Bob Cratchit
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Nov 2, 2026
Josh Slater-WilliamsGUEST
But that was presumably possibly a previous animated film credit.
Josh Slater-WilliamsGUEST
I don't know who she plays, probably like Bob Cratchit's wife or something.
Rob StamittiHOST
Or like the lady that Scrooge was going to marry and then didn't because it's an insert sad thing here.
Rob StamittiHOST
But as a
HarryPANELIST
You know what I mean? I've obviously got to give information to people A and B and talk people through stuff, but I've never, like, got up in front of a crowd and started speaking.
HarryPANELIST
You know, like, I haven't done that since the Feminist Redound School 2011 play of A Christmas Carol where I got cast as Bob Cratchit.
HarryPANELIST
You know what I mean?
PeteHOST
Well, it was a good year as well.
Allison WeeksHOST
And in truth, it was something very like it in that house.
Allison WeeksHOST
Mrs. Cratchit made the gravy, ready beforehand in a little saucepan, hissing hot.
Allison WeeksHOST
Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigor.
Allison WeeksHOST
Miss Belinda sweetened up the applesauce.
Allison WeeksHOST
Martha dusted the hot plates.
Allison WeeksHOST
Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table.
Allison WeeksHOST
The two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped.
Allison WeeksHOST
At last the dishes were set on and grace was said.
David DollarHOST
It's Ebenezer Scrooge.
David DollarHOST
Mickey Mouse is Bob Cratchit.
David DollarHOST
Goofy is Jacob Marley.
David DollarHOST
Donald Duck is Fred.
Daniel KrolikHOST
world.
Daniel KrolikHOST
There's no Bob Cratchit in this scenario.
Bill AntinuHOST
Yeah.
Bill AntinuHOST
Or Sullivan's Travels or Life Stinks, right? Because in Life Stinks, Mel Brooks is like, he wants to pave over a downtrodden LA neighborhood and build like a ritzy...
Maggie ServiceGUEST
in the third row on the left-hand side and my mum was on my right and we just had a brilliant day.
Maggie ServiceGUEST
And I remember that thing of when the credits start rolling and it's not, you know, Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, it's Miss Piggy as Mrs Cratchit.
Maggie ServiceGUEST
And that just immediately went, oh, this is excellent.
Meredith BraunSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mm-hmm.
James SearbyHOST
He sees what he failed to see in the moment.
James SearbyHOST
Scrooge discovers the Cratchit family.
James SearbyHOST
And he sees their love and their poverty and their suffering and their gratitude for existing together.
James SearbyHOST
Like they're more happy with nothing than he is with everything.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
And everyone in his life suffers because of it.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
Meanwhile, his employee, Bob Cratchit or Kermit, who he pays next to nothing with no health insurance, has a sick little boy, Tiny Tim, or, of course, the smaller Kermit, who is going to die because Cratchit, the family, they can't afford to save him.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
Of course, the ghosts show up.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
They reveal to Scrooge the error of his ways, focusing on wealth.
6 MINS LATER
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
The man should have won an Oscar.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
Paul Williams, who co-wrote Rainbow Connection, wrote the songs.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
And Kermit plays Bob Cratchit, the most beloved little character in the history of puppets, passing along an anti-capitalist message of the true meaning of Christmas, community, family, and love.
Jack CocchiarellaHOST
Now he's singing jingles for the actual Scrooge, a mascot for capitalism bought out by Disney.
Jamie WankoHOST
There's a lot
Joe VitaleHOST
of kids that, like, Bob Cratchit themselves down the hallway, and they, like, they have their water bottle, and they're just like,
Jamie WankoHOST
ding.
Jamie WankoHOST
ding, ding,
John LadleyHOST
But it's also, what do you need to know about data for society to thrive? And it's data quality and things like that.
John LadleyHOST
So now, do we have a metaphor for that in other education? Yeah, I'd say, to your point, in the 19th century, 19th century, When Bob Cratchit became a bookkeeper, Bob Cratchit didn't go to school to be a bookkeeper.
John LadleyHOST
He learned Latin.
John LadleyHOST
He learned Greek.
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