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Bill Murray in Scrooged (1988)

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Scrooged

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Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Last Rites/Oliver & Co./The Land Before Time/Far North/Child's Play (TV Episode 1988)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Cocoon: The Return/Full Moon in Blue River/Scrooged/Hanna's War/Buster (TV Episode 1988)

      Reviewed.
    • Annie Lennox & Al Green: Put a Little Love in Your Heart (Music Video 1988)

      features clips from the film
    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Worst Films of 1988 (TV Episode 1989)

      One of their picks.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" You Blew It! (TV Episode 1990)

      Clips shown.

Features

    • A Christmas Carol (1938)

    • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    • The Howdy Doody Show (TV Series 1947–1960)

    • Candid Camera (TV Series 1948–1952)

      Seen on tv.
    • The Lone Ranger (TV Series 1949–1957)

Referenced in

    • "D.C. Follies" Reagan Auditions for a Part on 'Dynasty' (TV Episode 1988)

      John Forsythe jokes that the reason he looked so shriveled and eerie in Scrooged is because he used Tammy Fake Bakker's makeup man.
    • "Camp Midnite" Show 110 (TV Episode 1989)

      Michael J. Pollard appears; the film is mentioned.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Quick Change/Arachnophobia/Ghost/The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine/Jetsons: The Movie (TV Episode 1990)

      Referenced during the "Quick Change" review.
    • "WWE Raw" Double J Meets Rip Taylor (TV Episode 1994)

      Promoted during the show.
    • Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (Video Game 1999)

      The mission of the Holiday Channel is called "Totally Scroged" (it has a Xmas theme).

References

    • King Kong (1933)

      Frank says there should be a giant ape climbing up a NYC tower.
    • The Wizard of Oz (1939)

      The Ghost of Christmas Present is modeled on Glinda and says some of the same lines.
    • Citizen Kane (1941)

      Frank Cross repeats the line from Citizen Kane: "I'll have a highball, too."
    • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

      Spoofed extensively.
    • I Love Lucy (TV Series 1951–1957)

      Mentioned in Dialogue.

Remade as

    • Scrooged

      Remake of the 1988 comedy about a curmudgeon TV executive haunted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

Spoofed in

    • Happy Gilmore (1996)

      At the end of both movies, characters are waved at by the ghosts who helped him, along the way. Only he sees them, and several have "angel" wings.
    • A Very Murray Christmas (TV Special 2015)

      At the bar scene, Bill Murray presents himself as a ghost of Christmas. In 'Scrooged (1988)' he, as a miser boss, was visited by Christmas ghosts.
    • Not Another Christmas Movie (2025)

      references to the film

Spoofs

    • Lassie Come Home (1943)

      Frank puts on a dog costume to play Lassie.
    • I Love Lucy (TV Series 1951–1957)

      promo for "Father Loves Beaver," combining titles of 3 family sitcoms of 1950s
    • Father Knows Best (TV Series 1954–1960)

      promo for "Father Loves Beaver," combining titles of 3 family sitcoms of 1950s
    • Leave It to Beaver (TV Series 1957–1963)

      promo for "Father Loves Beaver," combining titles of 3 family sitcoms of 1950s
    • Cleopatra (1963)

      Frank spoofs Mark Antony's scenes from this picture.

Version of

    • Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (Short 1901)

      based on the same story
    • A Christmas Carol (Short 1908)

      based on the same story
    • A Christmas Carol (Short 1910)

      based on the same story
    • The Virtue of Rags (Short 1912)

      based on the same story
    • Old Scrooge (Short 1913)

      based on the same story

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