Victorian Kermit?

If Kermit the Frog had actually been around in Scrooge's time, would he look like this?

Hmmm...

Faithful?

Speaking of "The Muppet Christmas Carol," cartoonist R.E. Parrish offers this humorous panel:

Could be!

Disney Emoji Blitz Update - "The Muppet Christmas Carol"

You may remember last year when the Disney Emoji Blitz game featured special emojis of Bob Cratchit Kermit and Miss Piggy Emily Cratchit from "The Muppet Christmas Carol."

Well, they're back this year and they have their own little trailer:

Pretty fun!

But did the movie really come out 30 years ago?

"Spirited" (2022)

"Spirited" (2022)

Director: Sean Anders

Surrogate Scrooge: "Clint Briggs" (Ryan Reynolds)

Seems like there's a bumper crop of "A Christmas Carol"-related stuff this year, including this new musical from Apple TV!

I signed up for a free trial just to watch it and I thought it was a blast!

I won't say anything more in order to avoid spoilers, but if you're curious, here's the teaser:

And here's the official trailer:

Fun!

"What Is the Story of Ebenezer Scrooge?" (2022) - Penguin Random House

"What Is the Story of Ebenezer Scrooge?" (2022)

Penguin Random House

Author: Sheila Keenan

Illustrator: Andrew Thomson

New for the 2022 holiday season is this entry in the WhoHQ series aimed at middle school readers.

It seemed interesting, so I grabbed a copy and gave it a read.

It does a very good job of proving context for "A Christmas Carol" by exploring the life of Charles Dickens himself and the conditions of England at the time.

It also runs through the story of the book, basically translating it into modern English, if you will.

I guess this functions as something of a replacement of the original book for kids as it wouldn't really work in conjunction with reading "A Christmas Carol" at the same time as a regular study guide would.

You can find out more and read an excerpt at the Penguin Random House website.

I do have to say, however, that the cover design of the series with the enormous heads on little bodies really creeps me out!

A Short Subject!

Here's a fun sketch from the most recent (December 10, 2022) episode of NBC's long-running "Saturday Night Live":

OK, so when is someone going to produce a full-length adaptation starring Martin Short?

How Did I Miss That?

OK, so with the amount of yammering I do about 1951's "Scrooge," you'd think I know everything about it!

Not quite!

The girls really want to hear that pudding!

While watching it again for the umpteenth time last night I noticed that when Peter Cratchit brings Tiny Tim to listen to the pudding "singing in the copper," he says, "You come too, Mary and Belinda!"

Mary is ready to chow down!

I knew the "small assorted Cratchits" did not include the non-Peter, non-Tim son, but how did I not notice that this version gives a name to the non-Martha, non-Belinda daughter?

Now I know!