Playwrights & Stage Actors
- Wall-E - Little Robo Tramp
- George Carlin 1937 - 2008
- Jeff Healey - A Real Wise Guy
- Colleen Murphy and Adam Kelly
- And Then There Was One
- Coral's Oscar Pics for 2007
- A Gremlins' Christmas Carol
- A Bloodsucker's Christmas Carol
- The Brady Bunch Christmas Carol
- A Meowy Christmas Carol
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
For 700 years, Wall-E has been rolling around deserted cites and landscapes compacting the Earth's refuse into infinite cubes during routine Nuclear Winter days.
With luminous puppy dog electro-orbs, the rusted robot brings to mind Charlie Chapin’s Little Tramp.
One day Wall–E discovers Eve, the droid of his dreams, and due to an innocent gift from her rusty paramour, Eve’s mission is compromised and she must leave.
Wall-E, follows Eve to the ends of the earth and beyond in his love for her. Compound this with oodles of fast paced comedic escapades, and very little dialogue including Wall-E’s heartfelt finale, and at times, Wall-E is like a splendid sci fi treatment of Chaplin silent movie classic City Lights.
Eve’s home, the Axiom is a spaceship housing bloated, lazy consumer driven, cyber medicated Earthlings.
Humans these days are always sitting in front of screens - televisions, computers, DVD’s, Blue Ray Players, PlayStations, and as world technology goes into overdrive, these screens grow ever smaller – Ipods, cell phones, Blackberries… Why shouldn’t screens invade our personal space following us around wherever we go?
It’s the next logical step.
In this Consumer Overload Big Box World will we become the Wired Whales depicted in Wall-E constantly clicking for the Next Big Box Thing?
Wall-E’s tricket laden abode delivered another warning – the manual egg beater, bubble wrap, eight track tape, cassette player and the VCR repeatedly cranking Hello Dolly’s Put On Your Sunday Clothes. Wall-E found valid use for these discarded items in conjunction with his Ipod because in today’s disposable world, Wall-E’s wise enough to know that “everything old is new again”
So I'm putting on my Sunday clothes, finding my sweetie and leaving this screen. Like the song says …. “There's lots of world out there, put on your silk cravat and patent shoes, we're gonna find adventure in the evening air.”
One day Wall–E discovers Eve, the droid of his dreams, and due to an innocent gift from her rusty paramour, Eve’s mission is compromised and she must leave.
Wall-E, follows Eve to the ends of the earth and beyond in his love for her. Compound this with oodles of fast paced comedic escapades, and very little dialogue including Wall-E’s heartfelt finale, and at times, Wall-E is like a splendid sci fi treatment of Chaplin silent movie classic City Lights.
Eve’s home, the Axiom is a spaceship housing bloated, lazy consumer driven, cyber medicated Earthlings.
Humans these days are always sitting in front of screens - televisions, computers, DVD’s, Blue Ray Players, PlayStations, and as world technology goes into overdrive, these screens grow ever smaller – Ipods, cell phones, Blackberries… Why shouldn’t screens invade our personal space following us around wherever we go?
It’s the next logical step.
In this Consumer Overload Big Box World will we become the Wired Whales depicted in Wall-E constantly clicking for the Next Big Box Thing?
Wall-E’s tricket laden abode delivered another warning – the manual egg beater, bubble wrap, eight track tape, cassette player and the VCR repeatedly cranking Hello Dolly’s Put On Your Sunday Clothes. Wall-E found valid use for these discarded items in conjunction with his Ipod because in today’s disposable world, Wall-E’s wise enough to know that “everything old is new again”
So I'm putting on my Sunday clothes, finding my sweetie and leaving this screen. Like the song says …. “There's lots of world out there, put on your silk cravat and patent shoes, we're gonna find adventure in the evening air.”
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
I have an eyepopping press shot of George Carlin circa 1982 may he Rant in Peace. It hangs in a place of honour in my office, part of my Comic Rogue’s Photo Gallery.
It says “Hi Coral, Thanks George Carlin.” Underneath "Hi Coral" “Carol” is scratched out.
When I was 26, I contributed to the arts sections of two weekly newspapers.
Carlin’s New York publicists Rogers and Cowan granted my interview request. But the day of the scheduled chat, they said my fave counter culture guru had “escaped” from his office!
What the F%$####.K???? and Those Other Seven Words You Can Now Say!
I had two excited editors holding the presses for my story which was not to be.
The day of Carlin’s concert, backstage, I screwed up my courage armed only with tiny AIWA cassette recorder, determined to get an autograph and a radio station ID.
Pre show, Carlin who has been watching a ball game in the green room, clad in black and ball cap came up to me. “Hey, sorry about that interview stuff,” he said as I shook his hand. I said “That’s okay. But now you owe me. Would you do a station ID for me.”?
“Yeah, I guess so, gimme the call letters…”
Carlin did the ID, said his speedy goodbyes and left anxious to return to his game and smoke a pre-show joint. When I went to play my little audio gem there was NOTHING there. I frantically asked Front of House to find Carlin again.
He came back a little puzzled. “Hmmm... Lemme give this one more try.” ….
Apre sound bite, I boldly informed Carlin about my chats with comics Graham Chapman, Billy Connolly, and Dan Ackroyd.
“Wow, that’s a real rogue’s gallery. Listen, the next time I’m through here, call my office, tell them who you are, and I’ll chat with ya okay? Anytime…"
I never did get that second chat but I got TWO Station IDs.
Rant in Peace George Carlin, ever part of My Effing Rogue's Gallery Comic Wall.
Signed “Carol”
When I was 26, I contributed to the arts sections of two weekly newspapers.
Carlin’s New York publicists Rogers and Cowan granted my interview request. But the day of the scheduled chat, they said my fave counter culture guru had “escaped” from his office!
What the F%$####.K???? and Those Other Seven Words You Can Now Say!
I had two excited editors holding the presses for my story which was not to be.
The day of Carlin’s concert, backstage, I screwed up my courage armed only with tiny AIWA cassette recorder, determined to get an autograph and a radio station ID.
Pre show, Carlin who has been watching a ball game in the green room, clad in black and ball cap came up to me. “Hey, sorry about that interview stuff,” he said as I shook his hand. I said “That’s okay. But now you owe me. Would you do a station ID for me.”?
“Yeah, I guess so, gimme the call letters…”
Carlin did the ID, said his speedy goodbyes and left anxious to return to his game and smoke a pre-show joint. When I went to play my little audio gem there was NOTHING there. I frantically asked Front of House to find Carlin again.
He came back a little puzzled. “Hmmm... Lemme give this one more try.” ….
Apre sound bite, I boldly informed Carlin about my chats with comics Graham Chapman, Billy Connolly, and Dan Ackroyd.
“Wow, that’s a real rogue’s gallery. Listen, the next time I’m through here, call my office, tell them who you are, and I’ll chat with ya okay? Anytime…"
I never did get that second chat but I got TWO Station IDs.
Rant in Peace George Carlin, ever part of My Effing Rogue's Gallery Comic Wall.
Signed “Carol”
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
The richness of Jeff Healey's life is celebrated this weekend with the who's who of musicians performing razor sharp blues and timeless melodies of vintage jazz.
I have a feeling that Jeff is somewhere swaying, swinging and grinning along.
I first Jeff at age 21 backstage after one his great live rock and blues shows.
We talked about a possible interview for the Canadian music industry magazine The Music Scene. Knowing Jeff was a jazz enthusiast I told him I had recently acquired a Fletcher Henderson record at a flea market but couldn’t recall the title. Jeff was immediately curious to know what this title was.
The next day a warm dulcet tone graced my answering machine.
“Hi Coral. Jeff Healey here. I am not feeling so great. I wanted to take the train up and meet you somewhere in town because I like Kitchener, but I don’t think I will be able to make it. Would it be all right to do the interview at my place? Then you can see the rest of my jazz collection. Talk to you soon.”
That chat resulted in my first national cover story called Blues Power: At the Crossroads with Clive.
1988 was a banner year for The Jeff Healey Band. They signed with Clive Davis’ (Whitney Houston, Sly Stone, Janis Joplin) American record label Arista Records landing the deal of deals including complete control over any music released under Healey’s own RCA records deal in Canada.
The world will remember Jeff as one of the music’s finest guitar virtuosos touring the world with The Jeff Healey Band or in later years pursuing his great passion for of 20 and 30s jazz with his band The Jazz Wizards.
But I remember Jeff Healey as a soft spoken musicologist with a rampant wit, wise beyond his years. For a man who had been blind since the age of three, Jeff Healey had tremendous insight into music and life.
I first Jeff at age 21 backstage after one his great live rock and blues shows.
We talked about a possible interview for the Canadian music industry magazine The Music Scene. Knowing Jeff was a jazz enthusiast I told him I had recently acquired a Fletcher Henderson record at a flea market but couldn’t recall the title. Jeff was immediately curious to know what this title was.
The next day a warm dulcet tone graced my answering machine.
“Hi Coral. Jeff Healey here. I am not feeling so great. I wanted to take the train up and meet you somewhere in town because I like Kitchener, but I don’t think I will be able to make it. Would it be all right to do the interview at my place? Then you can see the rest of my jazz collection. Talk to you soon.”
That chat resulted in my first national cover story called Blues Power: At the Crossroads with Clive.
1988 was a banner year for The Jeff Healey Band. They signed with Clive Davis’ (Whitney Houston, Sly Stone, Janis Joplin) American record label Arista Records landing the deal of deals including complete control over any music released under Healey’s own RCA records deal in Canada.
The world will remember Jeff as one of the music’s finest guitar virtuosos touring the world with The Jeff Healey Band or in later years pursuing his great passion for of 20 and 30s jazz with his band The Jazz Wizards.
But I remember Jeff Healey as a soft spoken musicologist with a rampant wit, wise beyond his years. For a man who had been blind since the age of three, Jeff Healey had tremendous insight into music and life.
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
I discovered The December Man which opens today in Toronto, a year ago. I was researching one man show The Anorak.
Last year my theatre company PoorTom Productions presented the work of Murphy's former student Adam Kelly in his one man show The Anorak to small but engaged houses.
I discovered The December Man in 2007 when it premiered at Enbridge PlayRites Festival. Obviously, it’s not an easy play to watch, but anyone who has ever had family conflict will be able to relate. Similar to Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, in its structure, The December Man is written backwards with slice of life humour nuances as three characters unravel through an unspeakable tragedy.
The December Man deals with ripple effects of the Montreal Massacres and may or may not be based on Polytechnique student Sarto Blais, while The Anorak deals with the other side of the tragedy.
The Anorak as playwright Linda Griffiths noted is more “on the nose”, with Adam playing Marc Lépine. Adam who has performed the award winning monodrama in Montreal and Toronto,has since moved to New York planning to do The Anorak there. Murphy's cheering on her "sturdy" student hoping "Big Manhattan doesn't swallow him up"
Tom and I also wish Adam well but I also wish Colleen Murphy continued success with this TO play premiere.
As I hear of yet another high school lockdown, Canadian audiences need to support The December Man. In these dangerous times, we need playwrights like Colleen Murphy, Linda Griffiths, J Karol Korcynski, and Adam Kelly - prophetic voices who help us that chose progressive theatre aisles, to better comprehend the human condition.
I discovered The December Man in 2007 when it premiered at Enbridge PlayRites Festival. Obviously, it’s not an easy play to watch, but anyone who has ever had family conflict will be able to relate. Similar to Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, in its structure, The December Man is written backwards with slice of life humour nuances as three characters unravel through an unspeakable tragedy.
The December Man deals with ripple effects of the Montreal Massacres and may or may not be based on Polytechnique student Sarto Blais, while The Anorak deals with the other side of the tragedy.
The Anorak as playwright Linda Griffiths noted is more “on the nose”, with Adam playing Marc Lépine. Adam who has performed the award winning monodrama in Montreal and Toronto,has since moved to New York planning to do The Anorak there. Murphy's cheering on her "sturdy" student hoping "Big Manhattan doesn't swallow him up"
Tom and I also wish Adam well but I also wish Colleen Murphy continued success with this TO play premiere.
As I hear of yet another high school lockdown, Canadian audiences need to support The December Man. In these dangerous times, we need playwrights like Colleen Murphy, Linda Griffiths, J Karol Korcynski, and Adam Kelly - prophetic voices who help us that chose progressive theatre aisles, to better comprehend the human condition.
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
First the name change - now this – Marti Maraden and Don Shipley have left The Stratford Shakespeare Festival - Three Artistic Directors, Really? Really?
I thought changing the name from The Stratford Festival of Canada to The Stratford Shakespeare Festival was not the wisest thing to do – but that’s nothing compared to having three artistic directors that didn’t even last through one season.
Marti Maraden, (she will direct The Trojan Women, and All's Well That Ends Well ) and Don Shipley have abandoned their AD Posts..
That leaves The Music Man - Broadway’s Great New Hope Des McAnuff as The Captain.
Well he may have had a hit with Jersey Boys, The Who’s Tommy and the recent Farnsworth Invention and maybe he will do the same with upcoming biker’s Romeo and Juliet Cry Baby, but he's also responsible for 2000 box office disaster The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Was ANYBODY talkin’ to Bob de Niro after that?
For 2008, there's a much more international flair and Stratford is going back to the golden days of Stage Stars – bringing in the likes of box office draws like Christopher Plummer,Brian Dennehy, and Simon Callow BUT …
Meethinks the Festival's still in need of some serious cultural cavalry – so Thank God for Richard Monette who has come riding to the rescue.Say what you will about him, thou critics! I think he was brilliant - just the right mix of commercial and mind blowing theatre because one must happen to support the other.
Welcome to the real world of theatre these days.
Monette created The Studio Theatre where I have seen some of the best work ever produced from Harlem Duet, and Pentecost to Shakespeare’s Will. Kudos to Antoni Cimolino for bringing the Festival’s former King back to oversee Love’s Labour Lost while director Michael Langham recovers from a broken leg.
Zounds, one wonders what more will happen.
Did someone utter the name of the Scottish Play in the theatre?
Marti Maraden, (she will direct The Trojan Women, and All's Well That Ends Well ) and Don Shipley have abandoned their AD Posts..
That leaves The Music Man - Broadway’s Great New Hope Des McAnuff as The Captain.
Well he may have had a hit with Jersey Boys, The Who’s Tommy and the recent Farnsworth Invention and maybe he will do the same with upcoming biker’s Romeo and Juliet Cry Baby, but he's also responsible for 2000 box office disaster The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Was ANYBODY talkin’ to Bob de Niro after that?
For 2008, there's a much more international flair and Stratford is going back to the golden days of Stage Stars – bringing in the likes of box office draws like Christopher Plummer,Brian Dennehy, and Simon Callow BUT …
Meethinks the Festival's still in need of some serious cultural cavalry – so Thank God for Richard Monette who has come riding to the rescue.Say what you will about him, thou critics! I think he was brilliant - just the right mix of commercial and mind blowing theatre because one must happen to support the other.
Welcome to the real world of theatre these days.
Monette created The Studio Theatre where I have seen some of the best work ever produced from Harlem Duet, and Pentecost to Shakespeare’s Will. Kudos to Antoni Cimolino for bringing the Festival’s former King back to oversee Love’s Labour Lost while director Michael Langham recovers from a broken leg.
Zounds, one wonders what more will happen.
Did someone utter the name of the Scottish Play in the theatre?
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
Whether you saw them on DVD, Online or The Big Screen, here are my Oscar Picks for 2007.
This is it - the Night of Nights! with Faux Pundit Host Jon Stewart.
For my small part, our store Far Out Flicks has 2007 indee titles from The Lookout and Lust, Caution to The Namesake.
Here’s Mee Picks.
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men.
I first saw Bardem in The Sea Inside. Bardem deserves Oscar for his role as the ruthless Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There.
Todd Haynes' six dimensions of Bob Dylan is pure genius and Blanchett’s Jude – channels this enigmatic music minstrel.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Move over Courtney, Lisa and Brittany. A legendary forerunner has you beat for tragedy and talent. Cotillard is dazzling as French chanteuse Edith Piaf.
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood.
Daniel Day Lewis is winning awards galore for playing oil obsessed / morally conflicted Daniel Plainview this high octane action drama. There will be Oscar.
Best DirectorJoel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
I’m a Coens fan from 1984 debut Blood Simple to Fargo and Raising Arizona. (Briefly lost Coen Luster after Intolerable Cruelty) Visceral duster No Country for Old Men, gives them there Coen boys a potent comeback. Yippie-yay -yo-kay-yay, motherf***kers!
Best Picture - Atonement
Juno is 2007’s Little Miss Sunshine.So there’s that…But The Academy loves Sweeping Romantic Timeless Epics.
Animated Short – I Met the Walrus
Animated Feature – Ratatouille
FL. Documentary – Sicko!
Foreign Language Film – 12
Adapted Screenplay – Ronald Harwood - Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Original Screenplay – Diablo Cody – Juno
That’s All Folks.
For my small part, our store Far Out Flicks has 2007 indee titles from The Lookout and Lust, Caution to The Namesake.
Here’s Mee Picks.
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men.
I first saw Bardem in The Sea Inside. Bardem deserves Oscar for his role as the ruthless Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There.
Todd Haynes' six dimensions of Bob Dylan is pure genius and Blanchett’s Jude – channels this enigmatic music minstrel.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Move over Courtney, Lisa and Brittany. A legendary forerunner has you beat for tragedy and talent. Cotillard is dazzling as French chanteuse Edith Piaf.
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood.
Daniel Day Lewis is winning awards galore for playing oil obsessed / morally conflicted Daniel Plainview this high octane action drama. There will be Oscar.
Best DirectorJoel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
I’m a Coens fan from 1984 debut Blood Simple to Fargo and Raising Arizona. (Briefly lost Coen Luster after Intolerable Cruelty) Visceral duster No Country for Old Men, gives them there Coen boys a potent comeback. Yippie-yay -yo-kay-yay, motherf***kers!
Best Picture - Atonement
Juno is 2007’s Little Miss Sunshine.So there’s that…But The Academy loves Sweeping Romantic Timeless Epics.
Animated Short – I Met the Walrus
Animated Feature – Ratatouille
FL. Documentary – Sicko!
Foreign Language Film – 12
Adapted Screenplay – Ronald Harwood - Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Original Screenplay – Diablo Cody – Juno
That’s All Folks.
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
First off, one deadline at a time here. I had cool it in Blogsville because I had a crisis on my hands. Radio Waterloo CKMS FM 100.3 is in trouble.
I was helping CKMS fight for its life.
On the eighth day of Christmas My Recasting Choice would be
STRIPE - Ebenezer Scrooge – The Meanest Gremlin!
Ruby Deagle – Marley’s Ghost (re: Billy’s Dog Barney) – “He'll get what he deserves, a slow painful death. Maybe I'll put him in my spin-drier on high heat”. … hmmm … I’ll get you and your little dog too!
Grandfather - Ghost of Christmas Past – “You do with mugwai what your society... has done with all of nature's gifts. You do not understand.”
Gizmo - Ghost of Christmas Present – “ Bright Light, Bright Light…“ (Always happy Gizmo croons his joyful Mugwai song!)
Brain Gremlin – Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come – “Now, bear in mind, none of us has been in New York before. There are the Broadway shows - we'll have to find out how to get tickets.”
Bob Kratchit – Billy Peltzer – spends both movies trying to contain Gremlin epidemic and stop Stripe and Brain.
Mrs Kratchit – Kate Beringer – Helps Billy. “Billy, if we get through today alive, you're in big trouble.”
Mrs Dilber – Lynn Peltzer – Gizmo and COMPANY make one helluva mess and she always has to clean it up.
Old Fezziwig – Grandpa Fred
Eight Eating and rapidly multiplying Mugwai, attacking Seven Seething Fang Meisters feeding on six sit com siblings fighting over five bowls of lasagna for four Siamese shadows, scaring three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking lots of Romulan Ale in the Tree.
But during next The Four Days... Cindy Brady spills water on Mugwai who multiply and attack mutating Tribbles while feasting on Garfield’s lasagne. Tony Soprano, out of Prozac, at his wit's end, WHACKS everyone.
The PARTRIDGE calls 911.
On the eighth day of Christmas My Recasting Choice would be
STRIPE - Ebenezer Scrooge – The Meanest Gremlin!
Ruby Deagle – Marley’s Ghost (re: Billy’s Dog Barney) – “He'll get what he deserves, a slow painful death. Maybe I'll put him in my spin-drier on high heat”. … hmmm … I’ll get you and your little dog too!
Grandfather - Ghost of Christmas Past – “You do with mugwai what your society... has done with all of nature's gifts. You do not understand.”
Gizmo - Ghost of Christmas Present – “ Bright Light, Bright Light…“ (Always happy Gizmo croons his joyful Mugwai song!)
Brain Gremlin – Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come – “Now, bear in mind, none of us has been in New York before. There are the Broadway shows - we'll have to find out how to get tickets.”
Bob Kratchit – Billy Peltzer – spends both movies trying to contain Gremlin epidemic and stop Stripe and Brain.
Mrs Kratchit – Kate Beringer – Helps Billy. “Billy, if we get through today alive, you're in big trouble.”
Mrs Dilber – Lynn Peltzer – Gizmo and COMPANY make one helluva mess and she always has to clean it up.
Old Fezziwig – Grandpa Fred
Eight Eating and rapidly multiplying Mugwai, attacking Seven Seething Fang Meisters feeding on six sit com siblings fighting over five bowls of lasagna for four Siamese shadows, scaring three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking lots of Romulan Ale in the Tree.
But during next The Four Days... Cindy Brady spills water on Mugwai who multiply and attack mutating Tribbles while feasting on Garfield’s lasagne. Tony Soprano, out of Prozac, at his wit's end, WHACKS everyone.
The PARTRIDGE calls 911.
A Bloodsucker's Christmas Carol
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
If you don't know who these vamps are – Suck it Up and Look ‘Em Up!
On the Seventh Day of... Next Christmas! (at this rate!) My Recasting Choice would be.
Nosferatu – Ebenezer Scrooge – “I feed erratically, and often enormously.”
Dracula - Marley’s Ghost – “The Blood is life and it shall be mine. Blood has always been the coin of our realm.”
Marius de Romanus - Ghost of Christmas Past – “We have no more claim upon those we kill than any creature that seeks to live."If I hadn't become a vampire, I would have missed out on the Internet, TIVO, World of Warcraft... and GPS.
The Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt - Ghost of Christmas Present – “Tell me how bad I am. It always makes me feel good.”
Mick St John - Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - “If I hadn't become a vampire, I would have missed out on the Internet, TIVO, World of Warcraft... and GPS”
Claudia - Tiny Tim - "I shall never grow up.”
Mr. Cratchit – Louis de Point Du Lac – “What if all I have is my suffering, my regret? ”
Mrs. Chatchit – Jesse Reeves – “All a vampire has is time. I’m not as precious as you think.”
Mrs. Dilber - Miriam Blaylock - “When you need to feed, you will need me to show you how.”
Old Fezziwig – Grandpa Munster - “Oh, what I wouldn't give for a nice Bloody Mary. Or Dorothy or Emily.”
Seven Seething Fang Meisters feeding on Six Sit com siblings fighting over Five Bowls of Lasgana for Four Siamese shadows, scaring Three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking lots of Romulan Ale in the Tree.
Nosferatu – Ebenezer Scrooge – “I feed erratically, and often enormously.”
Dracula - Marley’s Ghost – “The Blood is life and it shall be mine. Blood has always been the coin of our realm.”
Marius de Romanus - Ghost of Christmas Past – “We have no more claim upon those we kill than any creature that seeks to live."If I hadn't become a vampire, I would have missed out on the Internet, TIVO, World of Warcraft... and GPS.
The Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt - Ghost of Christmas Present – “Tell me how bad I am. It always makes me feel good.”
Mick St John - Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - “If I hadn't become a vampire, I would have missed out on the Internet, TIVO, World of Warcraft... and GPS”
Claudia - Tiny Tim - "I shall never grow up.”
Mr. Cratchit – Louis de Point Du Lac – “What if all I have is my suffering, my regret? ”
Mrs. Chatchit – Jesse Reeves – “All a vampire has is time. I’m not as precious as you think.”
Mrs. Dilber - Miriam Blaylock - “When you need to feed, you will need me to show you how.”
Old Fezziwig – Grandpa Munster - “Oh, what I wouldn't give for a nice Bloody Mary. Or Dorothy or Emily.”
Seven Seething Fang Meisters feeding on Six Sit com siblings fighting over Five Bowls of Lasgana for Four Siamese shadows, scaring Three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking lots of Romulan Ale in the Tree.
The Brady Bunch Christmas Carol
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
This is ridiculous! Now I am starting to get requests. Merry Christian Orthodox Christmas in keeping with the situation!
On the Sixth Day of Christmas my Recasting Choice would be..
The Eternal Sister’s Shadow - Jan Brady – Ebenezer Scrooge – Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!”
Marcia Brady – Marley’s Ghost - Hates her nose, is "destroyed” when she gets braces, snitches on Brother Greg smoking, and wants to press charges when her diary is stolen.
Mrs. June Cleaver – Ghost of Christmas Past -TV’s Most Sensible Mom can handle these Brady Brats and say please.
Ghost of Christmas Present – Bobby, Peter, Greg, and Cindy Brady - always telling Jan what to do.
Lois Griffin – Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - “You all think Christmas just happens. You think all this goodwill just falls from the freakin' sky. Well, it doesn't! It falls out of my holly jolly butt! So you can cook your own damn turkey. Wrap your own damn presents. And hey, while you're at it, you can all ride a one horse open sleigh to hell!”
Mike Brady – Bob Kratchit – He's always working.
Carol Brady – Mrs. Kratchit left alone with three kids to raise… so SIX?
Cousin Oliver – Tiny Tim –Ooh! Oliver said the word sex in the last episode. Shades of Stewie Griffin yet to come?
Mrs. Dilber – Alice Nelson – “If there's anything I can't stand, it's a perfect kid. And SIX of 'em, yecch!
Mr Fezziwig – Sam the Butcher – gave Alice a Bowling Ball in lieu of an engagement ring. “When I saw it, I thought it was right up your alley.”
Six Sit Com Siblings fighting over Five Bowls of Lasagna for Four Siamese shadows, scaring Three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking Romulan Ale in theTree.
The Eternal Sister’s Shadow - Jan Brady – Ebenezer Scrooge – Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!”
Marcia Brady – Marley’s Ghost - Hates her nose, is "destroyed” when she gets braces, snitches on Brother Greg smoking, and wants to press charges when her diary is stolen.
Mrs. June Cleaver – Ghost of Christmas Past -TV’s Most Sensible Mom can handle these Brady Brats and say please.
Ghost of Christmas Present – Bobby, Peter, Greg, and Cindy Brady - always telling Jan what to do.
Lois Griffin – Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - “You all think Christmas just happens. You think all this goodwill just falls from the freakin' sky. Well, it doesn't! It falls out of my holly jolly butt! So you can cook your own damn turkey. Wrap your own damn presents. And hey, while you're at it, you can all ride a one horse open sleigh to hell!”
Mike Brady – Bob Kratchit – He's always working.
Carol Brady – Mrs. Kratchit left alone with three kids to raise… so SIX?
Cousin Oliver – Tiny Tim –Ooh! Oliver said the word sex in the last episode. Shades of Stewie Griffin yet to come?
Mrs. Dilber – Alice Nelson – “If there's anything I can't stand, it's a perfect kid. And SIX of 'em, yecch!
Mr Fezziwig – Sam the Butcher – gave Alice a Bowling Ball in lieu of an engagement ring. “When I saw it, I thought it was right up your alley.”
Six Sit Com Siblings fighting over Five Bowls of Lasagna for Four Siamese shadows, scaring Three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking Romulan Ale in theTree.
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Coral Andrews-Leslie
Coral Andrews-Leslie
Okay.. Okay I'm late for the 12 Days of A Christmas Carol just like last year. I was making rather merry... and HEY !!! – I have to have some downtime too ya know.
Meeee - Ow!
My four cats forced me to write this.
On the fifth day of Christmas my Recasting Choice would be….
Garfield - Ebenezer Scrooge – “All right, wise guy, I got another game for ya. It's called the "My Claw In Your Butt" game. Now let me out!”
Heathcliff - Marley’s Ghost – A Bad Tempered Orange 80’s No Nonsense Tabby
Old Deuteronomy - Ghost of Christmas Past – “Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time. He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession…” (just The Cat to teach Garfield some new human tricks)
The Cheshire Cat – Ghost of Christmas Present – (True. He's quite mad but he does have amazing insight into things…) – “You’ve picked up a bit of an attitude. Still curious and willing to learn I hope?”
Mr. Bigglesworth – Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - “That makes me angry and when Dr. Evil gets angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, and when Mr.Bigglesworth gets upset, people DIE.”
Top Cat – Bob Kratchit – T.C is always trying to get ahead and will do anything to make a buck.
Penelope – Mrs. Kratchit - Pepe Le Peu’s unfortunate amour. She can never catch a break. – “Le Meu.. Le Sigh…
Nermal - Tiny Tim - (He is very small…)
Mrs. Dilber – Grizzabella – “You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand and you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin.”
Old Fuzzywig – Bagpuss - “The Most Important, The Most Beautiful, The Most Magical... saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world.”
Five Bowls of Lasagna for Four Siamese shadows, scaring Three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking Romulan Ale in theTree.
My four cats forced me to write this.
On the fifth day of Christmas my Recasting Choice would be….
Garfield - Ebenezer Scrooge – “All right, wise guy, I got another game for ya. It's called the "My Claw In Your Butt" game. Now let me out!”
Heathcliff - Marley’s Ghost – A Bad Tempered Orange 80’s No Nonsense Tabby
Old Deuteronomy - Ghost of Christmas Past – “Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time. He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession…” (just The Cat to teach Garfield some new human tricks)
The Cheshire Cat – Ghost of Christmas Present – (True. He's quite mad but he does have amazing insight into things…) – “You’ve picked up a bit of an attitude. Still curious and willing to learn I hope?”
Mr. Bigglesworth – Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - “That makes me angry and when Dr. Evil gets angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, and when Mr.Bigglesworth gets upset, people DIE.”
Top Cat – Bob Kratchit – T.C is always trying to get ahead and will do anything to make a buck.
Penelope – Mrs. Kratchit - Pepe Le Peu’s unfortunate amour. She can never catch a break. – “Le Meu.. Le Sigh…
Nermal - Tiny Tim - (He is very small…)
Mrs. Dilber – Grizzabella – “You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand and you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin.”
Old Fuzzywig – Bagpuss - “The Most Important, The Most Beautiful, The Most Magical... saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world.”
Five Bowls of Lasagna for Four Siamese shadows, scaring Three dog-blasted-ornery-no-acount-long-eared-varmaints, Two bottles of Prozac and Tony Soprano joined by Yosemite Sam trying to whack the flea-bitten Tribble drinking Romulan Ale in theTree.
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