#363 - So Many Christmas Carols

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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We dive into three adaptations of A Christmas Carol. We discuss the work of Writer/Director Nancy Meyers with a focus on THE INTERN, IT'S COMPLICATED and THE HOLIDAY. Join the Patreon now for an exclusive episode every week, access to our entire Patreon Episode back catalog, your name read out on the next episode, and the friendly Discord chat: patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Subscribe, Review and Rate Us on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…ub/id1067435576 Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ Check out Justin's other podcasts, THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast), THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST (www.theveryfinecomicbookpodcast.com) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie), as well as Will's MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us).

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0:00.0	Just a reminder that we're still trying to hit 850 Patreon subscribers.
0:06.0	So if you aren't a patron, now's a great time to do it and get our lengthy back catalog of 300 plus Patreon-only episodes.
0:15.6	And if you do it before January 1st, you will have your name read out with everybody else in the
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0:41.1	So join now at patreon.com slash the important cinema club.
0:51.4	Hello, my name is Justin McClue, and I'm here today with Will Sloan reporting to you from London, Ontario, folks. Oh, oh, oh, oh, and you're with Santa Claus, Will? Oh, no. Have you been naughty or nice? I tell you where I've been. Christmas is a poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every 25th of December, don't you think, Santa? Oh, you sound like a real Scrooge, Will.
1:13.4	Folks, there have been dozens upon dozens of screen adaptations of a Christmas Carol.
1:18.1	Here is a partial list of people who have played Scrooge or Scrooge-like characters.
1:23.4	George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart, Bill Murray, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Palitz, Mickey Mouse, Mr. Magoo, Yosamity Sam, Daffy Duck, and Fred Flintstone.
1:33.1	You're forgetting a very important one, Will, I'm shocked you haven't seen. Rich Little's Christmas Carol.
1:40.0	Oh, man. Rich Little plays every role. It was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation made in 1978.
1:49.1	And listen to this cast.
1:50.7	W.C. Fields as Ebenezer Scrooge.
1:53.3	Paul Lind as Bob Cratchett.
1:55.1	Johnny Carson as Fred.
1:56.7	Laurel and Hardy as two solicitors.
1:58.9	Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley.
2:05.3	Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Groucher Marks as Fezzywig.
2:08.4	Aren't you just rushing out after this to watch that version? You know, a few weeks ago when Justin and I were coming back from Windsor where we saw Jay Leno, you can hear about that on our Patreon.
2:15.9	Justin had the idea of putting on some rich little comedy for us to listen to in the car.
2:20.9	Honestly, nightmarish experience.
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