The Muppets take on the roles of classic A Christmas Carol characters in the retelling of the story with Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit, Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim, Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit and Statler and Waldorf as the Marleys. Michael Caine plays Ebenezer Scrooge, who does everything he can to avoid Christmas festivities. Gonzo the Great takes on the role of Charles Dickens to narrate A Christmas Carol with the help of Rizzo the Rat. The episode concludes when Zack and his mother decide to let Laura and her father stay with them until they are able to find a home of their own. After Laura is fired by her boss for allegedly stealing a sports coat, the friends persuade the Scrooge-like boss to hire Laura back. When Zack and the rest of the Bayside gang learn that Laura and her father are homeless, they take inspiration from their production of A Christmas Carol to help the family out. The two-part third season episode “A Home for Christmas” finds Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) developing feelings for mall employee Laura (Jennifer McComb). Following his journeys to Christmases past, present and future, Frank gains a more positive and humbled perspective on life. The ghosts appear as a taxi driver from his childhood, a pixie with the catchphrase “sometimes you have to slap people in the face to get their attention” and a skeleton with a TV for a head. As he prepares for an over-the-top live production of A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a former mentor (John Forsythe) who announces that the executive will be visited by three ghosts throughout the night. ![]() ![]() The dream prompts Alex to go out and buy his family presents for the holiday.īill Murray stars in Scrooged as Frank Cross, a selfish and cynical television executive. She shows her brother the Keaton family struggling financially as Alex selfishly lives a rich life in New York City. Alex then learns the true meaning of Christmas when Mallory (Justine Bateman) takes on the role of the ghost of Christmas future. Fox) takes the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the second season episode “A Keaton Christmas Carol.” The money crazed character has a dream that Jennifer (Tina Yothers) appears as the ghost of Christmas p ast. By the end of the episode, Oscar gets into the Christmas spirit and joins his friends for a singalong of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”Īlex (Michael J. Finally, a ghost of Felix shows Oscar a future Christmas with his abandoned grave. A ghost then shows him the present, which includes Felix as a Bob Cratchit-like character. The episode “Scrooge Gets an Oscar” finds a grumpy Oscar having a dream in which he visits a miserable childhood Christmas. In the first season, Oscar (Jack Klugman) and Felix (Tony Randall) have differing perspectives as Christmas approaches. Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Family Ties, Saved by the Bell, Boy Meets World and Great News are just some of the TV shows that featured versions of Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.Īs the holidays approach, The Hollywood Reporter takes a look back at some of the most memorable adaptations of A Christmas Carol. ![]() The 1843 novella has inspired multiple movie adaptations, including variations of the traditional story (even one with the Muppets), modern-day retellings like Scrooged and rom-com version Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and holiday episodes of TV series that draw inspiration from the concept. ![]() Charles Dickens’ tale of holiday-hating miser Ebenezer Scrooge and how he’s transformed by visits from three ghosts, A Christmas Carol, has become a Yuletide staple.
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