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'Christmas Story' fans to convene in Cleveland
Pittsburgh Post-Gaz ^
| November 04, 2007
| Marylynne Pitz
Posted on 11/19/2007 12:09:19 PM PST by OSHA
'Ralphies' gathering on Thanksgiving weekend
If you identify with Ralphie Parker, the 9-year-old Midwestern boy who longed for a BB gun, you may wish to spend Thanksgiving weekend in Cleveland with fans of the movie "A Christmas Story."
That's when your fellow "Ralphies" will meet actors who played in the 1983 cult classic, tour the restored Cleveland home used in the movie and enjoy a Christmas dinner, just like the Parker family, at the C & Y Chinese restaurant.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: christmasstory; crimaliens; immigration
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To: OSHA
An extra prayer of thanks and a toast to Bob Clark this year for the movie. (He and his son were killed in an auto accident by a drunk illegal immigrant this past April.)
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:39:02 PM PST
by
Ladysmith
((NRA, SAS) I’m paranoid. The only question is, am I paranoid enough?)
To: dfwgator
Here is todays secret message.
25-16-4-21,
4-23-9-7.
22-23-14,
17-16-11-19-6-13-6-25-16-19-12,
20-16-8-12-16-4-3
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:39:26 PM PST
by
mware
To: Clintons Are White Trash
We expect a full report. :^)
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:39:39 PM PST
by
OSHA
(Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
To: OSHA
I will promptly come home and write a “Theme” on the experience :)
To: tiredoflaundry
Soap poisoning!My mom once did that to me and my brother for saying "Shut up!" Today's parents should only be so lucky. And it was Lifebuoy soap -- ewwww!
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:44:54 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(America: “the most benign hegemon in history.”—Mark Steyn)
To: DollyCali
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:45:16 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(America: “the most benign hegemon in history.”—Mark Steyn)
To: reegs
Shep — IMO the best American humorist of our era. He is greatly missed.
To: OSHA
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:46:36 PM PST
by
Beowulf
To: Clintons Are White Trash
I will promptly come home and write a Theme on the experience :) Margins, margins, margins.
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:53:59 PM PST
by
mware
To: mware; tx_eggman
25-16-4-21
first line should be 24-16-4-21
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posted on
11/19/2007 1:58:31 PM PST
by
SpinnerWebb
(Islam ... If you can't join them, beat them.)
To: reagan_fanatic
Excellent film! I watch it during Christmas time every year as a holiday tradition!
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:00:16 PM PST
by
puroresu
(Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
To: Albion Wilde
I wonder if he is related to Barbara Billingsley, Beaver’s mother on Leave It to Beaver?
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:01:31 PM PST
by
murron
To: prairie dog
Shepherd also has a cameo appearance in the department store scene, as the man who directs Ralphie and Randy to the end of the line. Director Clark has a cameo as Swede, the neighbor who questions the Old Man about the Leg Lamp.
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:02:18 PM PST
by
mware
To: puroresu
one scene in the movie, Ralphie’s father wears a Royal Air Force issue flight cap, indicating that the movie takes place in late 1940s and that Mr. Parker was probably a volunteer American pilot for the RAF.
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:08:28 PM PST
by
mware
To: NewHampshireDuo
I stopped listening in the late sixties when he started flying his own plane and the stories lost out to truly boring hours of in flight detail.
Have you read his books?
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:09:00 PM PST
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
To: murron
I wonder if he is related to Barbara Billingsley, Beavers mother on Leave It to Beaver? According to NNDB, he is her grandnephew.
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:11:27 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(America: “the most benign hegemon in history.”—Mark Steyn)
To: OSHA
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:12:14 PM PST
by
VOA
To: mware
Neat! And Darren McGavin was just perfect as the father!
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:13:41 PM PST
by
puroresu
(Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
To: mware
You are font of all things Christmas Story....:-)
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:18:43 PM PST
by
Dog
(My writer ISN'T on strike...)
To: puroresu
According to reports Jack Nicholson was considered for The Old Man. Glad he stayed with McGavin.
I also heard that McGavin reached into his own wallet to help fund the movie. He liked it so much.
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posted on
11/19/2007 2:19:14 PM PST
by
mware
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