Jacob Marley Is Dead

An exhaustive, harrowing, and often hilarious exploration of the many many TV and film adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol!

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"Scrooge" 1970, Albert Finney (Part 2)

What does Jimmy have against the milk of human kindness? Find out in this week's conclusion to the conversation we began last week about Ebenezer Scrooge's 1970 outing as a song and dance man. CONTACT Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com Follow us on twitter @marleyisdeadPOD CREDITS Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under...

Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 7

"Scrooge" 1970, Albert Finney (Part 1)

"What have they done to Scrooge?" We will find out the answer to that question as we dive headfirst into the 1970 film musical "Scrooge" featuring a heavily made up Albert Finney, the ghost of Obi Wan Kenobi and Jimmy's least favorite Bob Cratchit. CONTACT Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com Follow us on twitter @marleyisdeadPOD CREDITS I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International Lic...

Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Scrooge / A Christmas Carol - 1951, Alistair Sim (Part 2)

Alistair Sim's outing as Ebenezer Scrooge continues in part 2 of our discussion of 1951's "Scrooge". CONTACT Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com Follow us on twitter @marleyisdeadPOD CREDITS I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. htt...

Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Scrooge / A Christmas Carol - 1951, Alistair Sim (Part 1)

We're throwing it back to the fifties with one of the all time most popular versions of Scrooge ever to grace the silver screen. 1951's "Scrooge" (Also known as A Christmas Carol) features the lovably curmudgeonly Alistair Sim in the title role, the world's least tiny Tiny Tim, and a special extended edition of the Ghost of Christmas past! CONTACT Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com Follow us on twitter @marleyisdeadPOD See Jimmy's custom Eternia...

Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 4

A Christmas Carol - 1843 Novella (Part 3)

We conclude our conversation about A Christmas Carol, the Charles Dickens novella as the ghosts of present and future continue Scrooge's reformation. He's prolly gonna die though. Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com Follow us on twitter @marleyisdeadPOD See Jimmy's custom Eternia playscape at: https://www.instagram.com/zeldorthemayor/ CREDITS I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Internation...

Jan 23, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 3

A Christmas Carol - 1843 Novella (Part 2)

We continue our conversation about A Christmas Carol, the Charles Dickens novella with the appearance of the time travelling ghost of Christmas past. Great Scott, that's heavy! Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com Follow us on twitter @marleyisdeadPOD CREDITS I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode --- This epis...

Jan 17, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 2

A Christmas Carol - 1843 Novella (Part 1)

This week we kick of the podcast by discussing the first half of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com CREDITS I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Hosted on Acas...

Jan 10, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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