In this one-man show starring Rich Little, Ebeneezer Scrooge (played by Rich as W.C. Fields) hates Christmas, and it's up to the Ghosts of Christmas Past (played by Rich as Humphrey Bogart)...
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W.C. Fields as Scrooge /
Paul Lynde as Bob Cratchit /
Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past /
Peter Falk as the Ghost of Christmas Present /
Peter Sellers as the Ghost of Christmas Yet-To-Come /
Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley /
Truman Capote as Tiny Tim /
Groucho Marx as Fezziwig /
Edith Bunker as Mrs. Cratchit /
Johnny Carson as Nephew Fred /
Jimmy Stewart as Dick Wilkins /
John Wayne as businessman /
George Burns as businessman /
Jack Benny as boy outside window /
James Mason as businessman /
Stan Laurel as Charity Solicitor /
Oliver Hardy as Charity Solicitor
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In this one-man show starring Rich Little, Ebeneezer Scrooge (played by Rich as W.C. Fields) hates Christmas, and it's up to the Ghosts of Christmas Past (played by Rich as Humphrey Bogart), Present (played by Rich as Columbo) and Future (played by Rich as Inspector Clouseau) to convince him otherwise Written by Marta Dawes <smdawes@home.com>
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CanadaLanguage:
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December 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rich Little's Christmas Carol See more »Company Credits
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Dudley Enterprises Inc., Tel-Pro Entertainment Inc. See more »
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Humphrey Bogart: What did you do?
W.C. Fields as Scrooge: I sold it.
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W.C. Fields as Scrooge: He once told me to treat the warehouse like it was my own.Humphrey Bogart: What did you do?
W.C. Fields as Scrooge: I sold it.
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This adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" is fantastic. Rich Little's impersonations of W.C. Fields, Richard Nixon, Johnny Carson, Edith Bunker, Truman Capote, Jack Benny etc. are typically excellent... and the replacement of the more typical mannerisms of characters in Dickens' classic with these impersonations is extremely well done.
The only conclusion I can draw from the outrageously low score this movie currently has on IMDb is that some of the people who've rated this movie are not familiar with a significant number of the actors and comedians who are parodied and impersonated in the movie.
Well, that, or IMDb's "weighted average" system is garbage.
This movie is a classic.