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To be human is to let go the hand of God, and so you, the creator, have to let your work be human: let the reader have your words, let emotion examine its own name. Let the hope of nothing, of an end, be where you begin. When letting go, say goodbye with both hands.
—B. J. Ward, closing lines to “Letter to Some Students Whom I May Never See Again After a Five Day Writing Workshop” from Landing in New Jersey With Soft Hands (North Atlantic Books, 1994)
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minionfan1024 · 6 months
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Happy birthday to B. J. Ward.
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savannah2012 · 2 years
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Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island Is Probably One Of My Favourite Scooby-Doo Movies. What’s Your Favourite Scooby-Doo Movie?
P.S : I’m About To Watch Scooby-Doo! And The Curse Of The 13TH Ghost.
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brokehorrorfan · 2 months
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Three classic Scooby-Doo movies are coming to Blu-ray on February 20 via Warner Archive: 1987's Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, 1988's Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, and 1988's Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
All three films star Don Messick as Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and Casey Kasem as Shaggy. The voice casts also include Sorrell Book, William Callaway, Victoria Carroll, B.J. Ward, Hamilton Camp, Jim Cummings, Susan Blu, and Remy Auberjonois.
The Reluctant Werewolf comes with the 1979 special Scooby Goes Hollywood in high definition as an extra. No other special features are included.
When Shaggy takes Scooby and Scrappy-Doo to the Southern plantation he's inherited from his Uncle Beauregard, they find a creepy manservant, a collection of ghostly tenants, and a fortune in family jewels hidden somewhere on the estate! Terrified, Scooby and Shaggy call in the services of the Boo Brothers - Freako, Streako and Meako - a team of barely scary ghosts. But as ghosts chase ghosts, they all chase Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy from one end of the estate to the other, through trap doors and secret tunnels, onto runaway contraptions and into dangerous booby traps, with hairbreadth escapes at every turn!
Pre-order Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers.
When Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy are hired as coaches at Miss Grimwood's Finishing School, they soon discover to their horror that they're not teaching at a girls' school… they're teaching at a ghouls' school-home to the daughters of rich and famous monsters, like Winnie the Werewolf, Elsa Frankenteen, Sibella Dracula and the Mummy's daughter. But the Scooby gang doesn't let a few monsters stop them from their task. They train the ghouls for a big sports tournament against the boys at a nearby military academy. And the ghouls win! But danger strikes at a Halloween celebration and it's Scooby and pals to the rescue!
Pre-order Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School.
When Dracula's venerable old werewolf retires to Florida, the vampire decides Shaggy will make the perfect replacement. Dracula locks Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and Shaggy's girlfriend, Googie, in his scary castle, where they are forced to dine on everything from frog fudge to spider souffle. And Shaggy becomes shaggier than ever when Dracula turns him into a werewolf! To become his old self, Shaggy must win the Monster Rally car race. But obstacles lurk around every bend: dangerous cliffs, lava pits, even vampire bees! And it will take everything Scooby and the gang can do to help Shaggy win.
Pre-order Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
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how did you get interested in opera? in my life, it’s always been framed as an ivory-tower inaccessible thing; if a person wants to get into it, where should they begin?
It started when I was little. To introduce me to classical music, my parents used the excellent Classical Kids series: a collection of audio stories for children that each depict a child either meeting a famous composer and having an adventure with him, or else entering a musical fairy tale. My favorite in that collection was Mozart's Magic Fantasy, in which a little girl named Sarah is magically transported into the story of The Magic Flute.
(Oh my God... the girl in that adaptation is named Sarah, and the heroine of my gender-bent Magic Flute retelling is named Sarisa! Did I subconsciously link them?)
A little later, a friend gave me a picture book of The Magic Flute that taught me the real, unaltered story of the opera, and a few years after that, I finally went to see a production onstage.
As I got a little older, my mom showed me the collection of opera on video at out local library, and I started checking them out: first The Magic Flute again, then La Traviata, La Bohéme, Carmen, Madame Butterfly, and Tosca. The choice of those passionate romantic tragedies was probably just right for hooking the melodramatic teenager I was at the time.
Around this time, my parents also went to see B.J. Ward (a woman best known as a prolific voice actress – for a while she was the official voice of both Betty Rubble and Velma Dinkley) in her one-woman show Stand-Up Opera. It consisted of her singing famous arias while also gently making fun of the genre with stand-up comedy. My parents bought the CD of the show and gave it to me, which also played a big role in teaching me to love opera. I would definitely recommend that album, even though her voice isn't that of a genuine opera star, because it wholeheartedly acknowledges the silly aspects of opera yet expresses love for it anyway, and lets you do the same.
For a very similar one-woman opera/comedy act with a real star singer, I might also recommend Julia Migenes's Diva on the Verge.
So that's my opera story. I hope it's helpful in some way.
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mashpoll · 5 months
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The Party (s7 e26): B.J. plans a party back in the States for the relatives of the 4077th, and it boosts the morale of both the soldiers and their loved ones.
The Foresight Saga (s9 e19): Colonel Potter receives a letter from Radar, and although the news is not so good, the solution might be sitting in the post op ward at the 4077th.
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Hindi Sa'yo Yan! (A Voltron Fanscript)
Kimberly: Jeremy?
AJ Locascio: Jeremy?
Josh: Hi Jeremy..i mean Lance.
Jeremy: i think jepoy said that Allurance...
Kimberly: What?!
AJ: Okay...no More Lotura..it's all yours...
Kimberly: it's not you Lotor. it's lance
Jeremy: Really?
(Flashback Starts)
(CHOIR SINGING "JEPOY!")
Jepoy: HOY!...Hindi sayo Yan!. kay Lance Mcclain!
Lotor: What!?
Allura: Goodbye Lotor
Lotor: WAIT!
Jepoy: allura..run
Honerva: go to Lance...Just Go!
(Back at bedroom)
(The two yelp, but turn as the hood is removed, showing a familiar smirking Princess Allura who smirks)
Lance: Allura?! YOU'RE ALIVE?!…i missed you so much!
Allura: Lance?..
Lance: WAIT…WHY'RE YOU MAD!???
Allura: I physically manifested here from space heaven just for this. Lance, for decaphobes i've watching you and keith dance around. you feeling for each other..and i am this close to losing it.
Lance: Your Fingers are touching.
Allura: Correct..
Lance: But i build this flower farm in you honour and was gonna spend the rest of my life spreading your message.
Allura: And that was sweet of you. but i didn't save all of reality for you wallow about it for the rest of your life.. so go get that quiznaking boy so i can finally rest in goddamned peace. Okay?…OKAY?
Lance: Uh Yup Definitely gonna do that…
Allura: Good. I'm glad we had this talk..
(Flashback Ends)
Jeremy: So Did i Rip It?..
A.J: I know..(He Ripped lotura)..lotura is no more..it's done..you can have that we're friend...fancy nancy is next
Jeremy: sure. Why not ..i'm jeremy shada nice to see you too..okay.
A.J: Let's voltron Dig In..
Jepoy: whether tragic or happy ending. ruined is ruined. stop watching voltron. save allura. and no more lotor but we need allura and lance is happy ending. and stop marrying lotor and stop fanart of lotor and allura. start making allurance fanart today. if never watch voltron on netflix is tragic. and ruined it you tragic. you must happy ending for it. to save allura.
B.J Ward: Stop Watching Voltron on netflix
Kimberly: Save Allura and Lance fanart today!
A.J. Locascio: No More Lotor Fanart. and Get Rid of Lotor Fanart. say goodbye to lotor forever..Lotura is no more!..for good..
Josh Keaton: It's not just a Show...stop it..get some help stop marrying lotor. ever.
Jeremy Shada: please don't tragic it. stop watching it. it's not good. respect yourselves. get a life. create you memories...today
Bex Taylor-Klaus: Respect a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. to a peaceful of it.. don't fanart lotor.
Ashleigh Ball: please stop watching voltron. happy life is your life..
Jepoy: So be bold enough to say: HINDI SA'YO YAN. BAWAL MANOOD NG VOLTRON!. WE ARE #ALLURANCE!
Josh Keaton: STOP WATCH VOLTRON!
ALL: OR ELSE!
V.O: A Public Service Announcement from Dreamworks, World Events Productions, Netflix and TeamSofiaDashers..
#STOPWATCHINGVOLTRONONNETFLIX #SAVEALLURANCE
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longhomes · 1 year
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Supercal mary poppins
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The stage production was created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who wrote the book and Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre.įor tickets, show information and performance schedule, visit . The main dev doesn't want to open source it and a project like that can't rely on a single man. Sherman, with new songs by Olivier Award winners George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. The score boasts the film's Academy Award-winning music and lyrics by Richard M. Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul & Mary) Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Del Shannon) Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Paul Anka) The Rainbow Connection (Muppet Movie) Raindrops Keep Falling (B.J. Travers' stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film. Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, is based on P.L. The Broadway cast stars Steffanie Leigh in the title role and Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee as Bert. Its supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it Is something quite. Worldwide to date, the show has grossed over $731 million and welcomed more than 10 million guests. Lyrics: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious From Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins is the third Disney Theatrical Productions show (following Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King) and the fifth Cameron Mackintosh show (joining Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon) to play five or more years on Broadway. Mary Poppins - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Lyrics Its supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/ Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious/. Ward 4-2 constituent Emily Frick (Mary Poppins) did a spell. 23 at 2 PM, the musical becomes the 23rd longest-running show in Broadway history, surpassing The Producers. So much fun at last nights cast party honoring the cast and crew of Mary Poppins lead by our fearless long time Director Terry Sands. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious(In the Style of Mary Poppins) Its. 20, the production played its 2,500th performance, and on Nov. Read the complete lyrics of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - London Cast Recording by Charlotte Spencer, Mary Poppins Cast, Gavin Lee, Harry Stott. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious(Mary Poppins) Um diddle diddle diddle. The family-friendly musical began previews at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street) Oct. It was thought to be impossible to pronounce without destroying the universe, but it was later discovered by Mary Poppins that it only creates a black hole. Production Photos: A First Look at Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Paper Mill Playhouse
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the-flying-mcquacks · 3 years
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I just found out the voice actress for Loopey and Birdie McQuack B.J Ward Is a licensed aviator.
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marvelsaos · 4 years
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30-Day AoS Challenge Day 1 Favourite Season
S1 is absolutely my all time favourite. I mean just look at Skye, baby FS, the Bus, all the Philinda moments sprinkled here and there and he who shall not be named. We got to see how the team came together, how relationships formed and the journey the’ve been through to become the people they are today. It has planted seeds for the next few seasons to come. S1 was so spectacular it will always have a special place in my heart.
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To be human is to let go the hand of God,       and so you, the creator, have to let your work be human:          let the reader have your words,            let emotion examine its own name.       Let the hope of nothing,                          of an end,                      be where you begin.       When letting go,                                     say goodbye with both hands.
—B. J. Ward, closing lines to “Letter to Some Students Whom I May Never See Again After a Five Day Writing Workshop” from Landing in New Jersey With Soft Hands (North Atlantic Books, 1994)
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minionfan1024 · 2 years
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Happy Birthday to B.J. Ward.
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mmmilsom · 5 years
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B.J. Ward/Vocal-Ease
B.J. ウォード「ヴォーカル・イーズ」
「ソフトロックの伝説」はその後どこへ?
   冒頭で歌われるラフマニノフの「ヴォカリーズ」とかけた題名、淡い色調のポートレートの静かで、暖かく、どことなく寂しげな佇まい......どこを切り取っても美しい名作。    上質なアレンジメントや、B.J.ウォードの透明感あふれる歌声が繰り出すフレーズの美しさから、ソフトロックの再評価が進んだ90年代には誰もが認める「伝説の名盤」と化したにもかかわらず、なぜか今に至るまで一度もリイシューされず、ソフトロック熱が冷めて久しい今も4万円前後という驚異的な価格で取引され続けている作品です。  Discogsのコメント欄にも「レコード会社が売れ線の作品を手を変え品を変え出し続けている間に、本当にリイシューすべきこの素晴らしいアルバムのマスターテープはアーカイヴの中で腐敗してゆくんだ」(ものすごい意訳)と、リイシューされないことへの苛立ちをあらわにしたコメントが付いていますね。個人的にもリイリューされないことは本当に本当にもったいなく感じています。なぜリイシューされないのでしょうね?謎です。  この作品がいかにすばらしいかは、たくさんの音楽ファンの方が熱のこもったレビューをされている一方、B.J.ウォードという人物に関しては日本語の情報がほとんどなく、「1枚のソロアルバムを発表し姿を消した幻の歌手」みたいな扱いになっていたので、このアルバムの主人公であるB.J.ウォードが何者なのかをもう少し調べるために(あやふやな英語力と混濁した読解力で)見つけてきた情報を、ここに一通りまとめてみることにします。
アルバム「Vocal-Ease」について
 まず、この作品はアメリカ人の歌手B.J.ウォード("B.J. ワード"とも)が、オランダで録音をしたアルバムで、オランダの「Catfish」レーベルから発表されました。
 この作品がなかなかリイシューがされないのは、発売元が「Catfish」というオランダの耳馴染みのないレーベルだからなのかな?と思ったりもしたのですが、この「Catfish」レーベルはBovema-EMI(EMIオランダの前身。現在はユニバーサル傘下)が立ち上げたブランド。世界4大レーベルのひとつと言われたあのEMI系列の作品なんですよね。同じくEMIを構成していた英国コロンビアのように「メジャーレーベルだけど大人の事情でリイシューできない」作品がゴロゴロ存在する例がありますから一概には言えませんが、もし本当にレコード会社が存在価値に気づかぬまま、ただ「腐敗」させているだけだとしたら......。
 そんなの嫌だーーーーーー!!!誰かリイシューしてーーーー!!!!!神様ーーーーーーーーー!!!!!
 失礼しました。話を戻します。アルバムのプロデューサーは、ヨープ・フィッセール(Joop Visser)。学生時代にオランダでシングルヒットを飛ばした経験を持つ彼は、1969年頃から73年頃までオランダEMIで働いていました。
 そして全編に渡りアレンジを務めているのは、1950年代から活躍(2019の現在もご健在、御年なんと92歳!)するアメリカ人ジャズピアニストのドン・トレナー。
 本作発表以前に、ドン・トレナーはナンシー・ウィルソンとともにオランダを含む欧州各地で公演を行った(1968年)ほか、1960年から続くオランダの音楽賞「Grand Gala Du Disque(のちのEdison Award)」に参加していたらしく(このあたりは資料が無さすぎて事実確認が殆どできていません…違っていたらごめんなさい…)、それらの流れでヨープ・フィッセールとも出会っていたようです。
 ではなぜそこにB.J.ウォードが加わるのかというと、実はB.J.ウォードとドン・トレナーは夫婦だったのです。ここで、B.J.ウォードの経歴を(あやふやな読解力と以下省略)振り返ってみましょう。
B.J. ウォードについて
 B.J.ウォードは1944年9月16日、アメリカのデラウェア州生まれ。本名はBetty Jean Ward。ミュージカルの舞台女優を志して1960年代にニューヨークへ渡りました。そして、
「1964年3月10日、『ABC's Nightlife』で歌うことになり、緊張しながら入ったABCテレビのスタジオで、番組の音楽ディレクターをしていたドン・トレナーと出会」い、1966年5月22日にドン・トレナーと結婚。それを機にLAへ移住します。そのLAで、ソフト・ロックグループ「Inner Dialogue(インナー・ダイアログ)」に加入。1969年にグループ名義のアルバムを発表します。そして翌1970年、B.J.ウォードは夫ドン・トレナーとともにオランダへ飛び、本作「Vocal-Ease」を録音するわけです。
 ネット上では本作の製作時期について「1974年作品」説や「1971年」説、「1970年」説などありますが、1970年12月19日付のBillboardには
「B.J. Wardが11月の間にBovemaのスタジオでアレンジャーのDon Trenner(原文ママ)とプロデューサーであるBovemaのJoop Visserと録音を敢行」
との情報が。さらに、
「アルバムのタイトルは"Focalise"。1月の初めに発売する予定。」
とも。
 ……………(いろいろツッコみたいけど)本盤が1970年録音ということはほぼ間違いないでしょう。
 録音が1970年に行われ、翌年早々に発売する予定でいたことを考えると1974年発売という説は少々疑わしいかもしれません。ただ、ドン・トレナー著「Leave It To Me... My Life In Music」には1974年作品と書いてあります。結局どういうことなんだこれ。
 本作がオランダで録音された直接的な理由はわかりませんでしたが、もしかしたら忙しさの中で結婚4年目を迎えた二人にとってはこれがハネムーンの代わりだったのかもしれません。
 ...すみません、知りもしないのにかっこつけました。ごめんなさい。
アルバム「Vocal-Ease」以降
 B.J.ウォードは「Vocal-Ease」録音後、アメリカに戻ってスケッチコメディ劇団「The Groundlings」とのツアーを経験。1978年には、ハンナ=ハーベラプロダクション制作のテレビアニメシリーズ「Jana of the Jungle」で、主人公Janaの声優を務めるなど、声優・舞台女優としての仕事を獲得してゆきます。1980年代に入るとアニメ「地上最強のエキスパートチーム G.I.ジョー」でスカーレットの役を演じたことで、アメリカ声優界のレジェンドとしての地位を築きました。
 並行して音楽活動も続け、特にスタンドアップ・コメディとオペラを組み合わせたパフォーマンス「スタンドアップ・オペラ」は高く評価され、ニューヨーク・デイリーニューズ紙は彼女を「オペラ界のヴィクター・ボーグ(Victor Borge)」と絶賛しました。
 70代を迎えた現在も第一線で活躍しており、2000年代以降はマーシャル・ベアラーの楽曲を歌った「B.J. Ward Sings Marshall Barer」をコンコード・レーベルから発表していたり、CAPCOM制作のゲーム「新 鬼武者 DAWN OF DREAMS」では「お初」の声を吹き替えしたりしています。
1978年の6月にドン・トレナーと離婚したB.J.ウォードですが、離婚したあとも友人として関係は続き、「Vocal-Ease」から40年以上時を下った2015年、二人は再びタッグを組んでアルバム「Double Feature」を発表���その翌年には続編の「Double Feature 2」も出しています。
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 ところで、Wardさんって日本語表記は「ワード」なのかな?「ウォード」なのかな?Wikipediaだと北米出身のWardさんは「ウォード」率高め、英連邦出身は「ワード」さん率高めな気がする。気のせいかな。こういうの地味に困る。ほんと困る。
 どれぐらい困るかって言ったらスウェーデン人の「Lindberg」さんの日本語表記例が「リンドバーグ」「リンドベルグ」「リンドベルイ」「リンドベリ」「リンドバリ」の5種類が出てきたときの次ぐらいに困った。
 もしも「ワード」のほうが都合が良くなってきたら「ワード」で統一することにします。
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dichenlachmandaily · 4 years
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AGENTS OF SHIELD Panel – Wizard World Virtual Experiences 2020
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actors Adrian Pasdar, B.J. Britt, Brett Dalton, Briana Venskus, Dichen Lachman, Jeff Ward, Mallory Jansen, Max Osinski and Christopher Baker gave a virtual panel through Wizard World Virtual Experiences 2020 to talk about the show, their careers and answer fan questions.
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princesssarisa · 1 year
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A Christmas Carol Holiday Season: "A Flintstones Christmas Carol" (1994 animated feature)
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Here we find yet another classic family franchise, The Flintstones, giving its characters the Dickensian treatment. While less well-known than Mr. Magoo's, Mickey Mouse's, or the Muppets' versions, this Carol starring "the modern Stone Age family" has also been a TV mainstay during the holiday season and has probably introduced a fair amount of children to Dickens's story. It's also a bittersweet landmark in Flintstones history, as it was the last cartoon to feature Jean Vander Pyl and Don Messick, the original voices of Wilma Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble, and Henry Corden, the second and longest-running voice of Fred Flintstone. (Barney and Betty Rubble, meanwhile, are voiced by Frank Welker and B.J. Ward, as their original performers had already died.) For that reason alone, it's worthwhile for any Flintstones fan to watch.
Much like Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, this Christmas Carol is framed as a stage play: the Bedrock Community Theater's Christmas Eve performance of the classic story by "Charles Brickens." Unlike the Magoo version, however, this one has more of a plot outside the play. Said plot is that Fred's casting as "Ebonezer Scrooge" (i.e. "E-bone-ezer") has swelled his ego, and he can think of nothing except his starring role, even forgetting to buy Christmas presents and forgetting to pick Pebbles up from daycare. Meanwhile, a seasonal stomach flu, "the Bedrock Bug," spreads through the play's cast, forcing stage-manager Wilma to take the roles of both the Ghost of Christmas Past and Belle. Ultimately, performing Scrooge's journey teaches Fred to be less selfish as well – although he still contracts a karmic case of the Bedrock Bug at the end.
As for the Christmas Carol portion itself, it's surprisingly faithful to the original – apart from the pseudo-prehistoric setting, of course. Alongside Fred and Wilma, the play features Barney doubling as "Bob Cragit" and Fezziwig, Betty as Mrs. Cragit, Bamm-Bamm as Tiny Tim, and Mr. Slate as the ghost of "Jacob Marbley." The setting is Piltdown (a reference to the "Piltdown Man" fossil hoax) rather than London, nephew Fred is renamed Ned to avoid confusion with Fred Flintstone, and the happy ending takes some liberties, with Scrooge making Bob his new partner (a la Mickey's Christmas Carol), and with Fred and Wilma improvising a reunion and reconciliation between Scrooge and Belle. But much of the book's original dialogue is used, and the story's emotions are given due weight.
This is no definitive Christmas Carol in the least, but if you're a fan of The Flintstones, it still offers plenty to enjoy.
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Ranking “AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.” Seasons
Here is my personal ranking of the six seasons of “AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.” . . . so far:
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Season One (2013-2014)
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Season Four (2016-2017)
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Season Three (2015-2016)
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Season Five (2017-2018)
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Season Two (2014-2015)
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Season Six (2019)
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