Yes, tonight we watched the classic "A Christmas Story." The Old Man....Flick's tongue on the pole...a Major Award....Scut Farkus and his crummy little toady, Grover Gill...the Bumpus hounds...and, of course, you'll shoot your eye out...and many, many more.Can't have Christmas without watching this one from start to finish one night prior to the Big Day (the day around which the entire kid year revolves). Always funny, always delightful.
And if you've never done so, get hold of Jean Shepard's book of comic essays, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash. "A Christmas Story" is based upon several of these great stories, and reading them is actually funnier than the movie.
Must agree that the book was much funnier. Shepherd reading from the book in the movie just does not come across as that funny.
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen that book in 40 years.
Haven't seen Ralphie yet - but have seen every Hallmark Channel Christmas movie about 4-5 times.
I give away the tv between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Sorry, realize no one cares about my Hallmark Movies.