SCROOGE'S ROCK N' ROLL CHRISTMAS (TV)
Summary
A Christmas special featuring performances of Christmas standards by several rock performers.
Highlights include: several scenes featuring Jack Elam as Ebenezer Scrooge, and a young woman attempting to instill him with Christmas spirit with the advent of a “magic snow globe”; Three Dog Night performing “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree”; Merrilee Rush performing “White Christmas”; Paul Revere and the Raiders performing “Jingle Bells”; Bridget performing “Some People See Him”; Revere and the Raiders performing “The Christmas Song”; Mary MacGregor and Mike Love performing “Do You Hear What I Hear?”; Love and Dean Torrence performing “Jingle Bell Rock”; The Association performing “Sleigh Ride” and “Home For the Holidays”; Bobby Goldsboro performing “Winter Wonderland”; and Love appearing alongside Elam, singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: Syndication
- DATE: November 30, 1984
- RUNNING TIME: 0:42:17
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 109089
- GENRE: Music; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Specials
- SERIES RUN: Syndication - TV, 1984
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Rex Sparger … Executive Producer, Writer
- Dan Dusek … Coordinating Producer
- Bob Franchini … Producer, Director
- Faye Oshima … Associate Producer
- Lou Tedesco … Director
- Association, The … Performer
- Bobby Goldsboro … Performer
- Mike Love … Performer
- Mary MacGregor … Performer
- Paul Revere … Performer
- Raiders, The … Performer
- Merrilee Rush … Performer
- Three Dog Night … Performer
- Dean Torrence … Performer
- Bridget … Performer
- Jack Elam … Cast, Ebenezer Scrooge
- Lee Benton … Cast, The Girl