A Christmas Carol, Part 3 (Ep. 121)

Adapt or Perish

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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