A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol

It's Christmas Eve 1943 and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark New Jersey and set to present their contemporary take on Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Whether it's the noisy plumbing missed cues electrical blackouts or the over-the-top theatrics of veteran actor but radio novice William St. Claire this radio show is an entertaining excursion into the mayhem and madness of a live radio show. St. Claire's escalating foibles and acting missteps propel the show to a simultaneously comedic and heart-wrenching dramatic climax: St. Claire has an on-air breakdown and begins to connect his own life with that of the classic Dickens tale. In order to save the show the company improvises an ending to Charles Dickens' classic as a film noir mystery featuring a hardboiled detective a femme fatale and an absurd rescue of Tiny Tim (and the Lindbergh baby) from the clutches of a Hitler-esque villain named Rudolf!