Product Details

• Actors: Rich Little
• Directors: Trevor Evans
• Format: NTSC
• Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301761650
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,291 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Funny Version of Christmas Carol, December 6, 2001

By	Kenneth E Kirkman (Lockport, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Being a fan of the classic traditional Christmas Carol by Dicken's and most other Christmas Carol renditions, I find this a very well done humorous version of the classic story, with a few twists. Rich little impersonates W.C. Fields, Johnny Carson and others. Very good.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Adaptation Of A Christmas Carol., October 8, 2005

A Kid's Review

I remember watching a rerun of Rich Little's Christmas Carol on cable and I enjoyed how Rich Little could do imitations of celebrity voices but I can't rate this a 5 because it is a little dated and as talanted as Rich Little was I started to get really bored during the middle of this Christmas show. I would recommend this to anyone who likes Rich Little and The Christmas Carol story but this will probably seem dated to anyone who didn't grow up seeing the original airing and some of the celebrity voices he imitates may only known to older people. I actuallt pretty much enjoyed watching this and I thought it was very interesting! BTW: Don't expect an absolutely faithful adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, this is really more of a showcase for the impressionist voice talents of Rich Little and his fans so if you are a Charles Dickens purist who only likes The Christmas Carol story to be told in the traditional way then this probably won't be your cup of tea but if you watch it with an open mind and you know who Rich Little is you just may surprise yourself by enjoying this but little kids will probably be bored. I will rate this at 4 stars because Rich Little is good and I enjoyed this for the most part.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rich Little does all the roles in "A Christmas Carol" for TV, December 13, 2003

By	Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

There are three things you have to know about "Rich Little's Christmas Carol." First, it is based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens in terms of the characters and the plot, but do not expect to hear much of the familiar dialogue. Second, impressionist Rich Little plays all of the parts, except, of course, not as Rich Little. That means W.C. Fields is Scrooge, Paul Lynde is Bob Cratchit, Truman Capote as Tiny Tim, Edith Bunker as Mrs. Cratchit, Johnny Carson as Nephew Fred, Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley, Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Groucho Marx as Fezziwig, Columbo as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Inspector Clouseau, as the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come, John Wayne and George Burns as the businessmen, and Jack Benny as the boy outside the window (with his violin, no less). Third, keep in mind this was recorded as a television special in 1978, which means it helps to have been alive and paying attention to the news back then to get some of the references (e.g., why the chains are Marley/Nixon are reel-to-reel tapes).

This one is really more for fans of Rich Little than of Charles Dickens, but there is nothing wrong with that. Part of the fun of this is thinking about what it would have been like to recast the different roles. Pick anybody, from Groucho and Columbo to Bogey and the Duke, and imagine what you would end up with if they were Scrooge. Once you buy into the logic of this comic production it is impossible not to get caught up in the spirit of it all. I was not sure why Scrooge is now the owner of a Boat and Bottle Works shop (Scrooge empties the liquor bottles and Crachit stuffs the littel boats into them), until the last character in this comedy arrives upon the scene. Again, if you remember who was popular on television in 1978 going this far out of the way for the joke will make some sense. But then, if you do not fondly remember Rich Little you are not going to bother to pick this one up.