Muppets. I don't really like Christmas movies, and I can enjoy it with my kids at their current age.
Muppet Christmas Carol is the only Christmas movie I still look forward to when the Christmas season first starts. I like the changes they made to make it more family friendly while still letting Ebenezer hit a proper rock bottom with Christmas Future. Gonzo and Rizzo do a great job bringing the fully Muppetness to the story in a way that doesn't feel unnatural at all. Two Marley's I think helps sell the impact on Ebenezer, and it gives us the Bob Marley gag. And Micheal Cain gives it 100%, not at all hammed up because most of his costars are felt.
Most years I do find time to also watch Scrooged. Put Carol Kane in a thing, and I'm going to watch it.
Yeah, for movies its the Muppets no question. We're lucky enough to live near a movie theater that shows it every year. we all go on Xmas eve.
There is a community theater near me that has a one man show of it. Its been done by the same guy for over a decade. He fell ill last year so his understudy is doing it now. Its fucking phenomenal. Just one dude in a black box theater. He does every line in the story with voices, minimal props, a few sound cues, and its simply magic.
Me, my wife, and kids go every year to see both. I cry at each but in different places.
No contest.
This one by the BBC is good. It's basically a visual audio book but the quality of the delivery brings it to Dickensian life.
I particularly like it because it reminds me of a couple of similar plays that I went to about ten years ago.
Scrooged is a great cynical, dark humor take on the IP, and of course A Muppet Christmas Carol gets a mention as well.
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