taylor Holmes
  • Carol for Another Christmas (1964), the TV movie directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, written by Rod Serling, and starring Sterling Hayden, Ben Gazzara, Percy Rodriguez, Steve Lawrence, Pat Hingle, Robert Shaw, and Peter Sellers
  • Rich Little’s Christmas Carol (1978), the TV special directed by Trevor Evans, and written by and starring Rich Little
  • A Christmas Carol (1997), the animated movie directed by Stan Phillips, written by Jymn Magon, and starring Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York, and Ed Asner
  • A Christmas Carol (2000), the TV movie directed by Catherine Morshead, written by Peter Bowker, and starring Ross Kemp, Michael Maloney, Angeline Ball, and Ray Fearon
  • Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001), the animated movie directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, written by Robert Llewellyn, and starring Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Michael Gambon, Jane Horrocks, and Rhys Ifans
  • A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006), the TV special directed by Victor DiNapoli, written by Rickey Boyd, and starring Caroll Spinney, Tim Curry, Kristin Chenoweth, and Kevin Clash
  • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011), the animated short directed by Troy Quane, written by Todd Berger, and starring George Lopez, Jack Angel, Melissa Sturm, Fred Armisen, and Anton Yelchin
  • All American Christmas Carol (2013), the movie written and directed by Ron Carlson, and starring Taryn Manning, Beverly D’Angelo, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Eddie Jemison, Eric Roberts, and Meat Loaf
  • A Christmas Carol (2018), the movie directed by David Izatt, written by Stuart Brennan, and starring Brennan and Bonnie Wright

Footnotes:

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153. Alice's Restaurant

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A mosaic of images from the 1969 film version of Alice's Restaurant, featuring Arlo Guthrie, William Obahein, James Broderick, and Pat Quinn.

In this Adapt or Perish Mini, we’re looking at the subject of a grand Thanksgiving tradition, Arlo Guthrie’s folk epic Alice’s Restaurant!

In this episode, we discuss:

Footnotes:

You can follow Adapt or Perish on Instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com.

We're also on Patreon! You can find us at patreon.com/adaptcast. We have multiple reward levels, which include access to a patron-only community and a patron-only, bonus show! We hope to see you there.

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152. The Shop Around the Corner

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A mosaic of images of The Shop Around the Corner with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, In the Good Old Summertime with Judy Garland and Van Johnson, She Loves Me with Laura Benanti, Gavin Creel, and Jane Krakowski, and You've Got Mail.

In Episode 152 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at the story that started life as the 1937 play Parfumerie, but became better known to audiences as The Shop Around the Corner, You’ve Got Mail, and more!

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Parfumerie, the 1937 play by Miklós László
  • The Shop Around the Corner, the 1940 movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch, written by Samson Raphaelson, and starring Margaret Sullavan, Jimmy Stewart, Felix Bressart, and Frank Morgan
  • In the Good Old Summertime, the 1949 movie directed by Robert Z. Leonard, written by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Ivan Tors, and Samson Raphaelson, and starring Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall, and Buster Keaton
  • She Loves Me, the 1963 musical, book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
  • You’ve Got Mail, the 1998 movie directed by Nora Ephron, written by Ephron and Delia Ephron, and starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, and Jean Stapleton

Footnotes:

You can follow Adapt or Perish on Instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com.

We're also on Patreon! You can find us at patreon.com/adaptcast. We have multiple reward levels, which include access to a patron-only community and a patron-only, bonus show! We hope to see you there.

If you want to send us a question or comment, you can always email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com.