It's time.

[spatch]

I want to know!

[Poll #893392]

I have a distinct feeling which way the wind will blow on this one, but I'm curious nonetheless.

Comments

[muse0fire.livejournal.com]

No contest :-D

[lno.livejournal.com]

Boris fucking Karloff? Jimmy Durante's nose could bludgeon him to death from ten feet away!

[giantfightbot.livejournal.com]

Doesn't Burl Ives get double credit for narrating the Ewok Movie that ABC aired back in the day?

I vaguely recall that coming out on Christmas.

[spatch]

Burl Ives did indeed voice the narrator in the Ewok Adventure, but while it came out as Christmas, it's about as Christmasy as the Star Wars Christmas Special.

[spritelord.livejournal.com]

Happy LifeGift Day, Spatch!

[giantfightbot.livejournal.com]

Oh, but it's got a big tree... and maybe an action figure came out of the deal. That's only vaguely Christmas-y.

I imagine in this age of wonders one could procure the entire Star Wars Christmas Special if one wished, but I'm not sure that would be a wise move.

[spatch]

Oh, but it's got a big tree...

But that's Chewbacca's HOUSE!

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens in Muppets Christmas Carol.

[firegryphon.livejournal.com]

oh! that's a good one, I forgot about that one.

[spatch]

heck yes.

[seph.livejournal.com]

Beat me to it.

Humbug.

[firegryphon.livejournal.com]

maybe not, I voted before reading the comments.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

That's my vote.

[voivod.livejournal.com]

WHAT NO BING CROSBY?

No David Crosby, either.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Bob Newhart as Papa Elf in Elf?

[puddnhead.livejournal.com]

Huh, I would have thought that Gene Shepherd would be the overwhelming favorite. Who knew.

[dcart.livejournal.com]

I stared at this way too long before choosing Burl Ives. It could have just as easily been Jean Shepherd. It's really a complete and utter toss up between the two. I went with Burl Ives partly because I thought Jean Shepherd would be the overwhelming favorite, like puddnhead.

You might also consider whoever the hell the narrator was in It's a Wonderful Life.

[cursethedark.livejournal.com]

For me, it came down to Ives and Karloff. It's a good thing Gonzo wasn't thrown in there, or I might never have picked.

[elvisclooney.livejournal.com]

Gonzo in the Muppet Christmas Carol.

I still feel it's one of the best (if not *the*) interpretations of Dicken's A Christmas Carol.

MOre Fred

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, don't forget Fred Astaire's (un?)forgettable turn in "The Man in the Santa Claus Suit" That should get him an extra....uh....half point?

[some-kitten.livejournal.com]

Apparently I'm feeling mushy instead of silly.

My dad reading from Luke (KJV). Gets me every time.

[cropherb.livejournal.com]

I really, really wanted to give it to Burl Ives, but I had to go with Karloff. It's not really fair -- if even one of the songs in "Rudolph" was even half as good as "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", Ives could've had it walking away. So I admit to being influenced by factors that do not pertain to the narrator strictly as narrator, but what can you do?

[spatch]

"Have A Holly Jolly Christmas" almost ranks up there with "Wahoo Dorays" or however you spell the Whos' faux-Latin song of joy.

[violacat.livejournal.com]

"Dahoo Foress". I looked it up once. I don't remember why.

[johnnycanuck.livejournal.com]

I've gotta agree with your assessment here. I spent at least a minute agonizing over both choices, but in the end, it had to be Karloff.