Bah, Humbug!

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:10 am

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Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:15 am

I want to see a Christmas movie where the mean, miserly, evil person does NOT "discover the true meaning of Christmas" and dies a lonely cold death in the streets. "Humbug", A Hallmark Original.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:48 am

Usually, in productions of the story, the phrase is pronounced like this:
"Bah!" (pause) "humbug."(muttered)

Does this correctly capture Dickens' intended meaning?

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:07 am

I was able to find the Patrick Stewart version on DVD the other day...
The way he says it is...mmm, well, just go and rent it, I cant type today.

ahh, bumhug!

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:43 am

The traditional English Mint Humbug is pyramidal in shape, with sharp corners where in the maufacturing process the separate sweeties have been snipped apart.

Scooge has just popped a humbug in his mouth, and as usual it was scratching the roof of his mouth before the corners dissolve in saliva and render the item almost edible.

The humbug being made of almost pure sugar, is very efficient at rotting the teeth, rendering long term humbug-eatersin need of dentures or fillings.

Unable to break the habit, they continue to masticate the aforementioned articles, which with their softer centres frequently get stuck between teeth or false teeth.

Clearly then, Scrooge had either scratched his mouth painfully, and/or got a bonbon stuck in his dentures.

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:47 am

Flyingcursor wrote:I want to see a Christmas movie where the mean, miserly, evil person does NOT "discover the true meaning of Christmas" and dies a lonely cold death in the streets. "Humbug", A Hallmark Original.

Me too. Only it could be more realistic and show him/her dying unloved but filthy rich in his/her mansion.

I always thought Scrooge was a more realistic character before he "reformed."

I like the bright lights decorating the houses in this dull gray dreary foggy cold part of the year, and I like getting presents.

I don't like being made to feel that if I don't believe every word of a book of stories transcribed from oral tradition and translated and re-translated and re-re-translated is the literal truth and that if I don't believe it I will burn forever.

I do like getting the day off from work.

I never knew what a humbug was. Thanks Martin.

missy · Post by **missy** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:56 am

I always thought the ghosts were; "a bit of uncooked potato"........

Anyone remember "Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol"???? I loved that one. I refuse to let the kids watch "The Muppets' Christmas Carol" because they keep singing "We're Marley and Marley - whoooooooo" afterwards.

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:03 am

missy wrote:I always thought the ghosts were; "a bit of uncooked potato"........

Anyone remember "Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol"???? I loved that one. I refuse to let the kids watch "The Muppets' Christmas Carol" because they keep singing "We're Marley and Marley - whoooooooo" afterwards.

Ahh -razzelberry dressing!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:15 am

missy wrote:Anyone remember "Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol"???? I loved that one.

Is there any other?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:28 am

missy wrote:I always thought the ghosts were; "a bit of uncooked potato"........

Anyone remember "Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol"???? I loved that one. I refuse to let the kids watch "The Muppets' Christmas Carol" because they keep singing "We're Marley and Marley - whoooooooo" afterwards.

One of my favorites (Mr. Magoo) as a child. Actually I like them both.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:01 pm

Yeah, I loved the McGoo version. In fact I never missed it on TV as a kid.
The more I think about it, that may be my very favorite one.

I'm always kinda scroogy because at the good old post office, it is not a very good time of year. More like, work harder and faster, carry more, but do it in less time because we would have to pay overtime the three weeks before Christmas...and you're not allowed overtime or heads will roll, so forget service, do whatever it takes to keep from going into overtime- oh, and if you wreck while you're rushing around, delivering more and more mail and packages, you will be fired, now hurry up!

........

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:48 am

emmline wrote:Usually, in productions of the story, the phrase is pronounced like this:
"Bah!" (pause) "humbug."(muttered)

Does this correctly capture Dickens' intended meaning?

I believe so.

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:34 am

I would like to see a movie where a family could be warm and loving despite the fact that they're rich; that they had a warm and loving family because they had a warm and loving family, and that poor, miserable, dysfunctional families were miserable and dysfunctional despite being poor. Equating social or familial success with financial success is such a falacy and misdirection.

djm