I always thought the spectre of Marley in this version was one of the creepy and scariest ones of all time. Looked like a talking skull in a robe.

@mauricemakesmovies

6 ай бұрын

When I was a kid, I would always would hide somewhere when Marley was on the screen haha

@Croonerrich

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!!!!! I’m 59 and I just watched it again after all these years and I found the back of my neck tingling! Lol

@kindspirit7

6 ай бұрын

LOL I get that as only a few years younger than you and still gets me.

@Shoobee63

6 ай бұрын

"BUSINESS ???!!!!!"

@unknownartist689

5 ай бұрын

That's well done from that point

I used to see this around Thanksgiving and Christmas time in the early to mid. 1970s. It was a time when Christmas seemed magical. People were friendlier and everyone looked forward to new toys and bicycles. We didn't have computers or the internet. We looked forward to these Christmas holiday specials. On Christmas day everyone went outside and played. We showed each other our new toys and rode our new bikes and skateboards. I told my son and his friends , I'm proud to be a Baby Boomer!

@PrimordialChaos07

3 жыл бұрын

Not everyone was fortunate to have a Christmas like that, same as today. And remember who is raising the next generation.

@declanmcmanus5674

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrimordialChaos07 That’s the spirit....you sound like a fun person to spend time with!

@markthiede3135

Жыл бұрын

Me too inn 66 year old baby boomer good times not like 2022 terrible times

@tanyalarose8907

6 ай бұрын

Me too

@Shabudana

5 ай бұрын

​@@PrimordialChaos07we all have knowledge of that, he is talking about his experience.

This was one of the Best Christmas Classics. It's no longer shown on television. Glad that I was able to find it here. It lets us know that the Magic of this Season is undeniable even for such a time as this.

@dmans441

6 ай бұрын

Ebenezer Scrooge Ron haddrick

@dmans441

6 ай бұрын

Ebenezer Scrooge Ron Haddrick

@dmans441

6 ай бұрын

Ebenezer Scrooge Ron Haddrick

@dmans441

6 ай бұрын

Ebenezer Scrooge Ron haddrick

@dmans441

6 ай бұрын

Ebenezer Scrooge as Ron Haddrick

I remember watching this on chilly weekend afternoons in December way way back in the 1970s. Back then and to this day I still like this special's portrayal of Jacob Marley. He really looks like a tortured and tormented soul.

@ericellis1481

5 жыл бұрын

If you want to see a scary Marley check out the 1954 version with Fredric March and Basil Rathbone

@shawnmalone9711

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome fellow , Baby Boomer! I watched it too. It seemed like it was on a cold , blustery or rainy day that this cartoon was on tv ,lol.

@mysty042

4 жыл бұрын

Both actors who played in the 1951 version of this movie, Alistor Sim and Michael Hordern, reprise their original roles.

@Garrettk41

4 жыл бұрын

@@mysty042 That did happen, but not in this particular version.

@MrGlenn7710

4 жыл бұрын

But he repented..a story of redemption..that's why Jesus came..to redeem us..but we have to choose to except him..have a great holiday 🔥🔥

In England, this, and many other classic animated adaptions such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth were broadcast under the title Animated Classics. This was my fav as a child in the 1970s. I would scan the TV Times Christmas edition hoping to find it was on, Christmas wasn't the same if it wasn't.

@mangoglounge7977

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

Merry Christmas 2019. I watch this version every year.

@ruthbudden393

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas, I watch every version I can find. There is a Canadian Christmas Carol, too

@jesusfarrow503

4 жыл бұрын

@@ruthbudden393 thanks i watch pretty much every version i can find 2 thanks 4 letting me know there is a Canadian version

@bigben3942

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. It's the first one I've ever watched when I was young and I still love it ever since ☺️

@marter2006

2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas! I love this version!

@ericellis7431

Жыл бұрын

How can I find the Canadian version?

Merry Christmas to everyone watching in 2019 🎄🎀🎅❄🎁⛄

@KQuinn672

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Evans Merry Christmas to you! ❄️🎄

It's okay to be rich, but you should always remain kind, wise, & generous with that fabulous life. Being cruel, stingy, & selfish never works.

@hannahbecker2309

Жыл бұрын

And that is the truth my friend that is the truth

@cinerama62

6 ай бұрын

Ba Humbug! Just kidding. Merry Christmas.

I loved these cartoons as a kid. I remember they use to show them on the weekends around holidays. I also remember them showing them on Thanksgiving afternoon. The music and animation is so dated now, but super cool in it's own special way.

@thequietonesometimes6415

5 жыл бұрын

It may be dated. But still realistic with the artwork.

I remember watching this version after a football game on Saturday afternoons I wish it would come out on DVD it’s the only version of this I don’t have on DVD

I remember seeing this as a kid back in the 70s . A time when real effort was put into creating entertainment - even kids holiday programming

@orinanime

3 жыл бұрын

The 70s were no different from any other decade, in terms of how much effort was put into creating entertainment. Some products received more effort than others. Others received very little. The same as every decade before and since.

Love this...brings back memories.As a child every Thanksgivings evening they played this on T.V. and it was sponsored by Kenner Toys. Channel 48 in Philadelphia if I remember right. This was such as treat to watch again after all these years.

@shawnmalone9711

5 жыл бұрын

This used to come on in Southern California on KNXT Channel 2 Los Angeles.

@garymcfarlandjr1224

4 жыл бұрын

I too remember this in the 70s as a kid. Jacob Marley IS truly scary!😏 I miss this on regular tv.. 😥 I'm so glad that you have it here!

@franknberry6397

4 жыл бұрын

It was Ch 10. It was presented by Kenner Toys. They did some other literary stories as well. Like "Mysterious Island" & "Master of the World" by Jules Verne and some others. Loved it.

@robertsleeth861

3 жыл бұрын

@@franknberry6397 Yeah, I thought it was on a major channel. I remember the Kenner commercials too. I wish there was a remastered version of this.

@lucillelandry1343

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertsleeth861 Yes, I grew up in Staten Island and the New York area had this on WPIX, channel 11. This was part of the “Famous classic tales” series in the late ‘60’s throughout the ‘70’s, Kenner toys was a big sponsor. I like this version, they played it often on the weekends and they also had other classics on, great to be a kid back then, to enjoy and appreciate the simple things and fine programming we had back then.

I had scoffed at the comments about Marley's appearance in this version, before I saw him for myself. I'm a grownup and I'm scared!

@sralyn

Жыл бұрын

The 1971 Marley was much scarier, I think. Untying the scarf and his jaw drops...

Definitely the freakiest Jacob Marley I've ever seen! The voice acting all around is quote good . . .

I remember waiting for cartoons like this at Christmas time. Rankin Bass were the best.

I used to watch this the day after Thanksgiving when I was little.

@KevinDavis338

5 жыл бұрын

Same here. I remember seeing it for the first time expecting Looney Tunes but they showed this.

My favorite animated version of A Christmas Carol ever..... wouldn't be Christmas without watching it many, many times!!!!

OMG - such memories! The simpler times of childhood... Saturday morning cartoons! Church on Sunday!.. Goosebumps all the way... Thank you for posting!

In the 1970s, a local TV station aired animated specials on Saturday afternoons. This was always one of them. I looked forward to watching every year. It brings back happy memories of times go by. Merry Christmas, 2013

@tanyalarose8907

6 ай бұрын

I remember, and this was always sponsored by Kenner toys. I love this. I haven't seen it for years.

"And God bless us, everyone." Tiny Tim

@Tevincozart19

3 жыл бұрын

And scrooge was better than his word. he did it all that he said he would and more. And Tiny Tim who did not die he got well. Scrooge was like a second father he became as good a friend good as master, a Good as man, as the good old City ever known. And he knew how to keep Christmas well and so it's Tiny Tim observe

I remember watching this version as a child. This brings back good memories. A timeless tale of redemption that we should all heed, if need be.

Vintage cold.. ❄⛄winter.. Hot cookies🍪.. Warm room.. Family gathering... Cozy bedroom.. All abt Christmas Day..

My first time to see this animated version. I love Charles Dickens and love "The Christmas Carol". This may become a tradition for me. thank you for posting the video.

Th best version of Christmas Carol was, and still is, the 1951 British produced Alister Simm version. He was the best Scrooge.

@HuntingViolets

3 жыл бұрын

There is an animated version from 1971 where Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprise their roles. It is also on KZread.

I fondly remember this version from my childhood

Okay, This 1969 version of Jacob Marley’s ghost very freaking scary to me😱😱😱😱.

@SRP3572

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely not something to watch with the lights off. I was creeped out by it

@granturismosport3544

3 жыл бұрын

@@SRP3572 🤣🤣

This version of Christmas Carol and Santa Claus and the 3 bears will always be in my Christmas memories as a child growing up in the 80s just timeless classics!

This version of Marley's ghost is great. It shows the tortured and tormented spirit bound with chains. The skeletal face made it eerie. Every Christmas this was a must see.

@kindspirit7

6 ай бұрын

Totally agree! To me this specter is the scariest one out there of all the movies and cartoons.

The first version I ever saw as a small girl. Marley’s ghost scared me as did the others ( I was 4 or so), but it started my love of Christmas Carol. Merry Christmas to all!!

@ericellis1481

5 жыл бұрын

i have 20 different versions of a Christmas Carol

@richardalmeida1843

3 жыл бұрын

I thought Marley's ghost was cool back then. Not scared.

@lucillelandry1343

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericellis1481 - I do, also! Love the Christmas Carol, The best book, movie of all! Redemption is always possible for all of us humans, never too late to do good!🎄

I have been lookng for this for years!!!!

@ScotsPipe

6 жыл бұрын

Darrell Russ me to , thought I would never see it again in remember seeing in the 1970s UK TV & then so a clip of it in 2012 I think it was a few days before Xmas that year on channel 4 early morning , didn't even no the realese year of it 1969 or the proper name , then just now ,as recommendation on my you tube account , looks so good & feels right compared other adaptions , you could try the Walt Disney Version with Jim carey its the CGI animated one , enjoy 😁

@rkish1969

6 жыл бұрын

Me too

@TheKonga88

4 жыл бұрын

😀😀😀😀😀😀🎄🎅🎄🎅🙌🙌🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈👑👑🌙🌕👩👵🌲🌲🌲⛄🎁⛄🎁🌙🌙🌕😀😀😀🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🙌🏃🏃🏃🏃🐒

A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story ❤️❤️

@andreawenck2544

3 жыл бұрын

Hear, Hear!

Wow!!! How in the world did you find this? My favorite childhood Christmas memory!

@dmans441

5 ай бұрын

Rest in peace Ron Haddrick

@dmans441

5 ай бұрын

Rest in peace Ron Haddrick

@dmans441

5 ай бұрын

Ebenezer Scrooge Ron Haddrick

My dad got me into this version and it is the best.I watch it every year at Christmas 🎄

I remember this very well as a young guy about 10 , it was really good

@lynn1464

4 жыл бұрын

@graf orlock so true. 😊

The sobering thought one is left with is that Marley remained in hell - no redemption for the dead. Redemption is only possible for the living.

@mkl62

4 жыл бұрын

If you ever attended the play, Marley's Christmas Carol, his soul is finally released after he and the spirits reform Scrooge. That is his only ticket out of what I consider purgatory. It basically tells the story from his point of view. Besides appearing to Scrooge as himself, he is also The Ghost of Christmas Present, but Scrooge doesn't know it. And another Ghost of the Past takes him back to his childhood, which was NOT happy.

@joycekoch5746

4 жыл бұрын

@@mkl62 Than you for that. Dickens writing of The Christmas Carol was a rapid job but I think he intentionally left Marley's fate Marley's fate otherwise one would then have an audience wondering why everyone else was left in an unhappy afterlife and why there was a hell and why didn't everyone get to go to heaven and be reformed bit by bit over eternity. Dickens does touch on a sort of rebuke in that he implies people become more so themselves over time. As we age we become what we truly are more and more till the clay hardens. The premise of reform by a supernatural visit is rejected in Jesus parable of the rich man and Lazarus which makes me wonder if Dickens had been thinking of this parable with a different and happy ending.

@mkl62

4 жыл бұрын

@@joycekoch5746 Also, when Marley departs from Scrooge, he flies out of the window. Scrooge looks out and sees many ghosts wailing, some trying to help a poor girl and her infant, but unable to. Scrooge even recognizes another ghost that he had done business with that had recently died.

@14DaveHunter

3 жыл бұрын

@@joycekoch5746 The visit could've been a dream God sent Scrooge. In the book and other adaptions, it's implies Scrooge had a long dream. Thus, a mind made version of Marley, appeared to Scrooge.

This was the first version of A Christmas Carol I saw as a 5-year-old watching television in December 1969. A 45 minute cartoon of the Charles Dickens holiday classic. I thought animated specials like this would have been dead and buried in the past. Good to see it is not. Merry Christmas everyone and the best of the season to you all.

God bless Charles Dickens.

I watch this delightful Christmas tale around this time every year since it was posted. Thank you for having posted it. Lovely indeed. I'm soon to be 41 on December 23rd, and Yahweh God willing in Yeshua aka Jesus Name, I'd like to see it many eh' years to come. "Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!"

I watched all these shows,when I was 12, all the classics were shown under the Kenner classic tales show.

This was made by an Australian company that recreated the classics in animation in the late 60's and early 70's.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY 2019 NEW YEAR !! GOD BLESS EVERYONE !!

Marley's spirit looked pretty freaky in this version.

@jenniferschillig3768

4 жыл бұрын

Yup...Ghost Rider Marley. :-)

This sure brings back great memories of watching this at my grandparents house with my two brothers and sister in the 1970s when I was just a young kid. I remember watching this around Christmas, Davey and Goliath, and Hee Haw. This sure makes me miss my grandparents.

@lynn1464

4 жыл бұрын

Hee Haw that was a great show

This is the one I was looking for, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I only saw this version once but I never forget it. This one was so creepy at the beginning, and I simply loved it! They really brought Scrooge to life.

@lynn1464

4 жыл бұрын

The start is scary love it. This is my favorite Christmas show

One of my favorite animated Christmas Carol's. Merry Christmas everyone.

Merry Christmas everyone I love watching all of the Christmas carol movies I watch all of them all month long some days I will binge watch them.

This version of Jacob Marley is so scary that he still scares me to this day. In fact he used to give me nightmares when I was younger. Imagine what he was like before he died. 😨😨😨

@liesdamnliesandstatsweird1934

6 жыл бұрын

rstein926 Yep, the ghost of Jacob Marley in this adaptation is the scariest one I've seen to date.

@timstich6801

6 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best animated Marley ever created, and the voice work of the actor is unparalleled.

@valianttruth3745

6 жыл бұрын

rstein926 Yikes!! That IS scary!!! 😱

@lindawolffkashmir2768

6 жыл бұрын

This is the scariest Marley ever!

@mazeoross3982

6 жыл бұрын

rstein926 What's so scary about this version?

AWESOME version

I like this Christmas story..it's a story of redemption.. thanks for posting ❤️

The old cartoons are the best I must say

I am starting my first,of many Scrooge movies ,I love christmas,and all the old movies. ho ho ho.😂😋😀

@marlonbryanmunoznunez3179

4 жыл бұрын

@Polo King For Life Cool, I'm doing a "Christmas Carol" marathon and I have found several versions here on YT already, like the British 1932 one or the another one produced by Jack Warner in 1946. The animated ones are always welcome :)

@lucillelandry1343

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea! I remember this as a great version as a kid and I love Christmas so much, I think I will do a marathon next year! Great idea!🎄

Aired on Australian TV around Christmas time every year throughout the 70s and 80s. I recorded my copy in the mid-80s. Thanks for the upload! 👍

This is an Australian production of A Christmas Carol, very well done!

I remember watching this every year as a child this one is my personal favorite!

Thank you SO Much for posting this! I have tried for YEARS to find this.

Great childhood memories

I also have this on VHS. Hope someday they will have this on DVD or Blu-ray. Love it!! Also

This was on on the Friday morning after Thanksgiving in the Metropolitan area. I believe Channel 11. And would air a few more time after that. Good memories of watching this version.

This is the one I remember where he was too cheap to let out a good sneeze. Had not seen this in decades. Thank you.

This one brings back the memories!

Such a classic! Thanks for sharing 🎄

Great version ( for animation )

Ah such great memories from childhood. I love this version. Thank you for sharing!

When I was a kid I knew Christmas had arrived when this came on the telly, as it did every year. Great stuff.

@michaelpalmieri7335

4 жыл бұрын

You must be British. Only a Britisher would call a TV set "the telly."

@adriangustings9591

4 жыл бұрын

Trump is a good guy so your profile pic is wrong.

Will be playing this for my Grandson this Christmas! Thanks for downloading this classic.

Been looking for this in years 😣

The Christmas Spirt got into me watching this classic 2022.

Always enjoyed this animated version of “A Christmas Carol” when I was a child. It’s a nice memory

I used to watch this is a tradition every year but it was growing up.

"It is required of every man, that the spirit in him shall walk among his fellow man, and if he does not do this in life, he must do so in death." Hah... Unless he is a prologue and boo- ghosts before he is born. I love this version, we watched it as children.

@HuntingViolets

3 жыл бұрын

Unless he is a prologue? What do you mean?

This first aired on December 14, 1969 on CBS as part of the new Famous Classic Tales series. Each year, they aired a new FCT. The next year, on 11-1-1970, they did a doubleheader of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving classics.

@ronaldhollie9151

5 жыл бұрын

I remember that!

@Dimeropepe

5 жыл бұрын

That is 100% correct. They also had a version of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" When comparing with other Christmas Carol cartoons, such as the scary 1971 version shown on ABC network or the Mickey Mouse version of the 1980s, this 1969 cartoon has been forgotten similar to what happened to the "Mister McGoo's Christmas Carol" from 1962. What a pity.

@shawnmalone9711

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dimeropepe They also had a version of Mark Twain's The Prince And The Pauper and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver Travels. Remember we didn't have Boomerang or Cartoon Network back in the day. We watched cartoons... It was a change from old movies or sport shows back in the day.

@Dimeropepe

5 жыл бұрын

@@shawnmalone9711 Yes, that is true. Cable television expansion was about to take off in 1970s, but they used to aired these cartoons on Channel 9 in the New York City area in the early 1970s. Nevertheless, the early days of The Cartoon Network (long before the introduction of the "Dexter's Lab" or "The Powerpuff Girls" of the late 1990s), were really awesome with the likes of "The Yogi Bear Show" or "Quickdraw McGraw".

@shawnmalone9711

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dimeropepe I know.. All of those old school cartoons were on tv in the late 1960s , early 1970s. They were on KTTV Channel 11, Los Angeles.

Thanks for posting this. Brought back fond memories of holiday viewings in my youth.

Watching December 18th, 2019

Very nostalgic!

I love this show a Christmas Carol one of my. Favorite merry Christmas everyone with no hum bug,ha ha merry Christmas

@marshalljimduncan

6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!

This is soo lovely l am ony way to work and l watching this and making me excited for Xmas and all the cool things happening.

I have this on a VHS. I purchased the movie back in the mid to late 80's. Love it!!

I've always loved the line.."what do you want of me"?... "MUCH!"

For only being 45 mins, they managed to do a pretty good version of this. No matter what time of year it is, Merry Christmas folks and a Happy New Year!!!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🎅🎅🎁🎁🎁🎁

Mum always used to stick the VHS of this on during the Christmas holidays. This time of year always felt so wonderous and magical.

Kevin..Thank you SO much for this!! I remember seeing this on TV when i was just a wee lad, and i remember that the ghost of Marley used to scare the crap out of me! (Now i think it looks like something that would be in a Scooby-Doo episode) Many fond childhood memories brought back by this. Thank you and God Bless us, EVERY one!

@KevinDavis338

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome.. I remember seeing this when I was a kid. It was right after Thanksgiving and they preempted Bugs Bunny for this.

I love this so much ❤

This was the version i saw as a kid.

Whichever version you prefer,take from them the lesson Dickens was trying to tell us....as it says in the Bible,"the love of money is the root of all evil"....while it is good to have a comfortable means to live,it means nothing when you don't share it with others,in some form or fashion.....all in all,it is better to be wise,with a full happy heart,a loving,satisfied soul,and the peace of God in your heart and mind, than to have all the wealth in the world,but no one to share your life with,to love you......A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL,MAY GOD BLESS AND ENRICH YOUR LIFE ALL YEAR LONG.

@chargandz3012

6 жыл бұрын

musicman201047 amen!

@libraryquiet

6 жыл бұрын

+musicman201047+ Thank you. And a Merry Christmas to you. May you have a full life.

@georgepupparo1629

5 жыл бұрын

Duh?

@TheCumberlandbeggar

5 жыл бұрын

@@georgepupparo1629 you are a goof

@priscillachapkylo934

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed love money root all kinda God warms us chances people attention when place idols of our certain treat people heck, life money love and ready rich people lot money looking below common look face happy outside but inside miserable realize how we've support for mistreatment ,for poor and homeless.

I love Christmas so much that I totally wish that it can come twice a year. It deserves that much.

@shewolfsiren

4 жыл бұрын

Marlana Edwards What, you’ve never heard of Christmas in July, the Summer Solstice?

@marlanaedwards5296

Жыл бұрын

July is too hot, but good gesture. December is the best month for Christmas season. By the way. Merry Christmas to you & your folks. (2022).

cool a Christmas Carol I love this movie or show or cartoon

@flowergirl802

7 жыл бұрын

love it

Kindness & generosity are such very warm touchy weapons.

LOVED this as a child🎄♥️

A great Christmas Carol! Merry Christmas everyone!!

Before we lost our way I will celebrating Christmas till I die

My absolute favorite version of A Christmas Carol, which, after all, is the best Christmas story. Thank you for posting it.

Thank you so very much! Blessings!

This is the first version I ever saw as a child. And my first impression was 'wow', this is a Halloween story at Christmas!!!

Been a long time since I watched this version. I watch the Alastair Sim version ( B&W) every year.

My all time favorite version. Scariest ghost!

This brings back many childhood memories.

a great version for sure

This animated version used to be a staple on local TV in NYC around Christmas time back in the seventies. This is the first time I've seen it since way back then. I see it was made by an outfit called API . I once thought it was made overseas by Hanna Barbera. Glad that you uploaded this. Merry Christmas!

Yes - I remember watching this as a 10 year old on Thanksgiving Day in the afternoon -- set the tone for me for Christmas and I looked forward to seeing it every year. Thank you so much for sharing this!!

I remember watching this on a December weekend afternoon back in the early-to-mid 1970s