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* As Creator/DerekJacobi begins to deliver his opening monologue, Chris and Robert (in black stealth suits) lower down completely unnoticed on wires and kidnap him. Trevor marches into the technicians' office and claims to be the head of the BBC ([[RefugeInAudacity whilst still in his signature]] Music/DuranDuran shirt). Except that his 'ID card' is actually a Twix.

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* As Creator/DerekJacobi begins to deliver his opening monologue, Chris and Robert (in black stealth suits) lower down completely unnoticed on wires and kidnap him. Trevor marches into the technicians' office and claims to be the head of the BBC ([[RefugeInAudacity whilst still in his signature]] Music/DuranDuran shirt). Except that his 'ID card' badge is actually a Twix.
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** After a green screen glitch shows Chris bitchily referring to Robert as "Ebenezer Huge", there is a sudden distortion in the chroma key and Chris is pursued by angry birds, before a chair floats over and smashes him on the head.

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** After a green screen glitch shows Chris bitchily crassly referring to Robert as "Ebenezer Huge", there is a sudden distortion in the chroma key and Chris is pursued by angry birds, before a chair floats over and smashes him on the head.
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* As Creator/DerekJacobi begins to deliver his opening monologue, Chris and Robert (in black stealth suits) lower down completely unnoticed on wires and kidnap him. Trevor marches into the technicians office and claims to be the Head of the BBC ([[RefugeInAudacity whilst still in his signature]] Music/DuranDuran shirt.) Except that his "ID Card" is a Twix.

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* As Creator/DerekJacobi begins to deliver his opening monologue, Chris and Robert (in black stealth suits) lower down completely unnoticed on wires and kidnap him. Trevor marches into the technicians technicians' office and claims to be the Head head of the BBC ([[RefugeInAudacity whilst still in his signature]] Music/DuranDuran shirt.) shirt). Except that his "ID Card" 'ID card' is actually a Twix.
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** Dennis is reading answers and eventually says he would "Gnaw on a bone or sleep on a bed of warts.", since the glass door he wrote it on is closed and the word is reversed. And as he leaves, he shouts to Chris "WANG!" (gnaw reversed.)

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** Dennis is reading answers and eventually says he would "Gnaw "gnaw on a bone or sleep on a bed of warts.", ''warts''", since the glass door he wrote it on is closed and the word is reversed. And as he leaves, he shouts to Chris "WANG!" (gnaw reversed.)"WANG!", which is 'gnaw' reversed.



-->'''Johnathan:''' (in his Marley voice) [[SophisticatedAsHell Undo the bottom one]].

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-->'''Johnathan:''' -->'''Jonathan:''' (in his Marley voice) [[SophisticatedAsHell Undo the bottom one]].



** After a green screen glitch shows Chris bitchily referring to Robert as "Ebeneezer Huge", there is a sudden distortion in the chroma key and Chris is pursued by angry birds, before a chair floats over and smashes him on the head.

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** After a green screen glitch shows Chris bitchily referring to Robert as "Ebeneezer "Ebenezer Huge", there is a sudden distortion in the chroma key and Chris is pursued by angry birds, before a chair floats over and smashes him on the head.



* Trevor getting trapped in Frances' house and frantically trying to escape whilst trying to blend in by laughing along with the jokes in story.

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* Trevor getting trapped in Frances' house and frantically trying to escape whilst trying to blend in by laughing along with the jokes in story.in-story.
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* Jonathan as Jacob Marley has some difficulty with his chains, initially the weight pulls him out of the window, later the cash box falls through the floor and drags him with it. He then has to reenter via Scrooge's bedroom door, which was accidentally locked earlier by Trevor.
-->'''Johnathan:'''(in his Marley voice) [[SophisticatedAsHell Undo the bottom one]].

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* Jonathan as Jacob Marley has some difficulty with his chains, chains; initially the weight pulls him out of the window, and later the cash box falls through the floor and drags him with it. He then has to reenter via Scrooge's bedroom door, which was accidentally locked earlier by Trevor.
-->'''Johnathan:'''(in -->'''Johnathan:''' (in his Marley voice) [[SophisticatedAsHell Undo the bottom one]].
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** He can't even answer yes or no properly in a scene with the moneylenders, so has to have the answers written on a coin. Sandra doesn't help by asking him to confirm his answer, throwing him completely. He ends up flipping the coin and luckily getting the correct answer(yes).
** Dennis is reading answers and eventually says he would "Gnaw on a bone or sleep on a bed of warts.", since the glass door he wrote it on is closed and the word is reversed. And as he leaves, he shouts to Chris "WANG!"(gnaw reversed.)

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** He can't even answer yes or no properly in a scene with the moneylenders, so has to have the answers written on a coin. Sandra doesn't help by asking him to confirm his answer, throwing him completely. He ends up flipping the coin and luckily getting the correct answer(yes).
answer (yes).
** Dennis is reading answers and eventually says he would "Gnaw on a bone or sleep on a bed of warts.", since the glass door he wrote it on is closed and the word is reversed. And as he leaves, he shouts to Chris "WANG!"(gnaw "WANG!" (gnaw reversed.)

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* Johnathan(as Jacob Marley's corpse)clearly opens his eyes while in his coffin, then he breaks through the bottom. The rest of the cast drop the hollow coffin heavily into the grave, then awkwardly kick him in before throwing dirt on top of his uncovered body(much to his clear annoyance.)
* The increasingly creative methods Dennis uses to remember his lines (from writing them on a bottle - which tips its contents all over the table as he tries to read Annie's writing - and reading individual letters from every grape on a bunch (which bizarrely is something of an achievement considering how he manages to line them up correctly.)

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* Johnathan(as Johnathan (as Jacob Marley's corpse)clearly corpse) clearly opens his eyes while in his coffin, then he breaks through the bottom. The rest of the cast drop the hollow coffin heavily into the grave, then awkwardly kick him in before throwing dirt on top of his uncovered body(much body (much to his clear annoyance.)
* The increasingly creative methods Dennis uses to remember his lines (from writing them on a bottle - which tips its contents all over the table as he tries to read Annie's writing - and reading individual letters from every grape on a bunch (which bizarrely is something of an achievement considering how he manages to line them up correctly.)correctly).



* Robert is just about to say the last, iconic line of the show when Lucy ([[BrickJoke whose role he had been forced to take over before after he accidentally knocked her unconscious]]) smacks him in the face with the door and delivers it herself.

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* Robert is just about to say the last, iconic line of the show when Lucy ([[BrickJoke whose role he had been forced to take over before after he accidentally knocked her unconscious]]) smacks him in the face with the door and delivers it herself.herself.
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[[caption-width-right:350:It goes hilariously downhill from here.]]
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* The opening title's typos. First it's "A Christmas Carl", then "A Christmas Carlol", then [[RuleOfThree "A Christmas Carool"]] then just, "Scrooge".

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* The opening title's typos. First it's "A Christmas Carl", then "A Christmas Carlol", then [[RuleOfThree "A Christmas Carool"]] Carrool"]] then just, "Scrooge".
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* The opening title text typo's. First it's "A Christmas Carl", then "A Christmas Carlol", then [[RuleOfThree "A Christmas Carool"]] then, whoever is editing the title just writes "Scrooge".
** It's done again when the text says "Seven Years Late"before they add the R to the end for "Later".

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* The opening title text typo's. title's typos. First it's "A Christmas Carl", then "A Christmas Carlol", then [[RuleOfThree "A Christmas Carool"]] then, whoever is editing the title just writes then just, "Scrooge".
** It's done again when the text says "Seven Years Late"before Late" before they add the R to the end for "Later".
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** And then, near the end of the play, Chris forgets his own lines, prompting Dennis to prompt him, perfectly reciting Scrooge's next few lines, before needing to consult his coin for his own subsequent line.
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* The opening title text typo's. First it's "A Christmas Carl", then "A Christmas Carlol", then [[RuleOfThree "A Christmas Carool"]] then, whoever is editing the title just writes "Scrooge".
** It's done again when the text says "Seven Years Late"before they add the R to the end for "Later".
* The miniature set's slow breakdown, with Trevor eventually dropping a pizza slice onto it and smashing it by accident.


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* Johnathan(as Jacob Marley's corpse)clearly opens his eyes while in his coffin, then he breaks through the bottom. The rest of the cast drop the hollow coffin heavily into the grave, then awkwardly kick him in before throwing dirt on top of his uncovered body(much to his clear annoyance.)

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** He can't even answer yes or no properly in a scene with the moneylenders, so has to have the answers written on a coin. Sandra doesn't help by asking him to confirm his answer, throwing him completely.

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** He can't even answer yes or no properly in a scene with the moneylenders, so has to have the answers written on a coin. Sandra doesn't help by asking him to confirm his answer, throwing him completely. He ends up flipping the coin and luckily getting the correct answer(yes).
** Dennis is reading answers and eventually says he would "Gnaw on a bone or sleep on a bed of warts.", since the glass door he wrote it on is closed and the word is reversed. And as he leaves, he shouts to Chris "WANG!"(gnaw reversed.)
** He has to wait for the goose to turn over to see the answer on the backside.



* When Robert takes over as Tiny Tim he is unable to fit in Lucy's small chair, and is forced to improvise by sitting on Sandra's knee. Quite hard.

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* When Robert takes over as Tiny Tim he is unable to fit in Lucy's small chair, and is forced to improvise by sitting on Sandra's knee. Quite hard. And Sandra's reaction is hilarious.
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* '''Johnathan:'''(in his Marley voice) [[SophisticatedAsHell Unlock the bottom one]].

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* '''Johnathan:'''(in -->'''Johnathan:'''(in his Marley voice) [[SophisticatedAsHell Unlock Undo the bottom one]].
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* '''Johnathan:'''(in his Marley voice) [[SophisticatedAsHell Unlock the bottom one]].
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* The RunningGag of Robert trying [[ComedicSociopathy "completely incapacitate" Chris]], which includes making a DynamicEntry through the ceiling onto Scrooge's bed (nearly crushing Chris).

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* The RunningGag of Robert trying to [[ComedicSociopathy "completely incapacitate" Chris]], which includes making a DynamicEntry through the ceiling onto Scrooge's bed (nearly crushing Chris).

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** After accidentally dropping a heavy object on [[ButtMonkey poor Lucy]], Robert is forced to play Tiny Tim, reading the role in a FlatMonotone from a script. There is a brief OhCrap moment, when the script calls for him to be lifted (in this case dragged) by Dennis. The flat "whee" sells it.

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** After accidentally dropping a heavy object on [[ButtMonkey poor Lucy]], Robert is forced to play Tiny Tim, reading the role in a FlatMonotone an [[DullSurprise extremely unenthusiastic monotone]] from a script. There is a brief OhCrap moment, when the script calls for him to be lifted (in this case dragged) by Dennis. The flat "whee" sells it.


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* When Robert takes over as Tiny Tim he is unable to fit in Lucy's small chair, and is forced to improvise by sitting on Sandra's knee. Quite hard.
* Trevor getting trapped in Frances' house and frantically trying to escape whilst trying to blend in by laughing along with the jokes in story.
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** After accidentally dropping a heavy object on [[ButtMonkey poor Lucy]], Robert is forced to play Tiny Tim, reading the role in a DullMonotone from a script. There is a brief OhCrap moment, when the script calls for him to be lifted (in this case dragged) by Dennis. The flat "whee" sells it.

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** After accidentally dropping a heavy object on [[ButtMonkey poor Lucy]], Robert is forced to play Tiny Tim, reading the role in a DullMonotone FlatMonotone from a script. There is a brief OhCrap moment, when the script calls for him to be lifted (in this case dragged) by Dennis. The flat "whee" sells it.



* The IncrediblyLongGag as The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come tries to fit under the arch, completely negating the intended sense of intimidation.

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* The IncrediblyLongGag OverlyLongGag as The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come tries to fit under the arch, completely negating the intended sense of intimidation.
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* As Creator/DerekJacobi begins to deliver his opening monologue, Chris and Robert (in black stealth suits) lower down completely unnoticed on wires and kidnap him. Trevor marches into the technicians office and claims to be the Head of the BBC ([[RefugeInAudacity whilst still in his signature]] Music/DuranDuran shirt.) Except that his "ID Card" is a Twix.
* Any of the times Derek Jacobi reappears, initially being incapacitated by Robert who mistakes him for Chris, and later when he breaks out of Tiny Tim's coffin.
* The increasingly creative methods Dennis uses to remember his lines (from writing them on a bottle - which tips its contents all over the table as he tries to read Annie's writing - and reading individual letters from every grape on a bunch (which bizarrely is something of an achievement considering how he manages to line them up correctly.)
** He can't even answer yes or no properly in a scene with the moneylenders, so has to have the answers written on a coin. Sandra doesn't help by asking him to confirm his answer, throwing him completely.
* Jonathan as Jacob Marley has some difficulty with his chains, initially the weight pulls him out of the window, later the cash box falls through the floor and drags him with it. He then has to reenter via Scrooge's bedroom door, which was accidentally locked earlier by Trevor.
* The RunningGag of Robert trying [[ComedicSociopathy "completely incapacitate" Chris]], which includes making a DynamicEntry through the ceiling onto Scrooge's bed (nearly crushing Chris).
** After a green screen glitch shows Chris bitchily referring to Robert as "Ebeneezer Huge", there is a sudden distortion in the chroma key and Chris is pursued by angry birds, before a chair floats over and smashes him on the head.
** After accidentally dropping a heavy object on [[ButtMonkey poor Lucy]], Robert is forced to play Tiny Tim, reading the role in a DullMonotone from a script. There is a brief OhCrap moment, when the script calls for him to be lifted (in this case dragged) by Dennis. The flat "whee" sells it.
* After Max believes Sandra is dumping him (possibly for Chris), he goes into a HeroicBSOD. This wouldn't be funny at all but for the timing, as the narration mentions "the sound of merry laughter." This is followed by a close to tears "Ho, ho, ho..."
* The IncrediblyLongGag as The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come tries to fit under the arch, completely negating the intended sense of intimidation.
* After the cast have been ejected from the studio, they run into Tesco to continue the story by buying Bob Cratchit a goose. Unfortunately all they find is a small packet of goujon chicken fingers.
* Annie (who has had a pistol superglued to her sleeve by mistake the whole show) inadvertently holding up the cashier and demanding the goujons. And a Snickers. And he can have a Snickers himself. And the next woman's shopping is free.
* When Derek Jacobi states that he will only give up Scrooge if he is [[BorrowedCatchphrase completely]] [[TemptingFate incapacitated]], Creator/DianaRigg suddenly plows through the studio and knocks him down with her car.
* Robert is just about to say the last, iconic line of the show when Lucy ([[BrickJoke whose role he had been forced to take over before after he accidentally knocked her unconscious]]) smacks him in the face with the door and delivers it herself.

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