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** One season hyped up Broadway veteran Ben Vereen as the Lamplighter/Ghost of Christmas Present.

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** One season hyped up Broadway veteran Ben Vereen as the Lamplighter/Ghost Barker/Ghost of Christmas Present.Present. Ken Page would also play the role alongside Hal Linden as Scrooge.
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* ActingForTwo: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future have earthly forms, a lamp lighter, a charity show barker, and a blind hag, respectively.

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* ActingForTwo: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future have earthly forms, a lamp lighter, a charity show barker, and a blind hag, begger, respectively.
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* {{Corpsing}}: The part where the Ghost of Christmas Present sings along with the others at Fred's house was ad-libbed, and Kelsey Grammer looks ready to start laughing, but he manages to save the take.
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* CreatorCouple: Camille Grammer, the executive producer for the TV adaptation, was married to Scrooge's actor Creator/KelseyGrammar at the time of production. They have since divorced.

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* CreatorCouple: Camille Grammer, the executive producer for the TV adaptation, was married to Scrooge's actor Creator/KelseyGrammar Creator/KelseyGrammer at the time of production. They have since divorced.
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* CreatorCouple: Camille Grammer, the executive producer for the TV adaptation, was married to Scrooge's actor Creator/KelseyGrammar at the time of production. They have since divorced.
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** In the film version, Emily (Scrooge's lost love) is played in a bit of a OneSceneWonder (OK, two scenes, but one is very short) by Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt.
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** After the Madison Square Garden world premiere staging in 1994, in which Scrooge was played by Walter Charles, it became tradition to cast a bigger-name performer as the lead in subsequent seasons, helped by the fact that it was a limited-run show and didn't take up much of their time. Over the following decade, he was played by (among others) Tony Randall, F. Murray Abraham, Creator/TimCurry, [[Music/TheWho Roger Daltrey]], and Jim Dale.

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** After the Madison Square Garden world premiere staging in 1994, in which Scrooge was played by Walter Charles, it became tradition to cast a bigger-name performer as the lead in subsequent seasons, helped by the fact that it was a limited-run show and didn't take up much of their time. Over the following decade, he was played by (among others) Tony Randall, F. Murray Abraham, Creator/TimCurry, [[Music/TheWho Roger Daltrey]], and Jim Dale.
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** After the Madison Square Garden world premiere staging in 1994, in which Scrooge was played by Walter Charles, it became tradition to cast a bigger-name performer as the lead in subsequent seasons, helped by the fact that it was a limited-run show and didn't take up much of their time. Over the following decade, he was played by (among others) Tony Randall, F. Murray Abraham, Creator/TimCurry, [[Music/TheWho Roger Daltrey]], and Jim Dale.
** One season hyped up Broadway veteran Ben Vereen as the Lamplighter/Ghost of Christmas Present.
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* {{Blooper}}: When Scrooge meets Marley and doubts he's real, the second time he pokes him you can see his hand move back before it cuts to a shot before he pulls his hand back.

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* {{Blooper}}: When Scrooge meets Marley and doubts he's real, the second time he pokes him you can see his hand move back before it cuts to a back, but the shot before he pulls immediately after shows him pulling his hand back.back again.
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* {{Blooper}}: When Scrooge meets Marley and doubts he's real, the second time he pokes him you can see his hand move back before it cuts to a shot before he pulls his hand back.
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** The turkey boy's hat wasn't supposed to fly off his head, but they ran with it and had Scrooge return his hat for him.

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** The turkey boy's hat wasn't supposed to fly off his head, head when Scrooge drags him inside, but they ran with it and had Scrooge return his hat for him.
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** The turkey boy's hat wasn't supposed to fly off his head, but they ran with it and had Scrooge return his hat for him.

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* ThrowItIn: The part where the Ghost of Christmas Present sings along with the others at Fred's house was ad-libbed. They left the take in the movie.

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* ThrowItIn: ThrowItIn:
** One of the drunken men in "Christmas Together" slips while singing a line, which was an accident left in the film.
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The part where the Ghost of Christmas Present sings along with the others at Fred's house was ad-libbed. They left the take in the movie.
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* Executivemeddling: In a positive example, Grace Smythe being added to the audience in "Abundance and Charity" was at the suggestion of an NBC producer, with the end result turning out meaningful.

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* Executivemeddling: ExecutiveMeddling: In a positive example, Grace Smythe being added to the audience in "Abundance and Charity" was at the suggestion of an NBC producer, with the end result turning out meaningful.
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* Executivemeddling: In a positive example, Grace Smythe being added to the audience in "Abundance and Charity" was at the suggestion of an NBC producer, with the end result turning out meaningful.
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* DawsonCasting: Nine-year-old Jacob Moriarty plays six-year-old Tiny Tim.
* FakeBrit: The cast is a mix of Hungarians, Ukranians, Americans, and Britons.

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* DawsonCasting: Nine-year-old Jacob Moriarty as six-year-old Tiny Tim.
* FakeBrit: The cast is a mix of Hungarians, Ukranians, Americans, and Britons.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Rather than try a British accent, Kelsey Grammer merely used the posh tone he used for Frasier.

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* DawsonCasting: Nine-year-old Jacob Moriarty as six-year-old Tiny Tim.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Rather than try a British accent, Kelsey Grammer merely used
film cuts out the posh tone he used for Frasier."Money Montage" song, turning it into dialogue.
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* ThrowItIn: The part where the Ghost of Christmas Present sings along with the others at Fred's house was ad-libbed.

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* ThrowItIn: The part where the Ghost of Christmas Present sings along with the others at Fred's house was ad-libbed. They left the take in the movie.

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* ActingForTwo: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future have earthly forms. They are a lamp lighter, a charity show barker, and a blind hag, respectively. Their lines when interacting with Scrooge even hint at which ghost each one will be:
-->'''Lamp Lighter:''' You'll be sorry, sir, ''when you look back.'' \\
'''Show Barker:''' ''Life will pass you by in just a while,'' sir, and it may be later than you know. \\
'''Blind Hag:''' ''Come the future,'' you'll remember me!

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* ActingForTwo: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future have earthly forms. They are forms, a lamp lighter, a charity show barker, and a blind hag, respectively. Their lines when interacting with Scrooge even hint at which ghost each one will be:
-->'''Lamp Lighter:''' You'll be sorry, sir, ''when you look back.'' \\
'''Show Barker:''' ''Life will pass you by in just a while,'' sir, and it may be later than you know. \\
'''Blind Hag:''' ''Come the future,'' you'll remember me!
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* ThrowItIn: The part where the Ghost of Christmas Present sings along with the others at Fred's house was ad-libbed.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Rather than try a British accent, Kelsey Grammer merely used the posh tone he used for Frasier.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Shot in Budapest, Hungary.


* HeyItsThatGuy: KelseyGrammer is Scrooge! Creator/JasonAlexander is Marley!
** Belle is Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt!
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** Belle is JenniferLoveHewitt!

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** Belle is JenniferLoveHewitt!Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt!
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* ActingForTwo: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future have earthly forms. They are a lamp lighter, a charity show barker, and a blind hag, respectively. Their lines when interacting with Scrooge even hint at which ghost each one will be:
-->'''Lamp Lighter:''' You'll be sorry, sir, ''when you look back.'' \\
'''Show Barker:''' ''Life will pass you by in just a while,'' sir, and it may be later than you know. \\
'''Blind Hag:''' ''Come the future,'' you'll remember me!
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* DawsonCasting: Nine-year-old Jacob Moriarty as six-year-old Tiny Tim.
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* FakeBrit: The cast is a mix of Hungarians, Ukranians, Americans, and Britons.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: {{Frasier}} is Scrooge! JasonAlexander is Marley!
** Belle is Jennifer Love-Hewitt!

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* HeyItsThatGuy: {{Frasier}} KelseyGrammer is Scrooge! JasonAlexander Creator/JasonAlexander is Marley!
** Belle is Jennifer Love-Hewitt!JenniferLoveHewitt!
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* HeyItsThatGuy: {{Frasier}} is Scrooge! JasonAlexander is Marley!
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** Belle is Jennifer Love-Hewitt!

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