Its almost time for 24 hrs of "A Christmas Story!

[Stray Cat]

I confess, I am a Christmas Story movie junkie...I can't help it. I got so amped up for it this year, I even changed my avatar.

My two favorite lines: after the delivery of the major award crate, the ole man spells out, F-R-A-G-I-L-E, huh, must be Italian. and...."Don't anybody move...a fuse is out"! If you've ever lived in a older house with screw in Buss slow blow fuses, you know what the smell of ozone in the air smells like.

Anyone else have a favorite scene, or line? I remember my first BB gun, it was a Daisy...and I still have both eyes :smt119

 

[chrissrv195]

"Oh fuuuuudge" (you know....thhe f dash dash dash word)
or
"Randy laid there like a slug....it was his only defense"

 

[OldSkool]

The Triple Dog Dare. What else can be said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLZj3zOUZNs

I love the movie and watch it every year.
Scut Farkus had YELLOW EYES!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgagC4pUmQo

HO, HO, HOOOOOOO.

 

[Jack F]

A Guy at work has one of those small lamps in his office, push a button and it plays a line from the movie.
Fra-gee-lay is my favorite line.

 

[electricaldoctor]

We have been watching "It's a Wonderfull Life" with Jimmy Stewart & Donna Reed every year for many a year now. :thumbsup:

 

[Banagy]

I am seventy and watch it three or four times each year. For you infor the Daisy Company home was originally was in Plymouth , Michigan. The Daisy rifle in the movie was never produced. The compass in the stock was put there by Disney. Two walls of the orignal factory are still standing. Group have been trying to come up with funds to save it, but no luck. I like, "its a major award."
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[VTSeaRay]

It's a wonderful life is on NBC now.

 

[Jack F]

It's a wonderful life is on NBC now.

My wife puts that in the DVD every year.

 

[Summer Fun II]

I always watch "A Christmas Story", "Christmas Vacation", "Home Alone" and the Original Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas specials.

+2 on these. :thumbsup:

 

[LTD.330]

We put the movie in the DVD player every year before Christmas and watch it as a family. It has become a family tradition.

My favorite scene was where Ralphie's mom wanted to know where he heard "that word". Ralphie says it was the bully and the bully gets a beating. I love it.

 

[VTSeaRay]

I love Jimmy Stewart, but just never got into watching "It's a wonderful life". I always watch "A Christmas Story", "Christmas Vacation", "Home Alone" and the Original Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas specials.

I watch these too, and this year added in "White Christmas" - these old '50's classics are interesting. Christmas Vacation is my #1 christmas show I think. my kids say Elf is their #1... but I can't stand Farrell.

-VtSeaRay

 

[CW2008]

Nottafinga

 

[dirty dave]

Gonna make a trip to cleveland next week to take a tour of the house from a christmas story

 

[At Ease]

Fa rah rah rah rah

Bumpeses! That's what my wife calls our dogs.

 

[Buckeye Boater]

The Christmas Story is a classic. In January 1983, after spending a Saturday afternoon and evening at the boat show in downtown Cleveland, we walked over to Public Square. We were quite surprised to see them filming the opening scene with everyone looking at the window displays in Higbee's and the lights on the square. There were dozens of classic cars and trolleys driving around the square. Since the weather was not that cold, they had snow machines operating to set the mood. After experiencing that, we couldn't wait for the movie to be released later that year.

Merry Christmas!

 

[camaro_z28]

we toured the house a couple weeks ago. it was pretty cool seeing that, then of course we had to come home and watch the movie. I have some pictures, but I cant seem to find the camera. :huh:

 

[camaro_z28]

Heres a few pics from a few weekends ago.

 

[OldSkool]

Got the new flat screen for Christmas. You know what the first show to chrisen it was!

Just one of the many great quotes:

Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man.
Mr. Parker: That son of a ***** would freeze up in the middle of summer on the equator!
Mother: Little pitchers!
Mr. Parker: Thanks... hold it!
[the furnace conks out]
Mr. Parker: It's a clinker! That blasted stupid furnace dadgummit!
[he walks down a few stairs and falls the rest of the way down]
Mr. Parker: Damn skates!
[coughing]
Mr. Parker: Oh, for cripes sake, open up the damper will ya? Who the hell turned it all the way down? AGAIN! Oh, blast it!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.