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This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.
Jim Backus
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- (voice)
- …
Morey Amsterdam
- Brady
- (voice)
- …
Jack Cassidy
- Bob Cratchit
- (voice)
- …
Royal Dano
- Marley's Ghost
- (voice)
Paul Frees
- Stage Director
- (voice)
- …
Joan Gardner
- Tiny Tim
- (voice)
- …
Marie Matthews
- Young Scrooge
- (voice)
- …
Laura Olsher
- Mrs. Cratchit
- (voice)
- …
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- TriviaThe producers wondered if Jim Backus could handle the singing required for this TV special. Briefly, they considered using Robert Goulet for Scrooge's singing voice.
- GoofsIn the TV special, the Cratchits repeatedly wish for a Christmas tree. In 1843, when "A Christmas Carol" was published and presumably takes place, German-style Christmas trees had just been introduced to England by the royal family, and would have been unknown to working class people such as the Cratchits.
- Quotes
Ebenezer Scrooge: [sees a horse from his window] Hello! Hello there!
[horse neighs and rears in terror, then bolts]
Ebenezer Scrooge: Ah, the same to you! Oh, yes, indeed. A pleasant fellow.
- Alternate versionsAlthough shown in its entire 53-minute version during the 1960s, many current television prints of the "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" have been cut by as much as 10 minutes to make room for longer commercial breaks. The "Back to Broadway" framing story is often eliminated, as well as the songs "Ringle, Ringle" and "We're Despicable".
- ConnectionsFeatured in The White Shadow: Christmas Story (1980)
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I join the many other writers who remember and treasure "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" with great fondness. Like others, I remember seeing it on its first night 40 years ago. Indeed, a time that seems simpler and nostalgic now. This week,I viewed a VHS tape copy I received and was really charmed and impressed by its quality. The animation is sweet, gentle and from an earlier time. The story adaptation from Dickens is excellent. The concept of Magoo on Broadway performing the "Carol" is really inventive and works well. What I strongly recommend to all is the outstanding and, at times, poignant music There is music and lyric here to equal and surpass much more famous shows. I hope that this wonderful treasure can be re-discovered and enjoyed by a new generation in the years to come. It deserves to be remembered and appreciated.
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