Mickey’s Christmas Carol

<p>Season 3 of the Advent Calendar House kicks off with a new regular feature: <strong>Scrooge Sunday</strong>, celebrating the many adaptations of “A Christmas Carol.” We begin with Disney’s 1983 featurette, “Mickey’s Christmas Carol,” marking the big-screen debut of Scrooge McDuck playing his namesake.</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), feast founder and distasteful little miser.</li><li><strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/thewonderfulthingaboutlizzie">Lizzie Twachtman</a></strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/twtaboutlizzie">@twtaboutLizzie</a>), from <a href="http://randomchatter.com">Random Chatter</a> and <a href="https://nitcmedia.com/podcasts/bow-chicka-podcast/">Bow Chicka Podcast</a>.</li><li><strong>Adam Pope</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hojukoolander">@hojukoolander</a>), from the <a href="https://sequelquestpod.com">SequelQuest</a> and <a href="https://2goofspodcast.com">2 Goofs</a> podcasts, and <a href="http://retro-daze.org">Retro-Daze</a>’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSvpX6u9oU&list=PLuG1-7Tr0ei7CcXn7Fkwj2fbcEEkVH8Ga">Retro Detention</a>.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents</h4><ol><li>Watch <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/mickeys-christmas-carol/7522gHd0GW3X">“Mickey’s Christmas Carol” on Disney+</a>.</li><li>Almost all of this film is hiding at the end of “<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_Magical_Christmas:_Snowed_in_at_the_House_of_Mouse">Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse</a>.”</li><li>Adam’s well-preserved <a href="https://twitter.com/hojukoolander/status/1075029500151255042">VHS copy</a>.</li><li>A 1974 Disneyland Records LP called “<a href="http://www.mousevinyl.com/content/dickens-christmas-carol-disneyland-records">Dickens’ Christmas Carol</a>” predates the film by nearly a decade, complete with Alan Young’s first recording as the voice of Scrooge.</li><li><a href="http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota