The Stingiest Man in Town

<p>On another Scrooge Sunday edition of the Advent Calendar House, we fly back in time to 1978 to revisit Rankin/Bass’s turn at “A Christmas Carol,” “The Stingiest Man in Town.”</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), your ghost host of Christmases Past and Present.</li><li><strong>Michael DiGiovanni</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/theatomicgeeks">@theatomicgeeks</a>), the scariest door knocker in all of Scroogedom, from the <a href="https://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com">Classic Film Jerks</a>, <a href="http://popcultureretrofitpodcast.libsyn.com">Pop Culture Retrofit</a>, and <a href="https://theatomicgeekspodcast.libsyn.com">The Atomic Geeks</a> podcasts.</li><li><strong>Michael May</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/michaelmaycomix">@michaelmaycomix</a>), hobo insect taking a break from rockin’ and rollin’ all week long, from his <a href="http://www.michaelmay.online">Adventure Blog</a> and the <a href="http://sleighbellcinema.michaelmay.online">Sleigh Bell Cinema</a>, <a href="http://www.mysterymovienight.com">Mystery Movie Night</a>, and <a href="http://nerdlunch.net/podcast/fourth-chair-army-invasion">AfterLUNCH</a> podcasts.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents</h4><ol><li>This is specifically an adaptation of a <a href="https://christmas-specials.fandom.com/wiki/The_Stingiest_Man_in_Town_(1956)">1956 production on “The Alcoa Hour,”</a> starring Basil Rathbone as Scrooge. Rankin/Bass uses most of the songs from that special.</li><li>The original <a href="https://www.michaelmay.online/2019/12/sleigh-bell-cinema-stingiest-man-in.html">“Stingiest Man in Town” on Sleigh Bell Cinema</a>.</li><li>Michael May’s annual coverage of <a href="https://www.michaelmay.online/2019/12/sleigh-bell-cinema-stingiest-man-in.html">scenes from this and other “Christmas Carol” adaptations</a>.</li><li>Sonny Melendrez (Bob Cratchit) in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvnXsvUMV2s">You and Me, Kid</a>.