The show was shot on videotape and included a laugh track. § - denotes the celebrity was deceased at the time of production
In 1963, Little released the LP "Scrooge and the Stars", which may have been the inspiration for this version of A Christmas Carol. On the LP, Little portrayed Scrooge as Jack Benny.
rich, little, christmas, carol, broadcast, canada, christmas, carol, special, that, premiered, television, december, 1978, united, states, home, office, december, 1979, special, international, emmy, award, rose, award, produced, canadian, broadcasting, corpora. Rich Little s Christmas Carol broadcast in Canada as A Christmas Carol is a TV special that premiered on CBC Television in December 1978 and in the United States on Home Box Office HBO on December 16 1979 The special won an International Emmy Award 1 and a Rose d Or award It was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978 It starred Rich Little in a one man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens famous 1843 holiday story A Christmas Carol 2 Little played the following celebrities W C Fields as Ebenezer Scrooge Paul Lynde as Bob Cratchit Johnny Carson as Fred Laurel and Hardy as the two solicitors Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past Groucho Marx as Fezziwig James Stewart as Dick Wilkins Peter Falk as Columbo the Ghost of Christmas Present Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker Mrs Cratchit Truman Capote as Tiny Tim Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come James Mason George Burns and John Wayne as the three businessmen Jack Benny as a boy Rich Little s Christmas CarolArtwork for Rich Little s Christmas Carol on HBOAlso known asA Christmas CarolStarringRich LittleCountry of originCanadaProductionRunning time55 minutesProduction companyCBC TelevisionOriginal releaseNetworkCBC Television HBOReleaseDecember 1978 1978 12 The show was shot on videotape and included a laugh track denotes the celebrity was deceased at the time of productionIn 1963 Little released the LP Scrooge and the Stars which may have been the inspiration for this version of A Christmas Carol On the LP Little portrayed Scrooge as Jack Benny See also editList of A Christmas Carol adaptations List of Christmas filmsReferences edit Rich Little show takes TV award Ottawa Citizen Retrieved 2014 12 29 December 1979 HBO Program Guide The China Syndrome on cover page 12External links editRich Little s Christmas Carol at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a made for TV Christmas film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rich Little 27s Christmas Carol amp oldid 1218988015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
