133. A Christmas Carol, Part 4

Season's greetings and happy holidays from Adapt or Perish! It's that time of year, so we're back with our fourth look at A Christmas Carol, and 10 more screen adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic.

Our previous Christmas Carol episodes:

• Part 1 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Part 2 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast
• Part 3 on the web, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast

In this episode, we discuss:

• A Carol Christmas, the 2003 Hallmark TV movie directed by Matthew Irmas, written by Tom Amundsen, and starring Tori Spelling, Gary Coleman, and William Shatner
• Barbie in A Christmas Carol, the 2008 animated movie directed by William Lay, written by Elisa Allen, and starring Kelly Sheridan and Morwenna Banks
• Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special directed by Toby Haynes, written by Steven Moffat, and starring Matt Smith, Michael Gambon, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill
• It's Christmas, Carol!, the 2012 Hallmark TV movie directed by Michael M. Scott, written by Christopher Sey and William Penick, and starring Emmanuelle Vaugier and Carrie Fisher
• The Man Who Invented Christmas, the 2017 theatrical movie directed by Bharat Nalluri, written by Susan Coyne, and starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce
• A Christmas Carol, the 2020 modern dance adaptation written and directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris, starring Simon Russell Beale, Carey Mulligan, Andy Serkis, Daniel Kaluuya, Martin Freeman, and Siân Phillips
• Christmas Carole, the 2022 TV special directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto, and starring Suranne Jones
• A New Diva's Christmas Carol, the 2022 TV movie directed by Rusty Cundieff, written by Aydrea Walden, starring Ashanti, Vivica A. Fox, and Robin Givens, and adapted from A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000), which we covered in Part 3
• Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, the 2022 animated movie directed by Stephen Donnelly, written by Donnelly and Leslie Bricusse, starring Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, and Jonathan Pryce, and adapted from Scrooge (1970), which we covered in Part 2
• A Christmas Carole: A Ghost Story, the 2022 filmed staging directed by Adam Penford, written by Mark Gatiss, and starring Gatiss and Nicholas Farrell

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121. A Christmas Carol, Part 3

Seasons greetings from Adapt or Perish! In Episode 121, we're taking our third look at Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol, and 10 more adaptations from the big and (mostly) small screen.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Scrooge (aka Old Scrooge), the 1913 movie, directed by Leedham Bantock, and starring Seymour Hicks
• The Stingiest Man in Town, the 1956 musical episode of The Alcoa Hour, directed by Daniel Petrie, book and lyrics by Janice Torrie, music by Fred Spielman, and starring Basil Rathbone, The Four Lads, and Vic Damone
• A Christmas Carol, the 1977 BBC special, directed by Moira Armstrong, written by Elaine Morgan, and starring Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier, Patricia Quinn, Zoë Wanamaker, and Brian Blessed
• The Stingiest Man in Town, the 1978 animated TV special, directed by Katsuhisa Yamada, Jules Bass, and Arthur Rankin, Jr., written by Romeo Muller, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Tom Bosley, and Theodore Bikel
• An American Christmas Carol, the 1979 TV movie, directed by Eric Till, written by Jerome Coopersmith, and starring Henry Winkler, Dorian Harewood, R.H. Thomson, and David Wayne
• Mickey's Christmas Carol, the 1983 Disney short, directed by Burny Mattinson, with story by Mattinson, Tony L. Marino, Ed Gombert, Don Griffith, Alan Young, and Alan Dinehart
• A Flintstone's Christmas Carol, the 1994 animated TV special, directed by Joanna Romersa, written by Glenn Leopold, and starring Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl, B.J. Ward, Frank Welker, and John Rhys-Davies
• A Diva's Christmas Carol, the 2000 VH1 original movie, written and directed by Richard Schenkman, and starring Vanessa Williams, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Brian McNamara, Kathy Griffin, and John Taylor
• A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, the 2017 TV special, directed by Richard Boden, written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, and starring Lewis, Sayer, Shields, Dave Hearn, Charlie Russell, Greg Tannahill, Nancy Zamit, Diana Ring, and Derek Jacobi
• Spirited, the 2022 movie musical, directed by Sean Anders, written by Anders and John Morris, with songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani, and Patrick Page

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 6: A Christmas Carol
• Adapt or Perish Episode 107: A Christmas Carol, Part 2
• "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by The Four Lads
• "Heartquake" from A Diva's Christmas Carol
• "The Play that Goes Wrong performing at The Royal Variety Performance 2015" (our introduction to The Goes Wrong Show
• This American Life 699: Fiasco!

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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"

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