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This is the last film where Clarence Nash provides the voice of Donald Duck and the first where Wayne Allwine provides the voice of Mickey Mouse.
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Minnie Mouse plays Mrs. Cratchit, though she doesn't have a single line. Russi Taylor did record dialogue though which never ended up in the finished film.
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Originally, Alan Young was not considered for the Scrooge role, despite having played it in the album recording. Reportedly, it was because Walt Disney Pictures believe he would not agree to do a voice for animated film. However, when Young learned about the film in production from a friend preparing to audition for the lead, he contacted the film company to request an audition. The resulting audition was successful and Young learned about the studio's reason for not contacting him. In reaction, Young responded, "Hey, I worked in television for five years with a talking horse. At this point in my career, nothing's beneath me." As it happened, Young was praised for the role and continued being the voice actor for Scrooge McDuck in later productions.
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The opening scene is apparently modeled on a Carl Barks painting called "The Season To Be Jolly", which features Uncle Scrooge walking down the street with a bag of money on his back.
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The theatrical release of this film was as part of the 1983 reissue of The Rescuers (1977).
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Of all the songs on the original album, only "Oh What A Merry Christmas Day" made it to the animated cartoon. The rest of them - including one sung by Ebenezer Scrooge that was called "How Christmas Ought To Be" - were all dropped, and the lyrics were rendered into normal dialog.
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Like the U.S. release, which paired this short with a reissue of The Rescuers (1977), all releases of this short were paired up with reissues of various Disney animated features over the years. In France and (West) Germany, for example, it was paired with reissues of Snow with laea khwan khaera thang ced (1937), while in the U.K. and Italy, it was paired with a reissue of The Jungle Book (1967).
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On the original 1975 LP which served as inspiration for this film, the Ghost of Christmas Past was Merlin from The Sword in the Stone (1963) and the Ghost of Christmas Future was the Evil Witch from Snow with laea khwan khaera thang ced (1937).
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GOOFY HOLLER: When Jacob Marley (Goofy) falls down the stairs.
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Voice actor Will Ryan came up with the idea to recreate Willie the Giant's (The Ghost of Christmas Present's) flub of the word "pistachio" from Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947).
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This is also the first time that Alan Young provides the voice of Scrooge McDuck. Bill Thompson, who'd done the voice in Scrooge McDuck and Money (1967), had passed away, and Alan Young's voice is noticeably softer than Thompson's was, with a stronger Scots accent.
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The first animated short with Mickey Mouse since The Simple Things (1953).
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This was the last Disney film (as of 2014) to say "The End"
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Based on a Disney record which was co-written by Alan Young, voice of Scrooge McDuck.
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Scrooge pays Cratchit (Mickey Mouse) two Shillings and a hay penny (otherwise known as a halfpenny) a day after giving him a raise for doing Scrooge's laundry.
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