Podcasts about Alastair Sim

Margaret Rutherford, Alastair Sim, Peter Sellers, John Gielgud, Leigh Lawson are among just a few of the glittering stars we meet as Mel Byron and the team take a look at what's coming up on TPTV Over late April and early May. It's Easter treats galore for classic film and TV fans!

This week Harrison will review "Scrooge or A Christmas Carol" (1951) starring Alastair Sim and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst with special guest JT Gun, Late Nite with Cap and After The Weekend Podcast #scrooge #achristmascarol #alastairsim #briandesmondhurst #reelyoldmovies Join my Discord!: https://discord.gg/VWcP6ge2 Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/reelyoldmovies

In this week's episode, I take a look back at my writing goals for 2024 and see how many I met, and look ahead to my writing goals for 2025. 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates   Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 232 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is December the 20th, 2024 and today we're looking back to see if I met my writing goals for 2024 and looking ahead to see what my writing goals will be in 2025. This will also be the last episode of 2024 so I can take a few days off for Christmas and New Year's, so tune back in 2025 for some more exciting episodes.   In the meantime, we'll start with an update on my current writing projects and then do Question of the Week. My main project right now is Shield of Deception, the fourth book in the Shield War series. I am at 33,000 words into it as of this recording, which if my math is right means I'm about 24% of the way through the rough draft. I'm hoping that will come out in January, but there's good chance it will slip to February because I'm think it's going to be pretty long. My secondary project right now is Ghost in the Assembly and I am 2,000 words into that and I'm hoping to have that out in February, but if Shield of Deception slips to February, then it'll probably be out in March.   In audio news, recording for Cloak of Masks, the eighth Cloak Mage book, is nearly done and I expect to have some files to proof for that before much longer. That will be narrated by Hollis McCarthy. Leanne Woodward has started working on the audiobook version of Orc Hoard, so both of those should be coming along shortly in 2025. So that's where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects.   00:01:34 Question of the Week   And now let's move on to Question of the Week. Question of the Week is designed to inspire enjoyable discussions of interesting topics. This week's question: what is your favorite movie or TV version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? No wrong answers, obviously. The inspiration for this question was I was scrolling through movies on various streaming services and of course this time of year you can watch a billion different versions of A Christmas Carol.   Todd says: my personal favorite of A Christmas Carol is from 1971. This animated classic had the original Scrooge and Marley actors voice the respective characters. Another Christmas television program would also have to be Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas. It's got Frank Oz!   I have to admit, I have never heard of Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas before this comment.   Justin says: I would have to say the 1951 version with Alastair Sim, although the Muppets are a close second.   Bonnie says: This is one of my hubby's favorite Christmas traditions. Unsure of how many different versions we have. His two are American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler and the George C. Scott one. I like the Albert Finney musical version and the Alastair Sim one. Paul says: Yes, sentimental favorite is the George C. Scott version from 1984. I like the version with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge as well. We'll watch many versions through the season if I see them on. The Muppet version is great as well. Not a fan of the Jim Carey cartoon version. It is okay, but prefer the first three mentioned.   Andrew says: The Muppet version is the best.   Randy says: Another vote for Kermit here! “Light the lamp, not the rat!”   Jenny says:  OMG Yes, the Muppet's version!   Jeremiah says: Alastair Sim version for classic and modern, the Patrick Stewart version.   Catriona says: The Muppets- just iconic!   Gary says: The Muppets.   Tom says: Yes, A Muppet's Christmas Carol, nothing else comes close.   Becca says: Muppets   Tracy says: I like the one with Patrick Stewart.   For myself, I pretty much closely agree with the commenters here. I think my sentimental favorite is the George C. Scott version from 1984, since that's the one I used to watch when I was younger. Rewatching it as an adult, it's impressive how Scott doesn't even attempt a British accent. It's actually rather surprising that his version of Scrooge is actually pretty funny, with a dry wit.   That said, as many of the commentators here already said, I think the best overall best version of A Christmas Carol is Muppet Christmas Carol from 1992. It works because Michael Caine plays it stone dead serious even when he is sharing the screen with a bunch of Muppets. Caine famously said that he played against the Muppets like he was playing against the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the contrast with Caine's serious performance against the silliness of the Muppets creates a sort of alchemy that works really well. Also, The Man Who Invented Christmas from 2017, a highly fictionalized version of Charles Dickens writing a Christmas Carol, is definitely worth watching even though it takes a few, well, more than a few creative liberties with the facts.   So that is it for Question of the Week this week.   00:04:26 Writing Goals 2024/2025   Now let's look back at my writing goals for 2024, see if I was able to meet them or not, and then look ahead to my writing goals for this coming year of 2025. First of all, I would like to very much thank everyone who bought one of my books or audiobooks this year. I am glad you enjoyed them. I would also like to thank the narrators I worked with this year, C.J. McCallister, Hollis McCarthy, Brad Wills, and Leanne Woodward, who actually did the work of creating amazing audiobooks. Additionally, I would also like to thank my podcast transcriptionist, my Excel bookkeeper, and my audiobook proof listener (all three of whom wished to remain anonymous), who really helped out and took a lot of work off my plate this year so I could focus on writing. 2024 for me on a personal level was a pretty good year. However, I admit it was a rough year for book sales. I was down about 12% overall. This came from two causes. One, a significant portion of the book reading American public disappeared into doomscrolling their news and social media apps from July to about November. Two, I scattered my attention too much across too many series. I think in 2025, I'm going to focus up and do an Andomhaim book every other month like I did from oh, 2013 to 2023 or so. But all that is to come. Let's first look back and see if I met 2024's writing goals.   #1: Write as many words as possible while trying to hit 1 million new words. I did it! I am very pleased to report that I published 1 million words of new fiction in 2024, for the first time since 2020. In 2021, I only published 971,000 words. I figured I had slipped and would get to it the next year. In 2022, however, I only published 814,000 words. This happened due to a combination of a lot of travel and various real-life stresses. In 2023, I published 935,000 words, a significant improvement over the previous year, but I had COVID twice pretty close together in the early spring/summer of that year and that really messed me up for a couple months.   But in 2024 (as of Orc-Hoard), I published 1,490,000 new words of fiction for the year. My ten 10,000 word days for 2024 probably helped with that a great deal. I am very happy about this since I tried to hit a million words in 2021, 2022, and 2023 but just couldn't quite get there. So it is very satisfying (after four years of not quite making it) to have finally published a million words of new fiction in 2024. Naturally, I hope to repeat this feat in 2025, but more on that in a little bit.   #2: Start The Shield War. I did that as well, publishing Shield of Storms, Shield of Darkness, and Shield of Conquest all in 2024, and they're even all in audiobook (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills).   #3: Continue Cloak Mage. I did that as well with Cloak of Titans and Cloak of Illusion. Both books were interesting challenges to write, since Titans burned up a lot of the ongoing subplots for the series. No spoilers. Cloak of Illusion had to work with a new game board, so to speak since so much had changed in the previous book.   #4: Continue Ghost Armor. I did that as well with Ghosts in the Veils and Ghost in the Tombs and both of them are in audiobook (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy). #5: Continue Half-Elven Thief. I was able to do that as well with Wizard Thief, Half-Orc Paladin, and Orc-Hoard. Half-Elven Thief, Wizard Thief, and Half-Orc Paladin are in audiobook, as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward.   #6: Continue Sevenfold Sword Online. Around June, I renamed this series to Stealth and Spells Online since so many people were getting confused with Sevenfold Sword. I did release Stealth and Spells Online: Leveling in February. Both books in the series are in audio, as excellently narrated by C.J. McAllister.   #7: New audiobooks for new books. There's only so much time, energy, and especially budget for audiobooks, so I decided that I was only going to do audiobooks in new series going forward rather than trying to have old books recorded. I think this worked out pretty well, all told, because 2024 will be the best year so far for my self-published audiobooks. We did end up recording some of the older Cloak Mage audiobooks because I promised Hollis McCarthy a recording spot in April for Ghost in the Veils, but I just couldn't finish that book in time. So we did Cloak Mage #7 instead, with #8 and #9 to come in 2025.   So I'm pleased I met all my writing goals for 2024. As might have guessed, I'm especially pleased about the million words, since I had been trying to reach that in a year for the last four years and we finally managed to do it in 2024. Very satisfying, lemme tell you.   Now let's look ahead to my writing goals for 2025. Here is what I would like to do, in order of priority.   #1: Write as many words as possible, hopefully hitting 1 million words of new fiction. As I mentioned above, it was enormously satisfying to hit a million new words in a year after failing to do so since 2020. So I would like to do that again if possible, though of course circumstances may be out of my control. Regardless, I definitely want to write as much as possible in 2025.   #2: Finish The Shield War. I am exactly halfway through The Shield War, which as I mentioned earlier in the show, puts me on book four of six. I am planning to write a Shield War book every other month in 2025 until the series is complete.   #3: Finish Ghost Armor. I'm also exactly halfway through the Ghost Armor series, which puts me on book four of six. Like with Shield War, I'm planning to write a Ghost Armor book every other month until the series is complete.   #4: Continue Cloak Mage. Once The Shield War and Ghost Armor are complete, I plan to continue Cloak Mage, though I will probably start Cloak of Worlds a little earlier as a secondary project. I was originally planning for 15 books in Cloak Mage, but I realized I have way too much story to fit into the remaining three books. So it's going to be 18 in total (not 15), with a suitably epic conclusion once I get to the 18th and final book.   #5: Continue Half-Elven Thief. I also want to continue Half-Elven Thief because of the three new things I've tried in the last four years, this one has worked the best. I had originally planned for six books, but as with Cloak Mage, there's too much story to fit in six, so it's going to be nine instead.   #6: Conclude Stealth and Spells Online. As of this recording, I am 29,000 words into Stealth and Spells Online: Reactant, which will be the third and very definitely final book in the series (or trilogy, technically, since it's only three). I would very much like to thank everyone who read the first two books or listened to the first two audiobooks.   Stealth and Spells Online, I admit, didn't perform as well as I had hoped. I was just crunching some numbers to get ready for tax time, which means also looking at my bestselling books of 2024. I have published 158 novels, but my top 10 in any given year are usually books I published in that year. My top five bestselling books in 2024 (unless something drastically changes in the next 10 days) are Shield of Storms, Shield of Darkness, Cloak of Titans, Shield of Conquest, and Ghost in the Veils. All five of them came out in 2024, so that's not a big surprise.   Stealth and Spells Online: Leveling came out in February, 2024, so logically you would expect it to be in the top 10. Nope. Top 20? Still nope. Top 30? Got to keep going. It was the 41st bestselling book of 2024. It came out in February, which means it had abundant chances to place in the top 10, but sadly it did not. The Dragonskull and Sevenfold Sword series, both of which have been done for a while, both outsold Stealth and Spells Online: Leveling by a significant margin.   I think the problem is that I wanted to write a LitRPG book, but what I ended up with was a high concept science fiction espionage thriller with some LitRPG elements to it. Maybe I should have written it so the protagonist Noah Carver had a harem of anime monster girls or something. That always seems to be popular in LitRPG. The initial confusion with Sevenfold Sword probably didn't help matters, either. I honestly thought about abandoning the series, but if I left it unfinished, it would nag at me forever like a permanent pebble in my shoe. So I've been working on the third book as a secondary project and will hopefully publish it around this summer or so. It will wrap up the story with no unfinished threads while hopefully providing a satisfactory ending to the readers. That will be the definitive end of my foray into the world of LitRPG, then it will be time to turn to my next focus.   #7: A new epic fantasy series in the Andomhaim setting. I will start on this after The Shield War is done and it will be my main focus for a while, with books coming ideally every other month. I'm still working on the concept, but all I'll say so far is that we'll be set in Owyllain, which we haven't visited in any depth since Sevenfold Sword finished back in 2019. Even back in Sevenfold Sword, we didn't really see all that much of Owyllain, mainly the cities Aenesium and Trojas. So there's a lot of potential for story ideas there.   #8: My eighth and final goal for 2025: new audiobooks as time, budget, and narrator availability allow. My self-published audiobooks did a bit better in 2024 than they did in 2023, so I think I'm going to continue with focusing on new releases rather than trying to bring older series into audio. I would like to do as many new releases in audio as possible, though of course this depends on budget, narrator availability, and a few other factors.   So those are my writing goals for 2025. Hopefully I shall have some excellent new books for you very soon, though there's always a quote from the Book of James that I like to remember when I'm making long-term plans: “Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”   So if the Lord wills it, that is what I'm hoping to do in 2025.   So that is it for this week and indeed for 2024. I'd just like to take a moment to thank everyone who has listened to the podcast this year. I hope you have found it enjoyable and at times a profitable experience to do so. And also once again, I'd like to thank my podcast transcriptionist. Without her help, the podcast would not have its own dedicated website and there would definitely not be transcripts for the podcast.   So thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcripts (added note: transcriptions are available for Episode 140 onward). If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next year and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

'Tis the season for Eric & Serling to nerd out on perhaps the most classic of all classic ghost stories.  They compare and rate the Past, Present, & Future ghosts of the 1999 (Patrick Stewart) & 1951 (Alastair Sim) versions of "A Christmas Carol".Send us a text

It's time for Ebenezer Scrooge to “face the facts” about his spiritual state and meet the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. My colleague Meredith joins me to explore this sobering yet necessary part of Scrooge's journey and the transformative power of mercy triumphing over judgment. Even if you're familiar with A Christmas Carol, you'll find some fresh truths about Scrooge's redemption (and ours!) in today's conversation.  Meredith's favorite adaptations of A Christmas Carol are A Christmas Carol (1951) with Alastair Sim, and the Broadway musical A Christmas Carol (1994) with music by Alan Menken. This episode of the Strong Women podcast corresponds with our Strong Women Advent 2024 reading plan. We're reading A Christmas Carol together this year, and you can read with us! Get your free reading guide at colsoncenter.org/advent.  Grab a copy of A Christmas Carol. Here are several options:  Free digital version  Paperback  Illustrated hardback  Ebook  Audiobooks  Bonus: Illustrations by John Leech  Adaptations of A Christmas Carol to watch:  Traditional  A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim (1951) (Titled Scrooge in the U.K.)  A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott (1984)  A Christmas Carol with Sir Patrick Stewart (1999)  Musical  Scrooge with Albert Finney (1970)  A Christmas Carol (1994) (Broadway production. See here for upcoming performances near you)  Unconventional  The Muppet Christmas Carol with Michael Caine (1992)  A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey (2009) (Animated feature)  Let me know what you think of these adaptations! Pop into the Strong Women Podcast Community Facebook group to let me know what's your favorite adaptation of A Christmas Carol.  Related Podcast Episodes:  Best of Strong Women: Discussing A Christmas Carol With Jessica Hooten Wilson  Embracing True Festivity This Christmas With Haley Stewart  Best of Strong Women: The Strength of Mary With Dr. Timothy Ralston  A Defense of Christmas (Classical Stuff You Should Know)     The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly journal: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women    Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/  https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc 

Abundance, festivity, community, and feasting are hallmarks of the Christmas season! They're also central themes in Ebenezer Scrooge's journey with the Ghost of Christmas Present. Heidi White joins us this week for a rich discussion on the second spirit in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Listen and learn how fasting, feasting, service, and celebration shape the Christmas season and our Christian life.   This episode of the Strong Women podcast corresponds with our Strong Women Advent 2024 reading plan. We're reading A Christmas Carol together this year, and you can read with us! Get your free reading guide at colsoncenter.org/advent.  Grab a copy of A Christmas Carol. Here are several options:  Free digital version  Paperback  Illustrated hardback  Ebook  Audiobooks  Bonus: Illustrations by John Leech  Adaptations of A Christmas Carol to watch:  Traditional  A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim (1951) (Titled Scrooge in the U.K.)  A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott (1984)  A Christmas Carol with Sir Patrick Stewart (1999)  Musical  Scrooge with Albert Finney (1970)  A Christmas Carol (1994) (Broadway production. See here for upcoming performances near you)  Unconventional  The Muppet Christmas Carol with Michael Caine (1992)  A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey (2009) (Animated feature)  Let me know what you think of these adaptations! Pop into the Strong Women Podcast Community Facebook group to let me know what's your favorite adaptation of A Christmas Carol.  Related Podcast Episodes:  Best of Strong Women: Discussing a Christmas Carol With Jessica Hooten Wilson  Embracing True Festivity This Christmas With Haley Stewart  Best of Strong Women: The Strength of Mary With Dr. Timothy Ralston  A Defense of Christmas (Classical Stuff You Should Know)    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly journal: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women    Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/  https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc     

We're returning to Hitchcock this week with a murder mystery set amidst the London theatre world. From 1950, it's Stage Fright. An aspiring actress tries to clear her boyfriend's name by inserting herself into a highly publicized murder investigation. Check out this film and come hear our take on it. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes. Details: A Transatlantic Picture released 2/23/1950. Produced by Hitchcock. Screenplay by Whitfield Cook, Alma Reville, James Bridie, based on the novel Man Running by Selwyn Jepson. Starring Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, and Patricia Hitchcock. Cinematography by Wilkie Cooper. Score by Leighton Lucas. Ranking: 31 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor game. It's also fun. And it's a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranked lists from critics, fans, and magazines Stage Fright got 1,232 ranking points.

We're diving into the first part of A Christmas Carol, starting with an introduction to the greedy, miserable miser Ebenezer Scrooge. My daughter Abigail joins me today to explore who Scrooge is at the beginning of the novel, and how his encounters with the ghost of Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past begin to change him ... or do they? Tune in and find out!  This episode of the Strong Women podcast corresponds with our Strong Women Advent 2024 reading plan. We're reading A Christmas Carol together this year, and you can read with us! Get your free reading guide at colsoncenter.org/advent.  Grab a copy of A Christmas Carol. Here are several options:  Free digital version  Paperback  Illustrated hardback  Ebook  Audiobooks  Bonus: Illustrations by John Leech  Adaptations of A Christmas Carol to watch:  Traditional  A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim (1951) (Titled Scrooge in the U.K.)  A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott (1984)  A Christmas Carol with Sir Patrick Stewart (1999)  Musical  Scrooge with Albert Finney (1970)  A Christmas Carol (1994) (Broadway production. See here for upcoming performances near you)  Unconventional  The Muppet Christmas Carol with Michael Caine (1992)  A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey (2009) (Animated feature)  Let me know what you think of these adaptations! Pop into the Strong Women Podcast Community Facebook group to let me know what's your favorite adaptation of A Christmas Carol.  Related Podcast Episodes:  Best of Strong Women: Discussing a Christmas Carol With Jessica Hooten Wilson  Embracing True Festivity This Christmas With Haley Stewart  Best of Strong Women: The Strength of Mary With Dr. Timothy Ralston  A Defense of Christmas (Classical Stuff You Should Know)      The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly journal: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women    Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/  https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc 

In accordance with tradition, Mike Westfall from the Advent Calendar House podcast returns to help Michael and Rob kick off the Christmas season right with another Christmas Carol adaptation. This year, we're watching the classic 1951 version (titled Scrooge in the original British) starring Alastair Sim.

Today we flip the script, and my friend Maggie interviews me about Advent. This season is meant to prepare us for Christ's coming—and there are so many meaningful ways to observe it. Whether you're new to Advent or not, tune in for a conversation about the depth and beauty of Advent and the many ways you can observe it through music, art, reading, and tradition. You might just learn some things about Advent that you didn't know!  Show Notes:  This episode of the Strong Women podcast corresponds with our Strong Women Advent 2024 reading plan. We're reading A Christmas Carol together this year, and you can read with us! Get your free reading guide at colsoncenter.org/advent.  Grab a copy of A Christmas Carol. Here are several options:  Free digital version  Paperback  Illustrated hardback  Ebook  Audiobooks  Bonus: Illustrations by John Leech Adaptations of A Christmas Carol to watch:  Traditional  A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim (1951) (Titled Scrooge in the U.K.)  A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott (1984)  A Christmas Carol with Sir Patrick Stewart (1999)  Musical  Scrooge with Albert Finney (1970)  A Christmas Carol (1994) (Broadway production. See here for upcoming performances near you)  Unconventional  The Muppet Christmas Carol with Michael Caine (1992)  A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey (2009) (Animated feature)  Let me know what you think of these adaptations! Pop into the Strong Women Podcast Community Facebook group to let me know what's your favorite adaptation of A Christmas Carol.  Related Podcast Episodes:  Best of Strong Women: Discussing a Christmas Carol With Jessica Hooten Wilson  Embracing True Festivity This Christmas With Haley Stewart  Best of Strong Women: The Strength of Mary With Dr. Timothy Ralston  A Defense of Christmas (Classical Stuff You Should Know)    The Church today is often seen as irrelevant. But this couldn't be further from the truth. At the Colson Center, we believe the Church is God's gift to the world, called to be present and active in this cultural moment without being taken captive by it. In other words, the Church is meant to “move the world,” not move with the world. That's why we equip believers with a Christian worldview through our media, training programs, and events—because a Church that “moves the world” starts with one faithful Christian. We need your help to continue strengthening the Church in 2025. Thanks to a generous matching donation, every gift between now and December 31 will be DOUBLED until we meet the full match. Help us strengthen the Church to move the world in 2025. Make a gift with double the impact at colsoncenter.org/swdecember.    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center, which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly journal: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women    Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/  https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc 

James Cameron-Wilson says the box office is up 44% thanks to #1 Joker: Folie à Deux, with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. Essentially a jukebox musical contemplating the human condition, it sadly lacks a narrative drive and is often downright boring. At #10, A Different Man is an accomplished and original drama which is moving, challenging and entertaining. Never sure where it's going, it's remarkable and highly recommended. Out on excellently restored home discs is the 1954 JB Priestley An Inspector Calls with Alastair Sim, directed by future Bond director Guy Hamilton. Despite its age, it still casts quite a spell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charles Dickens' 1846 A Christmas Carol is one of the most adapted works of all time. And his protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, has been portrayed by the likes of Jim Carrey to Bill Murray, George C. Scott to Mr. Magoo, Alastair Sim to Scrooge McDuck, and Michael Caine to Will Ferrell. And spins on A Christmas Carol have appeared in everything from Beavis and Butthead to Doctor Who. But rarely have they been as faithful as the version from 1999 starring Patrick Stewart as the miserly businessman whose life changes one fateful night after a visit from three ghosts. Starring an incredible cast including Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Dominic West, Ian McNiece, Breaking Bad's Laura Fraser, and Ted Lasso's Jeremy Swift, the TNT original movie is a jewel in the vast sea of Christmas Carol adaptations. So this Christmas, we invited our friend Alex Steed back to share in the Christmas spirit...er...ghost?...as we dig in to this wonderful version of a classic story. Merry Christmas! And, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

Tilt's occasional Scroogechats continue - this time, he's joined by Michael Kupperman to discuss the 1951 production starring Alastair Sim.

Jacob Marley was dead to begin with (he always is!) and It Happened One Year is there to pick up the slack, in what was originally conceived as the show's holiday episode, before the hosts got carried away and kept recording Christmassy things (tune in next week!). Herein, Sarah & Joe get into all things Cratchit in order to discuss the acclaimed 1984 movie version of A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, David Warner, and Susannah York. This opens up the larger conversation of best film Scrooges, best family versions, best musical versions, best TV versions, and much, much more. It's a Dickens-ophile's dream! Rising up in the debate are the likes of Alastair Sim, the Muppets, Reginald Owen, Albert Finney, Mr. Magoo, Basil Rathbone, Bill Murray, Patrick Stewart, Jim Carrey, Henry Winkler, and many more! Then - after all the "God Bless Us, Everyones" have been tossed around like Christmas crackers - the hosts perform that most IHOY of rituals - playing a trivia game for the listeners. Enjoy!

"Mrs Wilberforce..? I understand you have rooms to let." And so we are introduced to the sinister and mysterious Professor Marcus, performed with brio by Alec Guinness as a sort of unhinged Alastair Sim grotesque, in Alexander McKendrick's sublime 1955 Ealing comedy The Ladykillers. The film – described by McKendrick as a film about Britain in subsidence - was the first major film role for Peter Sellers, after a string of low budget and mostly forgettable little comedies. Although his role as the aging Ted and spiv Harry Robinson is very much a supporting one, it did get him noticed, and his subsequent career in films grew steadily with a BAFTA for Best Actor five years later and international super-stardom in less than a decade. Alongside Guinness and Sellers are the splendidly menacing Herbert Lom as Louis Harvey, Cecil Parker as Major Courtney and Danny Green as 'One Round', posing as members of a string quintet who have robbery on their minds. Playing the role of her lifetime as the titular 'lady' is Katie Johnson in her penultimate film as Mrs Wilberforce, a performance which won her a BAFTA. Joining Tyler to talk about the film is Graeme Lindsay-Foot, for whom this film remains one of his all-time favourites after having first seen it as a teenager. Together they break down the film from its earliest beginnings, as fragments of a dream occurring to the writer William Rose, to the production process. casting, plot and - yes- there WILL be spoilers. Fans of Frankie Howerd are duly warned that he comes in for a bit of flack. We answer these questions: WHY did Herbert Lom wear a hat throughout the film? WHO was the inspiration for the look of Professor Marcus? WHAT bits of the film were cut out, causing Sellers much annoyance? HOW did Sellers commemorate the film in the form of a gift for cast and crew? WHERE was Mrs Wilberforce's lopsided old house actually situated in London? ... And much more!

Hello everyone, in today's episode we take a break from The Chimes, and I invited Scott Leopold from the Holly Jolly X'masu podcast to help me talk about one of the greatest adaptations of A Christmas Carol - the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim!  Find out about our favorite characters, quotes, and the powerful message that the film has that compliments the original book so perfectly. Check out Scott's podcast: https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/  Buy me a coffee? www.ko-fi.com/cozychristmas  Ornaments, Mugs, and Notebooks: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CozyChristmasPodcast  Logo shirt designs: http://tee.pub/lic/edygC_h4D1c    Contact Me: facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cozychristmaspodcast  instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cozychristmaspodcast/  twitter: https://twitter.com/CozyXmasPod  youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCikiozEbu0h9pKeI1Ei5TQ email: cozychristmaspodcast@gmail.com     #christmas #podcast #christmascarol

Mel Byron and the TPTV Podcast Team take you into Spring wthe a varied selection of the best of Talking Pictures TV from 7th-26th March. There are trains and planes, Homes & Watson, Hammer and...yet more Hammer. Stanley Baker, Alastair Sim, Valerie Hobson, and a pre-Star Trek William Shatner, are among the stars whose films we recommend. 

Peter Asher started out as a child actor in films with John Mills, Alastair Sim and Boris Karloff. He was in the Adventures of Robin Hood with his sister Jane but they were eventually “demoted to peasant children”. He then formed Peter & Gordon, had a global number one with A World Without Love (written by his sister's boyfriend who was living in the family home) and then began a career in production and management that's still thriving today. This is full of wonderful stories and features … … playing the London club circuit in 1964. … Paul McCartney adding the missing bridge to A World Without Love in eight minutes – “I have the handwritten lyrics and chords in a fireproof safe in case I ever need to run to Sotheby's and Paul can save the day again!”). … assembling the band for a Paul Jones session – Nicky Hopkins piano, Jeff Beck guitar, Paul Samwell-Smith bass, McCartney drums).  … appalling ‘60s royalty rates. … life as head of A&R at Apple where people sent “100 pages of certifiably mental lyrics in the hope that John Lennon might put them to music”. … signing and producing James Taylor and the album that changed the music business. And Taylor supporting the Who on US tours. … the secret of being a great manager.... Linda Ronstadt singing barefoot at the Bottom End.  … Apple recording artist Brute Force and his non-chart-troubling single The King Of Fuh. … the other role model for Austin Powers. … and why music today is just as good as the past.  David Jacks' memoir, Peter Asher: A Life In Music …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-Asher-Music-David-Jacks/dp/1493061216Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon to receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world, and ad-free!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Asher started out as a child actor in films with John Mills, Alastair Sim and Boris Karloff. He was in the Adventures of Robin Hood with his sister Jane but they were eventually “demoted to peasant children”. He then formed Peter & Gordon, had a global number one with A World Without Love (written by his sister's boyfriend who was living in the family home) and then began a career in production and management that's still thriving today. This is full of wonderful stories and features … … playing the London club circuit in 1964. … Paul McCartney adding the missing bridge to A World Without Love in eight minutes – “I have the handwritten lyrics and chords in a fireproof safe in case I ever need to run to Sotheby's and Paul can save the day again!”). … assembling the band for a Paul Jones session – Nicky Hopkins piano, Jeff Beck guitar, Paul Samwell-Smith bass, McCartney drums).  … appalling ‘60s royalty rates. … life as head of A&R at Apple where people sent “100 pages of certifiably mental lyrics in the hope that John Lennon might put them to music”. … signing and producing James Taylor and the album that changed the music business. And Taylor supporting the Who on US tours. … the secret of being a great manager.... Linda Ronstadt singing barefoot at the Bottom End.  … Apple recording artist Brute Force and his non-chart-troubling single The King Of Fuh. … the other role model for Austin Powers. … and why music today is just as good as the past.  David Jacks' memoir, Peter Asher: A Life In Music …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-Asher-Music-David-Jacks/dp/1493061216Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon to receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world, and ad-free!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Asher started out as a child actor in films with John Mills, Alastair Sim and Boris Karloff. He was in the Adventures of Robin Hood with his sister Jane but they were eventually “demoted to peasant children”. He then formed Peter & Gordon, had a global number one with A World Without Love (written by his sister's boyfriend who was living in the family home) and then began a career in production and management that's still thriving today. This is full of wonderful stories and features … … playing the London club circuit in 1964. … Paul McCartney adding the missing bridge to A World Without Love in eight minutes – “I have the handwritten lyrics and chords in a fireproof safe in case I ever need to run to Sotheby's and Paul can save the day again!”). … assembling the band for a Paul Jones session – Nicky Hopkins piano, Jeff Beck guitar, Paul Samwell-Smith bass, McCartney drums).  … appalling ‘60s royalty rates. … life as head of A&R at Apple where people sent “100 pages of certifiably mental lyrics in the hope that John Lennon might put them to music”. … signing and producing James Taylor and the album that changed the music business. And Taylor supporting the Who on US tours. … the secret of being a great manager.... Linda Ronstadt singing barefoot at the Bottom End.  … Apple recording artist Brute Force and his non-chart-troubling single The King Of Fuh. … the other role model for Austin Powers. … and why music today is just as good as the past.  David Jacks' memoir, Peter Asher: A Life In Music …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-Asher-Music-David-Jacks/dp/1493061216Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon to receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world, and ad-free!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi film friends. Today your decade under the influence crew takes on the entire ruling class, with our long knives drawn. Actually we just take on the movie (The ruling class 1972) which takes on the class system in English specifically and the world in general. A mighty task indeed. Peter O'toole and Director Peter Medak in preparation for this epic went to Ireland for a couple of weeks, they'd wake up cook breakfast discuss and act out the script all day, and then head to the pub and sing. Sounds more than about right. Film was written by Peter Barnes, and also stars Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Coral Browne, and James Villiers. We do hope you enjoy our deep dive into the Ruling Class, also O'toole has bad hair here, I'm sorry but I said it. Please let us know what you think. You could gives us all the stars too, why not?

Hi film friends. Today your decade under the influence crew takes on the entire ruling class, with our long knives drawn. Actually we just take on the movie (The ruling class 1972) which takes on the class system in English specifically and the world in general. A mighty task indeed. Peter O'toole and Director Peter Medak in preparation for this epic went to Ireland for a couple of weeks, they'd wake up cook breakfast discuss and act out the script all day, and then head to the pub and sing. Sounds more than about right. Film was written by Peter Barnes, and also stars Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Coral Browne, and James Villiers. We do hope you enjoy our deep dive into the Ruling Class, also O'toole has bad hair here, I'm sorry but I said it. Please let us know what you think. You could gives us all the stars too, why not?

Got the post-Christmas blues? Join Jim and John for a discussion of Scrooge, a classic adaptation of A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim. The two chat about how this particular adaptation of Dickens' immortal tale hits home. Plus, the two find time to complain about the cold weather that hit Delco over the Christmas holiday. Sit back, crack a cold one and know me better, man!

Michael and Rob welcome Mike Westfall from the Advent Calendar House podcast to discuss a pair of the oldest adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. From 1910, it's the silent version from Thomas Edison's production company. And then we talk about the 1935 film starring Seymour Hicks. And be sure to check out Mike, Rob, and Michael's Advent Calendar House discussion from earlier this season about the 1971 cartoon that brought back Alastair Sim as the voice of Scrooge.

Happy Holidays, everyone! In this episode, Charlie and Mandy talk about Scrooge (Hurst, 1951), the adaptation of A Christmas Carol that was probably on in the background at your grandparents' house. It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, absolute cherub of a man Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, and Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit (apart from being a dutiful wife, she also has a first name not mentioned in the movie, and it's Emily). Join us as we talk about issues of morality, poverty, capitalism, GHOSTS, and other fun holiday and holiday-adjacent topics!

Welcome to this week's pod in which various white-hot topics are brought in for questioning, among them … … Whatever happened to Dando Shaft? … Alastair Sim, Terry-Thomas and flowsy saxophones in The Belles of St Trinian's … Does it matter if music-making acts are fictitious or that rappers are artificial and produced by computer graphics and AI? … how many people were in Keith Tippett's Centipede (the clue's in the name)? … Titus Groan and Demon Fuzz … is there anything the lily-livered music business is prepared to defend? … puddings delivered by Deliveroo … Jann Wenner and the caviar spoons … the ‘greening' of Reading Festival … and what kind of sane world allows pop music at hotel breakfasts?----------Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to https://nordvpn.com/yourear to get up a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It's completely risk free with Nord's 30 day money-back guarantee!----------Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world, with full visuals, and ad-free!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this week's pod in which various white-hot topics are brought in for questioning, among them … … Whatever happened to Dando Shaft? … Alastair Sim, Terry-Thomas and flowsy saxophones in The Belles of St Trinian's … Does it matter if music-making acts are fictitious or that rappers are artificial and produced by computer graphics and AI? … how many people were in Keith Tippett's Centipede (the clue's in the name)? … Titus Groan and Demon Fuzz … is there anything the lily-livered music business is prepared to defend? … puddings delivered by Deliveroo … Jann Wenner and the caviar spoons … the ‘greening' of Reading Festival … and what kind of sane world allows pop music at hotel breakfasts?----------Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to https://nordvpn.com/yourear to get up a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It's completely risk free with Nord's 30 day money-back guarantee!----------Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world, with full visuals, and ad-free!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this week's pod in which various white-hot topics are brought in for questioning, among them … … Whatever happened to Dando Shaft? … Alastair Sim, Terry-Thomas and flowsy saxophones in The Belles of St Trinian's … Does it matter if music-making acts are fictitious or that rappers are artificial and produced by computer graphics and AI? … how many people were in Keith Tippett's Centipede (the clue's in the name)? … Titus Groan and Demon Fuzz … is there anything the lily-livered music business is prepared to defend? … puddings delivered by Deliveroo … Jann Wenner and the caviar spoons … the ‘greening' of Reading Festival … and what kind of sane world allows pop music at hotel breakfasts?----------Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to https://nordvpn.com/yourear to get up a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It's completely risk free with Nord's 30 day money-back guarantee!----------Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world, with full visuals, and ad-free!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The final traditional episode of 2021 is upon us and the duo is discussing one of the most well known and oft referenced pieces of Christmas pop culture to ever be created. Alastair Sim and Michael Caine will face off as different portrayals as the famed Ebenezer Scrooge, which one pulls it off better? And frankly, is there any better way to send off the year than talking about The Muppets once again? Jacob seems pretty excited, as expected. Also in this episode is a serious discussion regarding Ghostbusters: Afterlife, feelings for Fezziwig, Michael Caine's ability to act against sock puppet monsters, and an examination of the literary comedic stylings of Charles Dickens. All this and more on They Remade It! Plot Synopsis Timestamps: 27:00-37:00 ---------- Socials ---------- @ItRemade on Twitter @theyremadeit on Instagram theyremadeit@gmail.com

It's a Christmas crossover episode with Joe Dante and Josh Olson from The Movies that Made Me podcast, and Gemma and Slim from The Letterboxd Show! Four hosts, four festive favorites: We're No Angels; Scrooge; National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation; and Elf (with a side of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Also: Joe's reaction to our Gremlins Easter egg, the odious proliferation of Christmas movies, cinema's secret weapon Alastair Sim, the Scrooge blooper you can't unsee, Chevy Chase's superciliousness, Will Ferrell's innocence, Humphrey Bogart's comedy, the gift to cinema that was Dick Miller, what happened to Billy's mom in an earlier Gremlins script, and the best 2021 films Josh and Joe have seen. Note: This is the last episode for 2021—we'll be back after a short break with a special Year in Review show. Links The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Julie's Neverending Christmas list; lists mentioned: the gdcu (good dads cinematic universe); movies my dad likes more than he likes me; An Overly-Friendly Religious Extremist etc; Top 250 Horror; reviews of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation by russman and Sean Fennessey; review of We're No Angels by Anthony Herrera; review of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Marna Larsen. Credits This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque' by Moniker.

We are checking in with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present & Future and trying to get our Christmas cheer right for the holiday season. This week, we are mixing up a batch of a smoky, port filled punch, and digging into this 1951 re-telling of the classic tale. Join us for spooky ghosts, creepy dolls, the joy of Christmas, Tiny Tim, and a chat about the Alastair Sim classic, A Christmas Carol. This week's cocktail comes from Global Table Adventure! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Karen has selected the holiday classic "Scrooge", from 1951 starring Alastair Sim for this very special Christmas episode. Greg and Karen discuss the film while drinking a Ghost Cocktail which Karen found on Food.com. We hope that you enjoy it. Merry Christmas from our families to yours!

I absolutely love the festive season, a massive kid at heart, and so each year we watch the same Christmas Films, The Santa Clause, Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Elf.... etcetera ectetera...However, there are always those older classic movies, synonymous with the Christmas season which I haven't watched yet... and so I thought I would choose four to watch and discuss for this festive special episode of the We Need To Talk About Movies Podcast! White Christmas (1954) (https://amzn.to/3J2FN7g) - Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye star in this musical in which two entertainers try to save the livelihood of their old general but hosting a masisve song and dance show at his quiet hotel! A Christmas Carol (1951) (https://amzn.to/3mbTCGQ)  and Scrooge (1971) (https://amzn.to/3qq9Z47)- two classic retellings of Dickens beloved Christmas tale, the former a dramatic version starring Alastair Sim,, the second a musical account with Albert Finney and Alec Guinness.Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - (https://amzn.to/3yByvTs) A man claiming to be Santa Clause is put on trial as he tries to win over a straight laced mother and her far too serious daughter. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wnmovietalk)

Download the episode Front Row Classics celebrates the holiday season with what many consider to be the definitive film version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Brandon and Eric are joined by Jay Hoffman and Anna McFarland to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UK version starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge. The hosts discuss … Continue reading Ep. 96- A Christmas Carol (1951) →

Front Row Classics celebrates the holiday season with what many consider to be the definitive film version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Brandon and Eric are joined by Jay Hoffman and Anna McFarland to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UK version starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge. The hosts discuss the aspects of the film which set it apart from other retellings of the story. Special mention is also made of several different key story arcs which gives extra pathos to the Scrooge character. From all of us at Front Row Classics, Happy Holidays! To listen to our Christmas Carol Battle episode from 2018: https://tinyurl.com/msr6z7dk

Anders Bergstrom from 3 Brothers Film returns to talk about the perennial Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, starring Alastair Sim. You can follow the writings of 3 Brothers Film here: https://3brothersfilm.com/ You can listen to their podcast here: https://3brothersfilm.com/3brothersfilmcast

Download the episode Front Row Classics celebrates the holiday season with what many consider to be the definitive film version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Brandon and Eric are joined by Jay Hoffman and Anna McFarland to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UK version starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge. The hosts discuss … Continue reading Ep. 96- A Christmas Carol (1951) →

A Christmas Carol @ the Movies #1 Welcome to the latest episode of REEL TALK, the official We Made This network movie show. In the first of a festive four-part look at Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the movies, host Rob Turnbull, of You Have Been Watching, and guest Andy McKay, look at the 1951 Alastair Sim-starring adaptation, SCROOGE... Join us next time as we continue our a special festive four-part examination of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the movies... Host / Editor Rob Turnbull Guest Andy McKay Executive Producer Tony Black Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Theme music: 'On the Podium' (c) Radio Night via Epidemic Sound

Vi går på djupet med Charles Dickens älskade novell från 1843 - den ursprungliga, viktorianska julspökhistorien! - och jämför den med dess fyra främsta filmatiseringar från 1949, 1951, 1971 och 1984. Tomas påminns om en tidig skräckupplevelse med den amorfa titelkaraktären i Karlsson på taket och Lars uppfattar en Clive Barkeresque plottrighet i Dickens vintriga andeväsen. Vi pratar också om: Mike Oldfield, In dulce jubilo, Susan Hill, The Woman in Black, Karl-Bertil Jonssons jul, Hellraiser, Candyman, The Hellbound Heart, Father Christmas, Vincent Price, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, tysk expressionism, Dr Caligaris kabinett, Alastair Sim, Klaus Kinski, Dwight Fry, Spider Baby, Whistle and I'll Come to You, Michael Hordern, Sokrates, Richard Williams, Skinn Skerping, George C. Scott, The Changeling, The Handmaid's Tale, Jack Nicholson, Firestarter, Ricky Gervais, Extras, Trolltider, yurei, Ronja Rövardotter, Börje Ahlstedt, Omen, Musse Pigg, Bill Murray, Scrooged, Mupparna, Michael Caine, Vacancy, Titta Dom Snackar, Myrornas Krig, Skräckkokboken, Monsterboxen, Mannen med den gula rocken, Joni Huttonen och FromBeyond. Nostalgi, löst tyckande och akademisk analys.

Ok...so we know you haven't deleted Tiktok (like you know you should)...In Season 2 Episode 4, join Jibran and HanJoo as they both simp for Sim...Yup, you heard that right, TikTok famous star, Alastair Sim (or @songki174 as you may know him) from the UK!Alastair's whooping 329k following on Tiktok is by no means an accident - He's witty, funny, and is a passionate spokesperson on important issues from internalised racism within the Asian community and the rising fetishisation of East Asian men on TikTok.Tune in to hear Alastair's Tiktok journey, views on Koreaboos, balancing Tiktok with his Law career and more!Bonus: Listen to the end for Alastair's exclusive beauty care routine, skin and hair secrets!

Do you love Christmas? Do you love Christmas movies? Don't you wish it was Christmas year round?  We do too! Welcome to The 52 Weeks of Christmas Podcast! Join Caroline & Mike each week as they celebrate 52 Weeks of Christmas! Each episode features a new Christmas movie and a discussion full of fun, facts, laughs and loads of trivia! This is Week 23 of 52 Weeks of Christmas. This week, Caroline and Mike are discussing 1951's A Christmas Carol, starring Alastair Sim and considered by many to be the definitive telling of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol! Is A Christmas Carol a great movie? Is it a great Christmas movie? What even makes a movie a Christmas movie? These are the questions we'll be asking each week as we take this year long journey into Christmas movies! What do you think, leave messages and let us know! Why 52 Weeks of Christmas? No one can be sure what kind of year 2021 will be, so let The 52 Weeks of Christmas Podcast be your insurance policy for a bit of guaranteed joy each week! FOLLOW THE HOSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Pod Clubhouse | Caroline | Mike ### Credits:  Music: “Jingle Bells Fun” by ihsandincer, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. Podcast Recorded and Produced at Pod Clubhouse Studios. Edited by Caroline Daley and Assembled by Michael Caputo.

Happy Holidays from Page To Screen!  Our gift to you is our first annual discussion on A Christmas Carol! There are just too many adaptations and we couldn't squeeze them all into one episode- and why should we? So grab your mulled wine and get ready as we jump into our first annual discussion with the 1951 Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol!  Come and know us better man by following us on Twitter (@page2screenpod) and Instagram (@pagetoscreenpod)! Happy Holidays from all of us at Page To Screen! 

Long before I started this podcast, I was talking about versions of things on my YouTube channel, including versions of A Christmas Carol. One of my most frequent guests, Rachel Wagner is just as big a fan as me of this story, and she has introduced me to so many versions over the years, so I thought it'd be fun to revisit a few of the conversations we had on my channel, and put together a podcast covering a bunch of versions she's introduced me to! In this episode we're talking all about Barbie's Christmas Carol, the 1951 Alastair Sim version, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, and Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol! Rachel and I have talked about so many other versions over the years besides this one, and I put together another podcast like this back in July, so if you missed that episode, be sure to check it out as well! https://anchor.fm/everyversionever/episodes/Gender-Swapped-Christmas-Carols---HallmarkLifetime-Versions---With-Rachel-Wagner-eheaji Follow Rachel online! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachel_reviews YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/smilingldsgirl Blog: https://rachelsreviews.net/ And make sure to check out her podcasts! Rachel's Reviews: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2 The Hallmarkies Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id1296728288?mt=2 The Criterion Project: https://anchor.fm/criterionproject Talking Disney https://anchor.fm/talkingdisneycanon If you want more content from me, check out I Heart Movies! Anchor: https://anchor.fm/iheartpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/iheartmovies And for even more, follow me online! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonjnorth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonJNorth Blog: http://jonathanjnorth.blogspot.com/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jonjnorth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonjnorth/ If you'd like to help out the show, you can find me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jonjnorth --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everyversionever/support

With 58 years between them, the guys watch the classic Scrooge with Alastair Sim and pair it with A Christmas Carol from Zemeckis and Jim Carrey! Follow the show on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter @wesawathing! We Saw A Thing! is produced by Shapcuts Media Inc. Find out more at shapcuts.com Please leave us a rating, review and subscribe to keep us in your podcast feeds - we've got a lot more to say! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wesawathing/message

Happy Holidays from the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy are back with a special treat, a spooky, classic Christmas  film! Join them as they watch and comment on the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol, starring the screen's greatest Scrooge, Alastair Sim! The Humbugs continue with “Jonah's Holiday Carol” from Marvel Holiday Special 2004. Peter Parker's grumpy employer J. Jonah Jameson is visited by three super heroic spirits. Will they be able to change the old skinflint's mind about celebrating Christmas? Subscribe via iTunes. Or Spotify.. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts • Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts & https://twitter.com/supermatespod Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/supermatespodcast Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Email us at supermatespodcast@gmail.com Clip credits: A Christmas Carol (1951) directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, music by Richard Addinsell Spider-Man (2002) directed by Sam Raimi “The House of Franklinstein XMas” by Terry O'Malley, of Stop Calling Me Frank. Download their NEW FREE Christmas single, "Some Kind of Christmas" "Nutcracker Suite Medley" from Batman: The Animated Series' "Christmas with the Joker" by Shirley Walker "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams "Spider-Man Theme" from Spider-Man: Homecoming by Michael Giaccino “Monster Holiday” by Lon Chaney, Jr.

During the holiday season, you can't swing a yule log without hitting a TV playing some version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, but we're here to tell you which TWO versions you should be sure to see before the clock strikes one on Dec. 25. Alastair Sim gave perhaps the greatest film performance of the old miser in 1951, and Albert Finny appeared 19 years later in a colorful musical version that received four Oscar nominations. We'll tell you why we love these two versions most of all. 

This Christmas Dustin and Nik bid good riddance to the scroogiest year of the century by kicking back and watching the most underrated Christmas movie of all time, Scrooged! 'Tis the season for Solid Gold Dancers, fairy sadists and Sir Bill Murray owning every actor who ever dared play Ebenezer before him. Suck it, Alastair Sim! Sync up your bluray, dvd, VHS, laserdisc or streaming service, or just listen without the movie and try to figure out what the hell we're talking about.

Come in and know me better, ham! It's Day 2 of the 25 Days of a Christmas Carol and we're (we're?) looking at what the New York Times critic A.O. Scott called the best adaptation of a Christmas Carol of all time. It's 1951's Scrooge starring Alastair Sim in one of the most defining versions of this story ever created. It's a solo episode but it's the last solo episode! Starting tomorrow, we're full steam ahead with a ship full of guests but for one last time, I put on my film journalism hat and regurgitate stuff I read other places on the internet. Shoot me an email and let me know if you absolutely hate the show at twentyfivecarols@gmail.com. You could also email nice things but it's the internet! Scrooge (1951) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2c1woo Two Boys in a Balcony https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-boys-in-a-balcony/id1468349654 @MrSeanSullivan on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram and no other ones

Embassy Pictures released The Ruling Class on September 13, 1972. Peter Medak directed the film starring Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, and Arthur Lowe. The post The Ruling Class (1972) appeared first on Movie House Memories.

Embassy Pictures released The Ruling Class on September 13, 1972. Peter Medak directed the film starring Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, and Arthur Lowe. The post The Ruling Class (1972) appeared first on Movie House Memories.

Born on this Day: is a daily podcast hosted by Bil Antoniou, Amanda Barker & Marco Timpano. Celebrating the famous and sometimes infamous born on this day. Check out their other podcasts: Bad Gay Movies, Bitchy Gay Men Eat & Drink Every Place is the Same My Criterions The Insomnia Project Marco's book: 25 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Podcast OCTOBER 9 Guillermo del Toro , Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Brandon Routh, Tony Shalhoub, Chris O'Dowd, Scott Bakula, Steve McQueen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brian Blessed, Sheila Kelley Erin Daniels, James Dreyfus, Pete Docter, Robert Wuhl, Ozzy Osbourne , Sharon Osbourne,, Alastair Sim, John Lennon, Charles Chaplin, Jacques Tati, --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/born-on-this-day-podcast/message

Green For Danger Green for Danger is a 1946 British thriller film, based on the 1944 detective novel of the same name by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Sidney Gilliat and stars Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard, Sally Gray and Rosamund John. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England. The title is a reference to the colour-coding used on the gas canisters used by anaesthetists. Tonight’s Drink: Dark 'n' Stormy Dark 'n' Stormy was invented in Bermuda after World War II by Gosling Brothers Ltd. The cocktail is made with a combination of dark rum and ginger beer. It is a protected trademark of Gosling Brothers Ltd since 1991, so similar drinks are often named Safe Harbor in order to avoid litigation. Dark 'n' Stormy is traditionally prepared by pouring the ingredients over ice in a highball glass that is garnished with a lime wedge. Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: ‪(818) 643-1441 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasynoircast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakEasyNoir Website: http://resurrectionfilms.co.uk/home/index.php/speakeasy/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast/support

Jon Siregar joins the Mayor for a look at "Scrooge", the classic-ass-classic 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol, starring Alastair Sim. It's the movie that dares to ask: "What if, like, the ENTIRE movie was the Christmas Past bit?

Welcome back to the Christmas Carol Countdown! On Christmas! Today my friend Eli Sanza is joining me to talk about the 1971 version starring Alastair Sim! Follow Eli online! Eli's Blog: https://ejunkieblog.wordpress.com Eli's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ejunkie2014 For reviews and more from me, follow me online! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIXIceyRxNEE8vgAw6Ye-aQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonjnorth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonJNorth Blog: http://jonathanjnorth.blogspot.com/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jonjnorth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonjnorth/ If you'd like to help out the show, you can find me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jonjnorth

Eric & Sannah spent the last few weeks watching many movie adaptations of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," and they have some opinions about each of them! They start at the very beginning, talking about how Edison brought the story to cinematic life in the 1901 "Marley's Ghost," and continue on from there, discussing each of the following versions at least briefly, and spending more time on some of the more famous ones: the 1935 Seymour Hicks version, 1938 MGM version, 1951 Alastair Sim version, 1954 Fredric March version, 1970 ("Scrooge" with Albert Finney), 1971 animated short, "Mickey's Christmas Carol," the 1984 George C. Scott version, "The Muppets Christmas Carol," and the 2009 Robert Zemeckis version with Jim Carrey. Phew!At the end, they give awards for the best of various categories, including "Best Scrooge," "Best Bob Cratchit," and more.This is a big episode, so listen along. Oh, and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

In this Patron Tier 2 and 3 only episode, Matt and I visit about a favorite holiday movie “A Christmas Carol” aka "Scrooge" from 1951. Charles Dickens’ story from 1843 has been told on film and television several times. The 1951 film was adapted and crafted by Director Brian Desmond Hurst and Screenwriter Noel Langley. The result of their collaboration is a wonderful movie that contains many themes that are as relevant today as they were long ago.Alastair Sim is the perfect Ebenezer Scrooge along with a cast that brings to life each of the characters. I especially enjoyed Francis de Wolff as the Spirit of Christmas Present, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit and Glyn Dearman as Tiny Tim. Patrick Macnee, from British TV’s Avengers, plays young Jacob Marley. Everyone delivers outstanding performances.Every year in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s our family gathered in front of the record player in the living room of our home to listen to the recording of “A Christmas Carol”. For me this was a highlight of those Christmas years together. I wish I had that old recording. Matt and I hope you all enjoy this memorable film. Happy Holidays to everyone!Here's the IMBD page for "A Christmas Carol"Up next we'll be reviewing "A Christmas In Connecticut" Check us out on Patreon at www.patreon.com/classicmoviereviews for even more content and bonus shows.

Taron Egerton, whose performance as Elton John in the film Rocketman has already earned him Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor, talks about channelling the flamboyant performer on screen and capturing his distinctive voice in hits such as Your Song and Tiny Dancer. Rocketman is available on DVD. There have been scores of actors who have played Scrooge from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, from Alastair Sim and Basil Rathbone to Albert Finney and Michael Caine. This season it is the turn of Guy Pearce who appears as the misanthrope in a BBC One television adaptation by Steven Knight. How will the the creator of Peaky Blinders interpret the festive perennial? Raifa Rafiq reviews. What are the ingredients of a Christmas hit song? Singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe dissects some classics and performs from his Christmas album. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Edwina Pitman

A Christmas Carol (1843) is the most filmed and televised of Dickens' works. Many will warmly remember the 1951 Alastair Sim version, but how many are aware of A Carol for Another Christmas (1964), a propaganda film produced in support of the UN, or The Passions of Carol (1975), which attempted to highlight the evil of the pornography industry? How do the different versions reflect the politics and culture of their own particular times? What makes a good Carol movie? Is it truth to the original or is it something else?A lecture by Christine L. Corton 10 DecemberThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/a-christmas-carolGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website.Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege

DISCLAIMER: There was a bit of an audio malfunction this week so Jason sounds like he's in another room or very far away. Rest assured, it will be normal going forward after this week's episode. The audio is still fairly clear.   Brendan completely changes the tone on this week's show when he fights for the inclusion of Mike Leigh's uplifting comedy-drama Happy-Go-Lucky. In a film where the strength of the entire thing really rests on the main character, can Sally Hawkins pull it off? Will Jason agree with Brendan on the film? The guys also discuss Scott being an incel, the nerve of the film to never really go down too dark a path, Mike Leigh's complete dismissal at the BAFTAs and much, much more.    Next week: A very special off-brand Christmas episode as Brendan and Jason talk about 1951's Scrooge starring Alastair Sim.   Full List: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_films Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bfi_pod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://www.instagram.com/mariahhx)

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony cover the 1951 holiday film, Scrooge - arguably the most iconic and beloved adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to date! But do all three of the elves feel the love for Alastair Sim's version of Scrooge, and are they all moved by his trip through the past, present, and future, or will they need a scare of their own from three ghostly visitors this upcoming Christmas Eve to set them straight? Settle back with your favorite holiday drink in front of your Christmas tree to find out! 

Bad News Bears... kinda.   This week, Brendan and Jason go back to the more obscure flicks (at least to these doe-eyed Canucks) with 1954's The Belles of St. Trinian's. Much discussion is had about Alastair Sim and his amazing dual performance, the character of Flash Harry, pushing the boundaries of censorship and much more.   Next week: The guys take a break from the list and discuss the Downton Abbey movie as well as other TV shows that later became films.   Full List: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_films Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bfi_pod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://www.instagram.com/mariahhx)

In this month’s extravaganza, Adam and the Talking Pictures reviewers give you their verdicts on a whole host of upcoming treats in September, featuring Cary Grant, Morecambe & Wise, Claude Rains, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bates, Ingrid Bergman, Alfie Bass, Behemoth The Sea Monster, Kenneth Williams, Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Flanders & Swann, James Stewart, Arthur Askey and the devil himself! They’re all here, and you should be too! To sign up as a patron of the show CLICK HERE

In this month’s extravaganza, Adam and the Talking Pictures reviewers give you their verdicts on a whole host of upcoming treats in September, featuring Cary Grant, Morecambe & Wise, Claude Rains, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bates, Ingrid Bergman, Alfie Bass, Behemoth The Sea Monster, Kenneth Williams, Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Flanders & Swann, James Stewart, Arthur Askey and the devil himself!They’re all here, and you should be too!To sign up as a patron of the show CLICK HERE

Merriam-Webster gives the following synonyms for the word perennial:   abiding, enduring, perpetual, undying   Those terms can give gardeners unrealistic expectations for their perennials.   They're not eternal.   They will eventually part ways with your garden.   But, for as long as they can, your perennials will make a go of it.   Returning to the garden after their season of die back and rest.   Ready to grow.   Ready for you to see them, and love them, all over again.   Brevities   #OTD It's the birthday of botanist who was a petite, fearless, and indefatigable person: Agnes Chase, bornon this day in 1869. Chase was anagrostologist—a studier of grass. A self-taught botanist, her first position was as an illustrator at the USDA’s Bureau of Plant Industry in Washington, D.C. In this position, Chase worked as an assistant to the botanist Albert Spear Hitchcock. When Hitchcock applied for funding to go on expeditions, authorities approved the assignment for Hitchcock, but would not support Chase - saying the job should belong to "real research men." Undeterred, Chase raised her own funding to go on the expeditions. She  cleverly partnered with missionaries in Latin America to arrange for accommodations with host families. She shrewdly observed, “The missionaries travel everywhere, and like botanists do it on as little money as possible. They gave me information that saved me much time and trouble.” During a climb of one of the highest Mountains in Brazil, Chase returned to camp with a "skirt filled with plant specimens." One of her major works, the "First Book of Grasses," was translated into Spanish and Portuguese. It taught generations of Latin American botanists who recognized Chase's contributions long before their American counterparts. When Hitchcock retired, Chase was his backfill. When Chase reached retirement age, she ignored the rite of passage altogether and refused to be put out to pasture. She kept going to work - six days a week - overseeing the largest collection of grasses in the world in her office under the red towers at her beloved Smithsonian Institution. When Chase was 89, she became the eighth person to become an honorary fellow of the Smithsonian. A reporter covering the event said, Dr. Chase looked impatient, as if she were muttering to her self, "This may be well and good, but it isn't getting any grass classified, sonny."   #OTD On this day in 1924 it was Cornelia Vanderbilt's wedding day.    When the Vanderbilt heiress married British nobility, the diplomat John Cecil, the wedding flowers had been ordered from a florist in New York. However, the train to Asheville, North Carolina had been delayed and would not arrive in time.    Biltmore's Floral Displays Manager Lizzie Borchers said that,  "Biltmore’s gardeners came to the rescue, clipping forsythia, tulips, dogwood, quince, and other flowers and wiring them together. They were quite large compositions, twiggy, open, and very beautiful.”   If you look up this lavish, classic roaring 20's wedding on social media, the pictures show that the bouquets held by the wedding party were indeed very large - they look to be about two feet in diameter! I'll share the images in our Facebook Group The Daily Gardener Community.   In 2001, the Biltmore commemorated the 75th anniversary of the wedding with a month long celebration among 2,500 blooming roses during the month of June.      #OTD On this day in 1980 Alfred Hitchcock died.  On social media, you can see images of a very young Alfred Hitchcock in Italy, on the set of what many believed to be his first feature-length silent film, The Pleasure Garden (1925). He filmed an extravagant “Garden Party" scene in his 1950 film Stage Frightstaring Jane Wyman and Alastair Sim. Then in 1989, the first three reels of Alfred Hitchcock's 1923 silent film "The White Shadow" was discovered in Jack Murtagh's garden shed in Hastings, New Zealand. The film was long thought to be lost. It was Alfred Hitchcock who said, "Places' are the real stars of my films: the Psycho house, the house in Rebecca, the Covent Garden market in Frenzy"   #OTD On this day in 2017 The New YorkTimes tweeted that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden cherry blossom festival was set for today and tomorrow, regardless of when nature [decided] to push play.   #OTD On this day in 2017, Ron MacBain owner of The Plantsman floral shop in Tucson died - just a few days short of his 90th birthday. MacBain was a floral force majeure. One article I read about MacBain began simply, "Ron McBain did the flowers. It's a refrain heard more and more frequently in Tucson. Whether the event is an elegant party or a posh charity ball; whether the bouquet cost $25 and was sent to grandma on Mother's Day or cost $100..." After selling his shop of 25 years in 1999, MacBain turned his to Winterhaven - a home he shared with his longtime partner Gustavo Carrasco, who died in 2011. The garden at Winterhaven was a destination spot for photographers, painters and garden lovers.  In a charming twist, when he could no longer garden, MacBain picked up painting. He said, “I [imagine] I’m in the flower shop... and arrange on canvas the way I would in a vase... The joy [I get] fills me so much, I wouldn’t want to do anything else.”   Finally, tonight at 7pm CT the world is reborn on PBS with their presentation of “Nature: American Spring LIVE," the Emmy- and Peabody-award winning series and it will air three nights starting tonight (April 29) through May 1. Spring is one of nature’s greatest performances – a time of rebirth, renewed energy and dramatic transformations. I'm so looking forward to this. In the three-night event, you can join scientists as they make real-time observations in the field from iconic locations from across America - in ecosystems ranging from the Rockies to the Everglades, from inner-city parks to remote wilderness preserves. The series will include a mix of live and pre-taped footage highlighting some of the most pivotal events in nature’s calendar. Nature executive producer Fred Kaufman says, “Nature throws a party every year, and it’s called spring. It is the most active time in the natural world for plants and animals, from birth and rebirth to migrations to pollination... In addition to witnessing incredible wonders, the goal... is to inspire people to go outside and get involved with science. Everyone can play a part in our natural world.” #AmericanSpringLivePBS Unearthed Words   Here's a beloved poem about Botany Bay from Australian Mary Gilmore (1865 – 1962).   #OTD On this day in 1770, Captain James Cook sailed into a large harbor on the coast of what would become known as Sydney, Australia; he named it Botany Bay. In Mary's poem, you'll hear the words ‘knotted hands’ – meaning the imprisoned hands of convicts who were made to work for Australia. Old Botany Bay “I’m old Botany Bay; stiff in the joints, little to say. I am he who paved the way, that you might walk at your ease to-day; I was the conscript sent to hell to make in the desert the living well; I bore the heat, I blazed the track- furrowed and bloody upon my back. I split the rock; I felled the tree: The nation was- Because of me! Old Botany Bay Taking the sun from day to day… shame on the mouth that would deny the knotted hands that set us high! And, here's another poem from Gilmore about the founders of Australia: Even the old, long roads will remember and say, “Hither came they!” And the rain shall run in the ruts like tears; And the sun shine on them all the years, Saying, “These are the roads they trod” — They who are away with God. Last year, the Australian government announced they were budgeting $50 million to redevelop Cook’s 1770 landing place. The plans include turning the area into a major tourist attraction and include the addition of a $3 million statue of Cook himself. Australia Treasurer Scott Morrison said it would be "a place of commemoration, recognition and understanding of two cultures and the incredible Captain Cook". The redevelopment is slated to be built by 2020, in time to mark the 250th anniversary of the landing.   Today's book recommendation Here's a lovely conversational style gardener's dictionary - Garden-pedia: An A-to-Z Guide to Gardening Terms by Pamela Bennett and Maria Zampini. With more than 200 garden and landscape terms, Garden-pedia is meant to teach, to provide perspectives on terms, and to answer commonly-asked questions. The idea for the book started with Maria Zampini needing to explain basic terms and practices to new hires in the nursery industry and was expanded by Master Gardener Pam Bennett’s experiences with teaching home gardeners.   Today's Garden Chore I'll never forget talking to Peggy Anne Montgomery (The Still Growing Podcast Episode 553). One of her personal garden sayings that she shared with me later is, "Nothing green or brown leaves the property". I've since adopted the same mantra - using all green or brown matter for compost. You don't need to export your nutrient rich leaves and brush to the curb for pickup. Start simply with a chop and drop approach to winter cleanup.    Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   While I was researching Agnes Chase, I came across this little article in The St. Louis Star and Times. Chase gave one of her books on grass a biblical title, The Meek That Inherit the Earth. The article pointed out that, "Mrs. Chase began her study of grass by reading about it in the Bible. In the very first chapter of Genesis, ...the first living thing the Creator made was grass.  ...In order to understand grass one needs an outlook as broad as all creation, for grass is fundamental to life, from Abraham, the herdsman, to the Western cattleman; from drought in Egypt to the dust bowl of Colorado; from corn, a grass given to Hiawatha because in time of famine he prayed not for renown but for the good of his people, to the tall corn of Iowa. And to [Chase], as she said, "Grass is what holds the, earth together. Grass made it possible for the human race to abandon his cave life and follow herds. Civilization was based on grass, everywhere in the world." This significance, says this rare scientist... still holds."   Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

It's our third annual Christmas episode and we're discussing A Christmas Carol (AKA Scrooge), starring Alastair Sim. Is it as much of a holiday humbug as Alan says it is? As his replacement film, Alan will take us to where the rainbow ends with his favorite holiday flick!

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. In this episode, we have selected Scrooge from 1951 starring Alastair Sim. Crotchety Victorian businessman Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) has no use for festivity, even at Christmas. After resentfully allowing timid clerk Bob Cratchit (Mervyn Johns) to have the holiday to spend with his loving wife (Hermione Baddeley) and family, Scrooge is swept into a nightmare. The ghost of his late partner, Jacob Marley (Michael Hordern), appears, warning that Ebenezer will be visited by three more spirits who will show the coldhearted man the error of his parsimonious behavior. This and all our other episodes can be found on iTunes and Stitcher Radio as well as: Player FM reelbritannia.libsyn.com Follow us on Twitter @rbritanniapod email: reelbritannia@gmail.com Thanks for listening Scott and Tony   http://reelbritannia.libsyn.com/

Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast and Happy Holidays to all our wonderful listeners!! This week we have an extra long Holiday special for you all talking about two versions of the most timeless festive story ever told...Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL!!   In this episode, we focus on the 1970 musical SCROOGE starring Albert Finney and compare it to A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951) starring Alastair Sim; talking about how each of them portray this tale in their very different ways!!   Remember to join "Our Wonderful People" by leaving a five star Apple Podcasts review and/or a loving tweet of support and we'll read it out on the show with a huge thank you!!   IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/g9design   Sub to the feed and download now on PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!!    Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Nolan: https://twitter.com/nolandean27 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon    Keep being wonderful and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! We have an incredibly interesting and thought provoking discussion this week, talking about an adaptation of a play that is wildly popular in English classes all over the UK and beyond, AN INSPECTOR CALLS (1954) starring Alastair Sim!!   Remember to join "Our Wonderful People" by leaving a five star Apple Podcasts review and/or a loving tweet of support and we'll read it out on the show with a huge thank you!!   IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/g9design   Sub to the feed and download now on PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!!    Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Nolan: https://twitter.com/nolandean27 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon    Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

Season Finale: The Advent Calendar is haunted by 3 spirited guests as we each draft our own casts of “A Christmas Carol” from a pool of characters from Christmas past. On This Episode Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), founder of the feast. Sue London ( @cmdrsue), romance novelist of Christmas past. Jonathan MacFarlane (@otherjmac) from OtherJMac.com and Discoveryography podcast host of Christmas present. Joey O. (@ImGonnaDJ24) from Y-Not Radio.and Words with Nerds co-host of Christmas yet to come. Renditions of “A Christmas Carol” Mentioned Listed in chronological order: 1951: Scrooge (starring Alastair Sim). 1954: Shower of Stars’ A Christmas Carol. 1962: Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol. 1970: Scrooge (musical, starring Albert Finney). 1978: Rich Little’s Christmas Carol. 1979: Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol. 1983: Mickey’s Christmas Carol. 1984: A Christmas Carol (starring George C. Scott). 1986: The Real Ghostbusters: Xmas Marks the Spot. 1987ish: Honey Nut Cheerios Christmas Commercial (starring Bill Gavin). 1988: Scrooged (starring Bill Murray). 1993: Animaniacs: A Christmas Plotz. 1994: A Flintstones Christmas Carol. 1997: A Christmas Carol (starring Tim Curry). 1999: A Christmas Carol (starring Patrick Stewart). 2003: A Carol Christmas (starring Tori Spelling). 2009: Disney’s A Christmas Carol (starring Jim Carrey). 2011: Batman: Noël. You can visit the Advent Calendar House on the web at adventcalendar.house and on Twitter @adventcalhouse.

Introduction This is the final "Cooking With Linux" episode on the Computer America radio show this year.  It's also the time of year when we all watch Christmas movies and listen to Christmas music. It's also the time for the annual sitting down to watch "A Christmas Carol", specifically the 1951 version with Alastair Sim, the best Scrooge there ever was.   Before we get too comfortable with the "Bah humbugs!", check out my other Cooking With Linux escapades . . . "Cooking With Linux" on Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@wftl/cooking-with-linux-oun4gv1ly  Subscribe to Marcel's YouTube channel where you can view the latest editions of the Cooking With Linux show. https://www.youtube.com/user/freethinkeratlarge/  My own site is http://marcelgagne.com where I talk about whatever comes into my head, including Linux and Open Source software. If you just want the Linux and Open Source stuff, head over to http://cookingwithlinux.com .  

Merry Christmas, everyone! In this episode, we discuss Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, 1843. Everything we read and watched for this episode: The original novella. Buy on Amazon or iBooks. A Christmas Carol, 1951, starring Alastair Sim. Buy on Amazon. A Christmas Carol, 1984, starring George C. Scott. Buy on iTunes or Amazon. The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992, starring Michael Caine. Buy on iTunes or Amazon. Make sure to watch “When Love is Gone,” the song that was wrongly cut from the film. A Christmas Carol, 1999, starring Patrick Stewart. Buy on Amazon. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, 2009, starring Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, and Jim Carrey. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Buy on iTunes or Amazon. Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode: World Wide Words: Cudiles or cudulles. The Muppet Christmas Carol on Frock Flicks. Honey Nut Cheerios “Scrooge” commercial. Remember to follow us on Instagram or Twitter, tell your friends, and please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts!

Video played: Alastair Sim as SCROOGE - played minutes 3:25 to 22:00; 1:12:23 to end. Scripture reading: Luke 15:11-32

Charles Dickens' classic tale of nasty old Ebenezer Scrooge discovering the magic of Christmas through the three ghosts of Christmas' Past, Present, and Future, along with the lives he has affected in his life, is a fond holiday memory for millions of people around the world, and a holiday staple. A Christmas Carol began being adapted for film in 1901 and has been adapted over and over again with hundreds of versions for film and television that continue to this day. It is a timeless story that attracts some of the best actors in the business and every childhood favorite cartoon character has also had their own take on the tale. Invasion of the Remake takes a look at some of our favorite Scrooge films (including movies starring Jim Carrey, Alastair Sim, Patrick Stewart, Bill Murray's Scrooged, and versions featuring the Muppets, Looney Tunes, and Mickey Mouse!) as well as some recent viewings of adaptations we have never seen before.   From all of us here at Invasion of the Remake please have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year! This is the final full length episode of 2017 but worry not we will be back in January with our next season of Invasion of the Remake!   Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Tune In Radio, Audioboom, BluBrry, Libsyn, YouTube and all the best podcast providers. Spread the love! Like, share and subscribe! You can also help out the show with a positive review and a 5-star rating over on iTunes. We want to hear from you and your opinions will help shape the future of the show. Your ratings and reviews also help others find the show. Their "earballs" will thank you. Follow us on Twitter: @InvasionRemake Like and share us on Facebook: Invasion of the Remake Email us your questions, suggestions, corrections, challenges and comments: invasionoftheremake@gmail.com

It's time to visit Christmas past, present, and future with Corinne, Polly, and Tim as they watch the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol starring the incomparable Alastair Sim. The discussion includes a proposed duel to the death over whether Sim is the best cinematic Scrooge ever, speculation that Marley's ghost is trolling Ebenezer from beyond the grave, and the accidental slander of charities. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and a recipe for gin punch.Subscribe to our podcast here.Listen to us on Stitcher here.Interested in getting more from this movie? Check out supplemental material for this episode here.Do you skewer small babies while in your cups? Want to hear the pudding singing in the copper? Did Tim actually say people should 'lick' the Facebook page? Leave a comment and keep the conversation going.

We end the year with Charles Dickens’ bittersweet Christmas treat, one of the most adapted stories of all times. Alastair Sim is the highlight of this fever dream of a movie that ventures into outright horror. The last 10 minutes of this 44th Next 100 Project ep also has us discussing our year in podcasting, the year in movies and some of our upcoming projects (the words “tube” and “you” are involved). So buy some Sparkplug Coffee to stuff some stockings, then God bless us yadda yadda for the final time in 2016!

As we roll toward the end of the year, it must mean it's time for Mitch and Joe to flood the airwaves with Christmas special cheer. However, this year there's a twist...   For the last couple of years we've discussed 12 different Christmas specials in our mini episodes, but for 2016 we take it one step further and look at 12 different adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic tale "A Christmas Carol".   So, after a bit of a chat about the original story itself, we dive into day 1, and go a bit traditional, looking at the 1951 classic "Scrooge", or "A Christmas Carol" as it was known in it's US release, staring Alastair Sim in the titular role. What they did well, what they missed, and what's different to the book.  

Waffle On about School for Scoundrels. Hello and welcome to this months episode of Waffle On Podcast in which Meds and Kell chat away about this excellent 1960's British comedy School for Scoundels. The film stars Terry-Thomas and Ian Carmichael alongside the always excellent Alastair Sim. We play a couple of clips from the film and also a little joke (a rare item caught on film) told by Terrt-Thomas himself. Please do come and joinus on Facebook, just search for Waffle On Podcast. Our theme music is composed by 'My Mate Woody' and you can find more of his excellent work here https://soundcloud.com/my-mate-woody iTunes reviews are always welcome as well. See you in September for Waffle On about Rear Window.

Special Guest: Patrick McGilliganGuest Co-Hosts: Tania Modleski, Filip ÖnellSeen as one of the "lesser" of Alfred Hitchcock's films, Stage Fright (1950) is a fascinating update of the themes explored in Murder! (1930) as well as a interesting take on the reliability of narrators.Joining Mike this week are Professor Tania Modleski (author of The Women Who Knew Too Much) and Filip Önell. Returning for another interview is author Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light. The second part of the interview with Mr. McGilligan can be heard on the upcoming Vertigo episode.Support The Projection Booth on PatreonLike The Projection Booth on FacebookFollow The Projection Booth on Twitter 

Resuming his celebration of mid-20th century British film, the columnist and historian Simon Heffer turns his gaze on five hugely popular comic actors. Alastair Sim is perhaps best remembered for a definitive interpretation of Scrooge, but Simon Heffer also recalls the run of classic comedies in which he perfected his role as a slightly ambivalent, often incompetent and occasionally threatening presence: The Happiest Days of Your Life, Laughter in Paradise, Captain Boycott and An Inspector Calls.He concludes by revealing the little-known story of how Sim came to play the main role - or, rather, roles - in a film which has become a landmark of British cinema - The Belles of St Trinian's. The inestimable Margaret Rutherford had been marked down to play the headmistress, Miss Fritton, but when Rutherford turned out to be unavailable, Alastair Sim offered to take on both his male part and the role of Miss Fritton, granting him the glorious lines: "In other schools, girls are sent out quite unprepared into a merciless world, but when our girls leave here, it is the merciless world that has to be prepared."Producer : Beaty Rubens.

Merry Christmas to all! In honor of the holiday, the Pavement Pounders read Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol and watched four adaptations: Scrooge (1951, starring Alastair Sim),  The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992, starring Michael Caine), A Christmas Carol (1999, starring Patrick Stewart), and Scrooged! (1988, starring Bill Murray). We also discussed other versions we’d seen and gave some … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #14: Double the Marley, Double the Fun! (A Christmas Carol) →

Merry Christmas to all! In honor of the holiday, the Pavement Pounders read Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol and watched four adaptations: Scrooge (1951, starring Alastair Sim),  The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992, starring Michael Caine), A Christmas Carol (1999, starring Patrick Stewart), and Scrooged! (1988, starring Bill Murray). We also discussed other versions we’d seen and gave some … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #14: Double the Marley, Double the Fun! (A Christmas Carol) →

Season's Greetings from Another Kind of Distance! We've got an extra special (or, at any rate, an extra long) episode for you this time out. Our chronogically confused Christmas begins with the great Alastair Sim version of Dickens' Christmas Carol, which hit British screens as Scrooge  in 1951. Then we try our hands at giving out wings by wringing all of the meaning we can out of one of the finest Hollywood films ever made: Frank Capra's It's Wonderful Life (1946).  We 'd write more, but you've got a lot of listening to do here, so we don't want to detain you. External Reference Section (Sublime to Ridiculous Edition): 1. Elise Moore alluded to George Toles's book of film essays, A House Made of Light, which features one of her favourite essays on Capra's film 2. Meanwhile, David Fiore mentioned this not-really-a-gem from Saturday Night Live.  Please don't hesitate to contact us, either at anotherkindofdistance@gmail.com, on our Facebook Page, our Twitter account (@TimeTravelFilms), or David's Tumblr (where you'll find a bunch of images).  We're now on all of the podcast delivery services, including iTunes, TuneIn radio and Stitcher, so please rate/review us there, if you can! And remember, through the years, we all will be together.   

In this festive show, Mr Jim Moon tries to discover which is the best screen version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Under consideration for the holly wreathed crown of King of the Carols is Bill Murray's Scrooged (1988), Scrooge (1951) starring Alastair Sim, the 1971 animated version from Richard Williams, The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992), the Albert Finney musical version Scrooge (1970), the 1984 George C Scott adaptation, the 1999 TV movie starring Patrick Stewart, and the 2002 computer animated version from Robert Zemeckis.

Welcome one and all to the Movie Express Podcast’s Christmas Special, we love movies and Christmas, and, as it happens, Christmas movies! Conor and Luke check out Alastair Sim in Scrooge and Drafthouse Film’s Miami Connection.  The show also features a very special excerpt from the archives of Sir Thronton Wickham, the most talented actor […]

Hi-ho, Movieciders!  Our request this week comes via our email (MassMoviecide@gmail.com) and MIKE from NJ! The holiday season is upon us, and here at Mass Moviecide we're gonna roll with the seasonal punches.  It's a lucky thing we know how to roll with punches at all, considering the technical difficulties you'll hear us deal with toward the end of the episode! We kick off our finale month of 2012 with a tried and true Christmas classic.  First up, we're watching SCROOGE (a.k.a. A Christmas Carol) directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Alastair Sim.  It's possibly the most beloved and heralded version of the story, but it's never too big to be imitated.  That's why we're following up with THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, directed by Brian Henson and starring Michael Caine and The Muppets. Get yourself a cup of cocoa, and turn out all the lights for fear of ghosts!  It's time for another Mass Moviecide!

Episode 33.1 - Movie Meltdown - As usual we cover Geek Activities, Gross Hollywood, What's the Buzz? and some how work in... Michael Mann, Funny People, inFAMOUS, Zac Efron, Kong: King of Skull Island, Public Enemies, Ray Harryhausen characters, Alice gets no respect, Aliens in the Attic came out?, DJ Caruso, Dylan Dog, Alien homeworld, trying to find your own version of Christine, Jack Sparrow robbing a bank, 500 Days of Summer, jonesin' for more True Blood, Godzilla Force, Dead Space, The Life and Death of Charlie St. Cloud, Gremlins 3, puppets vs. CGI, space jockey backstory, hanging out at the Playboy mansion, burning down the house, Suspiria, motion capture just doesn't look real, Alastair Sim, throwing off your brake shoe, Tetris - The Movie, Captain Blood, is digital supposted to be that dark?, the Theater of Death tour, Judd Apatow, "I'll take a flaming citron please", Blood Car, swashbuckler space fights, "I've always loved Karl Urban!", Castlevania, a Q-Bert sitcom?, "... and death is always cool.", an interracial love story between Aliens and human, what's your favorite verion of A Christmas Carol?, Miami Vice, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Harry Potter has too much gravitas?, Alien prequel updates and Alice Cooper's golf balls. - Plus we interview Bill Gibson, the current owner of one of the last surviving 1958 Plymouth Fury's actually used in the filming of CHRISTINE! And we learn from Bill, that even today - you don't mess with Christine! Beware! Christine still demands respect!