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The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 fantasy musical comedy-drama film distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and produced by Jim Henson Productions. Based on Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol”, The Muppet Christmas Carol features both human actors and Muppets in the film’s starring roles, including Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, Kermit the Frog as Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit, Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig, and Gonzo providing the story’s narration as Charles Dickens. Dickens’ story has continuously been in print since its first publication in 1834 and more than forty adaptations of “A Christmas Carol” have been developed for television and theatrical film over the years. The Muppet Christmas Carol is actually considered to be one of the more faithful adaptations of "A Christmas Story" as many of the lines used in the film are taken directly from Dickens' novella.

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Broadway and 42nd Street refers to the Theater District near the intersection of Broadway and Times Square in New York City. The musicals and plays produced by the professional theaters on Broadway make it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.

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Mr. Happy is a character featured in the children’s book series Mr. Men, created by English author Roger Hargreaves in 1971. Each book in the Mr. Men series focuses on a different character, using the character’s dominant personality trait to tell a simple moral lesson. Mr. Happy was introduced in the third book of the series and is described as being merry, joyful, and smiling. Mr. Happy is the happiest person in all of Happyland and he wants everyone else to feel as happy as he does. 

Roger Hargreaves died in 1988 and his son Adam took over his father's book series, writing new stories and creating new characters. Currently, there are over fifty Mr. Men characters. The book series is popular with children around the world.

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The Peanuts comics by Charles M. Schulz first debuted in 1947 as "Li'l Folks" and was renamed Peanuts in 1950. The various panels followed Charlie Brown; his dog, Snoopy; friends Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, and others; and other characters, chronicling their everyday lives and adventures. Schroeder was an avid lover of Beethoven and was often found in each panel playing his piano or listening to various compositions by Beethoven. This button references this as Schroeder is pictured announcing Beethoven’s upcoming birthday (December 16) accompanied by Snoopy.

Schroeder is noted as first celebrating Beethoven’s birthday in a 1953 panel and almost every year in December following that first strip. After that first celebration, a running gag has Schroeder holding up signs to remind everyone that Beethoven’s birthday is coming up. This love of Beethoven and reference to musical themes throughout the comic’s history is reported as mimicking Schulz’s own love of the composer, with Schroeder as his alter ego.

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Ingenue was a magazine "for the sophisticated teen" published from 1959 to 2004 that featured beauty tips, lifestyle advice, and occasionally spotlights on famous actors or musicians. Advertisements that appeared in the issues included those for Sudden Beauty, a line of hairspray, face mask, and other beauty products which was manufactured by Whitehall Laboratories in the mid 1960s.

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The comic strip Peanuts was created by Charles M. Schulz (1922 – 2000). Peanuts was published in newspapers from 1950 to 2000. The comic often addressed cultural, political, or social themes. Lucy van Pelt is one of the characters of this comic who is known for being bossy and opinionated, which is displayed in the phrase, "I don't care if anybody likes me. Just so I'm popular!" The phrase from this comic frame is one in a set of commonly used quotes on memorabilia to display Lucy’s character and Charlie Brown’s patience or boredom with her.

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Snoopy is a character in the famous comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts. Snoopy is an imaginative beagle who fantasizes about becoming an author, student, army officer, and other human professions and interests. Snoopy first appeared in 1950 and was originally Patty’s dog, but later became Charlie Brown’s dog. There have been many Peanuts Christmas stories including animated movies, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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Charles Schulz created the Snoopy’s World War I flying ace Peanuts comic strip on October 10, 1965. It displayed the classic beagle character in one of his alter-egos—the Flying Ace—in pursuit of the Red Barron on his aircraft-imagined doghouse. Many people credit this World War I tribute to Schulz’ service as a sergeant in the United States Army stationed in Europe during World War II and his desire to create adventure comics.

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Snoopy is a cartoon beagle from the comic strip Peanuts created by Charles Shultz in the 1950s. Snoopy's character enjoys role playing and creating alter egos for himself, such as Joe Cool, the Word War I Flying Ace, and a soldier in the French Foreign Legion. "Beau" may refer to the adventure novel Beau Geste by P.C. Wren which is about three English brothers who enlist in the French Foreign Legion.

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While Warlords was originally released by Atari, Inc. in 1980 as an arcade game, Warlords 2600 came out for the Atari 2600 console the next year in 1981. Promotional buttons for their major games were released as part of the Atari advertising campaign, including Pac Man, Asteroids, Ms. Pac Man, and Warlords. Since Warlords for Atari 2600, there have been several more updated versions for various consoles.
Warlords is essentially a more strategic and theme-based version of Pong. In Warlords, 1-4 players have a castle, a Warlord, and a moving shield. Each player controls the shield, moving it along the outside of their castle to protect the castle walls and their Warlord inside from the bouncing fireball. The fireball bounces off of the shield, which allows players to both protect their own castle and Warlord while taking aim at the opposing castles and Warlords. Even if the castle walls are not entirely broken down, a player can still be eliminated if the fireball slips by and hits their Warlord. To win, a player must be the last Warlord standing.