As a part of the 2008 Forge season, the Jesters staged "Pulp William" (a long-form mash-up of the Shakespeare and Tarantino genres), "Scriptless Uncut" (an Oscars-themed improv show) and a return season of "A Very Merry Scriptless", this time as a partially-scripted/partially improvised retelling of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"; in 2009 the show similarly tackled the nativity and the Magi before returning to more short-form in 2010. "The Early Early Late Show" returned as part of the 2009 Forge season and annually thereafter.