This blog entry is going to archive some films and TV that celebrate the Christmas season or in other words provide links to what I can find streaming for free on the information superhighway
It has been noted folks enjoy watching the various versions of A Christmas Carol and here are some of the most well known. For now my descriptions of the films are very lacking in info and perhaps a comment or two from me will be added soon as I wanted to get this blog entry up and running.
Now the important bit: click on the title of the film and you will be transported [via a new window] to the story of Scrooge you clicked on:
Note Well: I wanted to link to a copy of The Muppet Christmas Carol but my avast anti virus was claiming it was blocking malware from the site. The Muppet version is one of my favorite spins on the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and I really wanted to place a link to the film on this blog entry.
Scrooge [1935] stars Seymour Hicks as Scrooge. This is the earliest version of Charles Dickens' tale that most folks remember.
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A Christmas Carol [1938]
This version of the tale of our favorite miser stars Reginald Owen in the title role.
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Charles Dickens' The Christmas Carol [1949]
This item was a 26 minute television special hosted and narrated by the one and only Vincent Price
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Scrooge [1951] This is the major version of this tale which many remember. This version stars Alastair Sim as Scrooge
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Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol [1962] The sight challenged cartoon character Mr. Magoo takes on the role of Scrooge. This version boasts several songs and is very enjoyable for young and old.
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Scrooge [1970] This is Albert Finney's musical version of the tale.
Scrooge [1970] Alternate link
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An American Christmas Carol [1979] Henry Winkler stars in this Americanized version of the timeless tale.
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Mickey's Christmas Carol [1983] ---- Many years before Jim Carrey voiced Scrooge for Disney, Scrooge McDuck took his turn at the role. Mickey, Donald, Daisy and Goofy as well as other famous characters have prominent roles in this version of the tale
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A Christmas Carol [1984] Many say that George C. Scott's Scrooge in the 1984 TV special is the best rendition of the cantankerous old miser. It happens to be one of my favorites.
A Christmas Carol [1984] Alternate link
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The Real Ghostbusters [1986-1991 Cartoon] "X-Mas Marks the Spot": The fate of Christmas depends on the Ghostbusters filling in for the Scrooge's ghosts of Christmas past, present and future while Egon attempts to retrieve the real ghosts from the containment unit (who got there due to an error on our heroes' part).
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Star Cops (1987 BBC SciFi TV Series)
One of my favorite TV quotes comes from a BBC TV Series and it is thus
This blog entry concerns that 1987 BBC TV series which is indeed entitled Star CopsYou leave Earth and anything you forget to bring with you will kill you. Anything you do bring with you which doesn't work properly will kill you. When in doubt, just assume *everything* will kill you. ['Nathan Spring', Star Cops]
which mixes the science fiction and mystery genres .. see below for synopsis.
I first encountered this series on a PBS station in 1991 and have not seen it since except via youtube. I found it interesting as it mixed drama with mystery and had a major dose of sci fi.
Star Cops is a British science fiction television series which aired in 1987. The series is set 'in the year 2027, a time where Interplanetary travel has become commonplace, it starred David Calder as Nathan Spring, commander of the International Space Police Force—nicknamed the “Star Cops"—who provide law enforcement for the newly developing colonies of the Solar System. The series follows Spring and the rest of his multinational team as they work to establish the Star Cops and solve whatever crimes come their way. Operating in a relatively accurately realized hard SF, near-future, space environment, many of the cases that the Star Cops investigate arise from opportunities for new crimes presented by the technologically advanced future society the series depicts and from the hostile frontier nature of the environment that the Star Cops live in.'
( see the rest of this info at WIKIPEDIA )
The clip just below this text is the first 3 minutes of episode 1 of the series. The song is 'It Won't Be Easy' and is sung by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues ...
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Like the embedded intro the nine episodes in the series can also be viewed via youtube
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episode 01 playlist: An Instinct for Murder
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episode 02 playlist: Conversations with the Dead
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episode 03 playlist: Intelligent Listening For Beginners
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episode 04 playlist: Trivial Games and Paranoid Pursuits
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episode 05 playlist: This Case to be Opened in a Million Years
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episode 06 playlist: In Warm Blood
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episode 07 playlist: A Double Life
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episode 08 playlist: Other People's Secrets
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episode 09 playlist: Little Green Men and Other Martians
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