• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    My favorite Christmas Carol knockoff was the Blackadder Christmas special. In it Blackadder (the main character played by Rowan Atkinson) starts off as a good man, kind and helpful to others. On Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who convince him to become a complete bastard instead. On Christmas morning he goes around fucking people’s shit up, with the highlight being him kicking Tiny Tim’s crutch out from underneath him.

    Literally millions of takes on A Christmas Carol and that’s the only one (to my knowledge) that pulled a reversy. Just amazing.

    • Zozano@aussie.zone
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      2 hours ago

      Reminds me of an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force where Carl finds an alternate universe version of himself who is the best possible version of him (because Carl had hair) and convinces him to ruin his life then kill himself.

      Episode: Larry Miller Hair System

      Meeting the other version

      Later on

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        2 hours ago

        Damn, bro. I haven’t thought about Carl in a good while… And I used to think about Carl all the time. Tanks dere, Fry Man… Preciate it…