Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Podcast

A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: The Last of the Spirits

In this episode of A Christmas Carol Deep Dive, Collin breaks down the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come portion of the story. Learn about 'Change, Victorian burial traditions, offal, and much more. Sources used in this episode and additional reading:https://www.britannica.com/story/where-does-the-concept-of-a-grim-reaper-come-fromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Alleyhttps://www.etymonline.com/search?q=grimhttps://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Old+Scratchhttps://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2012/09/old-scratch.htmlhttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rag-and-bone-manhttps://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/08/regulating-the-rag-and-bone-man/https://victorianmonsters.wordpress.com/victorian-funerary-practices/https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/why-we-no-longer-keep-our-dead-at-home

My 25 Favorite Films of the 21st Century (So Far)

On this bonus episode, I'm counting down my 25 favorite films since the year 2000, in honor of the recent New York Times poll. Hopefully you'll find something to check out or revisit! Let me know what yours are.

An American Carol

Since it's the only version of A Christmas Carol based around July 4, Collin is taking this month to review An American Carol. From David Zucker (The Naked Gun, Airplane, Top Secret, and apparently the Republican party) comes this 2008 political comedy. Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) is a documentary filmmaker who needs to love the 4th of July, and he'll have his views changed with the reprimanding of three ghosts (Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Trace Adkins) and a whole lot of conservative guest stars. Can this take on A Christmas Carol that has the complete opposite message of Dickens book beat the odds and actually be funny?Sources used in this episode:https://www.vulture.com/2018/01/the-rise-of-clapter-comedy.htmlhttps://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/32473094.htmlhttps://www.avclub.com/an-american-carol-1798215504https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zuckerhttps://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/what-happened-to-general-patton-after-wwii-25066057164fMartin Blumenson, Patton: The Man Behind The Legend, 1885-1945, 1985, William Morrison, New York, p. 281https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/oliver-stone-lobbing-grenades-in-all-directions-pptgs7pg872

A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: The Second of the Three Spirits (Part 2)

It's the second half of the Ghost of Christmas Past, and this episode covers Scrooge and the Ghost visiting lighthouse keepers, sailors, and miners, Fred and his friends, and of course the children Ignorance and Want. Find out what all those games Fred was playing are about, what a "children's Twelfth Night party" is, and much more. Sources and additional links:https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/green/70.htmlhttps://www.thornburyroots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Catch-Glee.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070402141426/http://www.childrenparty.com/partygames/printversion/forfeits.htmlhttp://www.fullbooks.com/My-Book-of-Indoor-Games1.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake

A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: The Second of the Three Spirits (Part 1)

We're into the third stave of A Christmas Carol, and there is a lot to cover in this one. In this episode, Collin talks about the first half of the Ghost of Christmas Present portion of the story, including an argument between Scrooge and the Ghost about bakers being open on Sundays, the entirety of the Cratchits scene, and lots and lots of descriptions about food.Sources and additional links:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitch-and-tosshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitching_pennieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheesehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_puddinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopiahttps://www.oed.com/dictionary/biffin_n?tab=factsheet#21019265https://www.bard.org/study-guides/vocabulary-and-glossary-of-terms-othello/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/pediatrics/article-abstract/516441https://web.archive.org/web/20100620084555/http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?action=search&word=adamant&resource=Webster%27s&quicksearch=onhttps://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/a_child_of_the_snowschesterton.htmhttps://musicb3.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/the-song-of-tiny-tim/