Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a Victorian novelist who penned such works as A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, The Pickwick Papers, and Oliver Twist.
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- in addition to references to the linked works above
- Gonzo played Charles Dickens in The Muppet Christmas Carol.
- Joe Marley, in the guise of a child, introduces himself as "Joey Dickens" at the end of A Sesame Street Christmas Carol.
- Dave Goelz briefly voices the "real" Charles Dickens in the 20th anniversary audio commentary for The Muppet Christmas Carol.
- In episode 112 of The Muppet Show, a sketch has Peter Ustinov and Fozzie Bear as professors discussing post-Dickensian economics (referencing both the novelist and the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes).
- Gonzo spends six panels of the November 10, 1985 The Muppets comic strip excitedly announcing that the book store just got in an order of a title he'd been highly anticipating. Fozzie explains to Kermit that the book he ordered was Great Expectations.
- Gonzo claims he's soon going to start work on an adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby, during a 1992 interview with Entertainment Tonight from the set of The Muppet Christmas Carol.
- The 1999 Creature Shop TV movie Alice in Wonderland featured a scene utilizing giant books as backdrops. Dickens' novel Little Dorrit is among the texts.
- The pitch documents for a proposed Furry Arms series includes well-known quotes from assorted famous individuals, repurposed as their reactions to staying at the titular hotel. Dickens is listed and quoted as saying the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities.
- In The Muppet Show Comic Book #2, The Ubiquitous Quilp is named after the villain of The Old Curiosity Shop.