Best Christmas music, EVER! Jule Style & Bob Merrill composed a soundtrack that I think is far superior, both lyrically & melodically, to Rudolph. This movie/musical has been underappreciated for too long!!
That song was burned into my memory about 48 years ago...I am 58 today. It's like taking a stroll down memory lane when I hear this song. I love this song, thanks for sharing it.
I'm sad that this christmas classic is often forgotten. I watched this movie endlessly as a very small child, and I still remember the songs to this day, but I have never, in my adult life, found another person who had even heard of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. I'm glad to know now that over one hundred thousand people also loved this movie as I did.
It almost makes me feel...dare I stoop to this level of corny sentimentality?...
God, I could have sung that song as a child......even while I was surrounded by family and the biggest city in the United States. Nothing is lonely if not the loneliness you feel surrounded by those who are suppose to love you.
This was the first great Xmas cartoon show that delivered original music. Peanuts and Rudolph got all the attention but Magoo paved the way in 1962- two years before Rudolph. I say it's the best music ever for any Xmas show, animated or not!
Salute to Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, who wrote Funny Girl soon after.
This is one of my favorite versions of A Christmas Carol (up there with "Scrooged"), and the music is just fantastic. Some of the best music I've ever heard in a Christmas movie.
This song may be the best in the whole movie too. But that's not to take away from how epic all the other songs in this movie are.
The two best Christmas specials ever are THIS and Charlie Brown's Christmas. The only two with the sweetness and depth of feeling that the season deserves!
This is a great song filled with memories. I saw this special when I was a little girl when it first aired and have watched it since. I feel that this is the best of all of the Christmas programs. Thanks for posting!
I saw this when it first came out my dad died when I was three,No family and all through my growing years I seemed to be an outsider even in a crowd,There was that special girl to me,I however was deftly shy,and she never knew how much I cared for her even dreaming later in life that I had married her,she as far I know has never married never had kids neither did I,She lives in Atlanta GA.Oh if I could turn back time and if nothing else just tell her how I felt for her,I'm all alone in the world
@masonfssr Google or Facebook the person. You never know. She may still be out there and it's never too late. If you can get love for at least a small portion of your life, then it's worth it. I don't know you, but I am praying for your happiness. Be blessed. :-)
@masonfssr Hi friend. I don't know if you would call me a "Romantic", but I am optimistic and do believe in the power of prayer. Simply put, I believe in the power of a true and tender heart. I hope that "she" is out there for you. Vous avez un coeur tendre.
Last night I had a moment, and I thought about this song, I miss my mom, grandparents and long gone family members. In times like these, you need to embrace family and most of mine are now deceased. Christmas isn't the same...
@CreativeLib This is the first Christmas without my dad, so I know what you mean. It's not the same, but there is still love to be found and still more love to give. Some organization or even neighbor or friend really could use the gift of your time. Merry Christmas and be blessed.
@trinbajam I'm sorry for your loss. Just ran across this show on tv tonight. It was my dad's favorite and it drew me here to look and listen some more. Wishing you well this holiday.
This a sad song but so true ,i am crying now i dedicate to my Brother Zig we use to watch this when we were young and now he s gone.RIP ZIG I will make it.
I looked for this song because I remembered it from so long ago. And because of how I was feeling. Now that I've found it, I feel infintely worse. WHY CAN'T WE GET ALONG IN THIS WORLD?
Program originally aired Dec. 1962. Jim Backus was the voice of Mr. Magoo, who plays Ebenezer Scrooge here. In the "All Alone in the World" song, Marie Matthews is the voice of the child Scrooge.
Thanks for making this more conveniently available at other times of the year. I'm now an adult, but at Christmas face the problem of many things in a short time followed by trouble getting them at other times of the year. My volunteer-basis music web site leaves Christmas...
I remembered this song from childhood, and told myself, "There's NO WAY this will be on YouTube." It is!! Thank you SO much for posting this! Music invokes emotion...and this sure did!
I remember identifying with this way back when my parents first divorced. I hate internet commentary because there are so many trolls, but it blows my mind to see so many people that feel like me. If only we weren't so socially inept then maybe we could offer compassion and friendship to each other.
@ubernyasu I as well. when my parents divorced when I was 8 this song resonated with me hugely, I wept everytime I watched it. also there is a song by REZ called Mommy dont love daddy anymore. and these two songs just made me weep all the time. touched so close to home
What does it mean that of all the wonderful songs in this. my second-favorite version of A Christmas Carol, this song has almost four times as many viewings as any other? Asking is answering.
I also had grown up watching this at Christmastime, up until 1966. This was of course, as many others have posted, the saddest part of this story. It shows how rejection has a catastrophic effect on a child's development. The spirit wants Scrooge to see this, as he identifies with the hurt of his younger self. if I remember the story, the child Ebenezer was rejected by his father, and not welcome at home even during the holidays, because his mother died giving birth to him.
I went to a screening of this at a movie theater out here yesterday in LA. Afterward Jane Kean (Belle) and the actress who did the voice of young scrooge answered questions. She got the role, as she took her son to the audition, and the composers weren't finding the voice they needed..she ended up singing (at the prompting of HER mother) and it was exactly the sound/voice they were looking for....so she got the part!
I haven't seen this in years- never dawned on me it was Mr Magoo - I remember the song and this scene very vividly - I saw it when it first aired! Excellent animated version -hanks for posting -I always wondered what this song was from
This is my very favorite clip from my very favorite version of A Christmas Carol. Yes, they leave out Fred the nephew, and there's very little attempt at British accents, But the songs are all wonderful, and the parts of the story that they did include are remarkably faithful to the original. Even the running gag of Magoo's blindness either falls away or is used to serve the character's performance as Scrooge. I really love this.
@Mavarin I think the reason that Magoo's nearsightedness is not given attention is because in this special Magoo is an actor playing the role of Scrooge in a play (indicated by the curtain openings), rather than being about Magoo as Scrooge.
@bbsunshine11 AWWW that just made this song a billion times sadder. now when ever i hear it. I'll be thinking of you and your mom. my heart goes out to you. I'll keep you in my prayers. this song is so sad. this Christmas carol version brings back so many fond memories. i remember back when they aired this on TNT. it made me tear up. i was so young then. like seriously time needs to SLOW DOWN!!!!!
The 1st Animated Holiday special created for U.S. television made it's debut in 1962. (Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" came 2 years later in 1964.) The wonderful writing team of Julie Styne(Music) & Bob Merrill(Lyrics) right after this collaborated on the Broadway musical "Funny Girl" that made Barbra Streisand a Superstar, with songs such as "People."
A Hand for each Hand was plan for the world why don't my finger's reach. Man I Loved watching this when it came on in 80,I was 5 and I never forgot that Line! Love this movie!Wish I could get it on DVD uncut!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!
A Hand for each Hand was plan for the world why don't finger's reach. Man I Loved watching this when it came on in 80,I was 5 and I never forgot that Line! Love this movie!Wish I could get it on DVD uncut!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!
@bbsunshine11 Hi, very sorrry 4 your loss especially at this time of year. I recently went through a divorce after 17yrs of being a faithful & loving husband. It was unexpected & my life sadly revolved around her & her family. As a result, I've lost touch with about 90% of all those I've known & loved for these last 20+yrs so I know how severe the grief can feel as one go's through subsequent loss of a loved one(s). Hope u have Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Steve, in MA. :)
By the towering Julie Styne and Bob Merrill. Julie Styne was already the boss when Bruce Springsteen was still in Dr. Denton's. I challenge you to find a better contemporary holiday show on TV, or a contemporary B'Way musical with a better score. Sorry to be an old blowhard, saying everything about the past was better, but in this case, it's just the truth.
I don't understand why the don't show more christmas specials like this on tv.When I was a kid in the 70s they must have had 35 christmas cartoon specials not to mention all the live shows they had.
I never got married and I have no children and my mother just died july 31st.She was all I had left and now I'm all alone in the world.I always remembered this song and never realized as a child that this is what I would become.
@GregDrayGregDray Sorry, but I read what you posted and I had to respond. About twelve years ago I lost my mom and dad within eight months of eachother. Talk about lonley, I was contemplating suicide. Then I met a very special person who was just as lonley. Look for that person Greg, they are out there. Merry (early) Christmas.
Story of my life (at times anyways)... with more on the way, I'm sure. But what a great movie. What magic, what heart. I haven't seen everything when it comes to movies, but no matter what could be put out, this one will always have a special place in my heart. And as I look over to the edge of the page, I see other people have cited alot of other great moments from this film. If you haven't seen it, check it out. If you know of something as good let everyone know what it is.
Thanks for posting this song from the best telling of the Scrooge story.
The best animated children's Xmas special. It was the first of its type-& by 1970-it lost its national sponsorship-and sadly faded away. Not due to the pc issues rumored herein.
This almost seems like a forum or blog that has united so many of us that always loved this show-and have felt so very alone.
I only have 1 family member left. Let's all hope we find the "Xmas far more glorious than grand" and share it always.
@MrJerkster If you run into some of those bastards twenty years later, when things haven't gotten better and your life is empty, they just *shrug* and say well, you should have tried harder. I'll say it now: try harder. This life is your ONE CHANCE. Whether you're 14 or 73, make friends, chase love, look like a fool, risk pain and humiliation. You may still die alone, but at least you'll have tried.
Great lyrics and music....programs back then had good messages and much substance,but were still amusing and entertaining! What happened to quality tv cartoons?
Whatever person you'll become try to think what you will be if you actually are really alone in this world. What would you do? Because there will be times when you actually feel so alone even though people is around you.
Having seen lots of "carol" shows over the years. This one always comes to mind. This was the first year I found it on DVD and am Pleased. But after seeing it again after all these years, I see the PC reasons they don't play it.
When i see this movie ever year around Christmas, i cant help but cry when i hear this song. It reminds me not everyone in the world has a nice family to talk to and friends to play with. Poor lad!
There are more people who are alone in the world than others may think. It's too scary for most people to think about. It's as painful as you might imagine.
i have to agree with you. but when someone is lonely, as i have heard an old saying that a monk from the past said. he said something like, if your'e lonely, then you need to get out among people. and he also said, when you have a job that doesn't allow you to be around people, then just do your job.
As I have read many of the comments on this video it does remind me that Christmas can be a sad time for many who feel alone. As a Christian Scripture offers hope to those who are lonley and desperate. Jesus said in Mathew 11:28-30 " "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
For those who were around for its first broadcast, Alone in the World, from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, deeply resonates within so many of us who yearn for any number of simple family experiences, lost to another era. The elder man encounters his youth, and for the first time, realizes the one thing that has crippled his ability to love--long hidden from himself until that moment of true reflection when he reaches out and confronts his lost childhood, replacing loneliness with compassion. - e
@drjones087 Sorry, but what you've just stated has nothing to do with my statement. I was speaking of an older generation that sees life very differently than when we were young at the time of the first broadcast of this wonderful Christmas story. Indeed, it is a classic that resonates with all generations, past, present, and future. ~ e
I can't believe I found this! I loved this as a child. I think I was 7 or 8 when this was on tv during the holdays. Anyone remeber when this was on they also had on wonderful Hallmark Hall of Fame programs too? Amahl and the Night Visitors.
I WARNED YOU CHRISTIANS, DELIVERANCE IS COMING, SEAL YOUR SELF WITH HOLY SPIRIT!
Do not pollute yourself with CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS TREE, SANTA CLAUSE, and all other filth of the MOTHER OF ALL HARLOTS, do not follow her most holy father namely ACHAN.
This Is the one song that Always made Me cry as a Child,It Brings Back So many memories. As I was an Only Child, and This was My fave song from this Cartoon.I still hum it from time to time, Even as an Adult.
This song always got to me. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol was my favorite holiday program. I just found out that Marie Matthews, the actress who was the voice of "Young Scrooge" -- and sang this song! -- will be on a panel "Revisiting Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" following a screening of the film on December 1 at the Paley Center (Museum of TV & Radio) in New York City on December 1. How cool is that??!
It is very cool! Marie is my mother, and she sang the song last night at the end of the screening at the Paley Center. I was three years old when she sang it originally. I am very proud of her.
@mandm59 I was there too. You could hear a pin drop while she sang the song--it was so moving that even the kids in the audience were quiet. Please tell you mother that it was lovely.
i was there too. It was a pleasure to meet her, have her sign two books for me and witness that amazing encore performance 47 years after the original. And of course kudos also belong to Mr. Styne, Merrill and Levitow. You should be very proud!
I was10 when this played on TV in 1962 and I remembered this song almost perfectly, until I saw it again on video, in 2003! The best version of "A Christmas Carol," almost like it was staged by the people who write Broadway shows.
This will always be my favorite version.
myvoiceisbutawhisper 4 weeks ago
This SUCKS!!!! Lame!
melindabauer 1 month ago
1:17 "Why such a lonely bitch?"
girguy101 1 month ago
Paw brought me here.
AllYouNeedIsNerd 1 month ago 5
@AllYouNeedIsNerd Same hereXD thought I was the only one lols
GUNS4MIKE1234 1 month ago
I hereby nominate this as the greatest blues song of all time.
NobleJoyous 1 month ago
Best movie
theraveniscool 1 month ago
ppl are stupid and say gingers have no soul when their the ones that dont have one >:(
cgecko3 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
I'm sobbing.
Donteatacowman 1 month ago
Best Christmas music, EVER! Jule Style & Bob Merrill composed a soundtrack that I think is far superior, both lyrically & melodically, to Rudolph. This movie/musical has been underappreciated for too long!!
jpeopolis 1 month ago
Singer the same as Figure Eight from Schoolhouse Rock?
zzzombie888 1 month ago
Merry Christmas to you to Ron Paul.
035jdj 1 month ago
Watching it right now on Nexflix...oh the memories flood me so.
Adjusting 1 month ago
I remember this so well . . .
Chicagoan444 1 month ago
I'm glad Jim Bacus did this role he was perfect
cellofingers 1 month ago
That song was burned into my memory about 48 years ago...I am 58 today. It's like taking a stroll down memory lane when I hear this song. I love this song, thanks for sharing it.
1kieshacotton 1 month ago
I'm sad that this christmas classic is often forgotten. I watched this movie endlessly as a very small child, and I still remember the songs to this day, but I have never, in my adult life, found another person who had even heard of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. I'm glad to know now that over one hundred thousand people also loved this movie as I did.
It almost makes me feel...dare I stoop to this level of corny sentimentality?...
That I'm not so alone in the world. :)
SmithBlowsFire 1 month ago
God, I could have sung that song as a child......even while I was surrounded by family and the biggest city in the United States. Nothing is lonely if not the loneliness you feel surrounded by those who are suppose to love you.
ravenclaw67 1 month ago
sadly i can feel how the boy feels (;.(
cgecko3 1 month ago
i don't know why you would dislike it if you dislike it you have no heart <3
kenzdeli 1 month ago
Forever Alone.
LeJourDuJugement 1 month ago
This song still makes me cry. I never missed this version of A Christmas Carol when I was a child. It is timeless.
season54 1 month ago
still makes me cry.
suziQ27 1 month ago
This was the first great Xmas cartoon show that delivered original music. Peanuts and Rudolph got all the attention but Magoo paved the way in 1962- two years before Rudolph. I say it's the best music ever for any Xmas show, animated or not!
Salute to Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, who wrote Funny Girl soon after.
tomsatriano 1 month ago
This is one of my favorite versions of A Christmas Carol (up there with "Scrooged"), and the music is just fantastic. Some of the best music I've ever heard in a Christmas movie.
This song may be the best in the whole movie too. But that's not to take away from how epic all the other songs in this movie are.
imaloony8 1 month ago
This still chokes me up 40 years later. Damn.
trinbajam 1 month ago 2
Underrated song. Underrated Christmas special. Some folks just don't understand.
ebonygentleman79 1 month ago 2
:´(
TheNintendo101 2 months ago
The two best Christmas specials ever are THIS and Charlie Brown's Christmas. The only two with the sweetness and depth of feeling that the season deserves!
DennisTheDog100 2 months ago 4
This is a great song filled with memories. I saw this special when I was a little girl when it first aired and have watched it since. I feel that this is the best of all of the Christmas programs. Thanks for posting!
windycitygal1000 2 months ago 2
This is a great song but sad as well.Makes me yearn to be young again and see all my friends and relatives that have passed.
TigerTrak 2 months ago
Such a cute emotion filled song!
MsAppleofhiseye 2 months ago
Thank goodness for YT so people in the next generations may watch.
"When you're alone, alone in the world When you're alone in the world Blown-away leaves get blown in the world Swirled-away leaves get swirled
A hand for each hand was planned for the world Why don't my fingers reach? Millions of grains of sand in the world Why's mine a lonely beach?
Where are the heels to click to my clack? Where is the voice to answer mine back? I'm all alone in the WOOOOORLD!!!"
laylacalif 2 months ago 3
I saw this when it first came out my dad died when I was three,No family and all through my growing years I seemed to be an outsider even in a crowd,There was that special girl to me,I however was deftly shy,and she never knew how much I cared for her even dreaming later in life that I had married her,she as far I know has never married never had kids neither did I,She lives in Atlanta GA.Oh if I could turn back time and if nothing else just tell her how I felt for her,I'm all alone in the world
masonfssr 2 months ago
@masonfssr Google or Facebook the person. You never know. She may still be out there and it's never too late. If you can get love for at least a small portion of your life, then it's worth it. I don't know you, but I am praying for your happiness. Be blessed. :-)
trinbajam 1 month ago
@trinbajam: How very kind of you I thank you so much kind hearted one for a little consolation.Tell me if you will are you a Romantic at Heart.
masonfssr 1 month ago
@masonfssr Hi friend. I don't know if you would call me a "Romantic", but I am optimistic and do believe in the power of prayer. Simply put, I believe in the power of a true and tender heart. I hope that "she" is out there for you. Vous avez un coeur tendre.
trinbajam 1 month ago
@trinbajam Merci pour votre gentillesse
masonfssr 1 month ago
Unforgetable. Precious. Priceless.
batman14080 3 months ago
Last night I had a moment, and I thought about this song, I miss my mom, grandparents and long gone family members. In times like these, you need to embrace family and most of mine are now deceased. Christmas isn't the same...
CreativeLib 3 months ago
@CreativeLib This is the first Christmas without my dad, so I know what you mean. It's not the same, but there is still love to be found and still more love to give. Some organization or even neighbor or friend really could use the gift of your time. Merry Christmas and be blessed.
trinbajam 1 month ago
@trinbajam I'm sorry for your loss. Just ran across this show on tv tonight. It was my dad's favorite and it drew me here to look and listen some more. Wishing you well this holiday.
siss9 1 month ago
Oh good I'm not the only sap that cries during this song.
Winchesterfan24 3 months ago
@Winchesterfan24 LOL..no you are not!
CreativeLib 1 month ago
he's alone in the world because his underwear is full of skids and his feet make a lonely clack to the devil
hamelyn06 4 months ago
This a sad song but so true ,i am crying now i dedicate to my Brother Zig we use to watch this when we were young and now he s gone.RIP ZIG I will make it.
papasha9 4 months ago
"A hand for each hand was planned for the world, Why don't my fingers reach?"
That line always gets me, So sad especially for a kid who knows how it is to be lonely.
Wow, Its like the middle of summer, can't wait for winter!
LadyMurderMaid 5 months ago
Why such a lonely beach? This I keep asking (*sniffle, sniffle*).
MyAngelMamaMine 6 months ago
Interesting song. Music by Jule Styne , Lyrics by Bob Merrill .
Year 1960. They write the music for the broadway musical FUNNY GIRL.
Would be nice fpr barbra streisand to add this song to a future cd.
AbrahamDiner 7 months ago 3
"millions of grains of sand in the world, why such a lonely beach?" I love that line! It's so moving! :,/
EyeHeartSUSHI 7 months ago 2
I looked for this song because I remembered it from so long ago. And because of how I was feeling. Now that I've found it, I feel infintely worse. WHY CAN'T WE GET ALONG IN THIS WORLD?
mikescorpio1108 7 months ago
...and other seasonal music available at other times of the year.
carlmoore19 7 months ago
Checking wikipedia:
Program originally aired Dec. 1962. Jim Backus was the voice of Mr. Magoo, who plays Ebenezer Scrooge here. In the "All Alone in the World" song, Marie Matthews is the voice of the child Scrooge.
Thanks for making this more conveniently available at other times of the year. I'm now an adult, but at Christmas face the problem of many things in a short time followed by trouble getting them at other times of the year. My volunteer-basis music web site leaves Christmas...
carlmoore19 7 months ago
I watch this every year on Christmas - this was my Grandma's favorite song from this special :(
DuchessAliana 8 months ago
I remembered this song from childhood, and told myself, "There's NO WAY this will be on YouTube." It is!! Thank you SO much for posting this! Music invokes emotion...and this sure did!
MarthaStout0202 10 months ago
I remember identifying with this way back when my parents first divorced. I hate internet commentary because there are so many trolls, but it blows my mind to see so many people that feel like me. If only we weren't so socially inept then maybe we could offer compassion and friendship to each other.
ubernyasu 1 year ago 4
@ubernyasu I as well. when my parents divorced when I was 8 this song resonated with me hugely, I wept everytime I watched it. also there is a song by REZ called Mommy dont love daddy anymore. and these two songs just made me weep all the time. touched so close to home
Pam4Rob 1 month ago
My favorite song.
The 4 ppl who disliked this are the stupidest heartless ppl in the world.
trampb3ast 1 year ago 18
@trampb3ast Maybe they have never been alone or abandoned, if they were, they just might get the meaning of this song.
season54 1 month ago
My favorite song.
trampb3ast 1 year ago
What does it mean that of all the wonderful songs in this. my second-favorite version of A Christmas Carol, this song has almost four times as many viewings as any other? Asking is answering.
efm2ut1 1 year ago
So identify with this song because I do sometimes feel alone in the world.
Jerry74 1 year ago
@Jerry74 Me too. I cannot seem to find the right girl no matter how hard I try! I'm ready to give up hope. :-(
SS4Xanatos 9 months ago
I always found it sad when they sang together... Like he was always meant to be alone even in old age..
Vukedin 1 year ago 2
this is how I feel.
suziQ27 1 year ago
I also had grown up watching this at Christmastime, up until 1966. This was of course, as many others have posted, the saddest part of this story. It shows how rejection has a catastrophic effect on a child's development. The spirit wants Scrooge to see this, as he identifies with the hurt of his younger self. if I remember the story, the child Ebenezer was rejected by his father, and not welcome at home even during the holidays, because his mother died giving birth to him.
jesme131 1 year ago
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jesme131 1 year ago
If your eyes don't mist up when you hear this, you have no heart.
yoshitoshi98 1 year ago 26
@yoshitoshi98 what if you just feel so sorry for the lad you sing along?
YAKICable 1 month ago
I too identify with this song. I saw this first as a child. It's just as good now as it was then!
shawski77 1 year ago
I went to a screening of this at a movie theater out here yesterday in LA. Afterward Jane Kean (Belle) and the actress who did the voice of young scrooge answered questions. She got the role, as she took her son to the audition, and the composers weren't finding the voice they needed..she ended up singing (at the prompting of HER mother) and it was exactly the sound/voice they were looking for....so she got the part!
hwdhillsguy 1 year ago
omg Thank you for the time you took to post this From Earl
JEMCO2008 1 year ago
Woooow so many memories thanks for posting,,*
zeelove8 1 year ago
So sad.. so sweet..
TheInvincibleViolet 1 year ago
I haven't seen this in years- never dawned on me it was Mr Magoo - I remember the song and this scene very vividly - I saw it when it first aired! Excellent animated version -hanks for posting -I always wondered what this song was from
redgrapeskins 1 year ago
Thank goodness for YouTube or I wouldn't be able to find one of the best versions of A Christmas Carol anywhere.
This is my absolute favorite part of the whole movie!
mjsmom820 1 year ago
I identified with this song when I first heard it at age 9. I still do.
ModGirl1967 1 year ago
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Mavarin 1 year ago
This is my very favorite clip from my very favorite version of A Christmas Carol. Yes, they leave out Fred the nephew, and there's very little attempt at British accents, But the songs are all wonderful, and the parts of the story that they did include are remarkably faithful to the original. Even the running gag of Magoo's blindness either falls away or is used to serve the character's performance as Scrooge. I really love this.
Mavarin 1 year ago 3
@Mavarin I think the reason that Magoo's nearsightedness is not given attention is because in this special Magoo is an actor playing the role of Scrooge in a play (indicated by the curtain openings), rather than being about Magoo as Scrooge.
Solitaire001 1 year ago
"A hand for each hand was planned for the world, why don't fingers reach. Millions of grains of sand in the world, why such a lonely beach"
that is profound :) I love this l'il diddy.
JudyGurl 1 year ago
I loved this special when it was on the first time around, wow I am old!!!!!
beatlefanist 1 year ago
Brings back a lot of memories.
beatlefanist 1 year ago
@bbsunshine11 AWWW that just made this song a billion times sadder. now when ever i hear it. I'll be thinking of you and your mom. my heart goes out to you. I'll keep you in my prayers. this song is so sad. this Christmas carol version brings back so many fond memories. i remember back when they aired this on TNT. it made me tear up. i was so young then. like seriously time needs to SLOW DOWN!!!!!
Mr1000Wolfsbane 1 year ago
The 1st Animated Holiday special created for U.S. television made it's debut in 1962. (Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" came 2 years later in 1964.) The wonderful writing team of Julie Styne(Music) & Bob Merrill(Lyrics) right after this collaborated on the Broadway musical "Funny Girl" that made Barbra Streisand a Superstar, with songs such as "People."
thanksforthemusic 1 year ago
This first appeared in the 60s not the 80s
SVMainUS 1 year ago
My favorite Christmas cartoon as a child
SVMainUS 1 year ago
@SVMainUS Mine too.
ModGirl1967 1 year ago
i love this song
sesshoumarulover14 1 year ago
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A Hand for each Hand was plan for the world why don't my finger's reach. Man I Loved watching this when it came on in 80,I was 5 and I never forgot that Line! Love this movie!Wish I could get it on DVD uncut!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!
brownbronxbaby 1 year ago
A Hand for each Hand was plan for the world why don't finger's reach. Man I Loved watching this when it came on in 80,I was 5 and I never forgot that Line! Love this movie!Wish I could get it on DVD uncut!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!
brownbronxbaby 1 year ago
@brownbronxbaby its on blu ray and looking better than it ever has
welles2002 1 year ago
I saw this yesterday at The Egyptian--fantastic!~ If you're in LA, they're re-showing it at the Aero Theater. Check it out :)
ToryMagoo44 1 year ago
This was one of my mom's favorites....she just passed 10/07/10, and i will miss singing this with her this year at Christmas time ; (
I suppose a part of me does now feel all alone in the world..
bbsunshine11 1 year ago
@bbsunshine11 Hi, very sorrry 4 your loss especially at this time of year. I recently went through a divorce after 17yrs of being a faithful & loving husband. It was unexpected & my life sadly revolved around her & her family. As a result, I've lost touch with about 90% of all those I've known & loved for these last 20+yrs so I know how severe the grief can feel as one go's through subsequent loss of a loved one(s). Hope u have Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Steve, in MA. :)
sborges1968 1 year ago
By the towering Julie Styne and Bob Merrill. Julie Styne was already the boss when Bruce Springsteen was still in Dr. Denton's. I challenge you to find a better contemporary holiday show on TV, or a contemporary B'Way musical with a better score. Sorry to be an old blowhard, saying everything about the past was better, but in this case, it's just the truth.
melamed1 1 year ago
Forever Alone.
MoBunshin 1 year ago
I don't understand why the don't show more christmas specials like this on tv.When I was a kid in the 70s they must have had 35 christmas cartoon specials not to mention all the live shows they had.
DarthKreeg 1 year ago
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georgegrew 1 year ago
the saddest song i've ever heard:(
jvelez1370 1 year ago
I never got married and I have no children and my mother just died july 31st.She was all I had left and now I'm all alone in the world.I always remembered this song and never realized as a child that this is what I would become.
GregDrayGregDray 1 year ago
@GregDrayGregDray Sorry, but I read what you posted and I had to respond. About twelve years ago I lost my mom and dad within eight months of eachother. Talk about lonley, I was contemplating suicide. Then I met a very special person who was just as lonley. Look for that person Greg, they are out there. Merry (early) Christmas.
Houdini774 1 year ago
alone in the world is me too.
Jaoying2000 1 year ago
@Jaoying2000 I'm alone as well. No one mourns the wicked. ( people at school call me wicked) (in the bad term and I haven't done a thing to them!)
DarkAmbellina 1 year ago
@DarkAmbellina
You are not wicked!!!!
Don't care. Let's be my friend.
Jaoying2000 1 year ago
Why isn't this still being broadcast? Better than most tripe on TV these days.
Dave78m 1 year ago
Story of my life (at times anyways)... with more on the way, I'm sure. But what a great movie. What magic, what heart. I haven't seen everything when it comes to movies, but no matter what could be put out, this one will always have a special place in my heart. And as I look over to the edge of the page, I see other people have cited alot of other great moments from this film. If you haven't seen it, check it out. If you know of something as good let everyone know what it is.
BuySellColoradoHomes 1 year ago 2
Thanks for posting this song from the best telling of the Scrooge story.
The best animated children's Xmas special. It was the first of its type-& by 1970-it lost its national sponsorship-and sadly faded away. Not due to the pc issues rumored herein.
This almost seems like a forum or blog that has united so many of us that always loved this show-and have felt so very alone.
I only have 1 family member left. Let's all hope we find the "Xmas far more glorious than grand" and share it always.
Beefsteer 1 year ago 11
@MrJerkster If you run into some of those bastards twenty years later, when things haven't gotten better and your life is empty, they just *shrug* and say well, you should have tried harder. I'll say it now: try harder. This life is your ONE CHANCE. Whether you're 14 or 73, make friends, chase love, look like a fool, risk pain and humiliation. You may still die alone, but at least you'll have tried.
VidkunQL 1 year ago 8
@VidkunQL You have the real Best attitude, my friend.....I salute you!!!
georgegrew 1 year ago
My brother is on the missing persons list and I feel he feels like young Scrooge but he isn't all alone.
lenaj2454 1 year ago
This was me as a child.
We, who were like this, must realize that we are not alone...
musikfanat 1 year ago 5
poor lad :(
littlejapan3 1 year ago
This song so describes my life!
kupkrazy 1 year ago
@kupkrazy Me, too...
musikfanat 1 year ago
(dries eyes with hanky)....sniff sniff....
cyndicreampuff 1 year ago 3
Great lyrics and music....programs back then had good messages and much substance,but were still amusing and entertaining! What happened to quality tv cartoons?
navet1953 1 year ago 2
Whatever person you'll become try to think what you will be if you actually are really alone in this world. What would you do? Because there will be times when you actually feel so alone even though people is around you.
AnGEISpAnlsH 1 year ago
its ME.
Always been. Hope to not die that way.
MrBDino 1 year ago
i feel alone im bullyed and left out every day at school and i dont like I usse to have friends but I dont know wat happened.
haake1 1 year ago
Things will get better, I promise.
Give it time.
ohhhwolfy 1 year ago
@haake1 you'll have good friends one day. jesus is one right now and so am i.
Metaldog67 1 year ago
@Metaldog67 So true! Thanks...
musikfanat 1 year ago
My twin and I use to sing this song when we were in grade school...and now at 58 we remember the lonely times then and sometimes now...:<
MrMconrad 2 years ago 3
poor thing... :( millions of grains of sand in the world, why such a lonely beach
midnightsun2121 2 years ago 6
Having seen lots of "carol" shows over the years. This one always comes to mind. This was the first year I found it on DVD and am Pleased. But after seeing it again after all these years, I see the PC reasons they don't play it.
riknc 2 years ago
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westdavies 2 years ago
the best
alexnval 2 years ago
That is brilliant.
BorisFangirl 2 years ago
Innocent times.....those days are long gone.
Lnieves 2 years ago 5
When i see this movie ever year around Christmas, i cant help but cry when i hear this song. It reminds me not everyone in the world has a nice family to talk to and friends to play with. Poor lad!
BurnToFlames111 2 years ago 42
@BurnToFlames111
Yes its a very emotional song. Cries
TheMartian20 1 year ago
@BurnToFlames111 It reminds me of myself. I have no one to call my own. :-(
SS4Xanatos 9 months ago
There are more people who are alone in the world than others may think. It's too scary for most people to think about. It's as painful as you might imagine.
bike4life61 2 years ago
i have to agree with you. but when someone is lonely, as i have heard an old saying that a monk from the past said. he said something like, if your'e lonely, then you need to get out among people. and he also said, when you have a job that doesn't allow you to be around people, then just do your job.
NoobUBoob 2 years ago
i loved it when
i was a kid
and i still do
classic!
jvelez1370 2 years ago
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jvelez1370 2 years ago
makes me cry everytime since i was a kid
jablonskijm 2 years ago 2
As I have read many of the comments on this video it does remind me that Christmas can be a sad time for many who feel alone. As a Christian Scripture offers hope to those who are lonley and desperate. Jesus said in Mathew 11:28-30 " "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
1timothy215 2 years ago
My all time favorite Christmas special and this song was definitely a highlight.
truegritwayne 2 years ago 2
mandm59 Your mother did a beautiful job. This song is so amazing, heart-breaking on so many levels. It deeply resonates with me.
surrealistgirlx 2 years ago
For those who were around for its first broadcast, Alone in the World, from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, deeply resonates within so many of us who yearn for any number of simple family experiences, lost to another era. The elder man encounters his youth, and for the first time, realizes the one thing that has crippled his ability to love--long hidden from himself until that moment of true reflection when he reaches out and confronts his lost childhood, replacing loneliness with compassion. - e
ellisonhorne 2 years ago 53
Beautiful ellison. Quite true. I dedicate this song to my Father and GrandPapah.
With love,
-k
ladykarendean 2 years ago 3
@ellisonhorne
You have to be foolish to think the special will only resonate with people who saw its first broadcast.
drjones087 6 months ago
@drjones087 Sorry, but what you've just stated has nothing to do with my statement. I was speaking of an older generation that sees life very differently than when we were young at the time of the first broadcast of this wonderful Christmas story. Indeed, it is a classic that resonates with all generations, past, present, and future. ~ e
ellisonhorne 2 months ago
I can't believe I found this! I loved this as a child. I think I was 7 or 8 when this was on tv during the holdays. Anyone remeber when this was on they also had on wonderful Hallmark Hall of Fame programs too? Amahl and the Night Visitors.
tori481 2 years ago 2
At Xmas I go from one shopping center to another until they blur in my mind. Seen one, seen a mall.
laylacalif 1 year ago
Hahaha! Good one!
tori481 1 year ago
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conceil8 2 years ago
poor lonley child...
sincronia85 2 years ago 3
I was 10 when this came out and along with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, it was and still is, my favorite.
missywb 2 years ago 3
i love this song and this movie tis the best.
DarkShadow8998 2 years ago
Gosh, that Jim Backus, what a voice!, LoL,
I too remember this from my youth,
truly a touching song, thanks for posting.
pugliesej 2 years ago
This Is the one song that Always made Me cry as a Child,It Brings Back So many memories. As I was an Only Child, and This was My fave song from this Cartoon.I still hum it from time to time, Even as an Adult.
jirvin3268 2 years ago 4
dedicated to Michael Jackson, from kay
kaykonigin 2 years ago
In a Christmas cartoon....not likely.
habsman1 2 years ago
yeah, he said Beach.
habsman1 2 years ago
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I thought it was "B-I-T-C-H."
moviencartoons 2 years ago
Yeah, millions of grains of sand...he's totally not talking about a beach.
drjones087 2 years ago
this an atomic bomb on my heart
butchdeadlift10 2 years ago
Did he just say the "b" word?
moviencartoons 2 years ago
This song always got to me. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol was my favorite holiday program. I just found out that Marie Matthews, the actress who was the voice of "Young Scrooge" -- and sang this song! -- will be on a panel "Revisiting Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" following a screening of the film on December 1 at the Paley Center (Museum of TV & Radio) in New York City on December 1. How cool is that??!
Keattie 2 years ago 6
@Keattie
It is very cool! Marie is my mother, and she sang the song last night at the end of the screening at the Paley Center. I was three years old when she sang it originally. I am very proud of her.
mandm59 2 years ago 3
@mandm59 I was there too. You could hear a pin drop while she sang the song--it was so moving that even the kids in the audience were quiet. Please tell you mother that it was lovely.
Keattie 2 years ago
i was there too. It was a pleasure to meet her, have her sign two books for me and witness that amazing encore performance 47 years after the original. And of course kudos also belong to Mr. Styne, Merrill and Levitow. You should be very proud!
DLance1501 2 years ago
That is definitely cool. I would have loved to have been there to hear her sing it.
truegritwayne 2 years ago
how sad. how true.
always longed to "fit in"...yet never did--until meeting you...
still this song haunts me...even now.
suziQ27 2 years ago 3
This is my favorite song in the whole cartoon. It was also my Grandma's favorite...oh, the memories...
DuchessAliana 2 years ago 6
I love Winter Was Warm very much, too. I recall transcribing the lyrics to this and All Alone and put them in my collection to sing later.
laylacalif 1 year ago
I love this special. So many good memories of Christmas past.
KC41961 2 years ago 6
does anyone know the chords for this song? if i cant find it ill just have to pay to have it transcribed, but if anyone can help that would be great!
shredtasticbeest 2 years ago
i can hear a c chord... sorry, i play trombone - i dont know shit about chords
SHExxLIKESxxBARINAS 2 years ago
There's a great book out on the making of this special. Search for the special and the author's last name-van citters.
magoochristmas 2 years ago
I saw this YEARS ago, and every christmas I look for it. After awhile, I couldn't help but look for it!!! 5 stars!!!
BrideOfEdward 2 years ago 2
i saw this movie during the 80s when my dad bought a betamax tape...hehehe love it thanks for posting!
ruthel26 2 years ago
I was10 when this played on TV in 1962 and I remembered this song almost perfectly, until I saw it again on video, in 2003! The best version of "A Christmas Carol," almost like it was staged by the people who write Broadway shows.
harbor268 2 years ago
Yeah, as a kid, this was the first version of "A Christmas Carol" that I had ever seen. Of course, I've come across several since then.
I'll be checking out the Jim Carrey version, at some point.
JeoMummy 2 years ago