The Old Man’s car is a ‘37 Olds. The decoder pin is from ‘40. The Sammy Kaye song is from ‘41.
While the sequel is horrible (with a downright humiliating performance by the execrable Charles Grodin as the Old Man), it has two great vignettes from the Jean Shepherd stories: the Gravy Boat Wars, and when the Indiana property tax inspector comes to the neighborhood. It has been titled “It Runs In The Family” and also “My Summer Story.” Incredibly, Bob Clark directed it, too, proving the stars were just in the right alignment for the original.
“My Summer Story.”
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I really liked that movie as a sequel to “The Christmas Story”. I found it pretty funny. Guess we all have our own senses of humor. Merry Christmas!