Your Favorite Scrooge

JWBear · 12-24-2006, 09:48 AM

Which version of A Christmas Carol is your favorite?

Kevy Baby · 12-24-2006, 10:04 AM

How come no option for Bill Murray in Scrooged? Or Michael Caine in Muppet Christmas Carol?

wendybeth · 12-24-2006, 10:44 AM

Lol, KB- that was my first thought as well. Bill Murray's 'Scrooge' character (Frank Cross) was great.

innerSpaceman · 12-24-2006, 10:57 AM

I added Michael Caine to the poll. He's not my favorite Ebenezer, but the Muppet version is one of my absolute fave tellings of A Christmas Carol.

I also added Albert Finney. (I'm mad with mod power today, mwah-ha-ha!). Not only is the bizarre British musical Scrooge my absolute favorite version of the tale, but Albert Finney is bar-none the best Ebenezer Scrooge in the business!

Alex · 12-24-2006, 11:00 AM

I don't think I've ever seen any of those movies.

A Christmas Carol is a story that I've seen so many times in so many forms that whenever the opportunity arises to watch the actual story (or to read the book) I find I just have no interest.

So I voted for George C. Scott. He was such a jerk in real life that I figure he must have made a pretty darn good scrooge.

innerSpaceman · 12-24-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

A Christmas Carol is a story that I've seen so many times in so many forms that whenever the opportunity arises to watch the actual story (or to read the book) I find I just have no interest.

Which is why I didn't add Bill Murray to the poll. Slippery slope. He's in a story based on 'A Christmas Carol' and his character is not named Ebenezer Scrooge. If we start adding every loose adaptation, there will be 6,293 entries in the poll.

So, my preference for voting (tho certainly not for commenting) would be to limit to the actual, full-length adaptations of A Christmas Carol, and leave out all the spoofs and send-ups and every sitcom ever made.

Oh, and despite the roughly 6,000 times each of us has seen some different form of A Christmas Carol, I heartily recommend that - at least once in your life (if not every single Christmas time), you read the original Dickens. It's a treat.

Motorboat Cruiser · 12-24-2006, 10:58 AM

Loved Bill Murrey in Scrooged. Not to mention, Carol Kane.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 12-24-2006, 11:00 AM

I'd have to vote for Scrooge McDuck from Mickey's Christmas Carol.

I haven't seen the other versions.

Ghoulish Delight · 12-24-2006, 11:10 AM

I saw Patrick Stewart do a one-man reading of the story. That was awesome.

tracilicious · 12-24-2006, 12:02 PM

No Scrooge McDuck?!

View Poll Results: Which version of A Christmas Carol is your favorite?
The 1938 version with Reginald Owen	1	10.00%
The 1951 version with Alastair Sims	2	20.00%
The 1984 version with George C Scott	2	20.00%
The 1999 version with Patrick Stewart	4	40.00%
The 1970 version with Albert Finney	1	10.00%
The 1993 version with Michael Caine	0	0%
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll

12-24-2006, 09:48 AM	#1
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12-24-2006, 10:04 AM	#2
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12-24-2006, 10:44 AM	#3
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Lol, KB- that was my first thought as well. Bill Murray's 'Scrooge' character (Frank Cross) was great. __________________
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12-24-2006, 10:57 AM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I added Michael Caine to the poll. He's not my favorite Ebenezer, but the Muppet version is one of my absolute fave tellings of A Christmas Carol. I also added Albert Finney. (I'm mad with mod power today, mwah-ha-ha!). Not only is the bizarre British musical Scrooge my absolute favorite version of the tale, but Albert Finney is bar-none the best Ebenezer Scrooge in the business!
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12-24-2006, 11:00 AM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't think I've ever seen any of those movies. A Christmas Carol is a story that I've seen so many times in so many forms that whenever the opportunity arises to watch the actual story (or to read the book) I find I just have no interest. So I voted for George C. Scott. He was such a jerk in real life that I figure he must have made a pretty darn good scrooge.
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12-24-2006, 10:58 AM	#7
Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	Loved Bill Murrey in Scrooged. Not to mention, Carol Kane.
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Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	I'd have to vote for Scrooge McDuck from Mickey's Christmas Carol. I haven't seen the other versions.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I saw Patrick Stewart do a one-man reading of the story. That was awesome. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	No Scrooge McDuck?! __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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