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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are learning hard life lessons during the holidays: it\u2019s all about love and family, don\u2019t you know? We\u2019re doing it with the festive Richard Donner film from 1988, Scrooged.

This ain\u2019t yo granddaddy\u2019s Christmas Carol, no siree! Nah, this is the cool, hip, kickin\u2019 \u201880s version of the classic Charles Dickens story. We\u2019ve got greased-up tv company executives, the cutting-edge technology known as the VCR, and enough Christmas ghosts to keep you feeling the holiday cheer for weeks.

Even after one of them keeps kicking our dear Bill Murray in his jingle bells, too, if you know what I mean\u2026

Hey, when it\u2019s Carol Kane doing the kicking, you just tell yourself that you\u2019re okay with it. Oh, did I mention that the wonderful Carol Kane is in this movie? And Bill Murray! And Karen Allen! And freaking Robert Mitchum! C\u2019mon, does it get any better than that? This film is a veritable who\u2019s who of amazing actors. Alfre Woodard\u2019s in this one, too, for crying out loud!

Maybe some of you will feel put off by the thought of watching yet another version of a story you probably know like the back of your hand. Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, fetch me a big turkey and all that. You\u2019d be wrong, as dead wrong as the Ghost of Christmas Future. This is a fresh take on that tale and it\u2019s a blast. This is peak \u201880s Bill Murray here, folks, and he\u2019s chugging along on all cylinders. You\u2019ve got to love him.

If you\u2019re looking to spice up your holiday movie watching, go no further. Give it a watch or Lee Majors may try to murder you with Mrs. Claus and a bunch of elves. Yes, you read that right.

(Recorded on October 26, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Scrooged - IMDb

Scrooged trailer - YouTube

Bill Murray - IMDb

Carol Kane - IMDb

Gotham - IMDb

The Princess Bride - IMDb

Richard Donner - IMDb

Superman II - IMDb

(Richard Donner was also, and probably more famously, the director of the first Superman movie.)

Lethal Weapon - IMDb

Ladyhawke - IMDb

Ebenezer Scrooge - Wikipedia

Caddyshack - IMDb

Beverly Hills Ninja - IMDb

Aladdin - IMDb

A Goofy Movie - IMDb

John Glover - IMDb

Smallville - IMDb

Andr\xe9 the Giant - IMDb

Lou Ferrigno - IMDb

Danny Elfman - IMDb

Tim Burton - IMDb

Batman Returns - IMDb

Lee Majors - IMDb

Machete Trailer from Grindhouse - YouTube

Chris Pratt - IMDb