It’s December, so it’s time to add to the Christmas special playlist. This first offering of 2025 is a radio play produced by Campbell Playhouse, a CBS radio anthology series. I shouldn’t have to go over A Christmas Carol. There are so many version of Charles Dickens’ book (which I did a Chapter By Chapter review of) that if you don’t know the story you’re probably too young to be here. I’ve posted other versions of this classic in past Saturday Night Showcases (at least one has to still be up), and there are reasons there are so many variations, remakes, homages, and parodies that you can’t avoid it.
Apparently, Campbell Playhouse, produced and narrated by the legendary Orson Wells and sponsored by Campbell Soup, had redone the play for a few years, but the 1938 version was actually recorded. With the also legendary Lionel Barrymore returning as Ebenezer Scrooge, the radio version is good for listening while wrapping Christmas presents. This version is brought to us by The Primitive Library, and it’s not even the only radio recording they have. It’s just the one I found. There’s no more padding I can do, so enjoy.
Netflix To Take Over Warner Brothers: What Does The Future Hold?
Well thanks a lot, guys. Now I have to push CBS Transformers off of the schedule this week because you drop this as people were going to bed last night. I had TWO installments auto-scheduled so today I could focus on getting my Christmas comic out by Christmas, but instead we have to talk backstage nonsense. Figures.
In case you somehow missed the buzz today, Netflix has won it’s bid to acquire Warner Brothers and everything that comes with it. Note that this is not yet a done deal. Final negotiations still have to happen, Paramount’s new owners Skydance, the most favored of the bidders, is raising a ruckus, and part of the deal is for Discovery’s side of things to take some stuff with them when they go, but for all intents and purposes the paid streaming service has won the day, the Warner Brothers back catalog, and the resources to make more theatrical and TV/streaming shows. Apparently everybody wants Warner Brothers…except people who own Warner Brothers. It wasn’t that long ago that Discovery Networks took this off of AT&T’s hands after they got it from AOL Turner Time-Warner.
Of course everyone involved with discussing the entertainment media have thoughts on the deal. I share some of those thoughts, and yet there are a few that aren’t being brought up that probably should. No matter how you look at it, this may be great news for Netflix and for David Zaslav’s accountant, but for the movie industry, fans, and various corners of geekdom this is not a good sign for the future. Let’s discuss.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on December 5, 2025 in Animation Spotlight, Comic Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight, Video Game Spotlight and tagged commentary, DC Comics, DC Entertainment, Discovery Global, Hanna-Barbera, Netflix, news, Ruby-Spears Productions, Warner Animation, Warner Brothers, Warner Interactive, WB Games.
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