Fox) takes the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the second season episode “A Keaton Christmas Carol.” The money crazed character has a dream that Jennifer (Tina Yothers) appears as the ghost of Christmas p ast. By the end of the episode, Oscar gets into the Christmas spirit and joins his friends for a singalong of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”Īlex (Michael J. Finally, a ghost of Felix shows Oscar a future Christmas with his abandoned grave. A ghost then shows him the present, which includes Felix as a Bob Cratchit-like character.

The episode “Scrooge Gets an Oscar” finds a grumpy Oscar having a dream in which he visits a miserable childhood Christmas. In the first season, Oscar (Jack Klugman) and Felix (Tony Randall) have differing perspectives as Christmas approaches. Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Family Ties, Saved by the Bell, Boy Meets World and Great News are just some of the TV shows that featured versions of Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.Īs the holidays approach, The Hollywood Reporter takes a look back at some of the most memorable adaptations of A Christmas Carol. The 1843 novella has inspired multiple movie adaptations, including variations of the traditional story (even one with the Muppets), modern-day retellings like Scrooged and rom-com version Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and holiday episodes of TV series that draw inspiration from the concept. Charles Dickens’ tale of holiday-hating miser Ebenezer Scrooge and how he’s transformed by visits from three ghosts, A Christmas Carol, has become a Yuletide staple.

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