Posted on 11/27/2006 9:25:45 PM PST by Silly
AS the holiday shopping season begins, Madison Avenue is paying tribute to a movie that has become a perennial for the generations that grew up after popular Christmas films like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Miracle on 34th Street.”
The movie is “A Christmas Story,” in which the humorist Jean Shepherd offers a rueful look back at his boyhood, circa 1940. The film presents the comic misadventures of Ralphie Parker, whose most fervent wish — nay, obsession — is to receive an “official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle” as a Christmas gift from his parents.
“A Christmas Story” was no huge success when it came out in 1983. Some were put off by its wry, even sardonic tone, so at odds with traditional holiday fare.
But in the last decade, the film has become as much a part of Christmas as “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” and jokes about fruitcake. A big reason is the annual marathon showing by the TBS cable network, which starts each Christmas Eve; in 24 hours, the movie is shown a dozen times in a row.
You'll shoot your eye out!
Was I the first one to say that?
You'll put your eye out!!
yes, you were first! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Other favorite moments:
The Peter and The Wolf score...
The leg lamp...
The "fuuuuuudge" moment...
The soap...
The Ovaltine commercial...
The bunny costume...
The Chinese Christmas dinner ("It's... it's smiling at me!")...
What a classic!
"A big reason is the annual marathon showing by the TBS cable network, which starts each Christmas Eve; in 24 hours, the movie is shown a dozen times in a row."
I'm still waiting for Spike or some such network to start up the "Bad Santa" marathon - THAT I'll watch.
Yes, you were first but WE have the Bumpusses' dogs!
I love the music that played when the Bumpus' dogs marched through the kitchen and stole the turkey...!
Fraaaa GEEEEEEEEEEE LAAAAAAAY!
I use to dislike this movie but it grew on me.
I like when they go out to the chinese place.
I much prefer this movie to watching the "Yule Log". You know, a log burning in a fireplace somewhere, beamed to your TV.
I actually bought that for my parents....hmmm what does that say about me? Or my parents?
Fa ra ra ra ra!
LOVE the movie. I was raised in Cleveland (where much of the film was shot -- the parade was filmed in Public Square) and used to listen to Jean on the radio back on the 50s. Jean MUCH funnier than the liberal puke Garrison Keillor.
Get major waves of nostalgia every time I see this classic flick.
"invent vanity on the fly..." LOL
It's a major award!
The lamp was a "most prestigious" award.
I love the music that played when the Bumpus' dogs marched through the kitchen and stole the turkey...!
Me Too!
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