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Today, in a special Christmas Eve edition, I want to know which sitcom take on “A Christmas Carol” you think was the best.

Pop Culture Theme Time is a feature where I put a question to you to see what you think about a particular theme. I might later revisit the theme for a future Drawing Crazy Patterns or Top Five.

As me and my pal Bill often note, sitcoms do (https://player.fm/series/geek-mentality/family-ties-a-keaton-christmas-carol-10-of-25) riffs (http://www.christmastvhistory.com/2014/09/family-ties-christmas-1983.html) on “A Christmas Carol” for Christmas all of the time. ALL OF THE TIME. Definitely way TOO often. However, occasionally, the episodes turn out okay (well, more RARELY than occasionally). What is your pick for the best “A Christmas Carol” take by a sitcom?

My pick (https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/ep-93-family-ties-pt1-w-ed-daly/id1508004549?i=1000540343643&l=nb) is (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/day-20-family-ties-a-keaton-christmas-carol-1983/id1540897730?i=1000502981870) Family Ties (https://holidayfilmreviews.blogspot.com/2012/12/family-ties-keaton-christmas-carol.html)’s “A Keaton Christmas Carol,” (https://familyties.fandom.com/wiki/A_Keaton_Christmas_Carol) where Alex doesn’t have the Christmas spirit, and when he goes to sleep, well, you know the drill. Michael J. Fox is just so charming that he really pulls the whole cliched story through. And seeing the other Keaton members as the ghosts was cute, as well.

Okay, so that’s my pick! What’s yours?

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TheVespor and Ramsis give full review of the Season 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym06WIi_WVQ), Episode 9 episode of Family Ties, titled "A Keaton Christmas Carol".

For our second review of the 2022 Holiday Season on Vespor's Retro Reviews, we bring you, the biggest Scrooge of them all. Alex P. Keaton who seems to have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas. A few humbugs and telling off some carol singers later, he is visited by two ghosts who will set him straight. His sisters.. uh oh.

Travel through time as we look at a Keaton's Christmas 10 years ago where Alex actually liked Christmas and then 30 years into the future where Alex.. well you will just have to see for yourself to believe it.

In this classic Christmas themed episode of Family Ties as we finish off 2022 with a great one.

Get ready for lots of laughs and jokes about hair, smoke and being bald as it's Christmas, with the Keatons.

Vespor and Ramsis can't wait to enjoy the Holiday Season with you all once again here on Retro-Reviews! Happy Holiday's everyone!

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Episode Index:


1) 0:26 Introduction
2) 1:41 Cast and Characters
3) 7:41 Plot and Full Review of 'Family Ties: A Keaton Christmas Carol'
4) 35:01 Final Thoughts and Rating of Episode


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