The Stingiest Man in Town is an animated version of the 1956 Alcoa Hour special based on A Christmas Carol produced by Rankin/Bass and released in 1978. The musical special features the voices of Walter Matthau as Ebenezer Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the narrating insect, B. A. H. Humbug, Esq., a pun off Scrooge's most famous catchphrase "Bah, Humbug."