Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Here's to a great 2024!

Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas!

(You can't beat John Leech's illustration of Fezziwig's Ball for Christmas spirit)

Forty Years?

Of course, I also re-watch 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol" every holiday season as well and it's always fun!

Hard to believe it's 40 years old this year!

The Cartoon Research website just posted a nice article about it.

Read it here!

Good info as expected from Cartoon Research!

Maybe It Stands for Johnny?

So, I was watching the 1938 MGM version of "A Christmas Carol" again, as I do every holiday season.

This time, however, I noticed that TCM had the Descriptive Video Service option for the move, so I turned it on, as I think it's kind of an interesting way to watch (hear) something you've seen before.

I raise my hand to admit that I never noticed, until the narrator mentioned it, that the sign for Fezziwig's warehouse has the first initial of "J" included?

I spend so much time nitpicking the movie that I guess I just have overlooked it all these years!

So, what does it stand for?

Is it Just Me...

 Or is there a serious lack of new Scrooge/"A Christmas Carol" content this year?

                                                  

I Sort of Get It!

Now that we've hit December and the heat is kicking in more often: 

I get it (gas prices are higher), but I don't get it (I don't speak pounds)!

Not Expecting That!

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and will have a stress-free Black Friday!

It's definitely the time for Christmas music and with that in mind, I've been checking to see what's new and what's been reissued.

An interesting find is a  collection called "1950's Christmas Classics" in three volumes, which is available on Amazon and probably some other services.

Lurking behind that unassuming title (and artwork) we find mostly pretty deep cuts from the RCA Victor and Columbia families of labels rather than the same familiar (but great) tracks that get reissued all the time. Some good stuff!

In any event, I was surprised to find that Volume 3 includes "Bah! Humbug" by Bob Corley, which I featured way back here!

Also included in Volume 3 is "Chinchy Old Scrooge" by Phil Moore!

Go find this collection!

A nice present and "Bah! Humbug!" totally holds up!