Top Reasons to Love… A Christmas Story
After nearly 25 years, it’s safe to say Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story is the modern holiday film classic. Not that it’s had competition (Deck the Halls?!?), but this unassuming bit of quotable nostalgic Americana is perfect viewing on Christmas Eve. Just ask TNT, who air it for 24 straight hours…
So here our our Top Reasons to Love… A Christmas Story
:: Jean Shepherd, the film’s writer and jovial narrator. Shepherd based the screenplay on his book “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.” His warm delivery lets us know Ralphie’s gonna get out of this fairly unscathed.
:: The Old Man’s (Darren McGavin) ”Major Award,” shimmering in the window for all to be embarrassed by. “Only one thing could tear me away from the glow of electric sex… “
:: QUOTE: “You used up all the glue on purpose… NOT A FINGER!”
:: Randy (Ian Petrella) showing us how the little piggies eat. From his giggling to Ralphie’s disgust to The Old Man’s rolling eyes, it’s all perfect.
:: The Triple Dog Dare. A “breach of etiquette” that results in poor Flick (Scott Schwartz) with his tongue stuck to a pole. (By the way, Schwartz ended up with his tongue stuck to a hell of a lot more. He became an adult movie performer, starring in movies like ”The Wrong Snatch.” I’m not making this up.)
:: The Old Man’s unintelligible cloud of profanity while trying to fix the boiler.
:: The freaky kid with the goggles standing in line to meet Santa: “I like The Wizard of Oz …”
:: QUOTE: “It was… it was… soap poisoning!”
:: Ralphie’s teacher (Tedde Moore), and her drawer full of confiscated kid goodies. Like 24 pair of fake teeth.
:: The Bumpus hounds. If not for their slobbery attack on the Christmas turkey, we wouldn’t be left with the film’s ending at a Chinese restaurant: “Deck the horrs wif bows of horry, fa ra ra ra ra…”
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I always wait in gleeful anticipation while Ralphie is day-dreaming about his teacher giving him an A+++++++ on his theme, for the moment when she wakes him from his reverie and he flinches suddenly, his arm jumping off the desk. What a terrific piece of acting business for such a young kid!
You’ll shoot your eye out!!!! You’ll shoot your eye out!!!
- Ray -
How the hell did I not mention “You’ll shoot your eye out?!?!” Thanks for the good save.
- Burbanked -
What a great detail! You’re right. And I love when his classmates carry him out of the room in celebration just before that moment when he wakes up.
Hey, I almost forgot this one: “Meat loaf, beat loaf, double beat loaf, I hate meat loaf.”
- Norm S.