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Scrooged · Verbal Diorama

• 2:25
  Hi,
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  everyone.
• 2:25
  I'm
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  Em,
• 2:26
  and
• 2:26
  welcome
• 2:26
  to
• 2:27
  Verbal
• 2:27
  Diorama,
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  Episode
• 2:28
  325
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  Scrooged.
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  This
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  is
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  the
• 2:32
  podcast
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  that's
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  all
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  about
• 2:33
  the
• 2:33
  history
• 2:33
  and
• 2:33
  legacy.
• 2:34
  Movies
• 2:34
  you
• 2:34
  know
• 2:34
  and
• 2:34
  movies
• 2:35
  you
• 2:35
  don't.
• 2:36
  There's
• 2:36
  a
• 2:36
  captain
• 2:36
  of
• 2:37
  industry,
• 2:37
  feared
• 2:38
  by
• 2:38
  men,
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  adored
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  by
• 2:39
  women.
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  Most
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  of
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  that
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  is
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  true.
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  Welcome
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  to
• 2:43
  Verbal
• 2:43
  Diorama.
• 2:43
  Whether
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  you're
• 2:44
  a
• 2:44
  regular
• 2:44
  returning
• 2:45
  listener,
• 2:45
  if
• 2:45
  you
• 2:45
  are,
• 2:45
  welcome
• 2:46
  back.
• 2:46
  If
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  you're
• 2:47
  a
• 2:47
  brand
• 2:47
  new
• 2:48
  listener,
• 2:48
  welcome
• 2:49
  to
• 2:49
  Verbal
• 2:49
  Diorama.
• 2:50
  Thank
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  you
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  for
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  being
• 2:51
  here.
• 2:51
  Thank
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  you
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  for
• 2:51
  choosing
• 2:52
  to
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  listen
• 2:52
  to
• 2:52
  this
• 2:53
  podcast.
• 2:53
  There
• 2:54
  are
• 2:54
  so
• 2:54
  many
• 2:54
  podcasts
• 2:55
  out
• 2:55
  there
• 2:55
  that
• 2:55
  all
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  have
• 2:56
  incredible
• 2:56
  episodes
• 2:57
  and
• 2:57
  all
• 2:57
  want
• 2:57
  you
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  to
• 2:57
  listen
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  to
• 2:58
  them.
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  I
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  am
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  no
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  exception.
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  However,
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  I'm
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  so
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  happy
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  that
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  you're
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  here
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  and
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  choosing
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  to
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  listen
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  to
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  yet
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  another
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  Christmas
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  episode
• 3:04
  of
• 3:04
  Verbal
• 3:05
  Diorama,
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  mostly
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  for
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  the
• 3:07
  history
• 3:07
  and
• 3:07
  legacy
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  of
• 3:08
  Scrooge.
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  If
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  you
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  are
• 3:10
  a
• 3:10
  regular
• 3:10
  returning
• 3:11
  listener,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  continuing
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  to
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  listen
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  and
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  support
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  this
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  podcast.
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  This
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  Podcast
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  is
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  seven
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  years
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  old
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  in
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  February
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  of
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  next
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  year,
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  and
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  I
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  really,
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  genuinely
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  love
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  doing
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  what
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  I
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  do.
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  So
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  it
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  makes
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  such
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  a
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  difference
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  to
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  have
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  people
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  continue
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  to
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  come
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  back
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  to
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  the
• 3:26
  podcast
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  and
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  continue
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  to
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  send
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  such
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  lovely
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  messages
• 3:29
  of
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  support
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  on
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  things
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  like
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  email
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  and
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  social
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  media.
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  Thank
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  you
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  so
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  much.
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  It
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  genuinely
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  means
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  so
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  much.
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  It
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  is
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  the
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  biggest
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  Christmas
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  gift
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  to
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  me
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  to
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  have
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  people
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  enjoying
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  and
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  listening
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  to
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  this
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  podcast
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  so
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  genuinely.
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  From
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  the
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  bottom
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  of
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  my
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  heart,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much.
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  This
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  is
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  the
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  second
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  of
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  three
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  Christmas
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  movies
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  this
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  year
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  of
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  Double
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  Diorama
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  last
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  week,
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  which
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  Dingle
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  all
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  the
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  way
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  famously
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  had
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  a
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  reindeer
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  in
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  it.
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  There's
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  also
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  a
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  famous
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  reindeer
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  called
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  Donna.
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  So
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  it
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  makes
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  simple
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  sense
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  that
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  we'd
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  move
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  on
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  to
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  a
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  Richard
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  Donner
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  Christmas
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  movie.
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  There's
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  also
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  a
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  distinct
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  capitalist
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  feel
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  to
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  all
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  of
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  the
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  movies
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  that
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  I'm
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  featuring
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  this
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  year
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  for
• 4:06
  Christmas,
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  that
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  Christmas
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  is
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  increasingly
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  becoming
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  about
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  making
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  money
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  and
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  scaring
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  old
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  ladies
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  to
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  death.
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  Maybe
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  not
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  so
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  much
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  the
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  latter,
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  but
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  it's
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  not
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  easy
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  to
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  humanize
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  Ebenezer
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  Scrooge
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  less
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  so
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  when
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  he's
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  a
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  ruthless
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  yuppie
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  TV
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  executive
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  named
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  Frank
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  Cross,
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  who
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  couldn't
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  care
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  less
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  about
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  giving
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  elderly
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  ladies
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  heart
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  attacks
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  and
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  is
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  annoyed
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  that
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  his
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  secretary
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  has
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  gifted
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  his
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  brother
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  something
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  other
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  than
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  a
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  towel.
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  Trust
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  me,
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  in
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  the
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  80s,
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  a
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  VHS
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  was
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  an
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  incredibly
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  generous
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  gift
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  to
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  give.
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  As
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  modern
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  adaptations
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  of
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  A
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  Christmas
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  Carol
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  go,
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  Only
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  this
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  one
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  has
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  Bill
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  Murray.
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  This
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  time
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  he's
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  inadvertently
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  summoning
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  the
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  ghosts
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  instead
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  of
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  busting
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  them.
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  You'll
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  love
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  it.
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  Here's
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  the
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  trailer
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  for
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  Scrooged.
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  Frank
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  Cross
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  may
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  be
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  the
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  youngest
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  president
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  of
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  a
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  TV
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  network,
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  but
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  he's
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  also
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  cynical
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  and
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  mean
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  spirited,
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  determined
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  to
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  milk
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  every
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  drop
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  of
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  profit
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  he
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  can
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  from
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  the
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  Christmas
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  season.
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  He
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  treats
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  his
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  loyal
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  secretary
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  with
• 7:27
  contempt
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  by
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  yet
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  again
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  gifting
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  her
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  a
• 7:29
  towel,
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  ignoring
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  her
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  pleas
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  to
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  take
• 7:31
  her
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  son
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  to
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  the
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  doctor
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  and
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  sacks
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  a
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  member
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  of
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  his
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  board
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  on
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  Christmas
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  Eve
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  for
• 7:35
  disagreeing
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  with
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  his
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  violent
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  fear
• 7:37
  mongering
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  ad
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  for
• 7:39
  a
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  live
• 7:39
  broadcast
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  of
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  A
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  Christmas
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  Carol.
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  Not
• 7:41
  only
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  that,
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  but
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  he's
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  alienated
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  himself
• 7:43
  from
• 7:44
  his
• 7:44
  loving
• 7:44
  and
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  supportive
• 7:45
  younger
• 7:45
  brother.
• 7:46
  Frank
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  is
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  visited
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  one
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  night
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  by
• 7:48
  the
• 7:48
  ghost
• 7:48
  of
• 7:49
  his
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  mentor
• 7:49
  who
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  tells
• 7:50
  him
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  if
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  he
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  doesn't
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  change
• 7:51
  his
• 7:52
  miserly
• 7:52
  ways,
• 7:53
  he'll
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  be
• 7:53
  visited
• 7:54
  by
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  three
• 7:55
  spirits.
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  Any
• 7:56
  guess
• 7:57
  what
• 7:57
  might
• 7:57
  happen
• 7:58
  next?
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  Let's
• 7:59
  run
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  through
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  the
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  cast.
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  We
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  have
• 8:01
  Bill
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  Murray
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  as
• 8:02
  Frank
• 8:02
  Cross,
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  Karen
• 8:04
  Allen
• 8:04
  as
• 8:04
  Claire
• 8:05
  Phillips,
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  John
• 8:06
  Forsyth
• 8:07
  as
• 8:07
  Lou
• 8:08
  Hayward,
• 8:08
  John
• 8:09
  Glover
• 8:09
  as
• 8:10
  Brice
• 8:10
  Cummings,
• 8:11
  Bobcat
• 8:11
  Goldthwait
• 8:12
  as
• 8:12
  Eliot
• 8:13
  Loudermilk,
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  David
• 8:14
  Johansson
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  as
• 8:15
  the
• 8:16
  ghost
• 8:16
  of
• 8:16
  Christmas
• 8:16
  Past,
• 8:17
  Carol
• 8:18
  Kane
• 8:18
  as
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  ghost
• 8:19
  of
• 8:19
  Christmas
• 8:19
  Present,
• 8:20
  Robert
• 8:21
  Mitchum
• 8:21
  as
• 8:22
  Preston
• 8:22
  Rhinelander,
• 8:23
  Alfre
• 8:24
  Woodard
• 8:24
  as
• 8:25
  Grace
• 8:25
  Cooley,
• 8:26
  Nicholas
• 8:27
  Phillips
• 8:27
  as
• 8:27
  Calvin
• 8:28
  Cooley
• 8:28
  and
• 8:29
  Michael
• 8:29
  J.
• 8:29
  Pollard
• 8:30
  as
• 8:30
  Herman.
• 8:31
  There's
• 8:32
  cameos,
• 8:32
  loads
• 8:33
  of
• 8:33
  cameos
• 8:33
  in
• 8:33
  this
• 8:33
  movie
• 8:34
  as
• 8:34
  well
• 8:34
  by
• 8:34
  Lee
• 8:35
  Majors,
• 8:35
  John
• 8:36
  Houseman
• 8:36
  and
• 8:37
  Robert
• 8:37
  Goulet,
• 8:38
  as
• 8:38
  well
• 8:38
  as
• 8:38
  Bill
• 8:39
  Murray's
• 8:39
  brothers.
• 8:40
  John
• 8:40
  Murray
• 8:41
  as
• 8:41
  James
• 8:41
  Cross,
• 8:42
  Brian
• 8:43
  Doyle
• 8:43
  Murray
• 8:43
  as
• 8:44
  Earl
• 8:44
  Cross
• 8:44
  and
• 8:45
  Joel
• 8:45
  Murray
• 8:45
  as
• 8:46
  one
• 8:46
  of
• 8:46
  James
• 8:46
  Cross's
• 8:47
  house
• 8:47
  guests.
• 8:48
  Scrooged
• 8:49
  has
• 8:49
  a
• 8:49
  screenplay
• 8:50
  by
• 8:50
  Mitch
• 8:50
  Glazer
• 8:51
  and
• 8:51
  Michael
• 8:51
  o'Donoghue,
• 8:52
  was
• 8:53
  directed
• 8:53
  by
• 8:54
  Richard
• 8:54
  Donner
• 8:55
  and
• 8:55
  was
• 8:55
  based
• 8:56
  on
• 8:56
  A
• 8:56
  Christmas
• 8:56
  Carol
• 8:57
  by
• 8:57
  Charles
• 8:57
  Dickens.
• 8:59
  And
• 8:59
  as
• 8:59
  long
• 8:59
  as
• 8:59
  Christmas
• 9:00
  movies
• 9:00
  keep
• 9:01
  getting
• 9:01
  made,
• 9:02
  so
• 9:02
  too
• 9:02
  will
• 9:03
  new
• 9:03
  versions
• 9:04
  of
• 9:04
  A
• 9:04
  Christmas
• 9:05
  Carol.
• 9:05
  There's
• 9:06
  actually
• 9:06
  one
• 9:06
  coming
• 9:06
  out
• 9:07
  this
• 9:07
  year
• 9:07
  in
• 9:07
  2025
• 9:08
  called
• 9:09
  Christmas
• 9:09
  Karma,
• 9:10
  directed
• 9:10
  by
• 9:10
  Gurinder
• 9:11
  Chadha.
• 9:12
  182
• 9:14
  years
• 9:14
  ago
• 9:14
  tomorrow,
• 9:15
  as
• 9:16
  of
• 9:16
  the
• 9:16
  general
• 9:16
  release
• 9:17
  date
• 9:17
  of
• 9:17
  this
• 9:17
  episode,
• 9:18
  Charles
• 9:18
  Dickens
• 9:19
  novella
• 9:19
  A
• 9:19
  Christmas
• 9:20
  Carol
• 9:20
  in
• 9:20
  Prose
• 9:21
  being
• 9:22
  a
• 9:22
  Ghost
• 9:22
  Story
• 9:22
  of
• 9:23
  Christmas,
• 9:23
  to
• 9:23
  give
• 9:23
  it
• 9:23
  its
• 9:24
  full
• 9:24
  title,
• 9:24
  was
• 9:25
  first
• 9:25
  published
• 9:25
  on
• 9:26
  19
• 9:26
  December
• 9:27
  1843,
• 9:28
  the
• 9:29
  first
• 9:29
  edition
• 9:29
  of
• 9:29
  which
• 9:30
  sold
• 9:30
  out
• 9:30
  by
• 9:30
  Christmas
• 9:31
  Eve.
• 9:32
  Even
• 9:32
  back
• 9:32
  then
• 9:32
  in
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  19th
• 9:33
  century,
• 9:34
  counterfeiting
• 9:34
  was
• 9:35
  a
• 9:35
  thing
• 9:35
  and
• 9:36
  insensitive
• 9:36
  copies
• 9:37
  of
• 9:37
  A
• 9:37
  Christmas
• 9:37
  Carol,
• 9:38
  as
• 9:38
  it
• 9:38
  was
• 9:38
  most
• 9:38
  commonly
• 9:39
  referred
• 9:39
  to,
• 9:40
  began
• 9:40
  to
• 9:40
  surface.
• 9:41
  In
• 9:41
  January
• 9:41
  1844,
• 9:43
  Dickens
• 9:44
  actually
• 9:44
  took
• 9:44
  legal
• 9:45
  action
• 9:45
  against
• 9:45
  the
• 9:45
  publishers
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  the
• 9:46
  counterfeit
• 9:47
  copies,
• 9:48
  but
• 9:48
  the
• 9:48
  publisher
• 9:48
  went
• 9:49
  bankrupt
• 9:49
  and
• 9:50
  so
• 9:50
  his
• 9:50
  losses
• 9:50
  from
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  case
• 9:51
  meant
• 9:51
  smaller
• 9:52
  profits
• 9:52
  from
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  publication
• 9:53
  of
• 9:53
  A
• 9:54
  Christmas
• 9:54
  Carol
• 9:54
  than
• 9:55
  you
• 9:55
  might
• 9:55
  think.
• 9:56
  A
• 9:56
  Christmas
• 9:57
  Carol
• 9:57
  has
• 9:57
  never
• 9:58
  been
• 9:58
  out
• 9:58
  of
• 9:58
  print
• 9:58
  in
• 9:59
  182
• 10:00
  years.
• 10:00
  It's
• 10:01
  been
• 10:01
  translated
• 10:01
  into
• 10:02
  several
• 10:02
  languages
• 10:03
  and
• 10:03
  has
• 10:03
  had
• 10:03
  countless
• 10:04
  adaptations,
• 10:05
  over
• 10:06
  150
• 10:06
  actually
• 10:07
  on
• 10:08
  stage,
• 10:08
  live
• 10:09
  action,
• 10:10
  animated
• 10:10
  films,
• 10:11
  television,
• 10:12
  radio
• 10:12
  adaptations,
• 10:13
  opera,
• 10:14
  ballet,
• 10:15
  graphic
• 10:15
  novels,
• 10:16
  as
• 10:16
  well
• 10:16
  as
• 10:16
  parodies
• 10:17
  and
• 10:17
  derivative
• 10:18
  works.
• 10:19
  The
• 10:19
  earliest
• 10:20
  adaptation
• 10:20
  was
• 10:21
  in
• 10:21
  February
• 10:21
  1844,
• 10:23
  two
• 10:23
  months
• 10:23
  after
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  book's
• 10:24
  publication,
• 10:25
  a
• 10:25
  stage
• 10:26
  production
• 10:26
  running
• 10:27
  for
• 10:27
  40
• 10:27
  nights,
• 10:28
  with
• 10:28
  which
• 10:28
  was
• 10:28
  sanctioned
• 10:29
  by
• 10:29
  Dickens
• 10:30
  himself.
• 10:31
  Speaking
• 10:31
  of
• 10:32
  counterfeits,
• 10:32
  by
• 10:33
  the
• 10:33
  end
• 10:33
  of
• 10:33
  February
• 10:34
  1844,
• 10:36
  eight
• 10:36
  rival
• 10:37
  productions
• 10:37
  of
• 10:37
  A
• 10:38
  Christmas
• 10:38
  Carol
• 10:38
  were
• 10:39
  also
• 10:39
  playing
• 10:39
  in
• 10:40
  London.
• 10:41
  A
• 10:41
  Christmas
• 10:42
  Carol
• 10:42
  captured
• 10:42
  the
• 10:43
  mid
• 10:43
  Victorian
• 10:43
  revival
• 10:44
  of
• 10:44
  celebrations
• 10:45
  of
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  Christmas
• 10:46
  holidays,
• 10:47
  family
• 10:47
  gatherings,
• 10:48
  the
• 10:48
  giving
• 10:48
  and
• 10:48
  receiving
• 10:49
  of
• 10:49
  gifts,
• 10:50
  parties
• 10:50
  and
• 10:51
  seasonal
• 10:51
  food
• 10:51
  and
• 10:51
  drink.
• 10:52
  But
• 10:52
  most
• 10:53
  importantly
• 10:53
  to
• 10:53
  this
• 10:54
  story,
• 10:54
  the
• 10:54
  spirit
• 10:55
  of
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  season.
• 10:56
  And
• 10:56
  specifically
• 10:57
  focusing
• 10:57
  on
• 10:58
  a
• 10:58
  man
• 10:58
  who
• 10:58
  has
• 10:59
  none,
• 10:59
  Ebenezer
• 11:00
  Scrooge,
• 11:01
  reportedly
• 11:02
  based
• 11:02
  on
• 11:02
  two
• 11:02
  notorious
• 11:03
  misers.
• 11:04
  John
• 11:04
  Elwes,
• 11:05
  an
• 11:05
  MP
• 11:06
  who
• 11:06
  assumed
• 11:06
  a
• 11:06
  vast
• 11:06
  fortune
• 11:07
  but
• 11:07
  refused
• 11:08
  to
• 11:08
  spend
• 11:08
  his
• 11:09
  wealth,
• 11:09
  which
• 11:10
  had
• 11:10
  been
• 11:10
  estimated
• 11:10
  at
• 11:11
  a
• 11:11
  total
• 11:11
  of
• 11:11
  74
• 11:12
  million
• 11:12
  pounds
• 11:13
  in
• 11:13
  2018.
• 11:14
  Money.
• 11:15
  Or
• 11:15
  Jenny
• 11:15
  Wood,
• 11:16
  the
• 11:16
  owner
• 11:16
  of
• 11:16
  Gloucester
• 11:17
  Old
• 11:17
  bank,
• 11:18
  who
• 11:18
  despite
• 11:18
  a
• 11:19
  total
• 11:19
  wealth
• 11:19
  of
• 11:19
  over
• 11:20
  100
• 11:20
  million
• 11:20
  pounds
• 11:21
  in
• 11:21
  2018
• 11:22
  money,
• 11:22
  refused
• 11:23
  to
• 11:23
  spend
• 11:23
  his
• 11:24
  own
• 11:24
  money,
• 11:24
  but
• 11:25
  instead
• 11:25
  chose
• 11:26
  to
• 11:26
  spend
• 11:26
  the
• 11:26
  city
• 11:26
  of
• 11:27
  Gloucester's
• 11:27
  money
• 11:28
  as
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  mayor
• 11:28
  of
• 11:29
  the
• 11:29
  city
• 11:29
  between
• 11:29
  1811
• 11:30
  and
• 11:31
  1813.
• 11:32
  Both
• 11:32
  of
• 11:33
  these
• 11:33
  men
• 11:33
  died
• 11:33
  with
• 11:34
  extreme
• 11:34
  wealth
• 11:34
  accumulated,
• 11:36
  but
• 11:36
  in
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  case
• 11:36
  of
• 11:37
  Jemmy
• 11:37
  Wood,
• 11:37
  his
• 11:38
  coffin
• 11:38
  was
• 11:39
  said
• 11:39
  to
• 11:39
  have
• 11:39
  been
• 11:39
  stoned.
• 11:41
  A
• 11:42
  Christmas
• 11:42
  Carol
• 11:42
  has
• 11:43
  been
• 11:43
  adapted
• 11:43
  so
• 11:43
  many
• 11:44
  times
• 11:44
  because
• 11:44
  it's
• 11:44
  one
• 11:45
  of
• 11:45
  the
• 11:45
  greatest
• 11:45
  stories
• 11:46
  ever
• 11:46
  told.
• 11:47
  Adapting
• 11:47
  it
• 11:47
  to
• 11:47
  a
• 11:48
  modern
• 11:48
  audience
• 11:48
  is
• 11:49
  easy
• 11:49
  because
• 11:49
  everyone
• 11:50
  loves
• 11:50
  a
• 11:50
  good
• 11:50
  redemption
• 11:51
  arc.
• 11:52
  And
• 11:52
  when
• 11:52
  you
• 11:52
  have
• 11:52
  the
• 11:53
  director
• 11:53
  of
• 11:53
  Lethal
• 11:54
  Weapon
• 11:54
  and
• 11:54
  the
• 11:55
  star
• 11:55
  of
• 11:55
  Ghostbusters,
• 11:56
  you
• 11:57
  surely
• 11:57
  can't
• 11:57
  go
• 11:57
  wrong,
• 11:58
  right?
• 12:00
  It
• 12:00
  was
• 12:00
  the
• 12:00
  mid-80s
• 12:01
  when
• 12:01
  Michael
• 12:01
  O'Donoghue,
• 12:02
  the
• 12:02
  first
• 12:02
  head
• 12:03
  writer
• 12:03
  of
• 12:03
  Saturday
• 12:03
  Night
• 12:04
  Live
• 12:04
  and
• 12:04
  the
• 12:05
  first
• 12:05
  performer
• 12:05
  to
• 12:05
  deliver
• 12:06
  a
• 12:06
  9
• 12:06
  on
• 12:06
  the
• 12:07
  series,
• 12:07
  and
• 12:08
  his
• 12:08
  friend
• 12:08
  Mitch
• 12:08
  Glazer,
• 12:09
  a
• 12:09
  former
• 12:09
  journalist
• 12:10
  who
• 12:10
  worked
• 12:10
  for
• 12:11
  Crawdaddy,
• 12:11
  Rolling
• 12:12
  Stone
• 12:12
  and
• 12:13
  Playboy
• 12:13
  and
• 12:14
  a
• 12:14
  good
• 12:14
  friend
• 12:14
  of
• 12:14
  John
• 12:14
  Belushi,
• 12:15
  teamed
• 12:16
  up
• 12:16
  to
• 12:16
  adapt
• 12:16
  A
• 12:16
  Christmas
• 12:17
  Carol
• 12:18
  for
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  modern
• 12:19
  at
• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  time
• 12:19
  80s
• 12:20
  audience.
• 12:21
  In
• 12:21
  1977,
• 12:23
  Glazer
• 12:23
  had
• 12:24
  been
• 12:24
  the
• 12:24
  first
• 12:24
  journalist
• 12:25
  to
• 12:25
  publish
• 12:25
  a
• 12:25
  cover
• 12:26
  story
• 12:26
  on
• 12:26
  John
• 12:26
  Belushi,
• 12:27
  and
• 12:28
  he
• 12:28
  jumped
• 12:28
  at
• 12:29
  the
• 12:29
  chance
• 12:29
  when
• 12:29
  Belushi
• 12:30
  and
• 12:30
  his
• 12:30
  friend
• 12:30
  Dan
• 12:31
  Aykroyd
• 12:31
  asked
• 12:32
  him
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  write
• 12:32
  a
• 12:32
  movie
• 12:33
  for
• 12:33
  them.
• 12:34
  That
• 12:34
  movie
• 12:35
  was
• 12:35
  never
• 12:35
  made,
• 12:35
  but
• 12:36
  the
• 12:36
  experience
• 12:36
  of
• 12:37
  both
• 12:37
  Michael
• 12:37
  o'Donoghue
• 12:38
  and
• 12:38
  Mitch
• 12:39
  Glazer
• 12:39
  would
• 12:40
  link
• 12:40
  to
• 12:40
  them
• 12:40
  being
• 12:40
  tapped
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  write
• 12:42
  Scrooge.
• 12:43
  And
• 12:43
  surprisingly,
• 12:44
  their
• 12:44
  knowledge
• 12:44
  of
• 12:44
  SNL
• 12:45
  and
• 12:45
  the
• 12:45
  vague
• 12:46
  actors
• 12:46
  who
• 12:46
  worked
• 12:46
  at
• 12:47
  SNL
• 12:47
  in
• 12:47
  the
• 12:47
  80s
• 12:48
  made
• 12:48
  setting
• 12:49
  a
• 12:49
  contemporary
• 12:50
  adaptation
• 12:50
  of
• 12:50
  A
• 12:51
  Christmas
• 12:51
  Carol
• 12:51
  in
• 12:52
  the
• 12:52
  cutthroat
• 12:52
  world
• 12:53
  of
• 12:53
  TV
• 12:53
  executives
• 12:54
  make
• 12:55
  complete
• 12:55
  sense.
• 12:56
  And
• 12:56
  while
• 12:56
  the
• 12:56
  script
• 12:57
  went
• 12:57
  through
• 12:57
  countless
• 12:58
  revisions,
• 12:58
  the
• 12:59
  solid
• 12:59
  source
• 12:59
  material
• 13:00
  made
• 13:00
  it
• 13:00
  something
• 13:01
  special.
• 13:02
  But
• 13:02
  the
• 13:02
  question
• 13:02
  remained
• 13:03
  how
• 13:03
  to
• 13:03
  end
• 13:04
  it.
• 13:04
  In
• 13:04
  a
• 13:04
  way
• 13:04
  honest
• 13:05
  to
• 13:05
  Frank
• 13:05
  Cross
• 13:06
  and
• 13:06
  the
• 13:06
  decade
• 13:07
  in
• 13:07
  which
• 13:07
  it
• 13:07
  was
• 13:07
  set.
• 13:09
  They'd
• 13:09
  both
• 13:09
  been
• 13:10
  living
• 13:10
  in
• 13:10
  New
• 13:10
  York
• 13:10
  city
• 13:11
  for
• 13:11
  over
• 13:11
  18
• 13:11
  years
• 13:12
  and
• 13:12
  they
• 13:12
  noticed
• 13:13
  that
• 13:13
  every
• 13:13
  year
• 13:14
  on
• 13:14
  Christmas
• 13:14
  Eve,
• 13:15
  the
• 13:15
  city
• 13:15
  would
• 13:16
  be
• 13:16
  different
• 13:16
  somehow.
• 13:17
  People
• 13:18
  would
• 13:18
  be
• 13:18
  happier.
• 13:19
  They'd
• 13:19
  have
• 13:19
  more
• 13:20
  of
• 13:20
  a
• 13:20
  spring
• 13:20
  in
• 13:20
  their
• 13:20
  step,
• 13:21
  a
• 13:21
  smile
• 13:22
  on
• 13:22
  their
• 13:22
  face,
• 13:23
  relishing
• 13:23
  the
• 13:23
  holiday
• 13:24
  spirit.
• 13:25
  New
• 13:25
  York
• 13:25
  City
• 13:26
  on
• 13:26
  Christmas
• 13:26
  Eve
• 13:27
  was
• 13:27
  for
• 13:27
  all
• 13:27
  intents
• 13:28
  and
• 13:28
  purposes
• 13:29
  a
• 13:29
  miracle.
• 13:31
  It
• 13:31
  wasn't
• 13:31
  a
• 13:31
  cheesy
• 13:32
  Hallmark
• 13:32
  ending.
• 13:33
  It
• 13:33
  wasn't
• 13:33
  overly
• 13:34
  sentimental
• 13:34
  or
• 13:34
  manipulative.
• 13:35
  It
• 13:36
  was
• 13:36
  honest,
• 13:36
  heartfelt
• 13:37
  emotion
• 13:38
  with
• 13:38
  an
• 13:38
  edge.
• 13:39
  And
• 13:40
  being
• 13:40
  written
• 13:40
  by
• 13:41
  SNL
• 13:41
  veterans
• 13:42
  who
• 13:42
  were
• 13:42
  friends
• 13:42
  with
• 13:42
  SNL
• 13:43
  veterans
• 13:44
  meant
• 13:44
  they
• 13:44
  had
• 13:45
  eyes
• 13:45
  on
• 13:45
  an
• 13:45
  SNL
• 13:46
  veteran
• 13:47
  to
• 13:47
  play
• 13:47
  their
• 13:47
  lead
• 13:47
  character.
• 13:48
  And
• 13:49
  after
• 13:49
  snl,
• 13:50
  Bill
• 13:50
  Murray
• 13:51
  became
• 13:51
  a
• 13:51
  movie
• 13:51
  star
• 13:52
  in
• 13:52
  his
• 13:52
  own
• 13:52
  right,
• 13:53
  thanks
• 13:53
  to
• 13:53
  Caddyshack
• 13:54
  in
• 13:54
  1980,
• 13:55
  Stripes
• 13:56
  in
• 13:56
  1981
• 13:57
  and
• 13:57
  Tootsie
• 13:58
  in
• 13:58
  1982.
• 13:59
  It
• 13:59
  was
• 13:59
  Ghostbusters
• 14:00
  in
• 14:00
  1984
• 14:01
  though
• 14:02
  that
• 14:02
  made
• 14:02
  Bill
• 14:03
  Murray
• 14:03
  an
• 14:03
  a
• 14:03
  lister
• 14:04
  after
• 14:05
  Ghostbusters
• 14:05
  became
• 14:06
  overwhelming
• 14:07
  and
• 14:07
  a
• 14:07
  movie
• 14:07
  he
• 14:07
  made
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  same
• 14:08
  year
• 14:08
  called
• 14:08
  the
• 14:09
  Razor's
• 14:09
  Edge
• 14:09
  flopped.
• 14:10
  Bill
• 14:10
  Murray
• 14:11
  took
• 14:11
  a
• 14:11
  self
• 14:11
  imposed
• 14:12
  hiatus
• 14:12
  from
• 14:13
  acting,
• 14:13
  only
• 14:14
  returning
• 14:14
  for
• 14:15
  a
• 14:15
  cameo
• 14:15
  in
• 14:15
  Little
• 14:16
  Shop
• 14:16
  of
• 14:16
  horrors
• 14:16
  in
• 14:16
  1986.
• 14:18
  He
• 14:18
  lived
• 14:18
  in
• 14:18
  Europe
• 14:19
  for
• 14:19
  six
• 14:19
  months
• 14:20
  and
• 14:20
  came
• 14:20
  back
• 14:21
  to
• 14:21
  some
• 14:21
  scripts
• 14:21
  after
• 14:22
  that
• 14:22
  and
• 14:22
  just
• 14:23
  didn't
• 14:23
  think
• 14:23
  they
• 14:23
  were
• 14:23
  good
• 14:24
  enough,
• 14:24
  so
• 14:25
  he
• 14:25
  just
• 14:25
  didn't
• 14:25
  do
• 14:25
  them.
• 14:26
  He
• 14:26
  received
• 14:27
  the
• 14:27
  script
• 14:27
  for
• 14:27
  Scrooge
• 14:28
  two
• 14:29
  years
• 14:29
  into
• 14:29
  his
• 14:30
  four
• 14:30
  year
• 14:30
  downtime.
• 14:31
  But
• 14:32
  Murray
• 14:32
  elected
• 14:33
  to
• 14:33
  wait.
• 14:34
  When
• 14:34
  the
• 14:34
  desire
• 14:35
  to
• 14:35
  perform
• 14:35
  returned,
• 14:36
  he
• 14:36
  returned
• 14:37
  to
• 14:37
  the
• 14:37
  Scrooge
• 14:38
  script
• 14:38
  and
• 14:39
  reworked
• 14:39
  it
• 14:39
  with
• 14:39
  Glazer
• 14:40
  and
• 14:40
  o'.
• 14:40
  Donoghue.
• 14:41
  And
• 14:41
  by
• 14:41
  that
• 14:42
  I
• 14:42
  mean
• 14:42
  he
• 14:42
  literally
• 14:43
  threw
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  old
• 14:43
  script
• 14:44
  out
• 14:44
  and
• 14:45
  they
• 14:45
  rebuilt
• 14:45
  it
• 14:46
  from
• 14:46
  scratch.
• 14:47
  He
• 14:47
  took
• 14:47
  a
• 14:47
  romance
• 14:48
  that
• 14:48
  had
• 14:48
  been
• 14:48
  removed
• 14:49
  from
• 14:49
  an
• 14:49
  early
• 14:49
  draft
• 14:50
  and
• 14:50
  added
• 14:50
  more
• 14:51
  to
• 14:51
  it,
• 14:51
  building
• 14:52
  up
• 14:52
  the
• 14:52
  character
• 14:52
  of
• 14:53
  Claire
• 14:53
  Phillips.
• 14:54
  He
• 14:54
  wanted
• 14:54
  to
• 14:55
  do
• 14:55
  more
• 14:55
  with
• 14:55
  Frank
• 14:55
  Cross's
• 14:56
  family,
• 14:56
  so
• 14:57
  they
• 14:57
  added
• 14:57
  more
• 14:57
  family
• 14:58
  scenes,
• 14:59
  along
• 14:59
  with
• 14:59
  the
• 14:59
  character
• 15:00
  of
• 15:00
  Grace
• 15:00
  and
• 15:01
  her
• 15:01
  family
• 15:01
  becoming
• 15:02
  important
• 15:02
  to
• 15:02
  the
• 15:02
  plot,
• 15:03
  too.
• 15:04
  Bill
• 15:04
  Murray
• 15:05
  is
• 15:05
  an
• 15:05
  actor
• 15:05
  known
• 15:05
  for
• 15:06
  his
• 15:06
  comedy
• 15:06
  and
• 15:06
  his
• 15:07
  improv.
• 15:07
  But
• 15:08
  also,
• 15:08
  taking
• 15:08
  a
• 15:09
  hiatus
• 15:09
  from
• 15:09
  acting
• 15:10
  at
• 15:10
  the
• 15:10
  peak
• 15:10
  of
• 15:10
  his
• 15:11
  career
• 15:11
  meant
• 15:12
  that
• 15:12
  his
• 15:12
  return
• 15:12
  to
• 15:13
  acting
• 15:13
  needed
• 15:14
  to
• 15:14
  be
• 15:14
  something
• 15:14
  really
• 15:15
  good.
• 15:15
  It
• 15:15
  needed
• 15:16
  to
• 15:16
  be
• 15:16
  the
• 15:16
  reason
• 15:16
  for
• 15:17
  his
• 15:17
  return.
• 15:18
  The
• 15:18
  idea
• 15:19
  of
• 15:19
  making
• 15:19
  A
• 15:19
  Christmas
• 15:20
  Carol
• 15:20
  and
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  character
• 15:21
  of
• 15:21
  Ebenezer
• 15:22
  Scrooge
• 15:23
  funny
• 15:23
  wasn't
• 15:24
  going
• 15:24
  to
• 15:24
  be
• 15:24
  easy,
• 15:25
  but
• 15:25
  it
• 15:25
  was
• 15:25
  something
• 15:25
  he
• 15:25
  knew
• 15:26
  he
• 15:26
  could
• 15:26
  do.
• 15:27
  And
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  promise
• 15:28
  of
• 15:28
  a
• 15:28
  $6
• 15:28
  million
• 15:29
  salary
• 15:30
  was
• 15:30
  enough
• 15:31
  for
• 15:31
  him
• 15:31
  to
• 15:31
  return
• 15:32
  to.
• 15:33
  The
• 15:33
  idea
• 15:34
  being
• 15:34
  that
• 15:34
  audiences
• 15:35
  would
• 15:35
  pay
• 15:35
  the
• 15:35
  big
• 15:35
  bucks
• 15:36
  to
• 15:36
  see
• 15:36
  Bill
• 15:36
  Murray,
• 15:37
  to
• 15:37
  see
• 15:37
  him
• 15:38
  in
• 15:38
  a
• 15:38
  Christmas
• 15:38
  movie,
• 15:39
  and
• 15:39
  to
• 15:39
  see
• 15:40
  him
• 15:40
  as,
• 15:40
  quote,
• 15:40
  unquote,
• 15:41
  Scrooge.
• 15:42
  The
• 15:42
  irony
• 15:43
  of
• 15:43
  Murray
• 15:43
  waiting
• 15:44
  four
• 15:44
  years
• 15:44
  would
• 15:45
  also
• 15:45
  lead
• 15:45
  to
• 15:45
  a
• 15:45
  delay
• 15:46
  in
• 15:46
  filming
• 15:46
  the
• 15:46
  Ghostbusters
• 15:47
  sequel,
• 15:48
  which
• 15:48
  then
• 15:48
  had
• 15:49
  to
• 15:49
  wait
• 15:49
  till
• 15:49
  Murray
• 15:50
  finished
• 15:50
  his
• 15:50
  commitments
• 15:51
  on
• 15:51
  Scrooge.
• 15:52
  But
• 15:52
  then,
• 15:52
  when
• 15:52
  Murray
• 15:53
  was
• 15:53
  ready,
• 15:54
  the
• 15:54
  script
• 15:54
  for
• 15:54
  Ghostbusters
• 15:55
  2
• 15:55
  wasn't.
• 15:56
  But
• 15:57
  to
• 15:57
  be
• 15:57
  honest,
• 15:57
  those
• 15:57
  Ghostbusters
• 15:58
  movies
• 15:59
  probably
• 15:59
  deserve
• 15:59
  episodes
• 16:00
  of
• 16:00
  their
• 16:00
  own
• 16:00
  one
• 16:01
  day.
• 16:01
  And
• 16:01
  if
• 16:01
  you're
• 16:02
  wondering,
• 16:02
  no,
• 16:02
  I
• 16:02
  never
• 16:03
  have
• 16:03
  gone
• 16:03
  for
• 16:04
  Ghostbusters
• 16:04
  1
• 16:04
  or
• 16:05
  2
• 16:05
  on
• 16:05
  this
• 16:05
  podcast,
• 16:06
  that
• 16:06
  is
• 16:06
  something
• 16:06
  that
• 16:06
  I
• 16:07
  probably
• 16:07
  need
• 16:07
  to
• 16:07
  change.
• 16:08
  Richard
• 16:09
  Donner
• 16:09
  was
• 16:10
  just
• 16:10
  coming
• 16:10
  off
• 16:10
  the
• 16:10
  incredibly
• 16:11
  successful
• 16:12
  Lethal
• 16:12
  Weapon,
• 16:13
  also
• 16:13
  a
• 16:13
  Christmas
• 16:14
  movie.
• 16:14
  That's
• 16:14
  episode
• 16:15
  279
• 16:16
  of
• 16:16
  this
• 16:16
  podcast.
• 16:17
  But
• 16:17
  he
• 16:17
  was
• 16:17
  mostly
• 16:18
  known
• 16:18
  for
• 16:18
  Superman
• 16:19
  and
• 16:19
  the
• 16:19
  omen
• 16:20
  in
• 16:20
  the
• 16:20
  70s
• 16:21
  and
• 16:21
  the
• 16:21
  Goonies
• 16:21
  in
• 16:22
  the
• 16:22
  early
• 16:22
  80s.
• 16:23
  Getting
• 16:23
  Richard
• 16:23
  Donner
• 16:24
  as
• 16:24
  the
• 16:24
  director
• 16:25
  would
• 16:25
  have
• 16:25
  been
• 16:25
  a
• 16:25
  big
• 16:26
  deal
• 16:26
  at
• 16:26
  the
• 16:26
  time.
• 16:27
  And
• 16:27
  Donner
• 16:27
  was
• 16:28
  interested
• 16:28
  in
• 16:28
  the
• 16:28
  script.
• 16:29
  So
• 16:29
  Bill
• 16:30
  Murray
• 16:30
  took
• 16:30
  Richard
• 16:31
  Donner
• 16:31
  out
• 16:31
  for
• 16:31
  drinks
• 16:32
  to
• 16:32
  see
• 16:32
  if
• 16:32
  they
• 16:32
  would
• 16:32
  get
• 16:33
  along,
• 16:33
  and
• 16:33
  they
• 16:34
  did.
• 16:34
  And
• 16:34
  so
• 16:35
  Richard
• 16:35
  Donner
• 16:35
  joined
• 16:36
  the
• 16:36
  project,
• 16:36
  and
• 16:36
  it
• 16:36
  was
• 16:36
  greenlit
• 16:37
  by
• 16:37
  Paramount.
• 16:38
  A
• 16:39
  Richard
• 16:39
  Donner
• 16:39
  movie
• 16:40
  starring
• 16:40
  Bill
• 16:41
  Murray.
• 16:41
  Again,
• 16:42
  what
• 16:42
  could
• 16:43
  go
• 16:43
  wrong?
• 16:44
  You'll
• 16:44
  see
• 16:45
  where
• 16:45
  I'm
• 16:45
  going
• 16:45
  with
• 16:45
  this.
• 16:46
  This
• 16:47
  was
• 16:47
  an
• 16:47
  80s
• 16:48
  studio
• 16:48
  comedy,
• 16:49
  and
• 16:49
  it
• 16:49
  was
• 16:49
  budgeted
• 16:50
  at
• 16:50
  a
• 16:50
  cost
• 16:50
  of
• 16:50
  $32
• 16:51
  million.
• 16:53
  Nowadays,
• 16:54
  that's
• 16:54
  not
• 16:54
  really
• 16:55
  a
• 16:55
  lot
• 16:55
  of
• 16:55
  money.
• 16:56
  However,
• 16:57
  just
• 16:57
  to
• 16:57
  put
• 16:57
  it
• 16:57
  into
• 16:58
  perspective,
• 16:59
  Blade
• 16:59
  Runner
• 17:00
  cost
• 17:00
  $30
• 17:01
  million
• 17:02
  in
• 17:02
  1982.
• 17:03
  Indiana
• 17:04
  Jones
• 17:04
  and
• 17:04
  the
• 17:04
  Temple
• 17:05
  of
• 17:05
  Doom
• 17:05
  cost
• 17:06
  $28
• 17:06
  million
• 17:07
  in
• 17:07
  1984.
• 17:09
  Even
• 17:09
  the
• 17:09
  most
• 17:09
  expensive
• 17:10
  movie
• 17:10
  of
• 17:11
  1988,
• 17:12
  at
• 17:12
  the
• 17:12
  time
• 17:13
  the
• 17:13
  most
• 17:13
  expensive
• 17:13
  movie
• 17:14
  ever
• 17:14
  made,
• 17:15
  Rambo
• 17:16
  3,
• 17:16
  cost
• 17:17
  $58
• 17:17
  million.
• 17:20
  Scrooged
• 17:20
  was
• 17:20
  mostly
• 17:21
  filmed
• 17:21
  on
• 17:21
  sets,
• 17:22
  but
• 17:22
  those
• 17:22
  sets
• 17:23
  were
• 17:23
  elaborate.
• 17:24
  They
• 17:24
  used
• 17:24
  stage
• 17:25
  29
• 17:25
  at
• 17:26
  Paramount
• 17:26
  Studios
• 17:26
  in
• 17:27
  Los
• 17:27
  Angeles
• 17:27
  for
• 17:28
  the
• 17:28
  scenes
• 17:28
  in
• 17:28
  Frank
• 17:29
  Cross's
• 17:29
  office,
• 17:30
  Frank
• 17:30
  Cross's
• 17:31
  bedroom,
• 17:31
  and
• 17:32
  the
• 17:32
  film
• 17:32
  set
• 17:32
  for
• 17:33
  A
• 17:33
  Christmas
• 17:33
  Carol.
• 17:34
  So
• 17:34
  this
• 17:35
  was
• 17:35
  a
• 17:35
  fairly
• 17:35
  lavish
• 17:36
  production
• 17:36
  for
• 17:37
  the
• 17:37
  time
• 17:37
  and
• 17:38
  an
• 17:38
  incredibly
• 17:39
  lavish
• 17:39
  production
• 17:40
  for
• 17:40
  a
• 17:40
  studio
• 17:41
  comedy.
• 17:42
  But
• 17:42
  then
• 17:42
  there
• 17:42
  was
• 17:42
  the
• 17:43
  people
• 17:43
  problem.
• 17:44
  Richard
• 17:45
  Donner
• 17:45
  had
• 17:45
  never
• 17:45
  worked
• 17:46
  with
• 17:46
  anyone
• 17:46
  quite
• 17:47
  like
• 17:47
  Bill
• 17:47
  Murray,
• 17:48
  and
• 17:48
  he
• 17:48
  wrote,
• 17:49
  ring,
• 17:49
  Direct
• 17:49
  Bill
• 17:50
  Murray.
• 17:50
  You
• 17:50
  just
• 17:51
  let
• 17:51
  him
• 17:51
  be
• 17:51
  Bill
• 17:51
  Murray.
• 17:52
  One
• 17:53
  of
• 17:53
  Donner's
• 17:53
  famous
• 17:54
  quotes
• 17:54
  about
• 17:54
  working
• 17:54
  with
• 17:55
  him
• 17:55
  on
• 17:55
  this
• 17:55
  movie
• 17:56
  was,
• 17:56
  quote,
• 17:57
  you
• 17:57
  don't
• 17:57
  direct
• 17:58
  Billy,
• 17:58
  you
• 17:59
  pull
• 17:59
  him
• 17:59
  back.
• 18:01
  He
• 18:01
  added,
• 18:01
  quote,
• 18:02
  Billy
• 18:03
  really
• 18:03
  became
• 18:03
  an
• 18:03
  actor
• 18:04
  to
• 18:04
  me
• 18:04
  during
• 18:04
  Scrooge.
• 18:05
  I
• 18:05
  had
• 18:06
  always
• 18:06
  thought
• 18:06
  of
• 18:06
  him
• 18:06
  as
• 18:07
  an
• 18:07
  entertainer.
• 18:08
  Now,
• 18:08
  having
• 18:08
  worked
• 18:09
  with
• 18:09
  him,
• 18:09
  I
• 18:10
  could
• 18:10
  see
• 18:10
  him
• 18:10
  playing
• 18:10
  a
• 18:11
  heavy.
• 18:11
  He's
• 18:12
  a
• 18:12
  good
• 18:12
  enough
• 18:12
  actor.
• 18:13
  You
• 18:13
  give
• 18:13
  him
• 18:14
  a
• 18:14
  platform,
• 18:14
  make
• 18:15
  him
• 18:15
  as
• 18:15
  comfortable
• 18:16
  as
• 18:16
  possible,
• 18:16
  and
• 18:17
  he
• 18:17
  comes
• 18:17
  at
• 18:17
  you
• 18:18
  from
• 18:18
  every
• 18:18
  direction.
• 18:19
  He
• 18:19
  did
• 18:19
  for
• 18:20
  me.
• 18:21
  Filming
• 18:22
  was
• 18:22
  long.
• 18:23
  Murray's
• 18:23
  improvisational
• 18:24
  style
• 18:24
  meant
• 18:25
  he
• 18:25
  wanted
• 18:25
  takes
• 18:26
  to
• 18:26
  be
• 18:26
  one
• 18:26
  and
• 18:26
  done.
• 18:27
  He
• 18:27
  wanted
• 18:28
  his
• 18:28
  dialogue
• 18:28
  to
• 18:28
  be
• 18:29
  spontaneous.
• 18:30
  He'd
• 18:30
  worked
• 18:30
  with
• 18:31
  Mitch
• 18:31
  Glazer
• 18:31
  and
• 18:31
  Michael
• 18:32
  O'Donaghue
• 18:32
  on
• 18:32
  snl.
• 18:33
  He
• 18:33
  trusted
• 18:34
  them
• 18:34
  and
• 18:34
  he
• 18:34
  wanted
• 18:35
  to
• 18:35
  follow
• 18:35
  his
• 18:35
  own
• 18:36
  process.
• 18:37
  Donner
• 18:37
  had
• 18:37
  his
• 18:37
  own
• 18:38
  way
• 18:38
  of
• 18:38
  doing
• 18:38
  things.
• 18:39
  He
• 18:39
  wanted
• 18:39
  lots
• 18:39
  of
• 18:40
  takes,
• 18:40
  wanted
• 18:41
  Murray
• 18:41
  in
• 18:41
  full
• 18:41
  Murray
• 18:42
  mode.
• 18:43
  Murray
• 18:43
  would
• 18:43
  later
• 18:43
  say,
• 18:44
  quote,
• 18:44
  he
• 18:46
  kept
• 18:46
  telling
• 18:46
  me
• 18:46
  to
• 18:47
  do
• 18:47
  things
• 18:47
  louder,
• 18:48
  louder,
• 18:48
  louder.
• 18:49
  I
• 18:49
  think
• 18:49
  he
• 18:49
  was
• 18:50
  deaf,
• 18:50
  unquote.
• 18:51
  It
• 18:51
  was
• 18:52
  becoming
• 18:52
  clear
• 18:52
  both
• 18:53
  men
• 18:53
  had
• 18:53
  different
• 18:54
  visions
• 18:54
  for
• 18:54
  Scrooged.
• 18:55
  And
• 18:56
  Scrooged
• 18:56
  was
• 18:56
  a
• 18:57
  difficult
• 18:57
  movie
• 18:57
  for
• 18:57
  Bill
• 18:58
  Murray.
• 18:58
  He
• 18:58
  didn't
• 18:59
  have
• 18:59
  the
• 18:59
  luxury
• 19:00
  of
• 19:00
  playing
• 19:00
  in
• 19:00
  an
• 19:01
  ensemble
• 19:01
  like
• 19:02
  Ghostbusters.
• 19:03
  He
• 19:03
  was
• 19:03
  the
• 19:03
  sole
• 19:04
  star
• 19:04
  of
• 19:04
  the
• 19:04
  movie
• 19:05
  and
• 19:05
  had
• 19:05
  the
• 19:05
  responsibility
• 19:06
  of
• 19:07
  carrying
• 19:07
  an
• 19:07
  entire
• 19:08
  movie
• 19:08
  on
• 19:08
  his
• 19:09
  shoulders.
• 19:10
  Despite
• 19:10
  a
• 19:10
  big
• 19:10
  name
• 19:11
  supporting
• 19:11
  cast
• 19:12
  including
• 19:12
  Karen
• 19:13
  Allen,
• 19:13
  Bobcat
• 19:14
  Goldthwait,
• 19:15
  John
• 19:15
  Glover
• 19:16
  and
• 19:16
  Robert
• 19:16
  Mitchum,
• 19:17
  Murray
• 19:18
  had
• 19:18
  quite
• 19:18
  a
• 19:18
  bit
• 19:18
  of
• 19:19
  the
• 19:19
  say
• 19:19
  on
• 19:19
  who
• 19:19
  was
• 19:20
  cast
• 19:20
  in
• 19:20
  the
• 19:20
  movie,
• 19:21
  including
• 19:21
  three
• 19:21
  of
• 19:22
  his
• 19:22
  brothers
• 19:22
  in
• 19:22
  various
• 19:23
  roles,
• 19:23
  as
• 19:23
  I've
• 19:23
  already
• 19:24
  said,
• 19:24
  and
• 19:25
  his
• 19:25
  friend,
• 19:25
  singer
• 19:26
  songwriter
• 19:26
  David
• 19:27
  Johansson,
• 19:27
  the
• 19:27
  lead
• 19:28
  singer
• 19:28
  of
• 19:28
  the
• 19:28
  New
• 19:28
  York
• 19:28
  Dolls.
• 19:29
  As
• 19:29
  the
• 19:30
  Ghost
• 19:30
  of
• 19:30
  Christmas
• 19:30
  Past.
• 19:31
  He
• 19:31
  was
• 19:32
  even
• 19:32
  the
• 19:32
  one
• 19:32
  who
• 19:32
  persuaded
• 19:33
  Robert
• 19:33
  Mitchum
• 19:34
  to
• 19:34
  join
• 19:34
  the
• 19:34
  movie.
• 19:35
  After
• 19:35
  Mitchum
• 19:36
  initially
• 19:36
  turned
• 19:36
  the
• 19:37
  role
• 19:37
  down.
• 19:38
  Bill
• 19:38
  Murray
• 19:39
  would
• 19:39
  admit
• 19:39
  afterwards
• 19:40
  that
• 19:40
  the
• 19:40
  filming
• 19:41
  of
• 19:41
  the
• 19:41
  movie
• 19:41
  was
• 19:41
  a
• 19:41
  miserable
• 19:42
  experience
• 19:42
  for
• 19:43
  him
• 19:43
  for
• 19:43
  several
• 19:44
  reasons.
• 19:45
  Thankfully,
• 19:45
  decades
• 19:46
  later,
• 19:46
  he
• 19:46
  would
• 19:47
  look
• 19:47
  back
• 19:47
  at
• 19:47
  the
• 19:47
  experience
• 19:48
  fondly.
• 19:49
  But
• 19:49
  then
• 19:49
  the
• 19:49
  passage
• 19:49
  of
• 19:50
  time
• 19:50
  tends
• 19:50
  to
• 19:50
  change
• 19:51
  opinions.
• 19:52
  Murray's
• 19:52
  experiences
• 19:53
  working
• 19:53
  with
• 19:53
  Richard
• 19:54
  Donner
• 19:54
  were
• 19:54
  one
• 19:55
  thing,
• 19:55
  but
• 19:55
  his
• 19:56
  experiences
• 19:56
  working
• 19:56
  with
• 19:57
  Carol
• 19:57
  Kane
• 19:58
  were
• 19:58
  another.
• 20:00
  Kane's
• 20:00
  Ghost
• 20:00
  of
• 20:01
  Christmas
• 20:01
  Present
• 20:01
  was
• 20:02
  a
• 20:02
  beautiful,
• 20:02
  dainty
• 20:03
  ballerina
• 20:04
  fairy,
• 20:04
  but
• 20:05
  wouldn't
• 20:05
  pull
• 20:05
  her
• 20:05
  punches
• 20:06
  when
• 20:06
  it
• 20:06
  came
• 20:06
  to
• 20:06
  dealing
• 20:07
  With
• 20:07
  Frank
• 20:07
  Cross,
• 20:08
  quite
• 20:09
  literally.
• 20:09
  It
• 20:10
  was
• 20:10
  Bill
• 20:10
  Murray's
• 20:11
  idea
• 20:11
  for
• 20:11
  the
• 20:11
  scenes
• 20:11
  to
• 20:12
  be
• 20:12
  physical
• 20:12
  between
• 20:12
  the
• 20:13
  two
• 20:13
  characters
• 20:13
  and
• 20:14
  for
• 20:14
  hers
• 20:14
  to
• 20:15
  not
• 20:15
  hold
• 20:15
  back
• 20:15
  from
• 20:15
  it.
• 20:16
  And
• 20:16
  because
• 20:17
  of
• 20:17
  it,
• 20:17
  Kane
• 20:17
  would
• 20:18
  become
• 20:18
  quite
• 20:18
  emotional
• 20:19
  for
• 20:19
  how
• 20:19
  violent
• 20:20
  her
• 20:20
  character
• 20:20
  was
• 20:20
  being.
• 20:21
  The
• 20:21
  role
• 20:22
  was
• 20:22
  physically
• 20:22
  demanding
• 20:23
  for
• 20:23
  both
• 20:23
  actors,
• 20:24
  with
• 20:24
  Kane
• 20:25
  punching,
• 20:25
  pinching
• 20:26
  and
• 20:26
  hitting
• 20:27
  Frank
• 20:27
  with
• 20:27
  a
• 20:27
  toaster.
• 20:28
  When
• 20:28
  she
• 20:29
  pulled
• 20:29
  Bill
• 20:29
  Murray's
• 20:30
  lip,
• 20:30
  it
• 20:30
  really
• 20:31
  pulled
• 20:31
  his
• 20:31
  lips
• 20:31
  from
• 20:32
  his
• 20:32
  gums,
• 20:32
  injuring
• 20:33
  him
• 20:33
  and
• 20:33
  pausing
• 20:34
  filming
• 20:34
  for
• 20:34
  a
• 20:35
  few
• 20:35
  days.
• 20:36
  Kane
• 20:36
  would
• 20:36
  often
• 20:36
  break
• 20:37
  down
• 20:37
  on
• 20:37
  set,
• 20:37
  spending
• 20:38
  20
• 20:38
  minutes
• 20:39
  crying
• 20:39
  before
• 20:39
  filming
• 20:40
  could
• 20:40
  resume.
• 20:41
  And
• 20:41
  Bill
• 20:41
  Murray's
• 20:42
  wasn't
• 20:42
  the
• 20:42
  only
• 20:42
  real
• 20:43
  injury
• 20:43
  either.
• 20:44
  When
• 20:44
  Frank
• 20:45
  is
• 20:45
  startled
• 20:45
  by
• 20:46
  what
• 20:46
  he
• 20:46
  thinks
• 20:46
  is
• 20:46
  the
• 20:46
  Ghost
• 20:47
  of
• 20:47
  Christmas
• 20:47
  Future,
• 20:48
  he
• 20:48
  elbows
• 20:49
  his
• 20:49
  secretary
• 20:49
  Grace
• 20:50
  in
• 20:50
  the
• 20:50
  jaw.
• 20:51
  And
• 20:51
  Bill
• 20:51
  Murray
• 20:52
  did
• 20:52
  accidentally
• 20:53
  hit
• 20:53
  Alfre
• 20:54
  Woodard
• 20:54
  in
• 20:54
  the
• 20:54
  face.
• 20:55
  Carol
• 20:56
  Kane's
• 20:56
  scenes
• 20:56
  would
• 20:57
  feature
• 20:57
  a
• 20:57
  ballet
• 20:58
  dance,
• 20:58
  and
• 20:59
  she
• 20:59
  trained
• 20:59
  for
• 20:59
  weeks
• 21:00
  to
• 21:00
  learn
• 21:00
  the
• 21:00
  dance,
• 21:00
  knowing
• 21:01
  that
• 21:01
  a
• 21:01
  real
• 21:01
  ballerina
• 21:02
  would
• 21:02
  be
• 21:02
  doubling
• 21:03
  for
• 21:03
  her.
• 21:03
  She
• 21:04
  showed
• 21:04
  J.
• 21:04
  Michael
• 21:05
  Riva,
• 21:05
  the
• 21:05
  film's
• 21:06
  art
• 21:06
  director,
• 21:06
  her
• 21:07
  dance
• 21:07
  at
• 21:07
  the
• 21:07
  studio
• 21:08
  and
• 21:08
  he
• 21:08
  started
• 21:09
  laughing
• 21:09
  hysterically.
• 21:11
  Kate
• 21:11
  tried
• 21:12
  so
• 21:12
  hard
• 21:12
  to
• 21:12
  learn
• 21:12
  the
• 21:13
  dance
• 21:13
  and
• 21:13
  it
• 21:13
  just
• 21:13
  turned
• 21:14
  out
• 21:14
  to
• 21:14
  be
• 21:15
  really
• 21:15
  quite
• 21:15
  bad.
• 21:16
  So
• 21:16
  instead
• 21:16
  of
• 21:16
  having
• 21:17
  a
• 21:17
  perfect
• 21:17
  dance
• 21:18
  double,
• 21:18
  they
• 21:18
  got
• 21:19
  Kane
• 21:19
  to
• 21:19
  dance
• 21:19
  it
• 21:20
  for
• 21:20
  real,
• 21:20
  just
• 21:20
  to
• 21:21
  show
• 21:21
  the
• 21:21
  character
• 21:22
  trying
• 21:22
  to
• 21:22
  dance.
• 21:23
  Kane
• 21:24
  would
• 21:24
  graciously
• 21:25
  call
• 21:25
  the
• 21:25
  choice
• 21:25
  by
• 21:25
  Riva
• 21:26
  and
• 21:26
  Richard
• 21:26
  Donner
• 21:27
  courageous
• 21:28
  and
• 21:28
  creative.
• 21:29
  She
• 21:29
  would
• 21:29
  have
• 21:30
  fond
• 21:30
  memories
• 21:30
  of
• 21:30
  working
• 21:31
  with
• 21:31
  Murray.
• 21:32
  Him,
• 21:32
  probably
• 21:32
  not
• 21:33
  so
• 21:33
  much.
• 21:34
  In
• 21:34
  a
• 21:35
  1988
• 21:35
  NA
• 21:36
  Times
• 21:36
  interview,
• 21:37
  John
• 21:37
  Glover,
• 21:37
  who
• 21:38
  played
• 21:38
  Brice,
• 21:39
  said
• 21:39
  he
• 21:39
  based
• 21:40
  his
• 21:40
  character
• 21:40
  on
• 21:40
  TV
• 21:41
  producer
• 21:41
  Don
• 21:42
  Ohlmeyer,
• 21:43
  one
• 21:43
  of
• 21:43
  America's
• 21:44
  most
• 21:44
  well
• 21:44
  known
• 21:45
  TV
• 21:45
  producers
• 21:46
  and
• 21:46
  the
• 21:46
  former
• 21:46
  president
• 21:47
  of
• 21:47
  NBC's
• 21:48
  West
• 21:48
  coast
• 21:48
  division.
• 21:49
  Almayer
• 21:50
  actually
• 21:51
  fired
• 21:51
  Norm
• 21:51
  MacDonald
• 21:52
  from
• 21:52
  Saturday
• 21:52
  Night
• 21:53
  Live
• 21:53
  in
• 21:53
  early
• 21:53
  1998,
• 21:55
  a
• 21:55
  move
• 21:55
  that
• 21:55
  was
• 21:55
  widely
• 21:56
  believed
• 21:56
  to
• 21:56
  have
• 21:56
  been
• 21:57
  motivated
• 21:57
  by
• 21:58
  MacDonald's
• 21:58
  refusal
• 21:59
  to
• 21:59
  stop
• 21:59
  making
• 22:00
  jokes
• 22:00
  at
• 22:01
  the
• 22:01
  expense
• 22:01
  of
• 22:01
  Ohlmeyer's
• 22:02
  golfing
• 22:03
  buddy,
• 22:03
  O.J.
• 22:04
  simpson.
• 22:05
  Glover
• 22:05
  visited
• 22:06
  Ohlmeyer
• 22:07
  for
• 22:07
  tips
• 22:07
  on
• 22:07
  his
• 22:08
  performance.
• 22:08
  Quote,
• 22:09
  he
• 22:09
  told
• 22:09
  me
• 22:10
  about
• 22:10
  what
• 22:10
  he
• 22:10
  wanted
• 22:11
  to
• 22:11
  do
• 22:11
  and
• 22:11
  what
• 22:11
  he
• 22:12
  had
• 22:12
  to
• 22:12
  do
• 22:12
  to
• 22:12
  get
• 22:12
  ahead.
• 22:13
  He
• 22:13
  did
• 22:13
  it
• 22:14
  ethically,
• 22:14
  but
• 22:15
  I
• 22:15
  concentrated
• 22:16
  just
• 22:16
  on
• 22:16
  the
• 22:16
  success
• 22:16
  and
• 22:17
  drive
• 22:17
  part
• 22:17
  of
• 22:18
  his
• 22:18
  character
• 22:18
  and
• 22:19
  forgot
• 22:19
  about
• 22:19
  his
• 22:20
  ethics,
• 22:20
  unquote.
• 22:22
  At
• 22:22
  the
• 22:22
  very
• 22:22
  start
• 22:22
  of
• 22:23
  the
• 22:23
  movie,
• 22:23
  we
• 22:23
  see
• 22:23
  exactly
• 22:24
  what
• 22:24
  Santa
• 22:24
  thinks
• 22:25
  of
• 22:25
  terrorists
• 22:26
  as
• 22:26
  the
• 22:26
  Night
• 22:26
  the
• 22:27
  Reindeer
• 22:27
  Died
• 22:27
  plays
• 22:28
  out.
• 22:28
  Originally,
• 22:29
  Lee
• 22:29
  Marvin
• 22:30
  was
• 22:30
  cast
• 22:30
  as
• 22:30
  Santa
• 22:31
  Claus,
• 22:31
  but
• 22:31
  He
• 22:31
  died
• 22:32
  in
• 22:32
  August
• 22:32
  1987
• 22:33
  during
• 22:34
  pre
• 22:34
  production.
• 22:35
  Lee
• 22:35
  Manger's
• 22:36
  action
• 22:36
  hero
• 22:37
  role
• 22:37
  was
• 22:37
  originally
• 22:38
  written
• 22:38
  for
• 22:38
  Chuck
• 22:38
  Norris,
• 22:39
  but
• 22:40
  reportedly
• 22:40
  Mel
• 22:41
  Gibson
• 22:41
  was
• 22:41
  also
• 22:42
  considered
• 22:42
  and
• 22:43
  Richard
• 22:43
  Donner
• 22:43
  obviously
• 22:44
  had
• 22:44
  the
• 22:44
  guy
• 22:44
  on
• 22:45
  speed
• 22:45
  dial.
• 22:45
  After
• 22:46
  Lethal
• 22:46
  Weapon,
• 22:47
  everyone
• 22:47
  was
• 22:48
  Attracted
• 22:48
  to
• 22:48
  the
• 22:48
  movie
• 22:49
  because
• 22:49
  of
• 22:49
  its
• 22:49
  great
• 22:50
  script.
• 22:50
  But
• 22:50
  there
• 22:51
  ended
• 22:51
  up
• 22:51
  being
• 22:51
  a
• 22:52
  lot
• 22:52
  of
• 22:52
  improvisation
• 22:53
  on
• 22:53
  set.
• 22:54
  Scenes
• 22:54
  were
• 22:54
  planned,
• 22:55
  but
• 22:55
  actors
• 22:55
  were
• 22:55
  encouraged
• 22:56
  to
• 22:56
  improvise
• 22:57
  and
• 22:57
  often
• 22:57
  scenes
• 22:58
  were
• 22:58
  rewritten
• 22:59
  on
• 22:59
  set.
• 23:00
  They
• 23:00
  also
• 23:00
  filmed
• 23:01
  on
• 23:01
  location
• 23:01
  in
• 23:01
  New
• 23:02
  York
• 23:02
  in
• 23:02
  the
• 23:03
  middle
• 23:03
  of
• 23:03
  winter
• 23:03
  in
• 23:03
  1987,
• 23:05
  often
• 23:05
  starting
• 23:06
  at
• 23:06
  5am
• 23:06
  when
• 23:07
  it
• 23:07
  was
• 23:07
  bitterly
• 23:07
  cold.
• 23:08
  O'Donoghue
• 23:09
  would
• 23:09
  estimate
• 23:10
  that
• 23:10
  only
• 23:10
  40%
• 23:11
  of
• 23:11
  his
• 23:12
  and
• 23:12
  Glazer's
• 23:13
  original
• 23:13
  script
• 23:13
  ended
• 23:14
  on
• 23:14
  screen.
• 23:16
  There
• 23:16
  was
• 23:16
  a
• 23:16
  lot
• 23:16
  of
• 23:16
  material
• 23:17
  shot
• 23:17
  over
• 23:18
  the
• 23:18
  three
• 23:18
  and
• 23:18
  a
• 23:18
  half
• 23:18
  months
• 23:19
  of
• 23:19
  filming
• 23:19
  between
• 23:20
  December
• 23:20
  1987
• 23:21
  and
• 23:21
  March
• 23:22
  1988.
• 23:23
  Many
• 23:23
  scenes
• 23:24
  that
• 23:24
  were
• 23:24
  filmed
• 23:24
  but
• 23:25
  have
• 23:25
  never
• 23:25
  seen
• 23:25
  the
• 23:25
  light
• 23:26
  of
• 23:26
  day,
• 23:26
  not
• 23:27
  even
• 23:27
  an
• 23:27
  extended
• 23:28
  edition
• 23:28
  or
• 23:28
  director's
• 23:29
  cut.
• 23:30
  The
• 23:30
  fake
• 23:30
  snow
• 23:31
  they
• 23:31
  used
• 23:31
  on
• 23:31
  set
• 23:32
  allegedly
• 23:32
  caused
• 23:33
  Bill
• 23:33
  Murray
• 23:33
  to
• 23:33
  cough
• 23:34
  up
• 23:34
  blood.
• 23:35
  And
• 23:35
  when
• 23:35
  it
• 23:35
  came
• 23:35
  to
• 23:35
  the
• 23:36
  movie's
• 23:36
  final
• 23:36
  redemption
• 23:37
  speech,
• 23:37
  o'Donoghue
• 23:38
  and
• 23:38
  Glazer
• 23:39
  wrote
• 23:39
  a
• 23:40
  moving,
• 23:40
  inspired
• 23:41
  speech
• 23:41
  for
• 23:41
  Frank
• 23:42
  Cross.
• 23:42
  They
• 23:43
  desperately
• 23:43
  wanted
• 23:44
  Bill
• 23:44
  Murray
• 23:45
  to
• 23:45
  read
• 23:45
  the
• 23:45
  speech
• 23:45
  as
• 23:46
  written
• 23:46
  in
• 23:46
  the
• 23:47
  script.
• 23:47
  But
• 23:48
  Murray
• 23:48
  instead
• 23:49
  went
• 23:49
  off
• 23:49
  on
• 23:49
  a
• 23:50
  big,
• 23:50
  emotional,
• 23:51
  completely
• 23:52
  unscripted
• 23:52
  tirade.
• 23:53
  The
• 23:53
  casting
• 23:54
  crew
• 23:54
  thought
• 23:54
  that
• 23:54
  he
• 23:54
  was
• 23:55
  having
• 23:55
  a
• 23:55
  nervous
• 23:55
  breakdown
• 23:57
  as
• 23:57
  gave
• 23:57
  him
• 23:57
  a
• 23:57
  mini
• 23:58
  ovation
• 23:58
  at
• 23:58
  the
• 23:58
  end
• 23:59
  of
• 23:59
  his
• 23:59
  frenzied
• 23:59
  speech.
• 24:00
  But
• 24:00
  after
• 24:00
  the
• 24:01
  applause
• 24:01
  died
• 24:01
  down,
• 24:02
  o'Donoghue
• 24:03
  voiced
• 24:03
  his
• 24:03
  displeasure,
• 24:04
  only
• 24:04
  to
• 24:05
  be
• 24:05
  punched
• 24:05
  in
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  arm
• 24:05
  by
• 24:06
  Richard
• 24:06
  Donner.
• 24:07
  Murray's
• 24:07
  performance
• 24:08
  during
• 24:08
  the
• 24:08
  closing
• 24:09
  credits
• 24:09
  to
• 24:09
  get
• 24:09
  the
• 24:09
  cinema
• 24:10
  audiences
• 24:10
  to
• 24:11
  participate
• 24:11
  in
• 24:11
  the
• 24:11
  sing
• 24:12
  song
• 24:12
  were
• 24:13
  also
• 24:13
  completely
• 24:13
  ad
• 24:14
  libbed.
• 24:15
  But
• 24:15
  fundamentally,
• 24:16
  this
• 24:16
  is
• 24:16
  a
• 24:16
  movie
• 24:16
  about
• 24:17
  spirits.
• 24:18
  And
• 24:18
  speaking
• 24:18
  of
• 24:18
  spirits,
• 24:19
  this
• 24:19
  is
• 24:20
  also
• 24:20
  the
• 24:20
  last
• 24:21
  movie
• 24:21
  appearance
• 24:21
  for
• 24:22
  a
• 24:22
  couple
• 24:22
  of
• 24:22
  people.
• 24:23
  Oscar
• 24:24
  winner
• 24:24
  John
• 24:24
  Houseman
• 24:25
  died
• 24:25
  the
• 24:25
  month
• 24:25
  before
• 24:26
  the
• 24:26
  movie
• 24:26
  was
• 24:26
  released.
• 24:27
  Oscar
• 24:28
  nominee
• 24:28
  Anne
• 24:28
  Ramsay
• 24:29
  died
• 24:29
  a
• 24:29
  few
• 24:30
  months
• 24:30
  before
• 24:30
  its
• 24:30
  release.
• 24:31
  Unit
• 24:32
  production
• 24:32
  manager
• 24:32
  and
• 24:33
  executive
• 24:33
  producer
• 24:34
  Roger
• 24:34
  M.
• 24:34
  Rothstein
• 24:35
  and
• 24:35
  art
• 24:36
  department
• 24:36
  set
• 24:36
  construction
• 24:37
  coordinator
• 24:38
  Robert
• 24:38
  Scaife
• 24:39
  also
• 24:39
  passed
• 24:40
  away
• 24:40
  shortly
• 24:40
  after
• 24:41
  filming.
• 24:41
  This
• 24:42
  movie
• 24:42
  would
• 24:42
  also
• 24:43
  be
• 24:43
  the
• 24:43
  last
• 24:44
  on
• 24:44
  screen
• 24:44
  appearance
• 24:44
  for
• 24:45
  the
• 24:45
  Solid
• 24:45
  Gold
• 24:45
  Dancers.
• 24:46
  Not
• 24:47
  that
• 24:47
  they
• 24:47
  died,
• 24:47
  but
• 24:48
  their
• 24:48
  TV
• 24:48
  show
• 24:48
  was
• 24:49
  cancelled
• 24:49
  in
• 24:49
  July
• 24:50
  of
• 24:50
  1988.
• 24:52
  Scrooged
• 24:52
  is
• 24:52
  dedicated
• 24:53
  to
• 24:53
  Robert
• 24:53
  Scaife,
• 24:54
  Anne
• 24:54
  Ramsay
• 24:55
  and
• 24:55
  Roger
• 24:56
  M.
• 24:56
  Rothstein.
• 24:57
  And
• 24:58
  this
• 24:58
  is
• 24:58
  where
• 24:58
  I
• 24:58
  segue
• 24:59
  into
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  obligatory
• 24:59
  Keanu
• 25:00
  reference
• 25:00
  of
• 25:01
  this
• 25:01
  episode.
• 25:01
  And
• 25:02
  if
• 25:02
  you
• 25:02
  don't
• 25:02
  know
• 25:02
  one
• 25:02
  of
• 25:02
  those,
• 25:03
  it's
• 25:03
  why
• 25:03
  I
• 25:03
  try
• 25:03
  and
• 25:03
  link
• 25:04
  every
• 25:04
  meal
• 25:04
  that
• 25:04
  I
• 25:04
  feature
• 25:05
  with
• 25:05
  Keanu
• 25:06
  Reeves
• 25:06
  for
• 25:07
  no
• 25:07
  reason
• 25:07
  other
• 25:07
  than
• 25:08
  he
• 25:08
  is
• 25:08
  no
• 25:08
  Scrooge
• 25:09
  and
• 25:09
  he
• 25:09
  is
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  best
• 25:09
  of
• 25:09
  men.
• 25:10
  But
• 25:11
  this
• 25:11
  was
• 25:11
  actually
• 25:12
  incredibly
• 25:12
  difficult
• 25:13
  because
• 25:13
  trying
• 25:14
  to
• 25:14
  link
• 25:14
  Keanu
• 25:14
  Reeves
• 25:15
  to
• 25:15
  a
• 25:16
  character
• 25:16
  like
• 25:16
  Ebenezer
• 25:17
  Scrooge
• 25:17
  or
• 25:18
  Frank
• 25:18
  Cross
• 25:18
  is
• 25:19
  not
• 25:19
  easy.
• 25:20
  I
• 25:21
  actually
• 25:21
  found
• 25:22
  a
• 25:22
  movie
• 25:23
  that
• 25:23
  came
• 25:23
  out
• 25:23
  this
• 25:24
  year
• 25:24
  in
• 25:24
  2025,
• 25:26
  a
• 25:26
  movie
• 25:26
  directed
• 25:27
  by
• 25:27
  Aziz
• 25:27
  Ansari,
• 25:29
  starring
• 25:29
  Seth
• 25:30
  Rogen,
• 25:30
  Aziz
• 25:31
  Ansari,
• 25:31
  Kiki
• 25:32
  Palmer,
• 25:32
  Sandra
• 25:33
  oh
• 25:33
  and
• 25:34
  Keanu
• 25:34
  Reeves.
• 25:35
  It's
• 25:35
  a
• 25:35
  movie
• 25:36
  called
• 25:36
  Good
• 25:36
  Fortune
• 25:37
  and
• 25:37
  the
• 25:37
  reason
• 25:38
  why
• 25:38
  I'm
• 25:38
  mentioning
• 25:39
  Good
• 25:39
  Fortune
• 25:40
  is
• 25:40
  that
• 25:40
  I
• 25:41
  found
• 25:41
  a
• 25:41
  review
• 25:41
  that
• 25:41
  described
• 25:42
  it
• 25:42
  as
• 25:42
  a
• 25:43
  character
• 25:43
  having
• 25:43
  a
• 25:43
  Christmas
• 25:44
  Carol
• 25:44
  style
• 25:45
  awakening
• 25:46
  as
• 25:46
  supernatural
• 25:47
  intervention
• 25:48
  shows
• 25:48
  him
• 25:48
  what
• 25:48
  a
• 25:49
  rich,
• 25:49
  selfish
• 25:50
  Scrooge
• 25:51
  he's
• 25:51
  become.
• 25:52
  Keanu
• 25:52
  Reeves
• 25:53
  plays
• 25:53
  an
• 25:53
  angel
• 25:54
  in
• 25:54
  the
• 25:54
  movie
• 25:54
  because
• 25:55
  of
• 25:55
  course
• 25:55
  he
• 25:55
  plays
• 25:55
  an
• 25:56
  angel
• 25:56
  in
• 25:56
  the
• 25:56
  movie.
• 25:57
  I
• 25:57
  have
• 25:57
  not
• 25:58
  seen
• 25:58
  Good
• 25:58
  Fortune,
• 25:59
  but
• 25:59
  it
• 25:59
  is
• 26:00
  the
• 26:00
  easiest
• 26:00
  way
• 26:00
  to
• 26:01
  link
• 26:01
  Keanu
• 26:01
  Reeves
• 26:02
  to
• 26:02
  a
• 26:02
  character
• 26:03
  like
• 26:03
  Frank
• 26:04
  Cross
• 26:04
  and
• 26:05
  a
• 26:05
  movie
• 26:06
  that's
• 26:06
  based
• 26:06
  on
• 26:06
  A
• 26:07
  Christmas
• 26:07
  Carol.
• 26:08
  The
• 26:09
  score
• 26:09
  for
• 26:09
  Scrooge
• 26:10
  was
• 26:10
  composed
• 26:10
  by
• 26:11
  Danny
• 26:11
  Elfman
• 26:12
  and
• 26:12
  this
• 26:12
  was
• 26:12
  before
• 26:13
  Batman
• 26:13
  and
• 26:13
  Edward
• 26:14
  Scissorhands
• 26:15
  made
• 26:15
  him
• 26:15
  one
• 26:15
  of
• 26:15
  Hollywood's
• 26:16
  go
• 26:16
  to
• 26:16
  composers.
• 26:17
  Scrooged
• 26:18
  was
• 26:18
  Elfman's
• 26:19
  first
• 26:19
  big
• 26:19
  budget
• 26:20
  Hollywood
• 26:20
  score
• 26:21
  and
• 26:21
  had
• 26:22
  to
• 26:22
  mix
• 26:22
  wildly
• 26:23
  broad
• 26:23
  comedy,
• 26:24
  holiday
• 26:24
  cheer,
• 26:25
  gothic
• 26:25
  horror
• 26:26
  and
• 26:26
  emotional
• 26:27
  drama.
• 26:27
  The
• 26:28
  song
• 26:28
  Put
• 26:28
  a
• 26:28
  Little
• 26:29
  Love
• 26:29
  in
• 26:29
  youn
• 26:29
  Heart
• 26:29
  was
• 26:30
  released
• 26:30
  as
• 26:30
  a
• 26:30
  single
• 26:31
  by
• 26:31
  Annie
• 26:31
  Lennox
• 26:32
  and
• 26:32
  Al
• 26:32
  Green.
• 26:33
  The
• 26:34
  studio
• 26:34
  did
• 26:34
  some
• 26:34
  pre
• 26:35
  release
• 26:35
  audience
• 26:35
  screenings
• 26:36
  for
• 26:36
  Scrooge
• 26:37
  in
• 26:37
  summer
• 26:37
  1988
• 26:39
  and
• 26:39
  those
• 26:39
  screenings
• 26:40
  were
• 26:40
  positive,
• 26:41
  with
• 26:41
  93%
• 26:42
  of
• 26:42
  viewers
• 26:43
  rating
• 26:44
  the
• 26:44
  film
• 26:44
  as
• 26:44
  very
• 26:45
  good,
• 26:45
  the
• 26:46
  highest
• 26:46
  rating
• 26:46
  Paramount
• 26:47
  Pictures
• 26:47
  had
• 26:48
  received
• 26:48
  at
• 26:48
  the
• 26:48
  time.
• 26:50
  Critics
• 26:50
  screenings
• 26:51
  nearest
• 26:51
  the
• 26:51
  release,
• 26:52
  however,
• 26:52
  were
• 26:53
  met
• 26:53
  with
• 26:53
  mixed
• 26:53
  responses
• 26:55
  and
• 26:55
  Scrooge
• 26:55
  was
• 26:56
  released
• 26:56
  on
• 26:56
  23rd
• 26:57
  November
• 26:58
  1988,
• 26:59
  the
• 26:59
  same
• 26:59
  week
• 27:00
  as
• 27:00
  the
• 27:00
  Land
• 27:00
  Before
• 27:00
  Time
• 27:01
  and
• 27:01
  Oliver
• 27:01
  and
• 27:02
  Company,
• 27:03
  but
• 27:03
  also
• 27:03
  six
• 27:03
  days
• 27:04
  into
• 27:04
  the
• 27:04
  week
• 27:04
  so
• 27:04
  it
• 27:05
  opened
• 27:05
  at
• 27:05
  fifth
• 27:06
  to
• 27:06
  the
• 27:06
  Land
• 27:06
  Before
• 27:06
  Times.
• 27:07
  First,
• 27:07
  it
• 27:08
  jumped
• 27:08
  to
• 27:08
  number
• 27:08
  one
• 27:09
  in
• 27:09
  its
• 27:09
  second
• 27:09
  week
• 27:09
  with
• 27:10
  the
• 27:10
  fourth
• 27:10
  highest
• 27:11
  opening
• 27:11
  weekend
• 27:12
  of
• 27:12
  the
• 27:12
  year.
• 27:12
  It
• 27:13
  would
• 27:13
  stay
• 27:13
  in
• 27:13
  the
• 27:13
  top
• 27:14
  10
• 27:14
  over
• 27:14
  Christmas
• 27:15
  and
• 27:15
  into
• 27:16
  the
• 27:16
  new
• 27:16
  year.
• 27:16
  Over
• 27:17
  eight
• 27:17
  weeks
• 27:18
  on
• 27:18
  its
• 27:18
  budget
• 27:19
  of
• 27:19
  $32
• 27:20
  million,
• 27:20
  Scrooge
• 27:21
  would
• 27:21
  gross
• 27:22
  $60.3
• 27:23
  million
• 27:23
  in
• 27:23
  the
• 27:24
  US
• 27:24
  and
• 27:25
  $40
• 27:25
  million
• 27:26
  internationally
• 27:27
  for
• 27:27
  a
• 27:27
  total
• 27:27
  worldwide
• 27:28
  gross
• 27:28
  of
• 27:28
  $100.3
• 27:29
  million.
• 27:31
  Not
• 27:31
  a
• 27:31
  flop
• 27:31
  by
• 27:32
  any
• 27:32
  means,
• 27:32
  but
• 27:32
  still
• 27:33
  considered
• 27:33
  a
• 27:33
  disappointment
• 27:34
  considering
• 27:35
  the
• 27:35
  star
• 27:35
  power.
• 27:36
  Scrooge
• 27:37
  would
• 27:37
  later
• 27:37
  find
• 27:38
  more
• 27:38
  success
• 27:38
  in
• 27:39
  the
• 27:39
  home
• 27:39
  video
• 27:40
  market
• 27:40
  and
• 27:40
  on
• 27:41
  TV.
• 27:42
  And
• 27:42
  on
• 27:42
  31st
• 27:43
  October
• 27:44
  2006,
• 27:45
  Paramount
• 27:46
  Home
• 27:46
  Entertainment
• 27:47
  announced
• 27:47
  it
• 27:47
  would
• 27:47
  be
• 27:47
  releasing
• 27:48
  Scrooge
• 27:49
  in
• 27:49
  an
• 27:49
  all
• 27:50
  new
• 27:50
  you'll
• 27:50
  Love
• 27:51
  it
• 27:51
  edition
• 27:51
  on
• 27:51
  dvd,
• 27:52
  which
• 27:52
  would
• 27:53
  feature
• 27:53
  commentary
• 27:54
  by
• 27:54
  director
• 27:54
  Richard
• 27:55
  Donner
• 27:55
  and
• 27:55
  featurettes
• 27:56
  called
• 27:57
  Christmas
• 27:57
  to
• 27:57
  Remember,
• 27:58
  updating
• 27:59
  Ebenezer,
• 28:00
  Bringing
• 28:00
  the
• 28:00
  Ghost
• 28:01
  to
• 28:01
  Life,
• 28:01
  the
• 28:02
  Look
• 28:02
  of
• 28:02
  Scrooge
• 28:02
  and
• 28:03
  on
• 28:03
  the
• 28:03
  set
• 28:03
  with
• 28:03
  Bill
• 28:04
  Murray
• 28:04
  Parts
• 28:04
  1
• 28:05
  and
• 28:05
  2.
• 28:06
  Paramount
• 28:07
  promoted
• 28:07
  the
• 28:07
  you'll
• 28:08
  Love
• 28:08
  it
• 28:08
  edition
• 28:09
  as
• 28:09
  late
• 28:10
  as
• 28:10
  September
• 28:10
  of
• 28:11
  2006,
• 28:12
  but
• 28:13
  it
• 28:13
  miraculously
• 28:14
  disappeared
• 28:14
  and
• 28:14
  was
• 28:15
  never
• 28:15
  released.
• 28:17
  Scrooge
• 28:17
  was
• 28:18
  released
• 28:18
  on
• 28:18
  Blu
• 28:18
  Ray
• 28:19
  in
• 28:19
  November
• 28:20
  2011
• 28:20
  with
• 28:21
  none
• 28:21
  of
• 28:21
  those
• 28:21
  additional
• 28:22
  featurettes.
• 28:23
  But
• 28:23
  then
• 28:23
  the
• 28:24
  4K
• 28:24
  version
• 28:24
  of
• 28:25
  Scrooge,
• 28:25
  which
• 28:26
  was
• 28:26
  released
• 28:26
  on
• 28:26
  7
• 28:27
  November
• 28:28
  2023
• 28:29
  for
• 28:29
  the
• 28:29
  film's
• 28:29
  35th
• 28:30
  anniversary,
• 28:31
  contained
• 28:32
  the
• 28:32
  missing
• 28:33
  commentary
• 28:33
  by
• 28:33
  Richard
• 28:34
  Donner
• 28:34
  and
• 28:35
  the
• 28:35
  featurettes
• 28:36
  A
• 28:36
  Christmas
• 28:36
  to
• 28:36
  Remember,
• 28:37
  Updating
• 28:37
  Ebenezer,
• 28:38
  Bringing
• 28:39
  the
• 28:39
  Ghosts
• 28:39
  to
• 28:39
  Life,
• 28:40
  the
• 28:40
  Look
• 28:40
  of
• 28:40
  Scrooge,
• 28:41
  and
• 28:42
  On
• 28:42
  the
• 28:42
  Set
• 28:42
  with
• 28:42
  Bill
• 28:42
  Murray,
• 28:43
  parts
• 28:43
  one
• 28:43
  and
• 28:44
  two.
• 28:44
  So
• 28:45
  we
• 28:45
  did
• 28:46
  get
• 28:46
  the
• 28:46
  you'll
• 28:47
  love
• 28:47
  it
• 28:47
  edition
• 28:48
  eventually.
• 28:50
  Now
• 28:50
  I
• 28:50
  mentioned
• 28:51
  mixed
• 28:51
  reviews,
• 28:51
  and
• 28:52
  this
• 28:52
  is
• 28:52
  something
• 28:52
  that
• 28:53
  has
• 28:53
  plagued
• 28:53
  Fringe
• 28:54
  for
• 28:54
  many
• 28:54
  years.
• 28:56
  It
• 28:56
  currently
• 28:56
  has
• 28:57
  a
• 28:57
  rating
• 28:57
  of
• 28:58
  71%
• 28:59
  on
• 28:59
  rotten
• 28:59
  tomatoes,
• 29:00
  with
• 29:00
  a
• 29:00
  consensus
• 29:01
  of
• 29:02
  Scrooge
• 29:02
  gets
• 29:03
  by
• 29:03
  with
• 29:03
  Bill
• 29:03
  Murray
• 29:04
  and
• 29:04
  a
• 29:04
  dash
• 29:04
  of
• 29:04
  holiday
• 29:05
  spirit.
• 29:05
  Although
• 29:06
  it's
• 29:06
  hampered
• 29:06
  by
• 29:07
  a
• 29:07
  markedly
• 29:07
  conflicted
• 29:08
  tone
• 29:09
  and
• 29:09
  an
• 29:09
  undercurrent
• 29:10
  of
• 29:10
  mean
• 29:10
  spiritedness,
• 29:12
  contemporary
• 29:13
  critics
• 29:13
  seem
• 29:13
  to
• 29:13
  think
• 29:14
  of
• 29:14
  it
• 29:14
  more
• 29:14
  positively
• 29:15
  than
• 29:16
  those
• 29:16
  at
• 29:16
  the
• 29:17
  time.
• 29:17
  Critical
• 29:18
  reviews
• 29:18
  in
• 29:19
  1988
• 29:19
  were
• 29:20
  mixed,
• 29:20
  calling
• 29:21
  it
• 29:21
  unsettling,
• 29:22
  cynical
• 29:23
  and
• 29:23
  dark
• 29:23
  in
• 29:23
  tone.
• 29:25
  Movie
• 29:25
  critic
• 29:26
  Roger
• 29:26
  Ebert
• 29:27
  said
• 29:27
  that
• 29:27
  it
• 29:27
  was
• 29:28
  the
• 29:28
  worst
• 29:28
  film
• 29:28
  adaptation
• 29:29
  of
• 29:29
  A
• 29:29
  Christmas
• 29:30
  Carol
• 29:30
  that
• 29:30
  he'd
• 29:31
  ever
• 29:31
  seen.
• 29:32
  I
• 29:32
  mean,
• 29:33
  it's
• 29:34
  not
• 29:34
  the
• 29:34
  best
• 29:34
  Rog,
• 29:35
  but
• 29:35
  it's
• 29:35
  certainly
• 29:36
  not
• 29:36
  the
• 29:36
  worst,
• 29:37
  he
• 29:37
  would
• 29:37
  say,
• 29:38
  quote,
• 29:39
  scrooge
• 29:39
  is
• 29:39
  one
• 29:40
  of
• 29:40
  the
• 29:40
  most
• 29:40
  disquieting,
• 29:41
  unsettling
• 29:42
  films
• 29:42
  to
• 29:42
  come
• 29:43
  along
• 29:43
  in
• 29:43
  quite
• 29:44
  some
• 29:44
  time.
• 29:45
  It
• 29:45
  was
• 29:45
  obviously
• 29:45
  intended
• 29:46
  as
• 29:46
  a
• 29:46
  comedy,
• 29:47
  but
• 29:47
  there
• 29:47
  is
• 29:47
  little
• 29:48
  comic
• 29:48
  about
• 29:48
  it,
• 29:49
  and
• 29:49
  indeed
• 29:49
  the
• 29:50
  movie's
• 29:50
  overriding
• 29:51
  emotions
• 29:51
  seem
• 29:52
  to
• 29:52
  be
• 29:52
  pain
• 29:52
  and
• 29:53
  anger.
• 29:53
  This
• 29:54
  entire
• 29:54
  production
• 29:55
  seems
• 29:55
  to
• 29:55
  be
• 29:56
  in
• 29:56
  dire
• 29:56
  need
• 29:56
  of
• 29:57
  visits
• 29:57
  from
• 29:57
  the
• 29:58
  ghosts
• 29:58
  of
• 29:58
  Christmas.
• 29:59
  The
• 30:00
  Hollywood
• 30:00
  Reporter
• 30:01
  said
• 30:01
  that
• 30:01
  the
• 30:01
  story
• 30:01
  was
• 30:02
  uproarious
• 30:02
  and
• 30:03
  sometimes
• 30:03
  vitriolic,
• 30:04
  labeling
• 30:05
  it
• 30:05
  a
• 30:05
  scathing
• 30:06
  satire
• 30:06
  of
• 30:06
  the
• 30:07
  entertainment
• 30:07
  industry
• 30:08
  that
• 30:08
  was
• 30:08
  a
• 30:09
  wild
• 30:09
  and
• 30:09
  woolly
• 30:10
  holiday
• 30:10
  feast
• 30:10
  that
• 30:11
  should
• 30:11
  scrape
• 30:11
  off
• 30:11
  the
• 30:12
  competition.
• 30:13
  Jonathan
• 30:14
  Rosenbaum
• 30:14
  called
• 30:15
  Scrooge
• 30:15
  an
• 30:15
  ironic
• 30:16
  film
• 30:16
  for
• 30:16
  seemingly
• 30:17
  condemning
• 30:17
  the
• 30:18
  commercialization
• 30:18
  of
• 30:18
  Christmas
• 30:19
  while
• 30:20
  also
• 30:20
  capitalizing
• 30:21
  on
• 30:21
  it
• 30:21
  taking
• 30:22
  the
• 30:22
  moral
• 30:22
  message
• 30:23
  of
• 30:23
  A
• 30:23
  Christmas
• 30:23
  Carol
• 30:24
  without
• 30:24
  sacrificing
• 30:25
  its
• 30:25
  yuppie
• 30:26
  priorities
• 30:26
  for
• 30:27
  an
• 30:27
  instant.
• 30:28
  The
• 30:28
  movie
• 30:29
  was
• 30:29
  also
• 30:29
  disavowed
• 30:30
  by
• 30:30
  writer
• 30:31
  Michael
• 30:31
  O'Donoghue
• 30:32
  before
• 30:32
  his
• 30:32
  death
• 30:33
  in
• 30:33
  1994.
• 30:34
  He
• 30:34
  died
• 30:35
  when
• 30:35
  he
• 30:35
  was
• 30:35
  only
• 30:36
  54
• 30:36
  years
• 30:36
  of
• 30:37
  age.
• 30:37
  He
• 30:37
  would
• 30:38
  say,
• 30:38
  and
• 30:38
  I'm
• 30:38
  using
• 30:39
  different
• 30:39
  words
• 30:39
  here,
• 30:40
  quote,
• 30:40
  we
• 30:41
  wrote
• 30:41
  an
• 30:41
  effing
• 30:42
  masterpiece.
• 30:43
  We
• 30:43
  wrote
• 30:43
  It
• 30:44
  Happened
• 30:44
  One
• 30:44
  Night.
• 30:45
  We
• 30:45
  wrote
• 30:46
  a
• 30:46
  story
• 30:46
  that
• 30:46
  could
• 30:46
  make
• 30:47
  you
• 30:47
  laugh
• 30:47
  and
• 30:47
  cry.
• 30:48
  You
• 30:48
  would
• 30:48
  have
• 30:49
  wanted
• 30:49
  to
• 30:49
  share
• 30:49
  it
• 30:50
  with
• 30:50
  your
• 30:50
  grandchildren
• 30:51
  every
• 30:51
  effing
• 30:52
  Christmas
• 30:52
  for
• 30:53
  the
• 30:53
  next
• 30:53
  100
• 30:53
  years.
• 30:54
  The
• 30:55
  finished
• 30:55
  film
• 30:55
  was
• 30:55
  A
• 30:56
  piece
• 30:56
  of
• 30:56
  unadulterated,
• 30:57
  unmitigated
• 30:59
  S
• 30:59
  word.
• 31:01
  Michael
• 31:02
  o'Donoghue
• 31:03
  was
• 31:03
  not
• 31:03
  mincing
• 31:04
  his
• 31:04
  words.
• 31:05
  Scrooge
• 31:06
  would
• 31:06
  be
• 31:06
  nominated
• 31:07
  for
• 31:07
  Best
• 31:07
  makeup
• 31:08
  at
• 31:08
  the
• 31:08
  61st
• 31:08
  Academy
• 31:09
  Awards,
• 31:09
  but
• 31:10
  it
• 31:10
  was
• 31:10
  lose
• 31:10
  to
• 31:11
  Beetlejuice,
• 31:11
  which
• 31:11
  is
• 31:12
  another
• 31:12
  Danny
• 31:12
  Elfman
• 31:13
  score
• 31:13
  on
• 31:13
  that
• 31:13
  one.
• 31:14
  I
• 31:15
  mean,
• 31:15
  it's
• 31:15
  no
• 31:15
  the
• 31:15
  Muppet
• 31:16
  Christmas
• 31:16
  Carol,
• 31:17
  but
• 31:17
  it's
• 31:17
  decent
• 31:18
  enough.
• 31:18
  And
• 31:19
  let
• 31:19
  me
• 31:19
  make
• 31:19
  it
• 31:19
  completely
• 31:20
  clear.
• 31:20
  Like
• 31:20
  Jingle
• 31:21
  all
• 31:21
  the
• 31:21
  Way
• 31:21
  the
• 31:21
  last
• 31:22
  episode,
• 31:23
  I
• 31:23
  have
• 31:23
  zero
• 31:24
  emotional
• 31:24
  connection
• 31:25
  to
• 31:25
  this
• 31:25
  movie.
• 31:26
  I
• 31:26
  like
• 31:26
  it,
• 31:27
  but
• 31:27
  I
• 31:27
  don't
• 31:27
  love
• 31:28
  it.
• 31:28
  I
• 31:28
  love
• 31:29
  the
• 31:29
  setting.
• 31:29
  Like
• 31:30
  Jingle
• 31:30
  all
• 31:30
  the
• 31:30
  Way,
• 31:31
  about
• 31:31
  the
• 31:31
  commercialization
• 31:32
  of
• 31:32
  Christmas,
• 31:32
  a
• 31:33
  modern
• 31:33
  take
• 31:33
  on
• 31:33
  A
• 31:34
  Christmas
• 31:34
  Carol.
• 31:34
  It
• 31:35
  is
• 31:35
  a
• 31:35
  story
• 31:35
  that
• 31:36
  transcends
• 31:36
  time.
• 31:37
  But
• 31:38
  while
• 31:38
  Bill
• 31:38
  Murray
• 31:39
  is
• 31:39
  the
• 31:39
  star,
• 31:39
  he's
• 31:40
  also
• 31:40
  somewhat
• 31:40
  its
• 31:41
  downfall.
• 31:42
  It's
• 31:42
  hard
• 31:42
  to
• 31:42
  take
• 31:43
  a
• 31:43
  sincere
• 31:43
  redemption
• 31:44
  arc
• 31:44
  seriously
• 31:45
  when
• 31:46
  you
• 31:46
  have
• 31:46
  Bill
• 31:46
  Murray
• 31:47
  ad
• 31:47
  libbing
• 31:47
  jokes.
• 31:49
  Frank
• 31:49
  Cross
• 31:49
  is
• 31:50
  not
• 31:50
  an
• 31:50
  easy
• 31:50
  character
• 31:51
  to
• 31:51
  like.
• 31:52
  That's
• 31:52
  the
• 31:52
  point.
• 31:53
  But
• 31:53
  his
• 31:53
  redemption
• 31:54
  struggles
• 31:54
  because
• 31:55
  of
• 31:55
  Bill
• 31:55
  Murray,
• 31:56
  because
• 31:56
  he's
• 31:57
  an
• 31:57
  actor
• 31:57
  you
• 31:57
  really
• 31:58
  want
• 31:58
  to
• 31:58
  like,
• 31:59
  even
• 31:59
  when
• 31:59
  he
• 31:59
  plays
• 32:00
  deplorable
• 32:00
  people.
• 32:01
  But
• 32:01
  the
• 32:01
  difference
• 32:02
  between
• 32:02
  Peter
• 32:03
  Venkman,
• 32:03
  a
• 32:04
  slime
• 32:04
  bull
• 32:04
  ghostbuster
• 32:05
  who
• 32:05
  flirts
• 32:05
  with
• 32:06
  young
• 32:06
  women,
• 32:06
  and
• 32:07
  Frank
• 32:07
  Cross,
• 32:07
  who
• 32:08
  literally
• 32:08
  fires
• 32:09
  someone
• 32:09
  for
• 32:09
  voicing
• 32:09
  an
• 32:09
  opinion,
• 32:10
  doesn't
• 32:10
  care.
• 32:10
  An
• 32:11
  old
• 32:11
  lady
• 32:11
  has
• 32:11
  died,
• 32:12
  tells
• 32:12
  his
• 32:12
  secretary
• 32:13
  she
• 32:13
  can't
• 32:13
  take
• 32:13
  time
• 32:14
  off
• 32:14
  for
• 32:14
  a
• 32:14
  doctor's
• 32:14
  appointment
• 32:15
  for
• 32:15
  her
• 32:15
  child.
• 32:16
  Murray
• 32:17
  is
• 32:17
  both
• 32:17
  the
• 32:17
  best
• 32:17
  thing
• 32:18
  about
• 32:18
  this
• 32:18
  movie
• 32:19
  and
• 32:19
  the
• 32:19
  worst.
• 32:20
  Frank
• 32:21
  Cross,
• 32:21
  I
• 32:22
  fear,
• 32:22
  might
• 32:23
  be
• 32:23
  a
• 32:23
  bit
• 32:23
  too
• 32:24
  mean
• 32:24
  spirited.
• 32:25
  He
• 32:25
  needs
• 32:25
  to
• 32:26
  do
• 32:26
  more
• 32:26
  to
• 32:26
  be
• 32:26
  redeemed.
• 32:27
  Ebenezer
• 32:28
  Scrooge
• 32:29
  may
• 32:29
  be
• 32:29
  a
• 32:29
  miserable
• 32:30
  git,
• 32:31
  but
• 32:31
  I
• 32:31
  fully
• 32:31
  believe
• 32:32
  Michael
• 32:32
  Caine
• 32:33
  was
• 32:33
  redeemed
• 32:33
  in
• 32:33
  the
• 32:33
  Muppet
• 32:34
  Christmas
• 32:34
  Carol.
• 32:35
  I
• 32:35
  believe
• 32:35
  he
• 32:36
  learned
• 32:36
  the
• 32:36
  error
• 32:36
  of
• 32:36
  his
• 32:36
  ways.
• 32:37
  I
• 32:37
  don't
• 32:38
  believe
• 32:38
  it
• 32:38
  quite
• 32:39
  so
• 32:39
  much
• 32:39
  for
• 32:39
  Frank
• 32:39
  Cross,
• 32:40
  mostly
• 32:41
  because
• 32:41
  even
• 32:42
  though
• 32:42
  he
• 32:42
  gave
• 32:42
  Elliot
• 32:43
  Loudermilk
• 32:44
  his
• 32:44
  job
• 32:44
  back
• 32:44
  with
• 32:45
  a
• 32:45
  raise,
• 32:45
  the
• 32:46
  guy
• 32:46
  still
• 32:46
  holds
• 32:47
  up
• 32:47
  a
• 32:47
  live
• 32:48
  production
• 32:48
  team
• 32:48
  hostage
• 32:49
  with
• 32:49
  a
• 32:49
  gun.
• 32:50
  Because
• 32:51
  redemption
• 32:51
  arc
• 32:52
  in
• 32:52
  real
• 32:53
  life,
• 32:53
  Frank
• 32:54
  Cross
• 32:54
  is
• 32:54
  gonna
• 32:54
  lose
• 32:55
  his
• 32:55
  job
• 32:55
  and
• 32:55
  Elliot
• 32:56
  Loudermilk
• 32:57
  is
• 32:57
  going
• 32:58
  to
• 32:58
  jail.
• 32:59
  I
• 33:00
  don't
• 33:00
  think
• 33:00
  the
• 33:00
  central
• 33:00
  romance
• 33:01
  helps
• 33:01
  much,
• 33:02
  but
• 33:02
  it
• 33:02
  does
• 33:02
  help.
• 33:03
  But
• 33:03
  he
• 33:03
  treats
• 33:04
  Karen
• 33:04
  Allen's
• 33:05
  Claire
• 33:05
  awfully.
• 33:06
  Actually,
• 33:07
  not
• 33:07
  once
• 33:07
  do
• 33:07
  I
• 33:07
  think
• 33:08
  they're
• 33:08
  suited
• 33:08
  for
• 33:08
  each
• 33:08
  other.
• 33:09
  She
• 33:10
  makes
• 33:10
  him
• 33:10
  a
• 33:10
  better
• 33:10
  person,
• 33:11
  but
• 33:11
  truthfully,
• 33:12
  he
• 33:13
  needs
• 33:13
  to
• 33:13
  want
• 33:13
  to
• 33:13
  become
• 33:14
  a
• 33:14
  better
• 33:14
  person.
• 33:15
  He
• 33:15
  rejects
• 33:16
  her
• 33:16
  multiple
• 33:17
  times
• 33:17
  before
• 33:18
  he
• 33:18
  coerces
• 33:19
  and
• 33:19
  compels
• 33:19
  her
• 33:20
  to
• 33:20
  join
• 33:20
  him
• 33:20
  in
• 33:21
  front
• 33:21
  of
• 33:21
  the
• 33:21
  cameras,
• 33:22
  finally
• 33:22
  choosing
• 33:23
  her.
• 33:23
  And
• 33:24
  after
• 33:24
  protesting,
• 33:25
  she
• 33:25
  reluctantly
• 33:26
  obliges.
• 33:27
  But
• 33:27
  it's
• 33:27
  his
• 33:27
  choice,
• 33:28
  not
• 33:28
  hers,
• 33:29
  to
• 33:29
  do
• 33:29
  this.
• 33:29
  So
• 33:30
  publicly.
• 33:31
  And
• 33:31
  I
• 33:31
  guess
• 33:31
  I'm
• 33:31
  just
• 33:31
  not
• 33:32
  a
• 33:32
  fan
• 33:32
  of
• 33:32
  this
• 33:32
  sort
• 33:32
  of
• 33:33
  power
• 33:33
  dynamic
• 33:33
  relationship.
• 33:34
  Although
• 33:35
  I
• 33:35
  will
• 33:35
  say
• 33:35
  her
• 33:36
  inclusion
• 33:36
  in
• 33:36
  the
• 33:36
  movie
• 33:37
  is
• 33:37
  better
• 33:38
  than
• 33:38
  no
• 33:38
  inclusion
• 33:39
  at
• 33:39
  all.
• 33:39
  And
• 33:39
  Karen
• 33:40
  Allen
• 33:40
  is,
• 33:40
  as
• 33:40
  always,
• 33:41
  completely
• 33:41
  delightful
• 33:42
  as
• 33:42
  Karen
• 33:43
  Allen
• 33:43
  always
• 33:43
  is.
• 33:44
  Donna
• 33:45
  and
• 33:45
  Murray
• 33:45
  did
• 33:46
  butt
• 33:46
  heads
• 33:46
  during
• 33:47
  filming,
• 33:47
  but
• 33:48
  up
• 33:48
  until
• 33:48
  his
• 33:48
  death
• 33:49
  in
• 33:49
  2021,
• 33:50
  Donna
• 33:50
  praised
• 33:51
  working
• 33:51
  with
• 33:52
  him,
• 33:52
  which
• 33:52
  is
• 33:53
  good
• 33:53
  because
• 33:53
  that's
• 33:53
  the
• 33:54
  healthiest,
• 33:54
  albeit
• 33:55
  sometimes
• 33:55
  the
• 33:56
  hardest
• 33:56
  way
• 33:57
  to
• 33:57
  come
• 33:57
  out
• 33:57
  of
• 33:57
  a
• 33:57
  scenario
• 33:58
  where
• 33:58
  two
• 33:58
  creatives
• 33:59
  are
• 34:00
  literally
• 34:00
  trying
• 34:01
  to
• 34:01
  make
• 34:01
  the
• 34:01
  best
• 34:01
  possible
• 34:02
  product
• 34:02
  in
• 34:02
  their
• 34:02
  own
• 34:03
  minds.
• 34:03
  And
• 34:03
  I
• 34:04
  do
• 34:04
  genuinely
• 34:05
  believe
• 34:05
  that
• 34:05
  they
• 34:06
  are
• 34:06
  both
• 34:06
  trying
• 34:06
  to
• 34:07
  make
• 34:07
  this
• 34:07
  the
• 34:07
  best
• 34:07
  possible
• 34:08
  version
• 34:08
  of
• 34:08
  A
• 34:08
  Christmas
• 34:09
  Carol
• 34:09
  that
• 34:10
  they
• 34:10
  could.
• 34:11
  The
• 34:11
  true
• 34:12
  redemption
• 34:12
  arc
• 34:12
  of
• 34:13
  this
• 34:13
  movie
• 34:13
  sits
• 34:14
  with
• 34:14
  one
• 34:14
  character.
• 34:15
  The
• 34:16
  one
• 34:16
  character
• 34:16
  I
• 34:16
  believe
• 34:17
  in,
• 34:17
  the
• 34:18
  one
• 34:18
  character
• 34:18
  that
• 34:18
  made
• 34:19
  me
• 34:19
  cry
• 34:19
  like
• 34:19
  a
• 34:20
  baby
• 34:20
  at
• 34:20
  the
• 34:20
  end.
• 34:21
  And
• 34:21
  he
• 34:21
  didn't
• 34:22
  even
• 34:22
  need
• 34:22
  redeeming,
• 34:23
  he
• 34:23
  just
• 34:23
  needed
• 34:24
  to
• 34:24
  believe
• 34:24
  in
• 34:24
  something
• 34:24
  again.
• 34:25
  And
• 34:26
  that
• 34:26
  was
• 34:26
  young
• 34:26
  Calvin
• 34:26
  Cooley.
• 34:28
  Honestly,
• 34:29
  that
• 34:29
  little
• 34:29
  boy
• 34:30
  saying,
• 34:30
  God
• 34:31
  bless
• 34:31
  us
• 34:31
  everyone.
• 34:32
  To
• 34:33
  quote
• 34:33
  the
• 34:33
  Ghost
• 34:33
  of
• 34:33
  Christmas
• 34:34
  Past
• 34:35
  Niagara
• 34:36
  Falls,
• 34:37
  Calvin
• 34:37
  is
• 34:37
  the
• 34:38
  tidy
• 34:38
  Tim,
• 34:39
  reimagined
• 34:40
  as
• 34:40
  a
• 34:40
  young
• 34:40
  black
• 34:40
  boy
• 34:41
  whose
• 34:41
  affliction
• 34:42
  isn't
• 34:42
  a
• 34:42
  terminal
• 34:43
  illness,
• 34:44
  but
• 34:44
  having
• 34:44
  seen
• 34:45
  his
• 34:45
  father
• 34:45
  get
• 34:45
  murdered.
• 34:46
  It's
• 34:47
  heartbreaking
• 34:47
  stuff.
• 34:48
  And
• 34:48
  for
• 34:48
  a
• 34:48
  wealthy
• 34:49
  white
• 34:49
  man
• 34:49
  to
• 34:49
  not
• 34:50
  only
• 34:50
  see
• 34:50
  the
• 34:50
  poverty,
• 34:51
  but
• 34:51
  of
• 34:51
  his
• 34:51
  African
• 34:52
  American
• 34:52
  secretary's
• 34:53
  large
• 34:53
  family,
• 34:53
  but
• 34:54
  also
• 34:54
  show
• 34:54
  empathy
• 34:55
  towards
• 34:55
  them
• 34:56
  not
• 34:56
  only
• 34:57
  feels
• 34:57
  progressive
• 34:57
  for
• 34:58
  the
• 34:58
  late
• 34:58
  80s,
• 34:59
  but
• 34:59
  also
• 34:59
  feels
• 35:00
  progressive
• 35:00
  for
• 35:00
  a
• 35:00
  character
• 35:01
  like
• 35:01
  Frank
• 35:01
  Cross.
• 35:03
  And
• 35:03
  I
• 35:03
  actually
• 35:03
  really
• 35:04
  like
• 35:04
  that
• 35:04
  about
• 35:05
  him
• 35:05
  because
• 35:06
  he
• 35:06
  showed
• 35:06
  that
• 35:07
  empathy
• 35:08
  early
• 35:08
  on
• 35:08
  in
• 35:08
  the
• 35:08
  movie.
• 35:09
  He
• 35:09
  didn't
• 35:10
  wait
• 35:10
  until
• 35:10
  the
• 35:10
  end.
• 35:11
  And
• 35:11
  that
• 35:11
  is
• 35:11
  one
• 35:11
  great
• 35:12
  thing
• 35:12
  that
• 35:12
  I
• 35:12
  really
• 35:13
  loved
• 35:13
  about
• 35:13
  the
• 35:13
  choices
• 35:14
  that
• 35:14
  they
• 35:14
  made
• 35:14
  for
• 35:15
  that
• 35:15
  character.
• 35:18
  Scrooged
• 35:18
  does
• 35:19
  have
• 35:19
  a
• 35:19
  message,
• 35:20
  but
• 35:20
  it's
• 35:20
  so
• 35:20
  muddled
• 35:21
  because
• 35:21
  it
• 35:21
  can
• 35:22
  never
• 35:22
  seem
• 35:22
  to
• 35:22
  decide
• 35:23
  whether
• 35:23
  TV
• 35:23
  is
• 35:24
  good
• 35:24
  or
• 35:24
  bad.
• 35:25
  Frank
• 35:25
  Cross
• 35:26
  is
• 35:26
  on
• 35:26
  TV
• 35:27
  telling
• 35:27
  people
• 35:28
  not
• 35:28
  to
• 35:28
  watch
• 35:29
  TV
• 35:29
  but
• 35:29
  to
• 35:29
  spend
• 35:30
  time
• 35:30
  with
• 35:30
  their
• 35:30
  families
• 35:31
  instead.
• 35:32
  So
• 35:32
  is
• 35:33
  TV
• 35:33
  an
• 35:33
  inherently
• 35:34
  awful
• 35:34
  business
• 35:35
  or
• 35:36
  is
• 35:36
  it
• 35:36
  the
• 35:36
  source
• 35:36
  of
• 35:37
  fond
• 35:37
  family
• 35:37
  memories?
• 35:38
  And
• 35:38
  maybe
• 35:39
  that's
• 35:39
  due
• 35:39
  to
• 35:39
  the
• 35:39
  time
• 35:39
  the
• 35:40
  movie
• 35:40
  was
• 35:40
  being
• 35:40
  made.
• 35:41
  With
• 35:41
  the
• 35:41
  global
• 35:41
  stock
• 35:42
  markets
• 35:42
  crashing
• 35:43
  In
• 35:43
  October
• 35:43
  of
• 35:44
  1987,
• 35:45
  there
• 35:45
  was
• 35:45
  a
• 35:46
  general
• 35:46
  upset
• 35:47
  in
• 35:47
  the
• 35:47
  US
• 35:48
  at
• 35:48
  the
• 35:48
  time,
• 35:49
  and
• 35:49
  maybe
• 35:50
  that
• 35:50
  is
• 35:50
  why
• 35:50
  it
• 35:51
  feels
• 35:51
  so
• 35:51
  muddled.
• 35:52
  And
• 35:53
  yet
• 35:53
  Scrooge
• 35:54
  still
• 35:54
  more
• 35:54
  or
• 35:54
  less
• 35:55
  works,
• 35:55
  and
• 35:56
  credit
• 35:56
  must
• 35:56
  go
• 35:57
  mostly
• 35:57
  to
• 35:57
  Charles
• 35:58
  Dickens.
• 35:59
  Maybe
• 35:59
  Bill
• 35:59
  Murray
• 36:00
  looks
• 36:00
  so
• 36:00
  unhappy
• 36:01
  because
• 36:01
  he
• 36:01
  actually
• 36:02
  was.
• 36:02
  Maybe
• 36:03
  this
• 36:03
  is
• 36:03
  just
• 36:03
  the
• 36:04
  ultimate
• 36:04
  method
• 36:04
  acting.
• 36:05
  I
• 36:06
  did
• 36:06
  laugh
• 36:06
  a
• 36:06
  little
• 36:06
  at
• 36:07
  the
• 36:07
  supposed
• 36:07
  scenes
• 36:08
  of
• 36:08
  the
• 36:08
  past
• 36:08
  where
• 36:08
  they
• 36:08
  just
• 36:09
  stuck
• 36:09
  a
• 36:09
  long
• 36:09
  wig
• 36:09
  on
• 36:09
  him
• 36:10
  because
• 36:10
  he
• 36:10
  still
• 36:11
  looks
• 36:11
  the
• 36:11
  same
• 36:11
  age.
• 36:12
  It
• 36:12
  sounds
• 36:13
  like
• 36:13
  I'M
• 36:13
  really
• 36:13
  pushing
• 36:14
  back
• 36:14
  on
• 36:14
  this
• 36:14
  movie
• 36:15
  but
• 36:15
  there
• 36:15
  is
• 36:15
  a
• 36:15
  lot
• 36:16
  that
• 36:16
  I
• 36:16
  like
• 36:16
  about
• 36:16
  it.
• 36:17
  The
• 36:17
  ghost
• 36:17
  of
• 36:18
  Christmas
• 36:18
  Future
• 36:18
  is
• 36:19
  legit
• 36:19
  terrifying,
• 36:20
  as
• 36:20
  he
• 36:21
  should
• 36:21
  be.
• 36:21
  Him
• 36:22
  coming
• 36:22
  over
• 36:22
  the
• 36:22
  TV
• 36:23
  screens
• 36:24
  is
• 36:24
  a
• 36:24
  truly
• 36:25
  great
• 36:25
  scene
• 36:25
  that
• 36:26
  I
• 36:26
  wish
• 36:26
  I
• 36:26
  could
• 36:27
  have
• 36:27
  found
• 36:27
  out
• 36:27
  more
• 36:27
  about,
• 36:28
  but
• 36:28
  there
• 36:28
  was
• 36:28
  simply
• 36:29
  nothing
• 36:29
  on
• 36:29
  the
• 36:30
  Internet
• 36:30
  that
• 36:30
  I
• 36:30
  could
• 36:30
  find
• 36:31
  about
• 36:31
  the
• 36:31
  ghost
• 36:31
  of
• 36:32
  Christmas
• 36:32
  Future.
• 36:33
  The
• 36:33
  soles
• 36:34
  in
• 36:34
  his
• 36:34
  chest,
• 36:35
  so
• 36:35
  nice.
• 36:35
  Frank
• 36:36
  had
• 36:36
  to
• 36:36
  look
• 36:36
  twice.
• 36:37
  I
• 36:37
  really
• 36:38
  love
• 36:38
  that
• 36:38
  effect.
• 36:39
  I
• 36:39
  think
• 36:39
  it's
• 36:39
  absolutely
• 36:40
  terrific.
• 36:41
  I
• 36:41
  really
• 36:41
  like
• 36:42
  the
• 36:42
  Night
• 36:42
  the
• 36:42
  Reindeer
• 36:42
  Died
• 36:43
  sketch.
• 36:44
  I'm
• 36:44
  pretty
• 36:44
  sure
• 36:44
  that's
• 36:45
  also
• 36:45
  the
• 36:45
  plot
• 36:45
  for
• 36:45
  Violent
• 36:46
  Night,
• 36:46
  which
• 36:46
  is
• 36:46
  a
• 36:46
  very
• 36:46
  fun
• 36:47
  Christmas
• 36:47
  movie
• 36:47
  as
• 36:48
  well.
• 36:49
  This
• 36:49
  is
• 36:49
  not
• 36:49
  supposed
• 36:50
  to
• 36:50
  be
• 36:50
  for
• 36:50
  children
• 36:51
  and
• 36:51
  a
• 36:52
  more
• 36:52
  modern
• 36:52
  grown
• 36:53
  up
• 36:53
  interpretation
• 36:54
  of
• 36:54
  A
• 36:54
  Christmas
• 36:54
  Carol
• 36:55
  is
• 36:55
  actually
• 36:55
  very
• 36:56
  welcome.
• 36:57
  The
• 36:57
  themes
• 36:57
  are
• 36:57
  pretty
• 36:58
  universal.
• 36:59
  Goodwill
• 36:59
  towards
• 37:00
  all
• 37:00
  men,
• 37:00
  greed,
• 37:01
  forgiveness,
• 37:02
  regret,
• 37:03
  love,
• 37:03
  family,
• 37:04
  friendship,
• 37:05
  charity,
• 37:06
  mercy,
• 37:07
  kindness.
• 37:08
  It
• 37:08
  can
• 37:08
  all
• 37:08
  be
• 37:09
  boiled
• 37:09
  down
• 37:09
  to
• 37:09
  one
• 37:10
  simple
• 37:10
  idea.
• 37:11
  Be
• 37:11
  a
• 37:11
  good
• 37:12
  person
• 37:12
  who
• 37:13
  dedicates
• 37:13
  their
• 37:13
  life
• 37:14
  to
• 37:14
  making
• 37:14
  the
• 37:14
  lives
• 37:15
  of
• 37:15
  others
• 37:15
  better.
• 37:16
  The
• 37:17
  production
• 37:17
  design
• 37:17
  is
• 37:18
  great.
• 37:18
  The
• 37:18
  costume
• 37:19
  and
• 37:19
  character
• 37:19
  work
• 37:19
  for
• 37:19
  the
• 37:19
  ghosts
• 37:20
  is
• 37:20
  great.
• 37:20
  The
• 37:21
  Danny
• 37:21
  Elfman
• 37:21
  score
• 37:22
  is
• 37:22
  great.
• 37:23
  Alfra
• 37:23
  Woodard
• 37:24
  is
• 37:24
  great,
• 37:24
  as
• 37:24
  she
• 37:25
  always
• 37:25
  is.
• 37:25
  The
• 37:26
  fake
• 37:26
  snow
• 37:26
  was
• 37:27
  probably
• 37:27
  toxic,
• 37:27
  so
• 37:28
  not
• 37:28
  so
• 37:28
  great.
• 37:29
  Carol
• 37:29
  Kane
• 37:29
  got
• 37:30
  to
• 37:30
  beat
• 37:30
  down
• 37:30
  our
• 37:30
  Bill
• 37:31
  Murray
• 37:31
  for
• 37:31
  a
• 37:31
  bit.
• 37:32
  A
• 37:33
  Christmas
• 37:33
  Carol,
• 37:33
  literally.
• 37:34
  The
• 37:35
  makeup
• 37:35
  making
• 37:35
  John
• 37:36
  Forsyth
• 37:36
  look
• 37:36
  like
• 37:37
  he
• 37:37
  just
• 37:37
  crawled
• 37:37
  out
• 37:38
  of
• 37:38
  a
• 37:38
  grave
• 37:38
  is
• 37:39
  great.
• 37:39
  In
• 37:40
  many
• 37:40
  ways,
• 37:40
  this
• 37:41
  movie
• 37:41
  was
• 37:41
  ahead
• 37:41
  of
• 37:42
  its
• 37:42
  time
• 37:42
  and
• 37:43
  it
• 37:43
  is
• 37:43
  incredibly
• 37:44
  underrated,
• 37:44
  possibly
• 37:45
  even
• 37:45
  by
• 37:45
  me.
• 37:46
  Frank's
• 37:47
  trainer
• 37:47
  for
• 37:47
  A
• 37:47
  Christmas
• 37:48
  Carol
• 37:48
  is
• 37:48
  so
• 37:48
  ridiculous,
• 37:49
  so
• 37:50
  violent
• 37:50
  and
• 37:51
  so
• 37:51
  depraved,
• 37:51
  it
• 37:52
  may
• 37:52
  be
• 37:52
  something
• 37:52
  a
• 37:53
  TV
• 37:53
  network
• 37:53
  of
• 37:53
  today
• 37:54
  would
• 37:54
  use
• 37:54
  to
• 37:54
  get
• 37:54
  people
• 37:55
  watching
• 37:56
  the
• 37:56
  King's
• 37:57
  Speech
• 37:57
  with
• 37:57
  screaming
• 37:58
  and
• 37:58
  explosions.
• 37:59
  I'd
• 38:00
  watch
• 38:00
  it,
• 38:01
  but
• 38:01
  while
• 38:01
  I
• 38:02
  admittedly
• 38:02
  merely
• 38:03
  like
• 38:03
  this
• 38:03
  movie,
• 38:04
  many,
• 38:05
  many
• 38:05
  people
• 38:05
  love
• 38:06
  it
• 38:06
  because
• 38:06
  it's
• 38:07
  so
• 38:07
  unique.
• 38:08
  It
• 38:08
  found
• 38:08
  new
• 38:08
  life
• 38:09
  on
• 38:09
  VHS
• 38:10
  and
• 38:10
  DVD
• 38:10
  and
• 38:11
  tv.
• 38:11
  It's
• 38:12
  become
• 38:12
  more
• 38:12
  beloved
• 38:13
  as
• 38:13
  the
• 38:13
  years
• 38:13
  have
• 38:13
  passed.
• 38:14
  If
• 38:15
  you
• 38:15
  love
• 38:15
  A
• 38:15
  Christmas
• 38:16
  Carol
• 38:16
  and
• 38:16
  you
• 38:16
  love
• 38:17
  Bill
• 38:17
  Murray
• 38:17
  at
• 38:17
  his
• 38:18
  peak,
• 38:18
  there
• 38:18
  is
• 38:19
  a
• 38:19
  lot
• 38:19
  to
• 38:19
  love
• 38:19
  here.
• 38:20
  In
• 38:21
  2015,
• 38:21
  IGM
• 38:22
  named
• 38:22
  it
• 38:22
  the
• 38:23
  11th
• 38:23
  best
• 38:23
  holiday
• 38:24
  movie
• 38:24
  of
• 38:24
  all
• 38:25
  time.
• 38:25
  In
• 38:26
  2016,
• 38:26
  Empire
• 38:27
  listed
• 38:27
  Scrooge
• 38:28
  as
• 38:28
  the
• 38:28
  seventh
• 38:29
  best
• 38:29
  Christmas
• 38:29
  film,
• 38:30
  and
• 38:30
  in
• 38:30
  2017,
• 38:31
  Timeout
• 38:32
  and
• 38:32
  Consequence
• 38:33
  of
• 38:33
  Sound
• 38:34
  listed
• 38:34
  it
• 38:34
  as
• 38:35
  respectively,
• 38:35
  the
• 38:35
  12th
• 38:36
  best
• 38:36
  and
• 38:36
  23rd
• 38:37
  best
• 38:37
  Christmas
• 38:38
  film.
• 38:39
  That
• 38:39
  same
• 38:39
  year,
• 38:39
  Collider
• 38:40
  named
• 38:40
  it
• 38:40
  the
• 38:40
  fifth
• 38:41
  best
• 38:41
  adaptation
• 38:42
  of
• 38:42
  A
• 38:42
  Christmas
• 38:42
  Carol.
• 38:43
  And
• 38:44
  yes,
• 38:44
  I
• 38:45
  guess
• 38:45
  I
• 38:45
  find
• 38:45
  it
• 38:46
  hard
• 38:46
  to
• 38:46
  not
• 38:46
  compare
• 38:47
  it
• 38:47
  to
• 38:47
  the
• 38:47
  Muppet
• 38:47
  Christmas
• 38:48
  Carol,
• 38:48
  which
• 38:48
  is
• 38:49
  the
• 38:49
  best
• 38:49
  adaptation
• 38:50
  of
• 38:50
  the
• 38:50
  story.
• 38:51
  That
• 38:51
  is
• 38:51
  on
• 38:52
  me.
• 38:52
  But
• 38:53
  if
• 38:53
  we
• 38:53
  can
• 38:53
  take
• 38:53
  anything
• 38:54
  from
• 38:54
  this
• 38:54
  movie,
• 38:54
  it's
• 38:55
  that
• 38:55
  Christmas
• 38:56
  Eve
• 38:56
  is
• 38:56
  the
• 38:56
  one
• 38:57
  night
• 38:57
  of
• 38:57
  the
• 38:57
  year
• 38:57
  when
• 38:57
  we
• 38:58
  all
• 38:58
  act
• 38:58
  a
• 38:58
  little
• 38:58
  nicer.
• 38:59
  We
• 38:59
  smile
• 39:00
  a
• 39:00
  little
• 39:00
  easier,
• 39:01
  we
• 39:01
  cheer
• 39:02
  a
• 39:02
  little
• 39:02
  more.
• 39:02
  For
• 39:03
  a
• 39:03
  couple
• 39:03
  of
• 39:03
  hours
• 39:03
  out
• 39:04
  of
• 39:04
  the
• 39:04
  whole
• 39:04
  year,
• 39:05
  we
• 39:05
  are
• 39:05
  the
• 39:05
  people
• 39:06
  that
• 39:06
  we
• 39:06
  always
• 39:06
  hoped
• 39:07
  we
• 39:07
  would
• 39:07
  be.
• 39:08
  Except
• 39:08
  we
• 39:09
  should
• 39:09
  be
• 39:09
  that
• 39:09
  365
• 39:10
  days
• 39:10
  of
• 39:10
  the
• 39:11
  year.
• 39:11
  And
• 39:11
  hopefully
• 39:12
  after
• 39:12
  the
• 39:13
  events
• 39:13
  of
• 39:13
  this
• 39:13
  movie,
• 39:14
  Frank
• 39:14
  Cross
• 39:15
  did
• 39:16
  But
• 39:16
  it's
• 39:16
  great
• 39:16
  that
• 39:17
  you've
• 39:17
  listened
• 39:17
  to
• 39:17
  this
• 39:17
  episode.
• 39:18
  Now
• 39:19
  more
• 39:19
  than
• 39:19
  ever,
• 39:19
  it
• 39:20
  is
• 39:20
  important
• 39:20
  to
• 39:20
  remember
• 39:21
  the
• 39:21
  true
• 39:21
  meaning
• 39:21
  of
• 39:22
  Christmas.
• 39:23
  Don't
• 39:23
  miss
• 39:23
  Richard
• 39:24
  Donner's
• 39:24
  immortal
• 39:25
  classic
• 39:25
  Scrooged.
• 39:26
  Your
• 39:26
  life
• 39:27
  might
• 39:27
  just
• 39:27
  depend
• 39:28
  on
• 39:28
  it.
• 39:30
  Thank
• 39:30
  you
• 39:30
  for
• 39:30
  listening.
• 39:31
  As
• 39:31
  always,
• 39:31
  I
• 39:31
  would
• 39:31
  love
• 39:32
  to
• 39:32
  hear
• 39:32
  your
• 39:32
  thoughts
• 39:32
  on
• 39:33
  Scrooged
• 39:33
  and
• 39:34
  thank
• 39:34
  you
• 39:34
  for
• 39:34
  your
• 39:34
  continued
• 39:35
  support
• 39:35
  of
• 39:35
  this
• 39:36
  podcast.
• 39:37
  If
• 39:37
  you
• 39:37
  wanna
• 39:38
  show
• 39:38
  your
• 39:38
  support
• 39:38
  in
• 39:38
  multiple
• 39:39
  different
• 39:39
  ways,
• 39:40
  you
• 39:40
  could
• 39:40
  leave
• 39:40
  a
• 39:41
  rating
• 39:41
  or
• 39:41
  review
• 39:41
  wherever
• 39:42
  you
• 39:42
  found
• 39:42
  this
• 39:42
  podcast.
• 39:43
  You
• 39:44
  could
• 39:44
  tell
• 39:44
  your
• 39:44
  friends
• 39:44
  and
• 39:44
  family
• 39:45
  about
• 39:45
  this
• 39:45
  podcast
• 39:46
  or
• 39:46
  you
• 39:47
  can
• 39:47
  find
• 39:47
  me
• 39:47
  and
• 39:48
  follow
• 39:48
  me
• 39:48
  on
• 39:48
  social
• 39:49
  media
• 39:49
  and
• 39:49
  you
• 39:50
  can
• 39:50
  share
• 39:50
  the
• 39:50
  podcast
• 39:51
  that
• 39:51
  way.
• 39:51
  I
• 39:52
  am
• 39:52
  at
• 39:52
  Verbal
• 39:52
  Diorama.
• 39:53
  You
• 39:54
  can
• 39:54
  share
• 39:54
  posts
• 39:55
  like
• 39:55
  posts,
• 39:55
  comment
• 39:56
  on
• 39:56
  posts.
• 39:57
  It
• 39:57
  all
• 39:57
  helps
• 39:57
  really
• 39:58
  to
• 39:58
  get
• 39:58
  the
• 39:59
  word
• 39:59
  out
• 39:59
  there
• 39:59
  and
• 39:59
  to
• 40:00
  hopefully
• 40:00
  get
• 40:01
  other
• 40:01
  people
• 40:01
  to
• 40:01
  know
• 40:02
  this
• 40:02
  podcast
• 40:02
  and
• 40:03
  know
• 40:03
  what
• 40:03
  I've
• 40:04
  been
• 40:04
  doing.
• 40:04
  I
• 40:04
  genuinely
• 40:05
  love
• 40:05
  doing
• 40:06
  this
• 40:06
  podcast
• 40:06
  and
• 40:07
  anything
• 40:07
  you
• 40:07
  could
• 40:07
  do
• 40:08
  to
• 40:08
  help
• 40:08
  would
• 40:08
  be
• 40:09
  so
• 40:09
  appreciated.
• 40:10
  If
• 40:11
  you
• 40:11
  like
• 40:11
  this
• 40:11
  episode
• 40:11
  on
• 40:12
  Scrooged,
• 40:13
  you
• 40:13
  should
• 40:13
  also
• 40:14
  watch
• 40:14
  and
• 40:14
  listen
• 40:15
  to
• 40:15
  the
• 40:15
  episode
• 40:16
  on
• 40:16
  the
• 40:16
  Muppet
• 40:16
  Christmas
• 40:17
  Carol,
• 40:17
  which
• 40:17
  is
• 40:17
  episode
• 40:18
  185.
• 40:19
  Genuinely
• 40:20
  one
• 40:21
  of
• 40:21
  my
• 40:21
  favorite
• 40:21
  Christmas
• 40:22
  movies
• 40:22
  of
• 40:22
  all
• 40:23
  time.
• 40:23
  I
• 40:23
  will
• 40:24
  be
• 40:24
  watching
• 40:24
  it
• 40:24
  again
• 40:25
  with
• 40:25
  the
• 40:25
  kids
• 40:25
  this
• 40:25
  year
• 40:26
  because
• 40:27
  my
• 40:27
  love
• 40:27
  for
• 40:28
  the
• 40:28
  Muppet
• 40:28
  Christmas
• 40:28
  Carol
• 40:29
  knows
• 40:29
  no
• 40:29
  bounds.
• 40:30
  It
• 40:30
  is
• 40:30
  in
• 40:30
  my
• 40:31
  opinion
• 40:31
  the
• 40:32
  superior
• 40:32
  adaptation
• 40:33
  of
• 40:33
  A
• 40:33
  Christmas
• 40:34
  Carol,
• 40:34
  but
• 40:34
  as
• 40:35
  I
• 40:35
  said,
• 40:35
  A
• 40:35
  Christmas
• 40:35
  Carol
• 40:36
  is
• 40:36
  such
• 40:36
  a
• 40:36
  timeless
• 40:37
  story
• 40:38
  that
• 40:38
  it
• 40:38
  just
• 40:38
  works
• 40:39
  with
• 40:39
  everything.
• 40:40
  Whether
• 40:41
  you
• 40:41
  are
• 40:41
  a
• 40:41
  yuppie
• 40:42
  TV
• 40:42
  executive
• 40:42
  in
• 40:43
  the
• 40:43
  80s
• 40:44
  or
• 40:44
  whether
• 40:44
  you
• 40:44
  have
• 40:44
  no
• 40:45
  cheeses
• 40:45
  for
• 40:45
  us.
• 40:45
  Mises,
• 40:46
  as
• 40:46
  always,
• 40:47
  give
• 40:47
  me
• 40:47
  feedback.
• 40:47
  Let
• 40:48
  me
• 40:48
  know
• 40:48
  what
• 40:48
  you
• 40:49
  think
• 40:49
  of
• 40:49
  my
• 40:49
  recommendation.
• 40:50
  It
• 40:51
  is
• 40:51
  the
• 40:51
  best
• 40:51
  one.
• 40:51
  It
• 40:51
  just
• 40:52
  is.
• 40:53
  The
• 40:53
  next
• 40:53
  episode
• 40:54
  is
• 40:54
  the
• 40:54
  final
• 40:55
  episode
• 40:55
  of
• 40:56
  the
• 40:56
  year
• 40:56
  on
• 40:56
  this
• 40:57
  podcast
• 40:57
  and
• 40:58
  it
• 40:58
  is
• 40:58
  a
• 40:59
  very
• 40:59
  British
• 41:00
  Christmas
• 41:00
  favorite.
• 41:02
  No,
• 41:02
  I'm
• 41:03
  very
• 41:03
  proud
• 41:03
  of
• 41:04
  the
• 41:04
  listeners
• 41:04
  that
• 41:04
  I
• 41:05
  have
• 41:05
  in
• 41:05
  the
• 41:05
  USA
• 41:06
  and
• 41:06
  I'm
• 41:06
  grateful
• 41:06
  to
• 41:07
  know
• 41:07
  some
• 41:08
  incredible
• 41:08
  people
• 41:09
  over
• 41:09
  in
• 41:09
  the
• 41:09
  US
• 41:10
  and
• 41:10
  Americans
• 41:11
  tend
• 41:11
  to
• 41:11
  obsess
• 41:12
  over
• 41:12
  A
• 41:12
  Christmas
• 41:13
  Story.
• 41:14
  I
• 41:14
  didn't
• 41:14
  even
• 41:14
  know
• 41:15
  that
• 41:15
  movie
• 41:15
  existed
• 41:16
  until
• 41:16
  a
• 41:16
  few
• 41:16
  years
• 41:17
  ago
• 41:17
  because
• 41:18
  it
• 41:18
  didn't
• 41:18
  really
• 41:18
  make
• 41:19
  much
• 41:19
  of
• 41:19
  a
• 41:19
  splash
• 41:19
  over
• 41:20
  here.
• 41:20
  It's
• 41:20
  not
• 41:20
  really
• 41:21
  a
• 41:21
  movie
• 41:21
  that
• 41:21
  we
• 41:22
  watch
• 41:22
  or
• 41:22
  we
• 41:23
  talk
• 41:23
  about
• 41:24
  because
• 41:24
  here
• 41:25
  in
• 41:25
  the
• 41:25
  UK
• 41:26
  we
• 41:26
  Have
• 41:26
  Santa
• 41:27
  Claus
• 41:27
  the
• 41:27
  Movie.
• 41:28
  It
• 41:28
  is
• 41:28
  a
• 41:28
  movie
• 41:29
  that
• 41:29
  came
• 41:29
  out
• 41:29
  two
• 41:29
  years
• 41:30
  after
• 41:30
  A
• 41:30
  Christmas
• 41:31
  Story,
• 41:32
  a
• 41:32
  lavish,
• 41:32
  expensive
• 41:33
  film
• 41:34
  about
• 41:34
  the
• 41:34
  origins
• 41:35
  of
• 41:35
  Santa
• 41:35
  Claus.
• 41:36
  There's
• 41:37
  also
• 41:37
  somehow
• 41:37
  about
• 41:37
  how
• 41:38
  evil
• 41:38
  corporations
• 41:39
  make
• 41:39
  money
• 41:39
  from
• 41:39
  Christmas.
• 41:40
  But
• 41:40
  it
• 41:41
  is
• 41:41
  a
• 41:41
  British
• 41:42
  festive
• 41:43
  cult
• 41:43
  classic.
• 41:44
  Every
• 41:44
  year
• 41:45
  you
• 41:45
  can
• 41:45
  guarantee
• 41:46
  it'll
• 41:46
  be
• 41:46
  on
• 41:47
  around
• 41:47
  Christmas.
• 41:48
  In
• 41:48
  fact,
• 41:48
  it
• 41:49
  already
• 41:49
  has
• 41:49
  been
• 41:50
  here
• 41:50
  in
• 41:50
  the
• 41:50
  uk.
• 41:51
  But
• 41:51
  while
• 41:51
  it
• 41:51
  was
• 41:52
  a
• 41:52
  huge
• 41:52
  production,
• 41:53
  it's
• 41:53
  also
• 41:54
  a
• 41:54
  bit
• 41:55
  of
• 41:55
  a
• 41:55
  notorious
• 41:56
  flop.
• 41:57
  So
• 41:58
  join
• 41:58
  me
• 41:59
  next
• 41:59
  week
• 41:59
  for
• 41:59
  the
• 42:00
  history
• 42:00
  and
• 42:00
  legacy
• 42:01
  of
• 42:01
  Santa
• 42:02
  Claus
• 42:02
  the
• 42:02
  Movie.
• 42:03
  That
• 42:03
  episode
• 42:04
  is
• 42:04
  due
• 42:04
  out
• 42:05
  the
• 42:05
  very
• 42:06
  day
• 42:06
  the
• 42:06
  big
• 42:07
  man
• 42:07
  himself
• 42:08
  actually
• 42:08
  sets
• 42:08
  off
• 42:09
  with
• 42:09
  all
• 42:09
  of
• 42:09
  our
• 42:09
  toys.
• 42:10
  So
• 42:10
  hopefully
• 42:11
  he's
• 42:11
  got
• 42:12
  some
• 42:12
  headphones
• 42:12
  for
• 42:12
  the
• 42:13
  journey
• 42:13
  to
• 42:13
  listen
• 42:13
  to
• 42:14
  his
• 42:14
  own
• 42:14
  story.
• 42:15
  If
• 42:16
  you
• 42:16
  enjoy
• 42:16
  what
• 42:16
  I
• 42:16
  do
• 42:16
  for
• 42:17
  this
• 42:17
  podcast
• 42:17
  and
• 42:18
  you
• 42:18
  have
• 42:18
  some
• 42:18
  spare
• 42:19
  change
• 42:19
  and
• 42:19
  you
• 42:19
  want
• 42:19
  to
• 42:20
  support
• 42:20
  an
• 42:20
  indie
• 42:20
  podcaster
• 42:21
  who
• 42:21
  does
• 42:21
  literally
• 42:22
  all
• 42:22
  of
• 42:22
  this,
• 42:23
  everything,
• 42:24
  on
• 42:24
  her
• 42:24
  own,
• 42:24
  I
• 42:24
  have
• 42:25
  no
• 42:25
  assistance.
• 42:26
  I
• 42:26
  have
• 42:26
  no
• 42:26
  one
• 42:27
  helping.
• 42:27
  I
• 42:27
  have
• 42:28
  no
• 42:28
  one
• 42:28
  doing
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