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Starring
  
Rich Little

Running time
  
55 minutes

Original release
  
December 16, 1979

First episode date
  
1978

Genre
  
Christmas special

Cast
  
Rich Little


Country of origin
  
United States

Original network
  
HBO

Initial release
  
1978

Network
  
HBO

Adapted from
  
A Christmas Carol

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Similar
  
It's Never Too Late, The Christmas Carol, Bugs Bunny's Christma, An American Christma, Ebbie

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Rich Little's Christmas Carol is a TV special that premiered on Home Box Office (HBO) on December 16, 1979. It starred Rich Little in a one-man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens famous holiday story. Little played the following celebrities:

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  • W. C. Fields as Ebenezer Scrooge §
  • Paul Lynde as Bob Cratchit
  • Johnny Carson as Fred
  • Laurel and Hardy as the two solicitors §
  • Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley
  • Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past §
  • Groucho Marx as Fezziwig §
  • James Stewart as Dick Wilkins
  • Peter Falk as Columbo as the Ghost of Christmas Present
  • Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker as Mrs. Cratchit
  • Truman Capote as Tiny Tim
  • Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
  • James Mason, George Burns and John Wayne as the three businessmen
  • Jack Benny as a boy §

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    The show was shot on videotape and included a laugh track.

    § - denotes the celebrity was deceased at the time of production

    In 1963, Little release the LP Scrooge and the Stars, which seems to have been the inspiration for this version of A Christmas Carol. In Little's LP version, Scrooge was portrayed by Jack Benny.

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    References

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