This is a supplement to the comparison of film versions of A Christmas Carol, taking a look at the surviving silent versions. We considered the earliest surviving version, from 1901, last week. After a lost version of A Christmas Carol made in Chicago in 1908, the next, and first American, Christmas Carol was releasedContinue reading “SCREEN SCROOGES: Silent Supplement 2”
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SCREEN SCROOGES: Silent Supplement I
A sorry spot in serializing some of my non-fiction works in this space is a nagging refrain of “Remember how hard this was to research? Sure woulda been easier with the Interwebs”. Take, for example, my comparison of screen versions of “A Christmas Carol”, serialized herein not so long ago. It would easily haveContinue reading “SCREEN SCROOGES: Silent Supplement I”
SANTA BLOGS XLII
Dear Santa Flops: Oh you darling fat fraud, there is only one thing I really want from you this Christmas, and that is that you keep far away from my holiday gift list. How am I supposed to train my relatives to give me useful things, like an online subscription to the Screaming StreamingContinue reading “SANTA BLOGS XLII”
Larger Trivia Overdose
Responses to my most recent column were evenly split, about half using the word “Scrooge” and the others using “Grinch.” (There were a few other words which are new to me, but I got the general gist.) It occurs to me that perhaps I was a little hard on those people who announce startlingContinue reading “Larger Trivia Overdose”
TRIVIA OVERDOSE
Okay, it is just three weeks until 2025, so I may be considered late. But have you considered the possibility that I am just really, really early for NEXT ear? (Yeah, the IRS never buys that one, either.) Anyhow, I thought I would take this opportunity to promote a holiday moratorium. I haveContinue reading “TRIVIA OVERDOSE”
Polar Perplexity
I would like to join those voices who have grown louder about massive government coverups. It is as if at some point, leaders who cannot agree on borders or human rights or the environment got together and agreed to hide all evidence they have on a phenomenon they have decided (or have been told,Continue reading “Polar Perplexity”
Daze of Festival
Ah yes: it’s that time of year again. I say that, but I don’t believe it. For some of us, it has been that time of year since about the middle of October. This period of time, which we can call by the nebulous term “holiday season” has delighted me since I was oldContinue reading “Daze of Festival”
Next Season’s Greetings
Look, nobody said you have to start singing “Little Drummer Boy”. I understand, okay? A lot of you have jokes about “pumpkin spice already?” you’re planning to toss at people. Been there. Do it myself. But this is not part of the popular hatred for impending holidays (and/or winter) but an expression ofContinue reading “Next Season’s Greetings”
The Gobble-Uns Who Getcha
Every culture on the Earth, it seems, has a demonic creature designed to punish, terrify, or simply eat disobedient children. Sometimes demons, sometimes cranky witches, children are informed, will carry them away or sometimes just give them a solid thrashing. And no holiday draws them out, at least in Europe, like Christmas. Pere FouettardContinue reading “The Gobble-Uns Who Getcha”
Santa Blogs XXXVIII
Dear Santa Blogs: For years I have enjoyed your advice on how used books and/or used postcards can make excellent gifts at this festive time of year. I have a slightly different problem. I am finally getting around to thinking about possibly arranging to get ready to do my Christas cards. Have you anyContinue reading “Santa Blogs XXXVIII”
Blogsy Babbles 