Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Eddie Carroll: Ghost of Christmas Past - Jiminy Cricket
Quotes
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Ghost of Christmas Past : *Well*, it's about time! Haven't got all night, you know.
Scrooge : Who... who are you?
Ghost of Christmas Past : Why...
[chuckles]
Ghost of Christmas Past : I'm the Ghost of Christmas Past.
[reveals a medal badge that reads "Ghost of Christmas Past Official"]
Scrooge : Ohhh, I thought you'd be taller.
Ghost of Christmas Past : Hmph! Listen, Scrooge: if men were measured by kindness, you'd be no - *bigger* than a... speck o'dust!
Scrooge : [yawns then turns over to try to get back to sleep] Kindness is of little use in this world.
Ghost of Christmas Past : You didn't always think so. Come on, Scrooge, it's time to go!
Scrooge : Then go!
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Ghost of Christmas Past : [as Scrooge panics while flying toward the past] What's wrong, Scrooge?
[laughs]
Ghost of Christmas Past : I thought you enjoyed looking down on the world!
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Scrooge : And that shy lad in the corner, that's me.
Ghost of Christmas Past : Yes, that was before you became a miserable miser, consumed by greed.
Scrooge : Well, nobody's perfect.
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Scrooge : Ahhh, I remember how much I was in love with her.
[a wind blows and the lights inside go out]
Ghost of Christmas Past : In ten years time, you learned to love something else.
Scrooge : Why, it's my counting house.
[Scrooge sees himself sitting in his chair counting money]
Scrooge : 9,971, 9,972...
Belle : Ebenezer?
Scrooge : Yes, what is it?
Belle : For years, I've had this honeymoon cottage, Ebenezer. I've been waiting for you to keep your promise to marry me. Now I must know, have you made your decision?
Scrooge : [sternly] I have! Your last payment on the cottage was an hour late! I'm fore-*closing* the mortgage!
[Belle walks away, crying]
Ghost of Christmas Past : You loved your gold more than that precious creature, and you lost her forever.
Scrooge : 9,97...
[Belle leaves and slams the door behind her, hard enough to make the coins clatter everywhere]
Scrooge : ... 3.
Scrooge : Please, spirit, I can no longer bear these memories! Take me home!
Ghost of Christmas Past : Remember, Scrooge, you fashioned these memories yourself.
[echoes]