Jacob Marley Is Dead

Jacob Marley Is Dead

An exhaustive, harrowing, and often hilarious exploration of the many many TV and film adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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December 17, 2024 189 mins

Gary Oldman in a CGI mutant flesh suit.


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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What if Scrooge, but with atomic bombs?


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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We're back! And we are reviewing an odd couple of Christmas Carol adaptations...

Yes, that is a joke about Walter Matthau. Fight me.


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December 19, 2022 145 mins

We're back! And we're reviewing what is technically a sequel. Good afternoon.


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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January 10, 2022 1 min

Frodo Lives is a brand new Podcast where we will be reading and discussing one chapter of The Lord of the Rings each week. We will also be supplementing our discussion with deep dives into the other work's of Tolkien as we build on our own understanding of his word and the figures that populate his books.

Email frodolivespod@gmail.com with your own thoughts about the chapters we are reading and we will read your thoughts out on the ...

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End of an era. *crying emoji*


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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Fine guys, we're doing it. Jeeze.


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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Scrooge looks like Rocky halfway through Rocky 3.


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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"Dickens, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!"


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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December 1, 2021 108 mins

This one's for the boomers.


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License: ht...

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November 18, 2021 135 mins

One episode a month isn't bad...


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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Trigger Warning: This episode deals with the sexual assault an adult.


Turns out we didn't ghost you...ironically.


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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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Trigger Warning: This episode deals with the sexual assault of a minor and an adult.


"But is there such a thing as too edgy?" - Stephen Knight (probably)


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Admit it, you've always wanted Scrooge to say the F word.


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Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com

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Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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All hail the mouse, all hail the mouse. But seriously, this one is actually pretty good.


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CREDITS

Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

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June 21, 2021 124 mins

Jimmy's version of our film is missing 17 minutes of footage. That's just the kind of professionalism one can expect from the high quality production we run here at Jacob Marley is Dead. Enjoy 1935's "Scrooge"!


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Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com

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Jimmy sings 90s R&B while two CGI mice have a hot make out sesh.

It's all par for the course in foggy London town as we wrap up our discussion of Jimmy Murakami's 2001 animated film, Christmas Carol (colon) The Movie!


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Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com

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Can Nicholas Cage, Kate Winslet, and a pair of cartoon mice save the sick Victorian urchins from the stingiest version of Mr. Scrooge we have seen so far? 

Find out this week as we watch the animated "Christmas Carol: The Movie"! 


CONTACT

Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com

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DAE Scrooge but in reverse?

This week we are watching the hilarious Blackadder Christmas Special!


CONTACT

Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com

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CREDITS

Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-...

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You all remember that classic Christmas Carol scene with Bernadette the nun from Pennsylvania, right?


CONTACT

Comments, questions, and gruel recipes can be directed to jacobmarleyisdead@gmail.com

Follow us on twitter @marleyisdeadPOD


CREDITS

Cover art by Milo Neuman Follow him on twitter @MiloNeuman And check out his webcomic: https://www.dimitracomics.com

I Saw Three Ships by Ben DeVries is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommer...

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