“Scrooged is one of the most disquieting ... This entire production seems to be in dire need of visits from the ghosts of Christmas.” (Ebert’s pal Gene Siskel was more generous, doling ...

is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor - perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge.

“You can’t even tell it said ‘Ebenezer Scrooge.’ It’s hugely disrespectful.” The gravestone plays a major role in Dickens’ classic story, where the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come ...

There's more to work than life.

The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge away from the Cratchits' home and presents him with a series of Christmas scenes: a mining family on a bleak moor; the keepers of a solitary lighthouse ...

Scrooge tries to persuade himself it is all 'humbug' - until an apparition walks through the door. It is the ghost of Jacob Marley. Listen to the episode and identify key moments where characters ...

Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his ...