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Author: Mike DonovanMike Donovan Date: Aug 1, 2008 10:15
In the late 1970s, I first saw an animated version of Charles Dickens'
"A Christmas Carol" on Saturday morning TV in December. It appeared
again for a few years in a row in the early or mid 1990s, never to be
heard from again. The characters are drawn fairly acurately
proportionally, but move stiffly. Some of the backgrounds were very
detailed. Jacob Marley is depicted as a skeleton with grey flames
around his skull. That's about all I can say about it for sure, that
would distinguish it from other versions. I don't know anything for
sure about the name of any person who might have been involed, except
to say again that it is almost certainly NOT the Richard Williams
version. Except for Marley, I've seen similar characteristics in
other specials based on classic stories, and have been...
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Author: Patrick McNamaraPatrick McNamara Date: Aug 2, 2008 06:51
> In the late 1970s, I first saw an animated version of Charles Dickens'
> "A Christmas Carol" on Saturday morning TV in December. It appeared
> again for a few years in a row in the early or mid 1990s, never to be
> heard from again.
The Big Cartoon DataBase ( www.bcdb.com) lists a few of them.
http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/search.cgi?query=christmas%%20carol&bool=and&substring...
Based upon the time, my guess is that it might be "The Stingiest Man In
Town" produced by Rankin-Bass in 1978 but it doesn't show any pictures. And
Rankin-Bass shows tend to re-appear every now and then, but most, if not
all, of the RB stuff fell into public domain so it's more a matter of
whether and individual TV station happened to own a copy or not.
The Australian Version is one done in 1971. It originally aired on CBS. The
series was called "Famous Classic Tales" and not "Kenner Classic Tales,"
however there is some possibility that Kenner re-released the series under
that name. ( http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/54914-Christmas_Carol.html)
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Author: Derek JanssenDerek Janssen Date: Aug 2, 2008 08:36
Patrick McNamara wrote:
>>In the late 1970s, I first saw an animated version of Charles Dickens'
>>"A Christmas Carol" on Saturday morning TV in December. It appeared
>>again for a few years in a row in the early or mid 1990s, never to be
>>heard from again.
>
>
> The Big Cartoon DataBase ( www.bcdb.com) lists a few of them.
> http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/search.cgi?query=christmas%%20carol&bool=and&substring...
>
> Based upon the time, my guess is that it might be "The Stingiest Man In
> Town" produced by Rankin-Bass in 1978 but it doesn't show any pictures. And
> Rankin-Bass shows tend to re-appear every now and then, but most, if not
> all, of the RB stuff fell into public domain so it's more a matter of
> whether and individual TV station happened to own a copy or not.
>
> The Australian Version is one done in 1971. It originally aired on CBS. The ...
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Author: lenona321lenona321 Date: Aug 16, 2008 19:41
Is this it?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452599/
To see a somewhat different cover, click on "external
reviews" (there's only one review when you get there - click on that).
Be sure to read all three user comments - there's some useful
information.
*I* feel as though I've seen it too - in the early 1970s in NYC! I was
extremely young at the time, so only your description of Marley sounds
slightly familiar. The only other memory I have is of the fourth
Ghost's fingers - they looked as supple as snakes, IIRC.
I bought the Richard Williams version years ago and also thought
"maybe this isn't it."
Lenona.
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Author: lenona321lenona321 Date: Aug 16, 2008 20:02
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Author: Patrick McNamaraPatrick McNamara Date: Aug 17, 2008 05:55
> In the late 1970s, I first saw an animated version of Charles Dickens'
> "A Christmas Carol" on Saturday morning TV in December. It appeared
> again for a few years in a row in the early or mid 1990s, never to be
> heard from again. The characters are drawn fairly acurately
> proportionally, but move stiffly. Some of the backgrounds were very
> detailed. Jacob Marley is depicted as a skeleton with grey flames
> around his skull. That's about all I can say about it for sure, that
> would distinguish it from other versions. I don't know anything for
> sure about the name of any person who might have been involed, except
> to say again that it is almost certainly NOT the Richard Williams
> version. Except for Marley, I've seen similar characteristics in
> other specials based on classic stories, and have been told these were
> made in Australia. I've also been told "Kenner Classic Tales" is the
> name of the series. If anyone is wondering why I'm asking about this
> at this time of year, it is because I was cleaning out my Amazon
> Wishlist and came across a VHS that I put on there years ago hoping to
> be the movie I've been looking for. I searched the DVD titles and
> found this: ...
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