Christmas
Scrooge the movie script
20/12/08
What about this for a new screen play for a Scrooge movie script?
Scrooge says that charity begins at home. True to his beliefs, he embarks on his cut-price travels around the Western world with joke airline FlyMayBe. The miser is spotted dropping a few pennies into the hats of several new beggar men lining high streets in London, Paris, New York, Brussels.
Numbered amongst those penniless drop-outs outside empty stores are 3 clueless ex-directors - one from Woolworth UK, one from Tweeter USA, and the other one who ran the economy, Spain... Zoom in on the faces. How it must hurt a captain of industry to be in receipt of a scroogey donation, and a knowing wink from a person who knows you have no talent worth a fat-cat bonus.
Stepping over the beggars, and shuffling into the few remaining retail outlets still open, Scrooge spends hours picking through the racks for bargain-priced fingerless gloves. His wrists are too thick from counting all his money, so he plumps for a holey scarf instead.
Thinking of others, he thinks about purchasing an organic goose past its sell-by date, for Tiny Tim and his family. He asks the sales people, "Will you still be in business next Christmas, in case I want to return it?"
Some critics in the store question if Scrooge has made a mistake by not holding out on purchases till after the New Year, when deflation is forecast to really kick in. However, he is nothing if not a canny bugger, and he says he is betting that in January, President elect Obama is going to put an end to the spiraling deflationary ghost of Christmas present - by taking measures to keep inflation rising for many a Christmas future.
What do you think? And even if it doesn't become a blockbuster, do you think Scrooge is on to something with a Barack bail-out, or will Gucci be discounting their Gucci belts at 70% off for the forseeable future?
And if you don't know what Scrooge, Tiny Tim and A Christmas Carol are all about...
And now, for some mean Christmas spirited entertainment from Santa Stephen Colbert, patron saint of satire.
And really finally, if you don't believe in Santa or Recession, let me tell you that Slade have modified their Merry Christmas Everybody anthem, by updating the immortal shouted-out line "It's Christmas!" to "It's recession!")
Scrooge says that charity begins at home. True to his beliefs, he embarks on his cut-price travels around the Western world with joke airline FlyMayBe. The miser is spotted dropping a few pennies into the hats of several new beggar men lining high streets in London, Paris, New York, Brussels.
Numbered amongst those penniless drop-outs outside empty stores are 3 clueless ex-directors - one from Woolworth UK, one from Tweeter USA, and the other one who ran the economy, Spain... Zoom in on the faces. How it must hurt a captain of industry to be in receipt of a scroogey donation, and a knowing wink from a person who knows you have no talent worth a fat-cat bonus.
Christmas present bargain hunting
Stepping over the beggars, and shuffling into the few remaining retail outlets still open, Scrooge spends hours picking through the racks for bargain-priced fingerless gloves. His wrists are too thick from counting all his money, so he plumps for a holey scarf instead.
Thinking of others, he thinks about purchasing an organic goose past its sell-by date, for Tiny Tim and his family. He asks the sales people, "Will you still be in business next Christmas, in case I want to return it?"
Some critics in the store question if Scrooge has made a mistake by not holding out on purchases till after the New Year, when deflation is forecast to really kick in. However, he is nothing if not a canny bugger, and he says he is betting that in January, President elect Obama is going to put an end to the spiraling deflationary ghost of Christmas present - by taking measures to keep inflation rising for many a Christmas future.
Finally
What do you think? And even if it doesn't become a blockbuster, do you think Scrooge is on to something with a Barack bail-out, or will Gucci be discounting their Gucci belts at 70% off for the forseeable future?
And if you don't know what Scrooge, Tiny Tim and A Christmas Carol are all about...
And now, for some mean Christmas spirited entertainment from Santa Stephen Colbert, patron saint of satire.
And really finally, if you don't believe in Santa or Recession, let me tell you that Slade have modified their Merry Christmas Everybody anthem, by updating the immortal shouted-out line "It's Christmas!" to "It's recession!")
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