Episode 159: SCROOGED (MONSTEMBERFEST)

A classic Christmas time-travelling ghost story, told in five staves, becomes an 80s-drenched "modern" film told in three acts: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol from 1843 becomes Dick Donner's SCROOGED from 1988.Join Matt and Trevor in the Nighthawks diner, order up a cup of hot mulled wine, and chat with us about the classic tale of the redemption of Ebeneezer Scrooge and how it was reimagined to fit Frank Cross (Bill Murray) the Youngest Network Television President in (fictional) history. Frank is trying to mount a daring live presentation of Dickens' classic story, but life begins to imitate art as Frank is haunted by spirits that will take him on a whirlwind tour of past, present, and future trying to figure out where exactly Frank went wrong.Murray brings his trademark energy, volume, and talent to a stacked cast of actors, extras, and walk-on cameos, meanwhile the semi-dark story has gone from Christmastime oddity to 21st Century holiday classic.What's the big deal about a rich jerk who changes his ways? Parse it with us as we beat the Dickens out of SCROOGED.