In one hour and twenty-eight minutes it will be shown for twenty- four hours on TB - I intend to watch what I can!
It is a movie that makes me smile every time I watch it.
we just finished watching it together as a family. Makes us all laugh! Our 14 yr old loves how he constantly is told “you’ll shoot your eye out kid!”
Merry Christmas!
It is my favorite too.
It is a classic. All the characters are good but the old man and Ralphie are the ones who make it great.
Sort of like Tombstone would be just another run of the mill cowboy movie without “Doc Holliday.
My favorite scene is when Ralphie says “Oh....fudge” and the consequences he reaps from it, i.e., Lifebouy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epDS0h48qRk
The first time I saw it, I literally fell on the floor laughing from Mrs. Schwartz’s tirade on the phone.
Mine too.
I can’t imagine anyone other than Darrin McGavin as The Old Man.
Fra-gee-lay, must be Italian.
“Nah, that’s them balsams”....
NOTAFINGA!!!
“He lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.”
“I can’t put my arms down!”
“Bumpuses!”
“You’ll shoot your eye out!”
“Soap poisoning!”
That Christmas (and following days) was the best of my life.
Like Ralphie, I did get my Daisy. And a few days later on my b-day, Mom took me down to the Y. Cubs came next Sept.
To quote Cousin Eddie - "Life don't get no better than that, you know what I mean, Clark?"
Deck the hll wis bow of horry, fahrarahrahrah rahrah rahrah...
My favorite scene from the movie.
I actually am not as big a fan of this movie as most, but it is cute.
I actually prefer National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
We'll have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny effing Kaye.
(hmmm. I sense a foul-mouthed theme here in my favorite movie quotes.)
The part where the hound dogs got in and ate the turkey, if
you look closely the dogs ear is stuck in the door.
Love it for so many reasons not the least of which is enjoying Higbees in downtown Cleveland and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument during the parade. Now if they could have gotten the Christmas tree from the old Sterling Linder department store it would have approached Christmas memory perfection.
Scut Farkus. The best redhead villain ever? I mean, yellow eyes. YELLOW EYES!!!
I once had a job unloading trucks. The glorious position required that I had to pass on my valuable honed skills on to others when they started. I took pains to point out that many of the cases were from Fragile, Italy. Much of what we handled was from this exotic locale; the name is synonymous with old-world craftsmanship—we were lucky to work for an outfit that worked in such fine commerce. I’d say 75% had never heard of Fragile and looked at me in an odd manner, which said something about the other 25% and the job.
Freegards
I can sympathize with that. My grandfather could have given Lee Ermy cussing lessons and I mimicked him at inappropriate times.
“My father worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium. A master.”
The old man was a turkey junkie. Lol.