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Film 1988. Written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O|Donoghue. Directed by Richard Donner. Starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard and Alfre Woodard.
Source Features: BBB (17) TIMELINE (7) OTHER (11) THEMES (1)

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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1A&M Club BBBEntertainmentPrivate Clubs

A&M Club
Frank meets his boss and new coworker Brice Cummings.



2The Ballbreaker Suite BBBMusicSongs

The Ballbreaker Suite
The Ghost of Christmas Present's theme song.



3Belle Cab CompanyBBBTransportationTaxicabs

Belle Cab Company
Cab driven by the Ghost of Christmas Past.

4Bob Goulet's Old Fashioned Cajun Christm... BBBTelevisionTV Shows

Bob Goulet's Old Fashioned Cajun Christmas
Christmas Eve TV special on IBC.



5California Health Plate BBBMenuMenu Items

California Health Plate
Menu item that Brice Cummings orders at A&M Club.



6Daily News BBBPeriodicalsNewspapers

Daily News
December 23 headline: "IBC KILLS OLD WOMAN"



7Electronic Media BBBPeriodicalsNewspapers

Electronic Media
December 23 newspaper headline: "How crafty is Cross?"



8Father Loves Beaver BBBTelevisionTV Shows

Father Loves Beaver
TV show on IBC.



9The Frisbee ShowBBBTelevisionTV Shows

The Frisbee Show


10Frisbee the DogBBBTelevisionTV Shows

Frisbee the Dog
Children's TV show, with Frank Cross as Frisbee.

11Hempstead UniversityBBBEducationUniversities

Hempstead University


12IBC BBBCinemaTV Stations

IBC
Frank Cross is the youngest president of the IBC TV station.



13L.B. Burke ToysBBBToysToy Stores

L.B. Burke Toys
Toy store front on the set of the IBC production of Scrooge.

14Manson Family Christmas SpecialBBBTelevisionTV Shows

Manson Family Christmas Special
IBC employee Eliot Loudermilk tells Frank that his new promo for IBC's Scrooge presentation looked like the Manson Family Christmas Special.

15The Night the Reindeer Died BBBCinemaMovies

The Night the Reindeer Died
Christmas TV programming: movie starring Lee Majors.



16Operation Reach Out BBBMedia CompaniesFilm Production Companies

Operation Reach Out
Claire's company.



17Scrooge BBBTelevisionTV Shows

Scrooge
TV special. "lBC presents live, via satellite from New York, Bethlehem, Helsinki, West Berlin and the Great Barrier Reef, Charles Dickens' immortal Christmas classic. starring Buddy Hackett, Jamie Farr, the Solid Gold Dancers and Mary-Lou Retton as Tiny Tim. Hosted by Sir John Houseman. It will touch every heartstring. It all starts on Christmas Eve - Christmas Eve on lBC."



FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
18December 24, 1955 Dates20th Century: 50sEvents

December 24, 1955
The Ghost of Christmas Past transports Frank Cross to past Christmas Eves. In 1955, Frank's father gives him 5 pounds of veal for Christmas.



19December 24, 1968 Dates20th Century: 60sEvents

December 24, 1968
The Ghost of Christmas Past transports Frank Cross to past Christmas Eves. In 1968, Frank meets Claire coming out of Di Maggio's restaurant in New York City.



20December 24, 1969 Dates20th Century: 60sEvents

December 24, 1969
The Ghost of Christmas Past transports Frank Cross to past Christmas Eves. In 1969, Claire gives Frank a copy of the Kamasutra for Christmas.



21December 24, 1971 Dates20th Century: 70sEvents

December 24, 1971
The Ghost of Christmas Past transports Frank Cross to past Christmas Eves. In 1971, Frank works as Frisbee the Dog on a childrens TV show for IBC. When Frank gets an offer to have dinner with his boss and cancels plans with Claire, she breaks up with him.



22November 23, 1988 Dates20th Century: 80sEvents

November 23, 1988
During the restaurant scene, a close-up of Frank's wristwatch shows the date is November 23, even though it is supposed to be Christmas Eve.



23December 23, 1988 Dates20th Century: 80sHeadlines

December 23, 1988
Date of Electronic Media newspaper headline: "How crafty is Cross?" and Daily News headline: "IBC KILLS OLD WOMAN". Frank Cross is visited by the ghost of his mentor Lew Hayward, an unloved miser who died from a heart attack seven years prior. Lew warns him three more ghosts will appear to him over the next day to help Frank avoid the same fate.



24December 24, 1988 Dates20th Century: 80sEvents

December 24, 1988
Frank Cross visited by three ghosts - the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Future.



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25Claire PhillipsOtherQuotesQuotes

Claire Phillips
Claire Phillips: That's the one good thing about regret: it's never too late. You can always change tomorrow if you want to.

26Claire's nickname for Frank.OtherTriviaName Game

Claire's nickname for Frank.
Dumpy
Stumpy
Lumpy


27Frank CrossOtherQuotesQuotes

Frank Cross
Frank Cross: I never liked a girl well enough to give her twelve sharp knives.

28Frank Cross OtherQuotesQuotes

Frank Cross
Frank Cross (sign on Frank's office wall): Cross n: a thing they nail people to.



29Frank CrossOtherQuotesQuotes

Frank Cross
Frank Cross: If you touch me again, I'm gonna rip your goddamn wings off.

30Frank CrossOtherQuotesQuotes

Frank Cross
Frank Cross: The bitch hit me with a toaster!

31Frank CrossOtherQuotesQuotes

Frank Cross
Frank Cross: No, you are a hallucination brought on by alcohol... Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl!

32Frank CrossOtherQuotesQuotes

Frank Cross
Frank Cross: Are you glad to see me, or is this a shotgun in your pocket?

33Frank's middle name.OtherTriviaName Game

Frank's middle name.
Francis
Charles
Xavier


34Humanitarian of the Year OtherRecognitionAwards

Humanitarian of the Year
Award Frank receives, saying he will cherish it always, and then leaves in a cab.



35Untitled OtherThemesBeast 2


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