Welcome to Saturday Morning Adventures - ThePopBreak.com's audio appreciation for all things animated.
What better way to celebrate the holidays than by talking about the 40th Anniversary of the television debut of Mickey's Christmas Carol. On December 10, 1984, Disney's Oscar-nominated short film adaptation of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol premiered on NBC.
Pop Break's editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin is the host and is joined by special guest Michelle Chapman (Roses & Rejections Podcast) to discuss the special. The two wax poetic about seeing the film for the first time as kids, how the film has aged over the past 40 years, showing the special to their respective children and why this is an elite version of the classic Christmas tale.
They also tangent on how awful the Guy Pearce starring version of the film was and the insidiousness of Cocomelon for some laughs. They also discuss the shorts that have appeared before the film and have a long conversation about all their favorite holiday offerings at Disney World.
