An Oliver and Company Christmas Carol/Transcript

Oliver and Company: The Series

An Oliver and Company Christmas Carol

(We open in a live-action living room with a roaring fireplace and a bookshelf. The camera pans over to see Ed Asner sitting in a large armchair and holding a book.)

Ed: Hello, I'm Ed Asner. You know, Christmas comes but once a year, a time of giving gifts and spending time with loved ones. Not everyone is lucky to have family to spend the holidays. This happened one Christmas in New York City. Let us begin...

(A shot of an illustration of the Manhattan skyline viewed from the air. The image transitions to animated form and we see the streets of New York blanketed in snow. Dodger and the gang are at the Foxworth house, which is beautifully decorated.)

Dodger: Jenny's folks have really gone all out with for Christmas haven't they, Ollie?

Oliver: Definitely. You know, maybe if you're good, they'll let you have some turkey.

Dodger: I like turkey.

Francis: I'd steer clear of the turkey, Dodger. Remember you ate it raw and you had gas for a week?

Dodger: Don't bring it up, Frankie. Anyway, I'm out.

Oliver: Where are you going?

Dodger: Fagin and I are helping at the retirement home.

Rita: Well, we will see you when you get back.

(We transition to the retirement home. It is filled with elderly patients; two men sit at a table laying checkers. Fagin and Dodger arrive and approach an elderly woman with grey hair tied into a bun, sunken eyes, and sporting a purple dress, cotton shawl and with a caring, smiling face. A cat rests on her lap.)

Old woman: You must be the new volunteer. (extends her hand) My name's Mary. You are?

Fagin: (shaking her hand) You can call me Fagin. (gestures to Dodger) This is my dog, Dodger.

Mary: That's lovely. He won't bite, will he?

Fagin: No! He's friendly and great with cats as well!

Mary: Alright.

(Mary's cat hops off her lap and follows Dodger.)