Mickey's Christmas Carol
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| Directed by: | Burny Mattinson |
| Written by: | Burny Mattinson, Tony L. Marino, Ed Gombert, Don Griffith, Alan Young, Alan Dinehart |
| Release date: | 1983 |
| Running time: | 25 minutes |
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Mickey's Christmas Carol was a theatrical featurette, featuring established Disney characters enacting A Christmas Carol. The production, hailed as Mickey Mouse's big-screen comeback (despite his limited supporting role) was inspired by an earlier Disney record conceived by Alan Young and Alan Dineheart. Young also debuted as the voice of Uncle Scrooge McDuck, here playing Ebenezer Scrooge, and would reprise the role in nearly every subsequent production, notably DuckTales. The featurette also marked Clarence Nash's final outing as the voice of Donald Duck.
In addition to Scrooge McDuck, the Disney cast of characters included Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit, Donald as nephew Fred, Daisy Duck as Scrooge's first love, Minnie Mouse as Mrs. Cratchit, one of Mickey's nephews as Tiny Tim, Goofy as the Ghost of Jacob Marley, Jiminy Cricket as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Willie the Giant (Fun and Fancy Free, 1947) as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Pete as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Mole and Ratty (The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, 1949) as the charity collectors, Mr. Toad himself in a silent role as Fezziwig, and scores of other cameos from the theatrical shorts and films.
The featurette made its television debut over NBC on December 10, 1984, and was rebroadcast for several years, usually accompanied by Christmas and winter-themed theatrical shorts such as The Art of Skiing and Pluto's Christmas Tree to fill out the running time.
Cast
- Alan Young as Scrooge
- Hal Smith as Jacob Marley (Goofy) and Ratty
- Wayne Allwine as Bob Cratchit (Mickey Mouse) and Mole
- Will Ryan as Willie and Pete
- Eddie Carroll as Jiminy Cricket
- Patricia Paris as Daisy Duck
- Dick Billingsley as Tiny Tim
- Clarence Nash as Fred (Donald Duck)
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