{"id":1539,"date":"2010-11-29T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2010-11-20T23:35:17","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T04:35:17","slug":"thank-you-very-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/thank-you-very-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you very much!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=oneclilin-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;asins=B0000AQS5D\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s an absolutely wonderful film that can truly be called a <strong>Christmas classic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a title=\"Scrooge\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scrooge_%281970_film%29\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Scrooge<\/em>,<\/a> the musical version of Dickens&#8217; <em>A Christmas Carol.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I first saw this movie on television when I was just a teenager.  The movie was made in 1970 but, as I recall,\u00a0the 3M company sponsored a special television presentation of the film sometime in the middle 70s.\u00a0 I happened to turn on the channel just as the film started.\u00a0 I was hooked from the very beginning.  The film is an absolute delight from start to finish!<\/p>\n<p>Albert Finney plays the title role and his is, by far, the best Scrooge I&#8217;ve ever seen. His performance is stellar!  The costumes, sets, and scenery transport you back to the period.\u00a0 It has a very authentic look and feel.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s the musical numbers that win you over (<em>December the 25th<\/em>, <em>Thank you very much!<\/em>). They&#8217;re woven into the movie so well and really help to propel the story forward.\u00a0 After viewing this movie, you can&#8217;t help but find yourself singing some of the signature tunes. They are delightful, joyous, and infectious.<\/p>\n<p>I was so happy to find this DVD!  I immediately added it to my collection. It seems that after that first 3M presentation, <em>Scrooge<\/em> was shown each Christmas, but key scenes and musical numbers were edited and trimmed for time.\u00a0 I was always disappointed when the film wasn&#8217;t shown in it entirety.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with this DVD, you don&#8217;t have to worry about an edited version.\u00a0 The complete film is here!\u00a0 The DVD transfer is good.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to see a restored, and possibly, Blu-Ray version. If this film were released on Blu-Ray, it would serve as the final push for me to finally get a Blu-Ray player and HDTV.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Cyber Monday! If you&#8217;re looking for a stocking stuffer, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0000AQS5D?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=oneclilin-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0000AQS5D\">Scrooge<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=oneclilin-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0000AQS5D\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> <\/em>is the perfect item!<\/p>\n<p>Ad while you&#8217;re at it, pick up a mug or shirt at the <a title=\"Georgetoon.com Store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/shop\/\" target=\"_self\">Georgetoon.com store!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Merry Christmas!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an absolutely wonderful film that can truly be called a Christmas classic. It&#8217;s Scrooge, the musical version of Dickens&#8217; A Christmas Carol. I first saw this movie on television when I was just a teenager. The movie was made in 1970 but, as I recall,\u00a0the 3M company sponsored a special television presentation of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[85,37,48,56,92],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-christmas","tag-hdtv","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-scrooge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}