I genuinely think David Johansen should have won and Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Ghost of Christmas Past. The dude isn't even a full time actor, he's a musician.. and here he is NAILING the performance of a wise-cracking old decrepit ghost from New York who seems to get a kick out of everything bizarre. Phenomenal performance!!
I love how later when Frank gets it and Claire has to get to him. She hails a taxi and says "Can you get me to the IBC building?" The ghost says "Which floor?"
I think it's funny how usually the Ghost of Christmas Past is presented as an ethereal, androgynous or childlike figure, and in this movie they went for a cigar-smoking taxi driver. Then, the Ghost of Christmas Present is usually a big jovial guy but in this movie it's a fairy-like lady who likes to play it rough. :D
Yeah, I personally always wondered, was the taxi driver originally meant to be the ghost of christmas present. like first off christmas present is always depicted as a man in robes surrounded by food and such, here it's a man wearing a having coats and is surrounded by trash and food wrappers which weirdly match the idea. then later on during murray's big television broadcast he gives a ride to the love interest which would make more sense if he was the ghost of christmas present, because it was the present christmas
This is my favorite Christmas movie and my favorite version of a Christmas Carol I couldn’t care less if it’s set in modern times it makes it have more interesting edge and depth to it
Sam Kinison was going to play this role, but Bill Murray intervened because he was friends with David Johanson. At the time, David was going by the stage name "Buster Poindexter", performing as a cabaret singer. His biggest hit was a cover of "Hot, Hot, Hot," which charted around the time the movie was made. Bill Murray appeared in the music video.
I liked David Johansen in any role he gets. Pretty cool going from the lead singer of glam punk band THE NEW YORK DOLLS, to roles in great movies. Let's not forget his Buster Poindexter gimmick either. Very underrated entertainer!
I like how Frank’s shown on every North American poster holding a cigar and the cab driver smokes more than he does. I’ve seen this movie 3x and I can’t think of one scene where Bill Murray even holds a cigar let alone is seen smoking one. Which is ironic considering how much of a big shot the character is and the fact that it was the 1980s
Yeah, parts of the movie do feel like something Tim Burton would do. Plus, Danny Elfman did the music. Any of the scenes involving the Ghost of Christmas Future definitely has that Tim Burton vibe.
This is the second movie with Bill Murray in it to feature a Checker Cab being recklessly driven by a ghost. The opening of this scene is similarly shot to the scene in Ghostbusters with the ghost cabby.
Frank: I get it. You're taking me back in time to see my mother and father and I'm suppose to get goosey and blubbery. Well, forget it pal. You got the wrong guy. Past Ghost: That's exactly what Attila the Hun said. But when he saw his Motha...Niagra Falls.
Scrooge was Amazing. Can you please make a video of all the cab driver scenes. "You don't know who you are, you don't know what you want, and you don't know what heck is going on" 😁 His laugh friggin kills me. Smokey horse laugh with a cabby accent 🚕 Aaaaaaaaaah hahaha relax Frank! He loves his job. 🤔Maybe he worked for D.C. CAB(1983).
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I genuinely think David Johansen should have won and Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Ghost of Christmas Past. The dude isn't even a full time actor, he's a musician.. and here he is NAILING the performance of a wise-cracking old decrepit ghost from New York who seems to get a kick out of everything bizarre. Phenomenal performance!!
Yep
The Taxicab Driver is the lead singer of the New York Dolls and a Great friend of Murray's/ He played this part amazingly
my fave character
Wow!!! Really???
David Johansson
Kinda if the Joker was one Santa’s elves kinda vibe.
Yeah hes in Tale from the Darkside also
I love how later when Frank gets it and Claire has to get to him. She hails a taxi and says "Can you get me to the IBC building?" The ghost says "Which floor?"
You can tell how much the ghost enjoys his job XD
How did the guy playing the ghost not get bigger roles after this? He was amazing and hilarious!
Drug addict.
Cuz he was pigeonholed as a Jagger clone.
@@punkmeathead3792 So much cooler Than Jagger
Because he had a far more successful music career as Buster Poindexter and was the lead singer of The New York Dolls.
@@bigdoinks69 feeling HOT HOT HOT!
I think it's funny how usually the Ghost of Christmas Past is presented as an ethereal, androgynous or childlike figure, and in this movie they went for a cigar-smoking taxi driver. Then, the Ghost of Christmas Present is usually a big jovial guy but in this movie it's a fairy-like lady who likes to play it rough. :D
And then the ghost of Christmas future was an elevator ride with a TV faced monster
And I love that
Yeah, I personally always wondered, was the taxi driver originally meant to be the ghost of christmas present. like first off christmas present is always depicted as a man in robes surrounded by food and such, here it's a man wearing a having coats and is surrounded by trash and food wrappers which weirdly match the idea. then later on during murray's big television broadcast he gives a ride to the love interest which would make more sense if he was the ghost of christmas present, because it was the present christmas
Frank: I need my phone.
Ghost of Christmas Past: Who you gonna call?
Frank: "blinks".
Yeah, your three other "human friends" can't save you now...
George Pierson Come on frank, just say **GHOST BUSTERS**
That would've been a great callback for this film.
1:02 Cabbie Ghost: "Oh, thanks pal!" (laughing)
Love that hilarious scene
Christopher Howell Even the ghosts are destroying that guy’s life.
"Let's face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you."
*chuckles* Name one.
At 0:52 😂😂😂 I like how he looked at us with the cigar smoke coming outta his ears!!!
I drove a cab overnight, and you'd be amazed how billowing ear smoke just kinda came with the territory.
Yeah, just like the cartoons.
David Johansen is not an actor by trade, but DARN!!! He's amazing!!!
Between this and the crazy taxi scene in Conspiracy Theory, I think Richard Donner has a fear of taxi cabs.
"You see I'm the ghost..."
😨*sees taxi license*
He looks like Benicio Del Toro
He did there. He don't no more 😂
@@Carl_McMelvin ANTONIO BANDERAS!!! FROM THE MOVIES!!!
This is my favorite Christmas movie and my favorite version of a Christmas Carol I couldn’t care less if it’s set in modern times it makes it have more interesting edge and depth to it
Sam Kinison was going to play this role, but Bill Murray intervened because he was friends with David Johanson. At the time, David was going by the stage name "Buster Poindexter", performing as a cabaret singer. His biggest hit was a cover of "Hot, Hot, Hot," which charted around the time the movie was made. Bill Murray appeared in the music video.
He also did a great cover version of Ray Charles’ song “Hit The Road Jack” which was in the 1989 movie “The Dream Team”.
Hey hey, come on over, have some fun with Crazy Taxi!
"I love that bit...."
Wow, he’s gonna see 3 ghosts in one day. He should really call some Ghostbusters.
I liked David Johansen in any role he gets. Pretty cool going from the lead singer of glam punk band THE NEW YORK DOLLS, to roles in great movies. Let's not forget his Buster Poindexter gimmick either. Very underrated entertainer!
(1988) &...still watching on December 24th 2019. This the funniest 😆 scene in Scrooged. Taxi Driver snatches the Liquor & kept driving wild. 😆🌈♥️💯⭐
I like how Frank’s shown on every North American poster holding a cigar and the cab driver smokes more than he does. I’ve seen this movie 3x and I can’t think of one scene where Bill Murray even holds a cigar let alone is seen smoking one. Which is ironic considering how much of a big shot the character is and the fact that it was the 1980s
I used to think the taxi driver was played by Bencio Del Toro had no clue it was David Johansen from New York Dolls fame
bill murray is one of the most underrated actors ever lol and thats a fucked
Robbed at the oscars
I heard this is how they really drive in New York.
Come to Florida ;)
Can confirm
That cab driver is really charismatic he should be the frontman in a band of something.
If he's as good a frontman as he is an actor, that band would be HOT HOT HOT!!!
Bobcat was also great in the movie...he is good at playing unhinged people.
This looks like something Tim Burton would direct. Not Richard Donner.
True, but Richard Donner kind of captured Tim burton's style. I'm not saying he copied it, I'm saying he captured it, but in a more cartoonish way.
They even used Danny Elfman.
Yeah, parts of the movie do feel like something Tim Burton would do. Plus, Danny Elfman did the music. Any of the scenes involving the Ghost of Christmas Future definitely has that Tim Burton vibe.
The ghost even reminds me of Beetlejuice
“I know absolutely everything, Frank. You see, *I’m* the ghost.”
1:04 his laughing man hahaha
Ghost of Christmas Past: Where are we, you mean when are we!
The more appropriate question is, "when the hell are we!"
Does anyone see a sight gag? The cab the ghost is driving is
a Chicago model, and the others are from New York.
I do not get it.
If it were Chicago, it's likely the cab would be green and white. It's a Checker; the other cab in the scene is an Impala.
Checker Cabs were in NY as well as Chicago. Don’t see many of those anymore.
"That's exactly what Attila The Hun said! But when he saw his mother... Niagara Falls baby"
0:24 You see, I'm the Ghost!
😨 *sees taxi license*
0:31*
Why isn’t Hollywood making movies like this anymore? I miss the 1980s 1990s
Because you can never go back to how you felt when you were young. You're old, you're bitter and jaded. Hollywood can't fix that for you.
@@EmployeeJoe630 false.
When I first watched this my mum told me that this was Benicia Del Toro’s first film, and for years I maintained it was him driving the taxi 🚕.
Bet this guy is working for Uber that's for sure
That’d be funny as hell 🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:33 Nightmare Before Christmas in the music
I remember watching this scene. It terrified me as a child.
"Where are we? You mean *when* are we!!!"
Is that Benicio Del Toro?😂😂
No. It was actor David Johanson.
I always thought that was him. lol
I thought it was the guy who sang "Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!"
@@thomaspaull2594 it is lmao
Bill Murray From Ghostbusters!
Is that Bobcat Goldthwait at 0:56?
Yes that's him.
love the laugh when he steals the guys drink! haha
This is the second movie with Bill Murray in it to feature a Checker Cab being recklessly driven by a ghost. The opening of this scene is similarly shot to the scene in Ghostbusters with the ghost cabby.
I had no idea that was Buster Poindexter playing the ghost.
The music is so Simpsons like. Thank you Danny Elfman
ahahhaha david johansen lookin like tom waits here
Oh my god he absolutely does
1:16 this reminds me of back to the future
Cab to the Future.
Jon Kelley Cab to the past?
Trotmaster15 I guess. Cab is like "back" backwards.
Mind Blown.
Only without the modified DeLorean DMC-12 or its stars Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.
Really loved this ghost.
The Taxi driver is no other than David Johansson aka Buster Poindexter!
I like the Christmas decorations in the cabs interior
Missed out the best part when he tries to walk through the door!
From the NEW YORK DOLLS to a movie Cab Driver... what a GUY....... Merry FKN X-MAS EVE :p
A solid classic !!!
The taxi driver is the front singer in the Band the new York dolls
Amazingly well crafted movie !
This is my favourite ghost. Heheheheeee....:-)))))
“Check the records pal, I did some stuff.”
Buster Poindexter of "Hot Hot Hot" and "Zat You Santy Claus?" fame
IT'S THANATOS !
Poor taxi driver...Jet Boy stole his baby.
David Johanson was in Car 54, Where are you?, playing Gunther Toody with Joihn McGinley. When he sing, him nickname is Buster Poindexter
IMHO, the best line of Christmas Past is "Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls." Unfortunately it's omitted from this clip
00'56" it's Animal! 😁 With a short haircut!
Favorite X-mas movie had to seen this at least 20x
"My dad didn't put the lights up yet..."
funny thing is that some NY cab drivers do drive like that
0:42 Is so weird how just a few notes are so easily recognizable.
1:35 "The question is not WHERE, executive, but WHEN."
Let me guess... Danny Elfman composed the soundtrack?
I was surprised too.
Thanks, Pal! Hahahaa!
David Johansen laugh in this movie 😂😂😂😂
Should have had the next couple of minutes, explaining how he took Attila the Hun to see his "muddah" ... just before Clip 6/10.
"Niagra Falls, Frankie.......Niagra Falls!" ;)
Frank: I get it. You're taking me back in time to see my mother and father and I'm suppose to get goosey and blubbery. Well, forget it pal. You got the wrong guy.
Past Ghost: That's exactly what Attila the Hun said. But when he saw his Motha...Niagra Falls.
I always wondered if The Ghost of Christmas Past is come kind of elf from hell. lol A Helf?
The dude looks like Lampwick in Pinnochio
More like Mickey Mouse's first nemesis, Pegleg Pete.
William Shaw I can also see big bad wolf
You should have taken the bus Frankie boy!
This is one of my favorite movies and its the same age as me 31 years old☺
Is it weird that I’m still watching this film in January.
you see I'm a ghost....
.... and me soul on fire feeling hot hot hot
...my tears
☃️🏡☃️
Did anyone else think that the Ghost was played by the same actor who played Rizzo on MASH? The two actors looked so much alike
Adam Carolla, the early years.
"When i mentioned his mother. Niagara falls, frank."
Great casting who played the taxi driver?
David Johansen, vocalist of the New York Dolls, aka Buster Poindexter
I'll take that pal ha ha ha ha
i love love this movie
He like like a ts dvl too 😂
He's feeling HOT HOT HOT
the ghost reminds me of Beetlejuice for some reason :D
A car traveling back in time to 1955? Where I have seen that before?
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0:49
Scrooge was Amazing. Can you please make a video of all the cab driver scenes.
"You don't know who you are, you don't know what you want, and you don't know what heck is going on" 😁
His laugh friggin kills me. Smokey horse laugh with a cabby accent
🚕 Aaaaaaaaaah hahaha relax Frank! He loves his job.
🤔Maybe he worked for D.C. CAB(1983).
At least the ghost of Christmas past has a license to operate a cab
Which now that I think about is kind of weird
hottest movie character in hollywood history?
Yes
Bill too
1:16-1:30 epilepsy warning
The Taxi Driver looks like Johnny Knoxville from Jackass
Bob too