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5.0 out of 5 stars
Heartwarming Christmas carols, washed-up pop stars, production values of porn..., September 29, 2005
This review is from: Scrooge's Rock & Roll Christmas [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I found this holiday video chock-full of lackluster lip-synching and embarrassed readings of script lines - something about this production just screams JUST GIVE ME ANOTHER LINE OF COKE AND TELL MY AGENT HE'S FIRED.
The Christmas special stars Jack Elam, former character actor as Scrooge, but there is where the resemblance to a Dickens story ends. Ebenezer becomes mellow within minutes of hearing a slew of bad performances by musical has-beens emanating from a snow globe. Paul Revere and the Raiders sing Jingle Bells while wearing silver platform space boots stolen from Parliament's Clones of Dr. Funkenstein; Chuck Negron of 3 Dog Night appears to be in a clueless drug haze as his mulleted bandmates smile and sing in the snow. Some new talent called 'Bridget', probably a relative of the producer, stands inside a rotted tree singing a song about the baby Jesus.
I'm confused - this is 1983 and all these dudes are so ten years ago then. Scrooge gets cranked up with another hot sixties act - not Cream! not the Stones! Nope, another quintessential hip act from the summer of love - The Association! As in Along Comes Mary! Cherish! I am soon feeling the holiday joy as the boys lip synch to Home for the Holidays while macking on a cast of Boogie Nights disco lookalikes.
And then- Bobby Goldsboro! Wearing the same hair helmet he sported when he was singing about his dead lover Honey and Watching Scotty Grow! He scowls and looks at his feet as if he was unwillingly teleported like Captain Kirk into this Christmas atrocity. He won't even walk in time to the music. Darn, he looks angry...Bobby's more Scrooge than Jack Elam!
'I think I like them rock and rolls'... Scrooge/Elam exclaims after the Goldsboro performance.
Then the rocking out continues with Mary MacGregor and Beach Boy Mike Love singing Do You Hear What I Hear. He looks skeazy and women look away as if he is reeking of too much eggnog.
So, if you desire heartwarming Christmas carols performed by pop stars on the skids with the production values of couple-next-door porn... don't miss Scrooge's Rock and Roll Christmas!
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