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stickmaker) wrote2013-04-23 12:43 pm
stickmaker) wrote2013-04-23 12:43 pm
The Original Grumpy Old Man
I just acquired a copy of _Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol_, the fiftieth anniversary edition on DVD.
This was the first animated holiday special. By some evaluations, this is also the best theatrical adaptation of the Dickens story. It has a good script, good acting (Jim Backus did irascible rich men so well. :-) a charming animation style and good music.
I find it baffling that this isn't repeated every year, the way so many of the animated holiday specials of the Sixties still are.
This was the first animated holiday special. By some evaluations, this is also the best theatrical adaptation of the Dickens story. It has a good script, good acting (Jim Backus did irascible rich men so well. :-) a charming animation style and good music.
I find it baffling that this isn't repeated every year, the way so many of the animated holiday specials of the Sixties still are.