Advent Calendar House - A Holiday TV Specials Podcast

A Christmas Carol Cast Draft

Episode Summary

Who can assemble the best all-star cast of A Christmas Carol? Guests: Sue London, Jonathan MacFarlane, Joey O.

Episode Notes

Season Finale: The Advent Calendar is haunted by 3 spirited guests as we each draft our own casts of “A Christmas Carol” from a pool of characters from Christmas past.

On This Episode

1. Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), founder of the feast.
2. Sue London ( @cmdrsue), romance novelist of Christmas past.
3. Jonathan MacFarlane (@otherjmac) from OtherJMac.com and Discoveryography podcast host of Christmas present.
4. Joey O. (@ImGonnaDJ24) from Y-Not Radio.and Words with Nerds co-host of Christmas yet to come.

Renditions of “A Christmas Carol” Mentioned

Listed in chronological order:

• 1951: Scrooge (starring Alastair Sim).
• 1954: Shower of Stars’ A Christmas Carol.
• 1962: Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol.
• 1970: Scrooge (musical, starring Albert Finney).
• 1978: Rich Little’s Christmas Carol.
• 1979: Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol.
• 1983: Mickey’s Christmas Carol.
• 1984: A Christmas Carol (starring George C. Scott).
• 1986: The Real Ghostbusters: Xmas Marks the Spot.
• 1987ish: Honey Nut Cheerios Christmas Commercial (starring Bill Gavin).
• 1988: Scrooged (starring Bill Murray).
• 1993: Animaniacs: A Christmas Plotz.
• 1994: A Flintstones Christmas Carol.
• 1997: A Christmas Carol (starring Tim Curry).
• 1999: A Christmas Carol (starring Patrick Stewart).
• 2003: A Carol Christmas (starring Tori Spelling).
• 2009: Disney’s A Christmas Carol (starring Jim Carrey).
• 2011: Batman: Noël.

You can visit the Advent Calendar House on the web at adventcalendar.house and on Twitter @adventcalhouse.