Cast overview: | |||
Jim Backus | ... | Ebenezer Scrooge / Mr. Magoo (voice) | |
Morey Amsterdam | ... | Brady / James (voice) | |
Jack Cassidy | ... | Bob Cratchit / Dick Wilkins (voice) | |
Royal Dano | ... | Marley's Ghost (voice) | |
Paul Frees | ... | Stage Director / Charity Man / Fezziwig / Old Joe / Undertaker (voice) | |
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Joan Gardner | ... | Tiny Tim / Ghost of Christmas Past (voice) |
John Hart | ... | Billings / Stage Manager / Milkman (voice) | |
Jane Kean | ... | Belle (voice) | |
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Marie Matthews | ... | Young Scrooge / Cratchit Daughter (voice) |
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Laura Olsher | ... | Mrs. Cratchit / Boy Who Buys Turkey / Cratchit Son (voice) |
Les Tremayne | ... | Ghost of Christmas Present (voice) |
Bah, Humbug, Mr. Magoo. Watch Charles Dickens classic tale of regret, redemption, and the power of the Christmas spirit like never before with Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol. Starring the beloved, bumbling Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman who learns the error of his greedy ways on a magical and musical journey through the past, present, and future Christmases of his life. Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Cassidy and Royal Dano lend their voice talents to the first animated holiday special in television history.
I join the many other writers who remember and treasure "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" with great fondness. Like others, I remember seeing it on its first night 40 years ago. Indeed, a time that seems simpler and nostalgic now. This week,I viewed a VHS tape copy I received and was really charmed and impressed by its quality. The animation is sweet, gentle and from an earlier time. The story adaptation from Dickens is excellent. The concept of Magoo on Broadway performing the "Carol" is really inventive and works well. What I strongly recommend to all is the outstanding and, at times, poignant music There is music and lyric here to equal and surpass much more famous shows. I hope that this wonderful treasure can be re-discovered and enjoyed by a new generation in the years to come. It deserves to be remembered and appreciated.