From Muppets and Mr. Magoo to George C. Scott, Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' has been adapted so many times there's one for every taste.
Tom Hardy produces and Guy Pearce stars in a new FX and BBC adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ — this one inspired by the gritty miniseries ‘Taboo.’AdvertisementThis holiday-themed episode of the popular family comedy originally aired in 1983. The conservative Alex P. Keaton posing as a preppy Scrooge, ranting about the phony sentiment of the Christmas season, is a gift from the sitcom gods — if only because it leads to a glimpse of “future” Alex as a balding elitist in an ill-fitting suit. .
With the franchise’s best-ever use of Gonzo — as Charles Dickens himself — Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit and Statler and Waldorf as the chained ghosts Jacob and Robert Marley, this adaptation, dedicated to the late Jim Henson, perfectly balances the playful and the serious. Case in point: Director Brian Henson
that Michael Caine, who played Scrooge, said, “I’m going to play this movie like I’m working with the Royal Shakespeare Company.” And he does. Terrifyingly so. .This musical, starring Albert Finney, deviates so far from the Dickens classic they didn’t even bother to call it “A Christmas Carol.” But “Scrooge” has it all — spirits, old Fezziwig, poor Tiny Tim — singing and dancing through the blighted streets of workhouse-era London.
Times TV critics Lorraine Ali and Robert Lloyd, staff writers Meredith Blake and Yvonne Villarreal and TV editor Matt Brennan contributed to this story.
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