Posted on 12/15/2005 6:04:54 PM PST by presidio9
My parents were building a really high end house in the mid 60's, and I used my handy BB gun to bust up a soda bottle I found with some clear liquid in it (thought it was water).
It turned out that it was fiber glass resin catalyst that the contractor was using on a particularly decorative part of the house.
When my dad came around asking if I had found a bottle I couldn't lie to him. I really didn't think I did anything wrong. It was just a used soda bottle nobody wanted.
I didn't get in trouble. Actually, I'm not sure what kind of catalyst it was, but I've since found out that some of it is very hazardous. Can blind you with a fraction of a drop in your eye.
It's amazing we survived. But I wouldn't have had it any other way.
I do know that the film was supposed to be earlier than in the 50s...but things moved more slowly then, so much of what was in that movie, still held true for those of us growing up in the early 50s...the one main exception I can think of, is that during Ralphies time, they listened to the radio, as TV was as yet, not available for the common family...so during the 50s we had TV, and Ralphie did not...
But you are right, this film actually does not take place in the 50s, but rather in the 40s...but the look and feel is still the same as it was during the 50s...
And I remember Goldblatts, as I was raised in Chicago...every year, at Christmas we would trot into Goldblatts and start scouring the shelves and racks for Christmas presents...whenever we went into our particular local Goldblatts, coming in by the side door, ones nose was always assaulted by the Emeraude perfume from the perfume counter, mingled with the smell of the salami being cut over by the escalator...the mixture of those two things always made me a little sick when I first got into the store...
Memories....
I think it was Palmolive.
"Lifeboy on the other hand... yeech!"
Aaaah
I agree. Some of that aura was still around in the early 50s but the movie's definitely set in the earlier time period although I'm sure a little 'artistic license' is allowed. I noticed a few chronological goofs but what the heck? A little suspension of disbelief's good for the soul.
"The Wizard of Oz" was first published in 1900 and was a best-seller at the time. There were prior movie versions (even a silent version) before the 1939 Judy Garland version. If you notice the 1939 version starts out saying "For nearly forty years this story has given faithful service to the Young in Heart ..." Anyway, I think Jean Shepard said it was set in the 1940s.
None. But we were poor and mostly stuck with cheaper Ivory -- 99 and 44/100% pure, remember? Now and then we had Palmolive, Lifebuoy and for those Serious Curses, Lava.
There are so many great lines in that movie, I can hardly pick a favorite one...you know, for a movie that had a hard time getting made, it sure turned out to be a movie, that today, people consider to be a part of their Christmas tradition...I know we consider it as such in our home, and Christmas would not be the same, without it...
Yeah, "Harlem Nights" was much more wholesome....
Give me a break.
Artistic license appears in the mom's hair style.
Yeah, "Harlem Nights" was much more wholesome....
No. I assume that was vulgar too.
I really don't think you're talking about the same movie
If you say so.
Perhaps someone doctored the CD...because my children and I were very surprised at the vulgarity.
The Radio Orphan Annie decoder pin that Ralphie receives is the 1940 "Speedomatic" model, indicating that the movie takes place in December, 1940. Different decoder badges were made each year from 1935-1940. By 1941, the decoders were made of paper.
Thanks for that...our moms had to make sure that we ate everything on our plates...when my brother(a very picky eater, like Randy), did not want to finish his food, my dad would eyeball him, and tell him that he had worked hard to provide for the meal and that my brother needed to finish all his food...my brother would, but he would hum the whole time...whenever my brother hummed while eating, you knew he did not like the meal, but he knew dad would make him eat it anyway...
My brother...the hummer...
The Red Ryder air rifle came out in 1938 and it's demand increased with kids with the onset of war. Mostly 40's mood, IMO.
I love Jean Shepherd's work. christmas Story was great, but I also loved "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss". I think it was the same family, Ralphie is now a teenager, and they're planning their annual two week vacation to a cabin by a lake. The narration talked about American's going on vacation and buying 'slob art', the statues, gazing balls, gnomes and other stuff people put in their front yards. It was hilarious! He wrote some really biting cultural satire in amongst his family goings on.
Thanks!
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