My favorite part will always be when he suggests they use Stapples to attach antlers to the mice!
... or was that another Scrooge movie???

As much as I dislike Bill'O for his flippant comments and inability to engage in a thoughtful argument, and as new as i consider myself here, I still think that thinker, you were outta line.

You participated in one of the very things I dislike about Bill'O (real AND sift versions)
"CUT HIS MIC!!!" comes to mind. Then you act all high and mighty.

The real loss of people like that comes from their eventual realization that they have been leading inauthentic lives (in an Ebenezer Scrooge sorta way), and they're gonna try to bat your nose around to get you angry, because once you're angry they know how to handle you.

The answer is always a well thought out argument.

PS
anyone else think it was ironic that the previous post before the spam was "[locusts]"

one more for the christmas collection, swampy!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Scrooged

This reminds me of my favorite word in the English language, same as Scrooge Mac himself. "Free." Free stuff, free from imprisonment, free(dom). Writers were very savvy indeed.

They seem to assume there is only one means to an end, a business only succeeds if it benefits the consumers. While that is indeed one way it is not the only way, especially when it comes to large corporations. Most of those people are only concerned with making monkey, they don’t care about the business, the customers, the employees. They only care when they’re forced to, or if it’s impacting their ability to make money.

The two act as if there was no problem in which the anti-trust acts were a response to. As if the government crafted a law to combat a non-existent problem. I don’t know that the US government has ever been proactive, over-reactive yes, but proactive I don’t think so.

I’m not suggesting the US anti-trust and regulatory laws are necessarily the greatest or even close to that or that they’re always enforced appropriately, but RP and Professor guy there take the position ‘hey this isn’t working as well as it could therefore we shouldn’t have any at all’. I think that’s some fallacious rational there. It’s like climbing a steep mountain, seeing the rope you’re using is frayed, and cutting your line because it’s dangerous.

It’s funny they talk about how the current (Regan) administration is doing good by deregulating some industries. Like the savings & loan industry which promptly decided it was time to start making a ton of high risk loans and started tossing the hot potato around until someone finally dropped it. History repeats, isn’t that what’s been happening right now? Make a bunch of bad loans sell them off to someone else, lather rinse repeat, someone gets stuck with the bad loans, they get screwed, the consumer gets screwed, and the people that made the bad loans and handed them off are swimming in money Scrooge McDuck style.

They talk about the telecoms and AT&T specifically, who has been buying out all the competition? I had two phone services land line and cellular, both were bought out by AT&T, my service didn’t get better, my bills certainly didn’t get cheaper. Would it be good for consumers if AT&T suddenly didn’t have to share it’s networks with it’s competitors?

Despite being the proprietor of the Dark Channel, I'm generally a sucker for emotional vids, but I've gotta say that an independently wealthy dude filming himself goofy-dancing in famous locals doesn't really do anything for me.

I did like the first one though...

I guess am the official Scrooge of this thread, so uh.... Bah Humbug... an all that. Sorry.

Did Scrooge then drive Daisy off to be killed?

I feel like Scrooge McDuck and jump into it!

Calling Scrooge McDuck.

In addition to his work with Tim Burton, Elfman has written scores for dozens of other films including:

* Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, 1980)
* Back to School, (Alan Metter, 1986)
* Wisdom (Emilio Estevez, Robert Wise, 1986)
* Big Top Pee-wee (Randal Kleiser, 1988)
* Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
* Scrooged (Richard Donner, 1988)
* Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990)
* Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty, 1990)
* Nightbreed (Clive Barker, 1990)
* Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993) (theme)
* Sommersby (Jon Amiel, 1993)
* Black Beauty (Caroline Thompson, 1994)
* Dolores Claiborne (Taylor Hackford, 1995)
* Dead Presidents (Hughes Brothers, 1995)
* To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995)
* The Frighteners (Peter Jackson, 1996)
* Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996)
* Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
* Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
* Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
* A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi, 1998)
* Proof of Life (Taylor Hackford, 1999)
* Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002) (The instrumental pieces "After Midnight" and "Roxie's Suite")
* Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
* Red Dragon (Brett Ratner, 2002)
* Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003)
* Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
* Deep Sea 3D (Howard Hall, 2006)
* Nacho Libre (Jared Hess, 2006) (Ramses Suite)
* Charlotte's Web (Gary Winick, 2006)
* Meet the Robinsons (Steve Anderson, 2007)
* Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007)

He has also written the theme music for several television series, including:

* Pee-wee's Playhouse (some episodes) (1986)
* Sledge Hammer! (1986)
* The Simpsons (1989)
* Beetlejuice (1989)
* Tales from the Crypt (1989)
* The Flash (1990)
* Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
* Dilbert (1999)
* Desperate Housewives (2004)
* Point Pleasant (2005)

Scrooge has gone too far this time!!1!11!1ELEVEN

Note that Donald's money-savvy conscience was the basis for Carl Barks' creation of Scrooge McDuck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_mcduck

Here is Elfman's filmography:

[2006] Charlotte's Web
Deep Sea 3D [IMAX Movie]
Nacho Libre
Serenada Schizophrana [Concert Work]
[2005] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
[2004] Spider-Man 2
[2003] Big Fish
Hulk
[2002] Chicago
Home Video: The Making of Mad Matt
Men in Black II
Red Dragon
Spider-Man
[2001] Heartbreakers
Mazer World
Novocaine
Planet of the Apes
Spy Kids
[2000] The Family Man
Proof of Life
The World of Stainboy
[1999] Anywhere But Here
"Dilbert" [TV Series]
Instinct
My Favorite Martian
Sleepy Hollow
[1998] A Civil Action
Modern Vampyres
A Simple Plan
[1997] Flubber
Good Will Hunting
Men In Black
Scream 2
[1996] Extreme Measures
Freeway
The Frighteners
Mars Attacks!
Mission: Impossible
[1995] Dead Presidents
Dolores Claiborne
Little Demons [Demo]
To Die For
[1994] Black Beauty
Shrunken Heads
[1993] Army Of Darkness
Sommersby
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
[1992] Article 99
Batman Returns
[1991] Pure Luck
[1990] Darkman
Dick Tracy
Edward Scissorhands
"The Flash" [TV Series]
Nightbreed
[1989] Batman
"Beetlejuice: The Animated Series" [TV Series]
"The Simpsons" [TV Series]
"Tales from the Crypt" [TV Series]
Three Fugitives
[1988] Beetlejuice
Big Top Pee Wee
Hot To Trot
Midnight Run
Scrooged
[1987] Summer School
[1986] Back To School
"Fast Times" [TV Series]
"Pee-Wee's Playhouse" [TV Series]
"Sledge Hammer!" [TV Series] (theme)
Wisdom
[1985] "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" [TV Series]
"Amazing Stories" [TV Series]
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
[1980] Forbidden Zone

Here is Elfman's filmography:

[2006] Charlotte's Web
Deep Sea 3D [IMAX Movie]
Nacho Libre
Serenada Schizophrana [Concert Work]
[2005] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
[2004] Spider-Man 2
[2003] Big Fish
Hulk
[2002] Chicago
Home Video: The Making of Mad Matt
Men in Black II
Red Dragon
Spider-Man
[2001] Heartbreakers
Mazer World
Novocaine
Planet of the Apes
Spy Kids
[2000] The Family Man
Proof of Life
The World of Stainboy
[1999] Anywhere But Here
"Dilbert" [TV Series]
Instinct
My Favorite Martian
Sleepy Hollow
[1998] A Civil Action
Modern Vampyres
A Simple Plan
[1997] Flubber
Good Will Hunting
Men In Black
Scream 2
[1996] Extreme Measures
Freeway
The Frighteners
Mars Attacks!
Mission: Impossible
[1995] Dead Presidents
Dolores Claiborne
Little Demons [Demo]
To Die For
[1994] Black Beauty
Shrunken Heads
[1993] Army Of Darkness
Sommersby
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
[1992] Article 99
Batman Returns
[1991] Pure Luck
[1990] Darkman
Dick Tracy
Edward Scissorhands
"The Flash" [TV Series]
Nightbreed
[1989] Batman
"Beetlejuice: The Animated Series" [TV Series]
"The Simpsons" [TV Series]
"Tales from the Crypt" [TV Series]
Three Fugitives
[1988] Beetlejuice
Big Top Pee Wee
Hot To Trot
Midnight Run
Scrooged
[1987] Summer School
[1986] Back To School
"Fast Times" [TV Series]
"Pee-Wee's Playhouse" [TV Series]
"Sledge Hammer!" [TV Series] (theme)
Wisdom
[1985] "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" [TV Series]
"Amazing Stories" [TV Series]
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
[1980] Forbidden Zone

oh god.. that was the most cutest video ever. They will rule the viral airwaves. I can't believe to say this, but I would so vote for this, even knowing it is viral and self-posted and from a large mega-corp and not even suzie youtuber.

It was that festive. I feel like ebenzer scrooge.