So, it ain’t “Oliver!” What it is is a surprisingly potent bowl of warming Christmas punch. Just as Albert Finney’s Scrooge imbibes from the Cup of Human Kindness, so the viewer is uplifted, welcome or welcome not, by the high Spirits of “Scrooge” (1970). Leslie Bricusse’s hit-and-miss musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic ends in an explosion of joy unrivaled in its boisterous onscreen ecstasy. Thank you very much, indeed!

I can’t say that last night’s discussion scaled quite those same delirious heights, but we did our best to wring the Dickens out of it.

Next week, it’s our hope to conclude 2022 with something very special indeed. Unless it falls through, which it probably will, in which case we’ll have to push it back to January and do something else instead. Watch this space for further developments!

At the very least, I won’t make the same mistake as last night and will be sure to have a cup of cheer on hand to toast you, when you join us in the comments section. We’ll be slow-dancing to Guy Lombardo on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., next Friday evening at 7:30 EST!

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