Scrooged! (1988)| 50% Facts Holiday Special Review | Guest cohost Josh Hajar

50% Facts

Jim McDonald

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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Jim and Josh discuss the Christmas movie 'Scrooge'd', reflecting on its nostalgic value, Bill Murray's career, and the themes of corporate greed and morality. They explore the film's impact on their childhood memories, the casting choices, and how it compares to other holiday films. The discussion also delves into character development, relationships, and the film's overall message, culminating in ratings and final thoughts.

You can find Josh on Instagram @amazingjrab https://www.instagram.com/amazingjrab/.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Scrooge'd
04:02 Bill Murray's Career and Scrooge's Impact
09:49 Themes of Corporate Greed and Morality
17:57 Nostalgia and Family Memories
23:56 Casting and Production Insights
29:55 Comparisons with Other Holiday Films
36:03 Character Development and Relationships
42:00 Final Thoughts and Ratings

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0:00.0	All right, boys.
0:12.0	All right.
0:13.0	For Christmas,
0:15.4	for the,
0:17.7	our short holiday film festival,
0:19.7	we got Scroooged. Yes. We got the scrooge who josh is here with me
0:25.0	and this is his favorite christmas movie this has been a staple of christmas for me since i was a
0:29.9	kid i was going to say so how old were you when you first saw this movie i think i liked it as
0:35.7	most uh i don't know if i count as a younger millennial or an older millennial
0:39.3	at 43 years old, but as most millennials happen, we end up seeing a lot of movies that are
0:45.3	inappropriate for us at a very young age.
0:48.4	And I want to say I started seeing this movie when it was on syndication when I was in my
0:53.4	early adolescence, like 10 or 11 years old.
0:56.1	Okay.
0:56.7	And that's when I first started watching it because it was just whatever was on TNT or TBS at the time.
1:02.7	Yeah.
1:03.3	Yeah.
1:03.9	By contrast, in 1988, I had a two-year-old.
1:13.1	So a little different, yeah.
1:15.2	And Sebastian wasn't even conceived.
1:18.6	Maybe his parents hadn't even met yet.
1:20.6	Yeah, probably.
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