More Christmas Videos

[filkertom]

It would be very easy to just embed the entire musical Scrooge, but these are some of my favorite scenes:

• "I Hate People"
• Jacob Marley
• "December the Twenty-Fifth"
• the Spirit of Christmas Present
• "Thank You Very Much"
• Scrooge's vision of Hell (not often seen, possibly too intense for the kids)
• Scrooge is a changed man
• "I Like Life" (reprise)
• "Thank You Very Much" (reprise)

The entire movie is on YouTube, and if you haven't seen it I think you'll like it.

Several other vids I was planning to link to here were linked to in the previous vid thread, but there's no shortage of the good stuff:

• Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Part 1 (again, you can watch the whole thing)
• GBTV
• "Christmas At Ground Zero"
• "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"
• "I Believe In Father Christmas" by Greg Lake
• Bob & Doug's "Twelve Days of Christmas"

There are a gazillion more I haven't linked to -- 'cause that's for you. :)

Comments

[ororo]

Ooo, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. I haven't thought of that in years. Thanks for the reminder.

My favorite Christmas Carol is still the Muppets with Michael Caine.

[filkertom]

I thought about linking up to "Here Comes Mr. Scrooge" from the Muppet Christmas Carol. :) Caine's so damn good. But then, something about the role itself inspires people, I think. You simply don't often see a bad Scrooge or Scrooge knock-off (e.g., Henry Winkler, Jack Palance).

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Something a few of us were there for:



This is Darkover, though I don't know which year (pre-2008, though). I miss the pool, and its wonderful effect on the acoustics there!

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

Magnificiant!!! I dare any cathedral to sound as wonderful.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Sadly, the pool is no more. Without it, the sound isn't nearly as good in the atrium (the carpeted floor that's there now soaks up the sound instead of reflecting it back), and for the past several years I've had to oversing to get anything near the volume we've produced in years past.

Always fun to sing with lots of people, though.

[saganth.livejournal.com]

Anyone besides me remember the Rich Little Christmas Carol special that used to air every year on HBO about 20+ years ago?

Wondering if you've seen this

[amazingadrian.livejournal.com]

Since you've listed "Christmas At Ground Zero"...

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

We always work a viewing of "Scrooge" in around Xmas. Still one of my favorite tellings of the story. Always amazed at Finney's acting, especially when you see him as the younger Scrooge.

And of course Alec Guinness' Marley practically SFX free is amazing.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

"...if you haven't seen it..."

You kidding? I own the VHS tape of "Scrooge" -- that was my favorite film version of ACC for decades. (To this day I wish I could copy that awesome little business with the top hat that Tom does before singing "Thank You Very Much.") I love the scene where Scrooge goes nuts in the toy store.

There's an awesome animated Christmas Carol produced by Chuck Jones circa 1971 -- only shown on TV one memorable occasion, and not on DVD because it is definitely too frightening for little kids -- that won the freaking Academy Award for short animation that year. Surrealistic animation, and the voices of Alistair Sim and Michael Hordern reprising their 1953 roles of Scrooge and Marley. It too is on YouTube in its entirety.

[janedit.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many people remember that "Ground Zero" meant something very different pre-9/11. Or they'll be expecting a truly appalling video instead of the delightful one Weird Al actually made.

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Here you go -- my new favourite version of the Twelve Days: