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Late Late Night FDL: Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol was the first animated holiday special created specifically for television and originally aired on December 18, 1962. Grab your razzleberry dressing and woffle jelly cake, put your feet up on the coffeetable, and try to keep the spitballs off the screen please. This is Late Late Night FireDogLake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?

Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, Part One,

Part Two,

Part Three, and

Part Four.

Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol was the first animated holiday special created specifically for television and originally aired on December 18, 1962.

Directed by Abe Levitow.  Henry G. Saperstein, Executive Producer, UPA Pictures.  Produced by Lee Orgel.  Story by Charles Dickens.  Adaptation by Barbara Chain.  Sequence direction by Gerard Baldwin, Steve Clark, and Duane Crowther.  Animation by Casey Onaitis, Hank Smith, Ed Solomon, John Walker, Tom McDonald, and Xenia.  Color styling by Jack Heiter, Bob Inman, Phill Norman (as Phil Norman), Dave Weidman, and Gloria Wood.  Film Editing by Earl Bennett, Sam Horta, Wayne Hughes, and George Probert.  Production Management by Earl Jonas.  Production Design by Corny Cole (as ‘Corny’ Cole), Lee Mishkin, Marty Murphy, Tony Rivera, Shirley Silvey, Bob Singer, Dick Ung (as Richard Ung), and Sam Weiss.

Voices by (in credits order) Jim Backus (Ebenezer Scrooge, Mr. Magoo); Morey Amsterdam (Brady, James); Jack Cassidy (Bob Cratchit); Royal Dano (Marley’s Ghost); Paul Frees (Stage Director, Charity Man, Fezziwig, Eyepatch Man, and Tall Tophat Man); Joan Gardner (Tiny Tim, Ghost of Christmas Past); John Hart (Billings, Stage Manager, and Milkman); Jane Kean (Belle); Marie Matthews (Young Scrooge); Laura Olsher (Mrs. Cratchit); and Les Tremayne (Ghost of Christmas Present).

Original Music by Jule Styne.  Lyrics by Bob Merrill. Incidental music composed by Walter Scharf.  Music Scored and Conducted by Walter Scharf.

Grab your razzleberry dressing and woffle jelly cake, put your feet up on the coffeetable, and try to keep the spitballs off the screen please. This is Late Late Night FireDogLake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?

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Christmas at the Forgotten Front
Almost 10 years ago, with the invasion of Afghanistan, President Bush announced the global war on terror. But over that same period, the lot has only worsened for some of the most terrorized people on the planet, millions of people across a huge swath of Central Africa, living in constant fear of a horde of bloody Ugandan marauders known as the Lord’s Resistance Army.

By Barry Lando

Almost 10 years ago, with the invasion of Afghanistan, President Bush announced the global war on terror. But over that same period, the lot has only worsened for some of the most terrorized people on the planet, millions of people across a huge swath of Central Africa, living in constant fear of a horde of bloody Ugandan marauders known as the Lord’s Resistance Army.

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Mr. Clemente oversees every hour of objective news programming on Fox News, which is by far the nation’s most popular cable news channel.

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To the DREAM Act, I have been involved in comprehensive immigration reform for many years. Senator Durbin and I have talked about how to make the DREAM Act part of comprehensive immigration reform. To Those who have come to my office — you’re always welcome to come, but you’re wasting your time.

We’re not going to pass the DREAM Act or any other legalization program until we secure our borders. It will never be done as a stand-alone. It has to be part of comprehensive immigration reform.

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What Graham didn’t mention is that though he has supported immigration reform in the past, he and his party are largely responsible for blocking it in 2010. First he held it hostage to health care reform, pitted it against climate change legislation, and then turned his back on it altogether. This summer, he declared his support for changing the 14th amendment to deny the U.S.-born children of immigrants citizenship.

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