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 originally broadcast on ABC on December 23, 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., whose name is a pun off Scrooge's most famous catchphrase "Bah, Humbug."