Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Chuck Jones' A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1971)



OK, it's the Holiday season. Let's go watch an Oscar-award-winning adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, executive produced by Chuck Jones with the voice of Alastair Sim as Scrooge! For now, there's only one -- just one place -- to see this: YouTube.

It's not on DVD. Ands that's crummy. This show has some serious pedigree; the guy who brought us THE GRINCH (the cartoon, not the Jim Carrey monster) is the executive producer and it's directed by the animation director of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT. I remember seeing it in 1971, and once or twice since then -- but only by chance. It's not a holiday TV tradition ala CHARLIE BROWN or those Rankin Bass puppet specials or the MISTER MAGOO special. Go figure!

YouTube's rules means a 28 minute vid has to be sliced up into smaller segments. Here are the links if you have the time to watch.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Stave One

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Stave Two

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Stave Three

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Stave Four

Thanks to Grant Miehm for reminding me of this special, which I had forgotten about until now!


- The above was originally posted on December 11, 2007. And this is still not available on DVD or Blu Ray or whatever so far as I know.
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3 comments:

  1. Nick Fechter12:04 PM

    Aaaaaaah Youtube, without it watching my favorite animated movies of the past would be impossible.

    Thanks for sharing Mike!

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  2. Anonymous1:42 PM

    Wow, thanks for posting this! I, too, watched it as a kid, and had forgotten all about it.

    Merry Christmas,
    Jeff P.

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  3. Mike Lynch3:59 AM

    The part that always gets me: when Marley's ghost unties that cloth around his head and his mouth swings open wide -- wailing -- YIPE! That, my friend, is the stuff of nightmares.

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