Was just trolling and saw your post. I grew up in norhtern NJ and spent my childhood there duriing the late 50’s - mid 60’s. What makes me write is that for one of those childhood years my family moved up to just outside of Boston (I was around 6 at the time). My brother and I used to call on our friends who lived in an adjoining project and on one particularly cold morning my brother pranked me with the “flagpole” joke from the movie. He got me to stick my tongue on the freezing-cold bannister outside our friends’ home and when they opened the door, there I was—stuck to the railing by the tongue. I think they went to get some water, but I couldn’t wait and pulled away, leaving a small memento of the occasion behind!
Sad thing is my brother didn’t have to double-dog OR triple-dog dare me...what a dope I was!
Forgot to add the most important part...my brother pranked me well before the movie had ever come out...Always wondered where he got the idea from...
With us it was the steel rail on a Flexible Flyer sled that was the ‘tongue-sticking’ location. A guy from across the street (his name was Paul - now deceased) actually did it circa 1958 and yes, it did get stuck. Warm water released it. It was pretty cool.