![]() ![]() It was later included in the Rankin/Bass TV Holiday Favorites Collection manufacture-on-demand DVD, originally released by Warner Archive on July 30, 2012. Currently, the special has never had its own individual DVD release, but it was made available on Warner's Classic Christmas Favorites box set in 2008. On cable, the special aired on The Disney Channel in the 1980s and on Fox Family (now FreeForm) as part of the 25 Days of Christmas block in 1990s.Īfter acquiring the distribution rights to the post-1973 Rankin/Bass specials, Warner Home Video released The Stingiest Man in Town on VHS in 1993. ![]() Sometime after its initial airing on NBC, Telepictures Corporation (later Lorimar-Telepictures) syndicated the special to local television stations in the 1980s during the Christmas season. The special contains the following songs, all from the original special: The production concludes with Scrooge manifesting his enhancements as he assists those less fortunate than himself. Scrooge's heart and instigates a transformation within his personality. Finally, he is visited by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, who shows Scrooge that he will die all alone, which leads Scrooge to beg for forgiveness. The Ghost of Christmas Present proceeds to take Scrooge to the home of his diligent employee Bob Cratchit and discovers just how much poverty the family, including crippled son Tiny Tim, wallow in. Within these pernicious shadows (which Scrooge created because of his avarice) and maliciousness toward his fellow men, Scrooge sees a younger caricature of himself and realizes how cryptic he has become. Nevertheless, Scrooge's attitude soon changes after a fateful night wherein three ghosts also visit him and take him through his past. Scrooge deems this to be madness and soon prepares for bed. In hopes of resuscitating the goodness of his one-time friend, the ghost of Jacob Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, visits Scrooge in his mansion, exhorting him to change his ways. Scrooge is a tightwad, with his consistent resistance to assist the poor or even have Christmas dinner with his nephew Fred and his family. Humbug, whose name is of course a word play on Scrooge's catchphrase, "bah humbug". The tale of Ebenezer Scrooge is told through the perspective of narrator B.A.H. Scrooge with the Ghost of Christmas Present. ![]()
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