Scrooged

Scrooged is one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies, because why wouldn't it be? It stars a pre-"I play a sad old man in everything" Bill Murray and has David "Buster Poindexter" Johansen as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Carol Kane as a gratuitously violent Ghost of Christmas Present, not to mention it was the last time Karen Allen was cute. Oh and did I mention Bobcat Goldthwait? It was co-written by Michael O'Donoghue, one of the original SNL writers who was famous for his extremely dark sense of humor, but he later disowned it and claimed there was too much meddling by the studio. He especially hated the ending, which he claims he was forced to change from one which was much more depressing. But I say screw Michael O'Donoghue - Bill Murray's speech about Christmas gets me every goddamn time. Legend has it that it was mostly improvised, and if so it's just another testament to Murray's genius. I think it's a perfect way to kick off this collection, so enjoy!