Posted on 08/13/2012 11:40:33 AM PDT by Kartographer
In case you're clearing out your ears, the 1983 holiday classic "A Christmas Story" has, in fact, been made into a sequel.
"A Christmas Story 2" is going straight to DVD and Blu-ray October 30th. And it's available just days before the debut of the Broadway musical based on the original story of little '40s-era Ralphie and his Christmastime woes.
The film sequel follows Ralphie as a teenager. He no longer yearns for a Red Ryder BB gun, but now wants a 1938 Hupmobile Skyline Convertible. There are a few things that haven't changed: Triple dog dares, and the fact that the old man -- Ralphie's dad -- is still obsessed with that fishnet-stocking-adorned leg lamp.
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Really?!?!?!?!?!
I own the first and, although it has become a Christmas staple at my home and does have some memorable lines and scenes, I am not impressed. The naration, music, and editing are “tv show” quality.
I’m surprised someone made a sequel.
That's part of its' charm.
I saw the first sequel. It was awful.
This must have been dreamed up by the brother of the guy who thought the Pontiac Aztek was a good idea.
I suppose the whole reason for the sequel is to hype the Broadway Play.
Although Jean Shepherd stated that A Christmas Story, was supposed to be an amalgam of childhook experiences not set in any particular year, there are two cues in the movie that pretty much limit it. Wizard of Oz was released in August, 1939, so it would make sense that the use of the characters in a Christmas promotional would have taken place that Christmas or later.
Similarly Ovaltine ceased their sponsorship in January 1940 when Quaker became the sponsor, so it would need to be prior to then.
It was called My Summer Story and came out in 1993.
"The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters" - with Matt Dillon as an older Ralphie? It's a shame that one was so poorly done - that's probably the funniest chapter of the book.
I have that on DVD. I think it stars Charles Grodin as the dad. I have a feeling it would seem a lot better if you’d never seen “A Christmas Story.” It would be a pleasant, nostalgic little movie. But the comparison doomed it to the straight-to-DVD bin.
Here is one mistake they made, however:
“While reading the newspaper at the kitchen table the “Old Man” angrily mentions that the “Sox traded Bullfrog”. This is a reference to long time Chicago White Sox pitcher Bill Dietrich, whose nickname was Bullfrog. He pitched during the 1930s and 1940s. Dietrich was never traded from the Sox, he was released September 18, 1946.”
So that’s what became of Ralphie, he became Jason Bourne!
Was Jean Sherman (if he’s even still alive) remotely involved in this??? If so it might have a chance, otherwise I think it will be a great disappoinment.
—That’s part of its’ charm.—
I get that, but I don’t. ;-)
We still quote The Old Man buying oil at the gas station - "Do you want the good stuff or the cheap stuff?" "The cheap stuff. Heaviest you got".
Another neat fact I searched for and found out. Why did the father win a "leg" lamp? The "leg" was the logo for "Nehi" soda (get it? "Knee" high) and the crossword puzzle was a commercial contest for the soda.
So now you know.
Jean Shepherd died in October of 1999.
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