Christmas Carol

Rich Little's Christmas Carol is a TV special that premiered on Home Box Office (HBO) on December 16, 1979, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978. It starred Rich Little in a one-man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens famous holiday story. Little played the following celebrities:W. C. Fields as Ebenezer Scrooge § Paul Lynde as Bob Cratchit Johnny Carson as Fred Laurel and Hardy as the two solicitors § Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past § Groucho Marx as Fezziwig § James Stewart as Dick Wilkins Peter Falk as Columbo as the Ghost of Christmas Present Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker as Mrs. Cratchit Truman Capote as Tiny Tim Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come James Mason, George Burns and John Wayne as the three businessmen Jack Benny as a boy §