My father always preferred the 1951 Alaistair Sim version, but the most face-wrecking adaptation of A Christmas Carol can be found in the pages of The Goon v.4.
8 thoughts on “Friday Night Fights: A Christmas Carol”
This side of Mr. Magoo, I like the 1938 version with Reginald Owen. The Sim version is $1 at Target!
ps: June Lockhart’s parents are in this version.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m the Ghost of Christmas Past! Now get your greedy wrinkled butt outta that bed before I slug ya in the mouth!”
Plus, Peaches Valentine as Tiny Tim. And George Bailey, at the end. (“SIXTY DAYS?!” “ZUZU!”)
(Actually, I favor the George C. Scott version. ‘Cause, the Ghost of Christmas Present is… The Equalizer!)
I read in the TPB, and I laughed hard at the sheer amount of abuse that this Scrooge took in the story, to the point of getting massive hematoma. And that’s not counting what Tiny Tim does to him.
Does this mean at some point we might see a comic called “Santa’s Sodomy Baby”?
Chris Sims: Your “Listening. . ” to icon on the left of the page is the shit.
My favorite Christmas Carol version is the Muppet version. Lame?
The Alastair Sim Christmas Carol is absolutely incredible, definitely the definitive version, in my opinion.
Andrew – hells yes. It’s fantastic, one of the few versions to get that “A Christmas Carol” is a ghost story, and therefore should be somewhat creepy. Plus, Alistair Sim.
Actually, the only version that I ever felt had any heart to it was Scrooged with Bill Murray.
This side of Mr. Magoo, I like the 1938 version with Reginald Owen. The Sim version is $1 at Target!
ps: June Lockhart’s parents are in this version.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m the Ghost of Christmas Past! Now get your greedy wrinkled butt outta that bed before I slug ya in the mouth!”
Plus, Peaches Valentine as Tiny Tim. And George Bailey, at the end. (“SIXTY DAYS?!” “ZUZU!”)
(Actually, I favor the George C. Scott version. ‘Cause, the Ghost of Christmas Present is… The Equalizer!)
I read in the TPB, and I laughed hard at the sheer amount of abuse that this Scrooge took in the story, to the point of getting massive hematoma. And that’s not counting what Tiny Tim does to him.
Does this mean at some point we might see a comic called “Santa’s Sodomy Baby”?
Chris Sims: Your “Listening. . ” to icon on the left of the page is the shit.
My favorite Christmas Carol version is the Muppet version. Lame?
The Alastair Sim Christmas Carol is absolutely incredible, definitely the definitive version, in my opinion.
Andrew – hells yes. It’s fantastic, one of the few versions to get that “A Christmas Carol” is a ghost story, and therefore should be somewhat creepy. Plus, Alistair Sim.
Actually, the only version that I ever felt had any heart to it was Scrooged with Bill Murray.
…he chimed in waaaay late.