Every Animated Christmas Carol: Worst to Best (2/2)
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- Опубликовано: 24 дек 2020
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This video's content falls under critical or film studies. Predominantly containing discussions, deliberations, examinations, essays and analyses of the thematic integrity of works of visual artistic expression by ways of some subpar comedy.
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Interesting we haven’t gotten a Spongebob Christmas Carol with Mr. Krabs as Scrooge, seems like a no brainer
....That’s...a good point, but one could also argue Squidward in a role like that, and having Krabs as Jacob Marley.
Spongebob is Christmas Past
Patrick is Christmas Present
Who can be Christmas Future? Sandy? Plankton?
@@trika91 the flying dutchman as christmas future
I’d say Born Again Krabs was their take on it. Unless that’s what they’re doing for the 3rd Christmas special next year.
@@trika91 Definitely Plankton, I don't see why Sandy though
I find it pretty humorous that a decent portion of Christmas Carol adaptations for some reason have animal sidekicks.
Or have animals as the protagonists
You know-- for kids!
@JESSICAH HALI dude what the heck
@@Mr.Tw1sty Do I even want to know😐
My favourite urban legend about A Christmas Carol: They got Clarence Nash, the original Donald Duck, for the Disney one. He was very old at this point, and had some trouble getting into character. The people who invited him to audition got worried that he was too old to do the voice anymore, until they heard a loud swear from the recording booth in a perfect Donald Duck voice and heard him carry on perfectly from there.
That's literally one of my favorite voice acting stories! The fact that they tried really hard to find a replacement because he was so old but just no one did it as well as him, and he came in and IMMEDIATELY blew everyone away. What a goddamn icon. Imagine being there that day and actually hearing the original Donald in person
One thing I wish adaptations of Christmas Carol would understand: SCROOGE IS NOT EVIL. He's miserable. That's what the word "miser" means. I particularly hate adaptations that scare Scrooge straight; it completely invalidates his character arc- he comes to his realisation of his own will, because he sees the effects of his choices.
He's cruel, despicable, and doesn't care if people die. In fact he says that orphans better kill themselves to decrease the surplus population. Oh yeah. Nothing evil here.
@@dislike_button33 He's not intentionally harming people in the book, he's just indifferent. That's what the movies always get wrong.
@@hunterlawrence3573 Yeah, that's why Ignorance and Want exist. They show that people aren't naturally evil, just selfish. A shame that many adaptations cut them for being "too scary".
@@reasyrandom More confusing than scary, I think. I read the book when I was twelve and I understood what they were talking about, but I probably wouldn’t have at six. I think that’s why the version aimed at families usually cut them out. But children don’t need to be a certain age to understand an indifferent Scrooge vs. an evil one.
I definitely agree. This is one of the reasons I love the Albert Finney version because you can see his transformation happening gradually over the course of his time with the ghosts and not just all of a sudden at the end. It's also the reason I don't particularly like the Patrick Stewart version, because he doesn't really change even by the end (Only a shilling for the boy who he sends to get the turkey? Really? A half-crown was just too much?)
that scene where pete pushed scrooge into a flaming grave WHILE PETE IS LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY gave me so much childhood trauma that i didn’t watch a single christmas carol adaptation until i was four-fucking-teen and honestly i still get terrified watching it
SAME
bruh my mom put it on for me when I was like 8 and I was just sitting there like 👁👄👁
I only watched the Mickey Mouse special ONCE and that is the only thing I remember from it because it horrified me so much as a child. 😳
Mickey's Christmas Carol is still criminally short. I'm always surprised by how fast it goes by every Christmas.
It actually came out on Christmas? Impressive....!
Most Impressive
That's even more impressive than the fact I got a copyright claim on my latest video where I sing a dinosaur parody of "12 days of Christmas" seconds after uploading it, even tho the song is supposed to be in the public domain, and I was singing myself, with no background music. 🤦♂️😂😂😂
Came out an hourish late for me
Not in my country
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They redesigned the Ducktales version of the Christmas Spirits because the show had a strict "No Humans" policy. When humans did appear on the show, they were depicted as horrifying smiling eldritch abominations as a result of a genie wish going sour. However, they made Ghost of Christmas Present a pig because the character was always about indulging in the most positive things and moments like food and jolly merriment (and supposedly because human meat tastes similar to pork).
It's also due to how the Ghost of Christmas Past was depicted in DuckTales 2017, as his characterization would be far too OOC for someone like Jiminy Cricket, a character considered to be a Disney mascot of unblemished sincerity.
"It's short. it's sweet and it's Animaniacs, so it wins" Hmm. Catchy. I'll take three sweatshirts, extra large.
Regarding the hyper realistic CG Disney version one thing that Doug Waller pointed out about it i hadn't noticed, but loved after learning about it, is that all the Ghosts of Christmas are voiced by Jim Carrey himself. It gives the vibe that the spirits are projections of his own subconscious, his own inherit goodness, trying to get his attention to try and change. Like his subconscious is metaphorically shaking Ebenezer by the collar of his shirt and screaming at him to learn to be happy again. I love that touch and honestly wish other future adaptations went this rout more often.
Really, the entire scene of Scrooge seeing Cratchit's crying face up close should make this one of the best adaptations.
I mean if you look at their designs you can see that they are all also based of Jim Carreys face. I think it's most clear in Christmas Present.
Yeah some of the 3D designs and shading isn't the best by today's standards but I honestly really like the movie. It does both really dark and really happy themes and balances it all quite well.
I have an "Art Of..." book for this movie and can confirm, this was intentional--one of the things they wanted to get across was the idea that the spirits are all a part of Scrooge. Makes sense, since Past literally tells him that they're specifically the ghost of _his_ past, but many people tend to forget this.
The creators of Ducktales stated that they made the ghosts different in “Last Christmas” because they didn’t want to make Jiminy Cricket evil.
I have to assume they also didn’t want to use Willie the Giant because of their whole “No humans (mostly)” policy.
Also Let's Get Dangerous confirmed there is a Disney multiverse
That leaves Pete. I guess he didn't retain his role as Ghost of Christmas Future because they planned to add Goofy from Goof Troop in Season 3, meaning that Pete might still be his neighbor in Spoonerville.
@@Elementa2006 sad that all the major Disney Afternoon universes were destroyed. Though I do wonder why DT87 was intact, just empty and stuck on a loop.
@@shanryder were they destroyed? I'm sure they're still out there, the Duckwing Duck universe still exists.
@@shanryder They weren't destroyed. They still exist in the multiverse. The new DuckTales Universe is only familiar with the DT87 because...well, it's a show that became real.
I’m kinda surprised the VeggieTales episode “An Easter Carol” wasn’t included. I mean, aside from the emphasis on a different holiday, it’s basically the same story.
Given that it has some religious elements, it can be a turn off for people
This may just be my nostalgic bias, but I thought it was pretty good. I also liked that it didn’t shy away from the darker parts, even including Tiny Tim’s death and Scrooge seeing his grave
Same. I kind of expected it to be here. I'd still rank it below Mickey's Christmas Carol myself, but it has the best song out of all of them (sung by Rebecca St. James). And it's the only Veggie Tales story where they kill off a child character (one who played a central role in the prequel, which allowed us to connect with him immediately in Easter Carol--and not just because he's played by Junior Asparagus).
oh god i haven't seen that movie in ages, i just remember one of the songs being really annoying XD
@@emanuelrojas2 So...? They are CHRISTMAS' Carols, where a greedy person is brought to regret by seeing they will go to hell if they don't change! Almost ALL of them have "religious elements"
Am I the only one who feels sorry for Daffy? It always felt like he was forced into the villain role for Bugs instead of being his own goofy character.
Daffy used to be the goofy main character in the old shorts, then Bugs became the main character. In the Chuck Jones shorts, Daffy became a side character whose goal was to steal the show from Bugs and be the main character. Some bad Looney Tunes content forget this
Same.
Daffy is great in both senses. He’s insufferably insane on one end, and despicably pathetic on the other. While they do feel like two separate characters at points, I love them both. It also kinda makes sense. He just has one personality on each side of the coin. What’s he gonna wake up as today?
To me, nothing is daffier than that.
of course making Daffy an asshole makes all the punishment he gets in the various cartoons and shorts funnier
One way or another, his character changed over time and... well... He became what he is now.
Honestly, this would actually make for a good rendition of a Christmas Carol. Have his past be one where he is like his early days, with his pessimism growing as he partly lost his stardom to an upstart rabbit (for this purpose, it may need to include Tiny Toons such that we have Buster in the role of his employee, as Bugs Bunny himself is intricately linked to this past. It also lets us expand the possible cast for who to have as Tiny Tim and other characters if we can use both Loony and Tiny Toons in one setting).
The biggest question for this would be: What do we do with Bugs Bunny himself? One possibility is to make Bugs Bunny play the role of Jacob Marley. Another is that he plays the role of the more cheerful "brother" or whatever extended family that Scrooge has that makes an appeal with him in some way early on by inviting him to a get together or party, but I actually like the Jacob Marley idea better. Bugs Bunny historically did get his way alot, and did so to a point where... well, you could see him as a character who let his fame and all get the better of him to a degree. To have a now more earnest Bugs as the ghost that gives the first warning to the very duck he himself did much to drive into their current state. Can you imagine this? It would be a blending of both the characters, along with their history and the way their creators and writers changed over time.
Imagine, a Christmas Carol where Daffy's entire character history was basically his backstory for the purposes of this story?
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She is Belladonna, the EVIL TWIN of Annabelle from the first movie.
It's weirder.
Bah Humduck. Not anything mind blowing but a pretty solid Looney Tunes story.
Then. I. Declare. WAR!
@JESSICAH HALI bro why r u sending a link
Just seeing Daffy on that hoverboard pounded me in 2000s nostalgia. Only Looney Tunes would create a world like that and damn it... I adore it.
I remember watching it when it was on Netflix and enjoying it but that was when it just released lol
Hello. I’m wishing you all a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Mickey Mouse being cast in the role of Cratchit was a stroke of genius.
Mickey is typically an irrepressibly positive character in his most stereotypical versions. He's usually very kind and jovial without a whole lot of negativity or downer moments.
So seeing Cratchit *emotionally devastated* over the grave of Tiny Tim hits so much harder than almost any other adaptation. Because that's a side of Mickey that we rarely ever see. It's astoundingly effective.
I can only imagine Dickens up there thinking ‘Why are people making Scrooge into animals?’
Mickey's Christmas Carol is hands down my favorite adaptation of this story. Not only is the casting for each character perfect (Pete as the Ghost of Christmas Future is horrifying), or the fact that it was Wayne Allwine's debut as Mickey Mouse (still the best), but the story is simple, short, and sweet. It keeps what it needs to from the book while not dragging the story on for too long or taking away from the emotional moments. The fact that it's able to tell this incredible story in 30 minutes or so is a testament to its genius. Also, how can you not get misty-eyed when you see Mickey shed some tears? That is freak'n heart-breaking! That being said, Bah Hunduck feels kind'a bland for both an adaptation of this book and for a Looney Tunes cartoon. The additions and cuts don't really tug at your heart strings the way they should and overall it feels like they're going through the beets because they have to. The Scrooge character just has to be a jerk cuz it's a Christmas Carol, Daffy has to be tortured unendingly just cuz it's Looney Tunes, etc. It's not terrible, but a combination of these two things together should not leave me wanting more. Although the addition of Tara Strong makes anything 20% cooler, so there's that. As for best Christmas Carol adaptations overall, it's Mickey Mouse, Blackadder, Doc Who, MLP, Ghostbusters, Batman, and Muppets for the win. I know they aren't all animated, but one has a flying shark pulling a sled, what's more cartoony than that? Either way, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I agree, Mickey’s Christmas carol is so nostalgic for me even though I only saw it once or twice as a child. I was scared of Pete after that but it’s definitely my favourite adaptation! And my parents like it too :)
I’ll have to watch the looney tunes Christmas carol again coz I only remember bits of it.
I also love the Blackadder one :D and I didn’t realise there’s a Batman version
I agree absolutely.
Tara Strong makes anything cooler, tbh. She's TARA FREAKING STRONG.
To me it's The Best even if some adaptations are superior and The Doctor Who Christmas Carol is my favorite. It's hard not to adore despite how compressed it is.
The Jim Carrey one has to be my favourite, the animation is great and it’s one of the most book-accurate adaptations.
It’s also deliciously dark, I was surprised it wasn’t rated PG-13, and I was surprised that it’s a Disney film.
Disney actually made an adult animated film that wasn’t from Fox or an English localisation of a Studio Ghibli film.
I mean, there was a time when Disney had dark imagry in their films, but that was in the early days.
@Hydra Spectre
So I'm not the only one who likes that version, I feel less guilty now.
Yes, the animation is top notch (uncanny feeling aside), and yes, the adaptation is very faithful.
... But there are several moments where it feel like the movie is dragged to show off the animation. The movie is 1h30 and I feel like it could cut about 15 minutes.
@@wangwang2211 I agree, and this is why I didn't like the 2009 adaptation that much. so many sweeping shots and rollercoaster sequences which were blatant "look at our cool animation" showcases, and they frequently distracted from the story. it would probably make the movie difficult to follow for people who aren't already familiar with the story.
(I also didn't like the garbage mocap but that goes without saying)
A Christmas Carol really isn't my favorite story, but I really enjoyed this adaptation, it's definitely one of my favorites. I know I would've been terrified of this movie as a kid, but as an adult, I can appreciate the darker tones and that Disney actually didn't shy away from it. Yes, I know that they've had really dark and creepy things in the past, but I would say after the Disney rennaisance, they didn't really try to push the envelope to make things creepy for awhile. I do think at times they motion cap is rather uncanny and I don't like the character designs of the ones that try to look *too* human like, but I can appreciate the more cartoonish looking characters, despite the hyper realistic textures. Personally, I think it's a solid, fairly accurate adaptation for those who want something that's not cutesy, goofy and is most likely more accessible than the 1971 Richard Williams adaptation
Omg Richard Williams' version has so many eery soviet cartoon vibes that still scare the shit out of me, even the sound effects and transitions are similar, watching it truly felt like home
I wanna see it because it looks so accurate but I don't think my anxiety could handle it, sadly. And that's probably because it's doing something right.
The Looney Tunes, Flintstones, and yes; even the classic Disney Version will always be one of my personal favourites.
Mine too
Same!
As an odd note, something I love about Mickey’s Christmas Carol is that Bob is made a partner. I know it’s not book accurate, but, like...Bob deserves it!!!
I think my brain just broke from the fact that Fred Flintstone is a caveman playing a character from a time period 12,000 years in the future.
don't think about it
They're Cavemen. Celebrating Christmas. Nothing makes sense
I think it’s way weirder that they’re even celebrating Christmas in the first place
"Shut up and eat your cereal"
(I hate to quote NC, but he's right)
And I say unto you:
"Wow! You released the second part on my birthday? Thank you Cell."
Not the literally question the Lord, but you know that you where probably born in the summer?
Also say merry Christmas to my dad for me, amen!
@@shinyagumon7015 That’s does exclude it from being Christmas here.
@@shinyagumon7015 "I was born in the summer. In the southern hemisphere Christmas is in the summer while in the northern hemisphere it's in the winter."
@@RNJesusVtuber Unterstandable, have a great day
@@RNJesusVtuber actually you probably were born in the spring but once the Christans stole Yule they thought “hey Yule is in winter we need an excuse hmmm, YOU WERE BORN HERE”
(I’m not blaming any current Christian’s celebrate whatever you want idc)
So am I the only one who actually really likes motion capture? It isn’t perfect, and plenty of films have used it poorly, but something about that uncanny nostalgic feeling I get from it helps films that use it stick in my mind.
Also, where is the Johnny Test Earth Day Carol and Veggietales Easter Carol?
Everybody sleeps on that one Stickin' Around episode.
I too enjoy motion capture, but not in the nostalgic way. I love the way Rockstar uses it to allow their characters to feel more real by translating subtle details of how a character moves into a game.
I think she didn't talk about those because they're centered around a different holiday
@@candycover The episode did have a genuinely funny line, though.
I’m in the same boat. I truly think it’s an amazing form of animation, especially when it’s uncanny to look real enough where it’s amazing. I just love the look and am sad there is so much hate.
And then there's the oddest take of A Christmas Carol. That being an episode of Pepper Ann, which actually takes place on Valentines Day of all holidays.
Oh my gosh...that Richard Williams one looks so perfect to the book's tone. And it even has the hearse! That's stunning. Also, I had no idea Animaniacs did a retelling! I love the Animaniacs, I'll have to see that!
"..Its all old and grey, well, it is London..."
Never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with
I'm surprised any of the animated versions had Ignorance and Want, considering almost no live action versions have them either. (And most of all beware Ignorance is still just the most absolutely fabulous lowkey lesson of A Christmas Carol.)
In the Disney one where the boy becomes a criminal and the girl becomes a prostitute and gets committed while they repeat back "are there no prisons, are there no workhouses" is absolutely chilling. Sure. The laughing skeleton scares children but that bit of the scene scares me as an adult.
A few thoughts on the 2000 Christmas Carol The Movie:
-You mentioned Scrooge's age. I think that if you look closely at the book, Scrooge really isn't supposed to be all that old. Of course he's old enough that his younger sister's son is a young adult, but if you assume that he and Belle are the same age...the last Christmas Past scene he sees is Belle and her husband and children, one of whom is still a baby or toddler. This turns out to be the same night Jacob Marley died, seven years ago. So Belle would still have been in her childbearing years, only seven years prior. I'd say Ebenezer really shouldn't be much more than fifty.
-I do like the part where Christmas Present coaxes Scrooge to sprinkle Christmas spirit from his own torch...and Scrooge's face lights up as he realizes how GOOD it feels to help others.
I'll always have a soft spot for "VeggieTales: An Easter Carol." It might be out-of-season, but the story beats are all there, and I like their spin on a more sympathetic Scrooge that's just trying to keep his family's legacy alive (no matter how much else he has to destroy.) And hey, if this show for PRESCHOOLERS can let Tiny Tim die, what's everyone else's excuse?
@Katie Lewis This and OP's comment just gave me so many vivid nostalgic resurgences of memories holy crap
"...Muppets Christmas Carol is the best Christmas Carol movie..."
Me: *hits like button immediately*
IT IS THOOOO. My mom hates me for it tho because she likes the one from 1999 with Picard from star track
omg yess i love that movie my family watches it every Christmas eve :)
@@bgblossom5094 That one is good too. But The Muppets are easily my favorite
damn right it is
Me too!!!!
Ah, I'm glad to see Mr. Magoo's on here. I've watched that one religiously for as long as I can remember-
Same. Hands down my favorite since I've seen it the most
Shame that we lost Richard Williams so soon. He had so much to give to a medium with limitless possibilities.
A Christmas Carol is my favorite classic Christmas story; It does a good job at both being a redemption arc while also representing the times was made AND also the importance of The Spirit of Christmas, and when it comes to adaption it’s always so fascinating how people can find new ways to tell it.
Merry Christmas
Richard Williams’ Christmas Carol is definitely my personal favorite. On top of having some of the best hand drawn animation I’ve seen, it just has this haunting tone to it that makes it one of the more eerie but also beautiful adaptations to me.
In my 62 years on this earth, I have only seen a few of these adaptations.
I certainly remember the "Mr. Magoo" version, from back in the '60s (although I only saw it once, the reference to "razzleberry dressing" is firmly fixed in my memory).
The 1971 version is my personal favorite, as it echoed the original illustrations so well; plus the details like the "locomotive hearse" on the staircase, and the revelation of the ghastly children beneath Christmas Present's robe. I remember watching it at boarding school, in one of our teachers' rooms.
The MLP version is not as striking as the others, but I found it entertaining.
(PS: there was a somewhat "Christmas Carol" - themed episode of the short-lived cartoon, "BraveStarr" in the '80s, which was rather weird)
How poetic that this comes out Christmas Day.
Some trivia for Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol...
-Tiny Tim is played by Gerald McBoingBoing, an early Dr. Seuss creation and star of a couple of UPA's other shorts. In this, he speaks and sings in English instead of sound effects!
-Jule Styne didn't just write "Let It Snow"...he composed Gypsy and Funny Girl as well. :-)
Regarding the Jim Carry one, I'm in a fourth camp. There was a trailer with a snow flack in 3D and it was one of the best uses of 3D, but it was only in the trailer. I just want my 3D snowflake Disney!!!!
I like how Magoo's Scrooge is described by the Ghost of Christmas Present as "too tight with a penny to buy a pair of spectacles". Not only does it better incorporate Magoo's impairment into Scrooge's character, but it also touches on something that most adaptations don't; Scrooge has all the money in the world, but he's living just barely within his means because he barely uses it.
And the Zemeckis movie... I love the idea behind having the ghosts be played by whoever you get to play Scrooge (although the Shadow of Christmas Future hinders the effect somewhat), but... why cast someone in a dual role for Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim? What does THAT bring to the table?
Merry Christmas everyone! Stay safe and warm! And LOL, that intro recapping the first part was hilarious. XD
I love that Gerald McBoingBoing plays Tiny Tim in Magoo's Xmas Carol.
The bit with Richard Wilkens transitions fucking killed me it was like a YTp
I’m honestly just glad that I’ve only seen the good ones: Muppets, Mickey’s, Animaniacs, and Humduck.
The spent this whole thing wondering “I wonder how she’ll justify putting anything other than Mickey’s Christmas Carol?” You dodged that in exactly that issue in the perfect way. Well done.
"It's Animaniacs, so it wins"
FACT
We all know the best interpretation of this story is The Muppet Christmas Carol.
I grew up watching the 1971 animated classic in the 70s on television. It was a part of the December television lineup as Rudolph or Little Drummer Boy. For me, the tight 25 minutes made for such moments as the gut punch that was Bob crying over his son's body. The scant scoring also gave the short that odd, otherworldly feeling. I realize everyone has their own favorite animated versions of the tale but for me, the 1971 version is my favorite.
I think if you canvas those who were in their formative years in the 1970s, they will remember this version with great reverence.
The only animated Christmas carols I remember is the motion capture one and the Muppets one. The Muppets one was easily the better one. (And the fosters thing sorta kinda counts I guess)
Yeah, even if you could re-arrange the list and its not really "in order," I definitely agree with what is presented last and thus (theoretically) best. Mickey's Christmas Carol really is the best one I have ever seen myself. The creation of Scrooge himself was not for this picture (he first appeared in a, surprise surprise, christmas themed COMIC back in 1947), and he did appear in an animated form before Mickey's Christmas Carol. But this Christmas Carol was perhaps one of the first times we saw him in a "complete form" (and by the voice actor we all associate him with from then on). Yeah, nostalgia? I think not. This thing was able to compress the story to under half and hour, and did so without losing any especially major elements. At the same time, it added a certain aspect of charm from the Disney touch, and it had an amazing soundtrack including one that is honestly one of the songs I think of whenever Christmas comes around (specifically, their use of "Oh What a Merry Christmas Day").
I don't think it is possible to do a better adaptation in such a limited time than this, that is still so good and willing to add only what actually helps, as they did. You might get something better longer, but even that is difficult to expect. They just surpassed any sort of expectation with this one.
Of course, Carl Barks admitted - to the surprise of nobody - that Scrooge McDuck *was* based on Ebeneezer Scrooge, so it's not entirely wrong.
Bro you gotta go watch a Muppet's Christmas Carol. It's a work of art!
I've always wished that we could get a scene of Goofy as greedy tyrant Jacob Marley. There is no timeline in which that setup is not a comic gold mine.
If this was a review of ALL video versions of A Christmas Carol, the Muppets version would have slammed into the number 1 slot for me.
But yeah, Mickey's Christmas Carol is easily my animated favorite.
My favorite is still Mickey's Christmas Carol, it's such a classic adaptation, which also has another major impact in that this was Alan Young's debut voicing Scrooge McDuck, a role he would become connected to for years after the success of Classic Ducktales.
I'm a fella who grew up with the McGoo CC as an annual movie. I love it to death, but it hurts watching it now knowing the history of UPA, that the movie I loved so much as a wee lad was born out of the rotting carcass of a once mighty beast. Watched it today, and I loved it. And yeah the criminal song is way too long, but I just love the design of that top hatted lad! He looks like an evil Bob Cratchit!
Oh, Scrooge McDuck, my heart. We had a vhs of taped Christmas specials when I was a kid, it was like *4 hours* of Grinch and Rankin Bass and Frosty the Snowman and I don't even remember what else. I just remember that the Disney Christmas Carol special was at the end, so I'd endure loyally through a lot of inferior stuff to get to it.
I always liked the Ghost-of-Christmas-Future gag from Mickey's Christmas Carol. 😀 (lights cigar) "Why yours, Ebeneezer... the richest man in the cemetery!" (chucks Scrooge into flaming grave)
The Mr Magoo one was the _first_ Christmas special made for TV. It also gave us a pretty good Villain Song.
Yes! Mr. Magoo getting the attention he deserves!
My family watches it every Christmas, it's one of our favourites. We got his movie on this big Christmas movie DVD collection, that's why we started watching it. I'm glad you mentioned the song and how catchy they are, because they definitely are REALLY catchy. My brothers and I sing them throughout the year because most of them have nothing to do with Christmas, and we just think they're funny.
To this day, I can't listen to All Alone in the World without tearing up like a crying toddler.
That song really hits home for me
Let’s not forget the Annoying Orange version of a Christmas Carol, which aired on tv back when Annoying Orange was a show on Cartoon Network. I want you to suffer as I have.
Wait that exists
@@IcyDiamond Sadly.
Finally, someone gives Mickey's Christmas Carol its due.
OH REMEMBER GUYS! THEYRE ADDING BACK IN “The Love is Gone” NUMBER TO MUPPETS!!!
I'm so hyped for this! It's MANDATORY for viewing
OMG YES I still cling to my outdated letterboxed DVD so I can hear the song every year. XD
This 66 year-old (who has loved "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" since it first aired, and for whom "Real Ghostbusters" was a reasonably early return to animation that wasn't aimed solely for little kids), thanks you for including them. As for the limited animation in the Magoo version, quite a lot of the cartoons (that hadn't been originally theatrical shorts) of the period had very limited animation. For a child who was regularly watching Ruff and Reddy, Huckleberry Hound, Tom Terrific, Yogi Bear, the Flinstones, the Jetsons, etc., the Magoo Christmas Carol looked fine. (Makes me think of watching the 1936 Flash Gordon serial on TV when I was a kid. I wondered if the viewers back then thought the laughable special effects were as wonderful as I considered the original "Star Trek" series I was watching as it first aired.)
Cellspex posting today? Best holiday present ever!
Who else here has enjoyment for the Jim Carrey and Looney tunes version of the Christmas Carol , cause I most definitely do ?
I loved the Looney tunes one classic
It's Jim Carry, it's always a comedy when he is on stage. I really enjoyed his action expressive roles.
Definitely not. I loved them.
I personally adore Jim Carrey's version! Animation (mostly on Bob Marley) may not have held up as well as I remember, but the story and moments were truly splendid!
I do, the Carrey version, for what it is, does an almost faithful adaptation of the book. And the Looney Tunes one is hilarious.
the mickey christmas carol was my introduction to the christmas carol story.. i grew up watching it every christmas off of a vhs my mom had used to record a bunch of christmas specials on when i was really little. i still watch it to this day with my daughter and it's still one of my favorite adaptations of the story.. my other favorite adaptation would have to be the muppet christmas carol as well.. something about michael caine playing scrooge and doing serious acting with the muppets just speaks to me for some reason.
The Christmas Present scene traumatized me as a child lol, the whole scene is so great.
"-when a disgruntled employee crushed me with a forklift... nine times"
Lol, good cat gag
It's fun hearing her get genuinely excited about "Maxime's Christmas Carol."
You can hear the excitement in her voice.
Merry Christmas to you Cellspex, and to everyone as well! Hope you all had a wonderful day!
I grew up watching the Magoo version. Glad to see it here. "When You're Alone" is one of the few songs in the world that actually moves me to tears.
Same
Same here. I don't know why that (and Lila's song from Snoopy Come Home) go right for the tear ducts, but they do.
Same.
For all the years Spongebob has been on, why was there never a Spongebob Christmas Carol? You have the entire cast for it!
Mr. Krabs as Scrooge
Spongebob as Bob Cratchit
Sandy as Mrs. Cratchit
Gary as Tiny Tim (as Bob's pet, not son)
Larry the Lobster as Fred
Squidward as Jacob Marley
Pearl as Ghost of Xmas Past
Patrick as Ghost of Xmas Present
Flying Dutchman as Ghost of Christmas Future
Mrs. Puff as Belle
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy or Chocolate Guy and My Leg Guy as The Donation workers
Plankton as Old Joe
Monty P Moneybags as Fezziwig
My God! That is a PERFECT casting call!
Heck, if it's not too much hassle, why not cast Sandy's nieces as the other Cratchit children?
And yes, Sandy did, in fact, have three cute nieces. Yes, the episode they debuted in was an "homage" to Huey, Dewey, and Louie. And to answer your question, that episode was in the second Hillenburg era. Season 12, to be exact.
Bro that is INCREDIBLE
thats....a very good point, especially as there are SEVERAL christmas episodes of spongebob, all of which are pretty good
SpongeBob and Sandy as the Cratchits is going to make some shippers VERY happy.
Mr. Krabs cares about SpongeBob he will never mistreat SpongeBob like this except in the movie the TV fan that shows how much she cares about him though he cares about it but he just doesn't think you capable of doing these things also Squidward the character who did Scrooge molding mr. Krabs
One thing I always loved about A muppet's Christmas Carol was at the part of the Christmas yet to come Rizzo is TERRIFIED and Gonzo agrees to leave with him. That was me as a kid as no matter what version it was CYTC always scared the bejeebies out of me.
When I say 'we don't do motion capture anymore';, I know video games use it and it looks fine, I mean the tonal dissonance of 2009 trying to be a wacky cartoon with realistic paint (TinTin a little bit). Though I'm sure people will tell me examples where it works. 2009 was better than I remember it, it's just not one of the my favorites.
Can you review the movie of Krampus from 2015?
@Lace S. Know It All is God, fight me.
@Lace S. She infamously trashed that movie, saying it was a disgrace to the book.
I watched it again a few weeks ago, it's still pretty good for what it is.
That's because you can control the actions in a video game it has to look natural so be believable for the play add to control the character in the game that's why it looks so good in video games because you have to control that person as the player
There's a reason I went out of my way to get the 30th Anniversary of Mickey's A Christmas Carol despite it already being included in my Snowed In at the House of Mouse.
Granted, the 30th Anniversary edition is in a triple set including it, Muppet Christmas Carol plus 1 other Christmas themed shorts DVDs, but I could've easily just not bothered since it's included in Snowed in at the House of Mouse, so the fact I went out of my way to get it as the special itself says a lot.
Happy Hearth's Warming
Disney's Christmas Carol looks like a 2009 trailer for a videogame
LETS GOOOOOOOOO MERRY CHRISTMAS DUDE
"30 seconds of Slappy is still way funnier than hours of other characters."
*Do you hear that reboot? Fix it!*
I think that the other characters will return in season 2, in the meantime, we can blame Chicken Boo for their absence in season 1. XD
Slappy would only come back if the reboots makers can reconcile with the old writers, Slappy’s voice was one of the old writers
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Is Chicken Boo also responsible for Animaniacs creator Tom Reuger being absent from the reboot?
It wasn’t a reboot, it’s a revival. And they wanted to streamline for at least the first season. Wait until the second season
I couldn't agree more, it felt heartbreaking to have the character appear but none of them being voices, especially slappy. I mean the warners and pinky and the brain are gold, and I love the others like buttons and mindy, flavio and marita, Minerva Mink, the goodfathers, katie kaboom, rita and runt, but Slappy to me is like the third gold standard of characters on the show along with the warners and pinky & brain. It just doesn't feel like animaniacs without her or the other characters.
I think my fave versions of the Christmas Carol adaptions are A Mickey's Christmas Carol, A Flintstones' Christmas Carol and Mr.Magoo's Christmas Carol. The last two were the characters putting on a Christmas play of the story! And A Christmas Plotz! Animaniacs will always be one of the best cartoons of the 90's!
Actually, the Flinstones' Christmas Carol's at the top of my list! Not only did it stay true to the book in a short and simple cartoon special, but to have a story IN a story is great as well, with Fred too busy thinking about his role as Ebeneezer Scrooge and forgetting the important things like Christmas shopping and his family, let alone Pebbles.
It's got the humor, the heart-warming moments and the Feel Goods and great voice acting! I still have the DVD I bought a year or two ago!
Also, Jim Backus wasn't just a damn amazing voice actor of Mr.Magoo and actor who played as Thurston Howell on Gilligan's Island, but he was such an AWESOME singer as well!
So other Spider-Men had Christmas novelty albums, but Noir (Nicholas Cage) got to voice act as Marley in a random Christmas Carol adaptation
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I'm sorry, what...?
@@DemonicRemption Into the Spider-Verse had an official Christmas EP album titled "A Very Spidey Christmas," featuring songs from blonde Peter Parker, Peter B. Parker, Miles Morales, and the one from the 1967 cartoon. The first Christmas Carol covered in this video stars Nicholas Cage as Jacob Marley; Cage also voiced Spider-Man Noir, so I made a joke about how Noir was in A Christmas Carol while the others had novelty albums.
So... I'm one year late... but I just wanted to mention the christmas special of the 101 dalmatians series, where the three main puppies are the spirits, and Scrooge is Cruella. I find hilarious that that random episode no one remembers was the first time Disney ever showed us Cruella's past. (Yeah, get that, Once Upon a Time and Cruella the movie!)
Good to see we agree on the Muppet version so I can make a honorable mention.
An Easter Carol: Veggie Tales.
Before I get arrested by the Holiday police, I'd like to plead my case as Easter and Christmas frequently find a way to tie in with each other. Now to say there were changes would be an understatement as I feel it would be quicker to list the things that WEREN'T changed. I'm also hesitant to recommend it to a general audience since it also places a heavier emphasis on religion, God, and the role of the church system in the story. Though this is Veggie Tales, so that is to be expected. However, being Veggie Tales also means that the strengths of the franchise are front, center, and doing the heavy lifting of the film. The biggest one being how it doesn't shy away from harsher elements inharent with the concepts of either the Dickens story or Easter just because children are going to watch it. Not only does the show kill off Tiny Tim, but there is a foreboding musical number where Scrooge fires his employees, and tells the preacher about how he is going to destroy the church. However, as Veggie Tales, it manages to find away to balance its darker elements with lighter humor and optimism without much of a clash. Also it's a musical that does not stink. Still things can get silly but that is to be expected with Veggie Tales.
Faithfulness: >2%
Overall quality: 7/10
Music: 9/10
I haven’t seen some of these in YEARS. But that’s going to have to change, this reminded me how great some of them are!
The Richard Williams Christmas Carol had appeared as a TV special, although it was also shown theatrically. That however led to a change in the academy awards, that from then on if something had appeared on television, it was no longer eligible for the Academy Award. The animated film for me, had the bonus of Alistair Sims voicing Scrooge. Alistair Sims was also Scrooge, in my favorite version, the 1951 Christmas Carol, which had been released in Britain as "Scrooge".
Has anyone else even seen the mister magoo Christmas Carol? It's my favorite Christmas movie but almost nobody's heard of it
15:44 Personally I think its really neat when adapations/remakes or whatever u want to call them ACTUALLY INCLUDE THE SCENE OF THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT'S DEATH AND BOY IS IGNORANCE AND GIRL IS WANT! VERY few Christmas Carols actually do this.
The black and white alaster sim one is my favrite.
Weirdly enough I think the mo-cap animation in Christmas Carol might be the only instance that I thought it worked. Also, pants to be darkened terrifying movie, but I also really really like it. Like, not even as a guilty pleasure, I just think it's genuinely good
I used to have to fast forward our Beta Max cassette or close my eyes during that flaming coffin scene in the Disney's Christmas Carol when I was little, but as an adult it's one of my all-time favorite animation scenes ever produced.
Thank you só much, Cel!! Merry Christmas!
The 2009 Christmas Carol movie is my absolute fav!!!!! I’ve been watching it every Christmas with my family since i was 6, and despite the fact it terrified me I still really love it
Mickey's is by far the most convincing character arc for me and fills me with the most complete joy so for sure my winner lol
I grew up with Mickey Christmas Carol too! So I am very okay with this bias. And I loved the new DuckTales nods to it as well. I think they needed to change the spirits since Present was a human, well giant, and they had confirmed those don't exist in that world.
In a small aside my dad told me how he grew up with the Mr. Magoo version. So one year I gave him the DVD of it at the start of December. And I think that one needs a little more slack. The animation was consistent for Mr. Magoo. It matches up with other shows like Rocky & Bullwinkle, Underdog, and Dudly Do-Right.
And I think it's worth mentioning that watching the Muppets Christmas Carol is what made me see the element I had always missed. In all the years watching various versions I never knew WHY Scrooge was redeemed. But somehow watching that version made me see Scrooge wasn't really an awful person. He had been a good person who lost his way over the years.
I was waiting the whole video for you to mention Muppets Christmas Carol and got genuinely excited when you did
Maxine is pretty iconic to me as well. Although I never saw MUCH of her merchandise, growing up, my grandmother ALWAYS had one of her calendars. She embodies a lot of that woman's personality(aside from the comedy). But I was over at her house so often as a toddler that it's sort of engraved in my mind.
I remember watching "Bah-humduck" as a child, and I recall enjoying it a lot even if I was going through that phase of feeling too old for cartoons. I still remembered the ghosts, especially Sylvester as Marley, some of the slapstick (especially the one coming from Bugs) and some subplots, such as Marvin the Martian wanting to go back home (as in on Mars) for the Holidays and the specific doll Porky's daughter (not niece) wanted.
When I saw that scene with Daffy floating on that hoverboard... I got POUNDED in the face by 2000s nostalgia and I went to check it out again. Damn, what a marvel. For someone who enjoys mean-spirited humor (and not in a "politically incorrect", Family Guy kind of way, one that actually has a payoff and doesn't just pour misery on the weak just for the sake of it) it was a blast of poptimism and energy, as well as a very convincing blend of drama and comedy. It's amazing how we are still utilizing these characters in unique and different ways. I wish more of these were made, because damn did I enjoy that one.
One of my favorites... it's not animated but Scrooged is a pretty good rendition of it... Bill Murray plays his part so well and is just so overly sarcastic that it just makes me feel how it could be so easy just to become so jaded that you just think about yourself... I need to watch it again honestly.
I was feeling very bad today and your video made feel better! :) Merry Christmas
My favorite Christmas Carol adaptation is just straight up the muppet one. Everything about it work, and when you notice the fact that they eat ham and miss piggy is kermit's wife ... It still holds up
Edit: I'm a mixture of camp one and three, as I do really like this adaptation of a Christmas Carol, and Jim Carrey playing as Scrooge is really damn good. But still
.. really dark and traumatizing and I do love it.