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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsA Christmas Story: The cast members then and now
Tonight at 8 p.m. cable television channel TBS begins airing its annual 24-hour marathon of A Christmas Story. The beloved tale of 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his Red Ryder BB Gun will air 12 times in a row through Christmas evening.
Would you actually want to watch the movie a dozen times? Probably not. But keeping it on the TV might serve as a nice backdrop to your holiday festivities certainly more entertaining than cousin Eddies stories.
And for many families, sitting around the TV and watching this 1983 movie, based on writings by humorist Jean Shepherd, has become a tradition. People love the film because it gives a sense of realism to the holidays and celebrates the oddities of families and people.
In the Parker Family, theres Ralphie whose desperation for a BB Gun is feverish, his father who famously receives an Italian leg lamp (fragilé) in the mail, and his mother who tells Ralphies brother to eat like a piggy.
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2012/12/24/a-christmas-story-the-cast-members-then-and-now/#2240-1
This has to be a favorite holiday film, it is one of mine!
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A Christmas Story: The cast members then and now (Original Post)
AsahinaKimi
Dec 2012
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Jean Shepherd passed away in 1999...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd
He has a cameo in the film where he tells Ralphie where the beginning of the line to see Santa Claus is.
He has a cameo in the film where he tells Ralphie where the beginning of the line to see Santa Claus is.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)2. I saw it again last night
It's fun to watch
HipChick
(25,485 posts)3. I've never seen A Christmas Story..
I guess I will have my DVR catch it..
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)4. good lord those Blue Eyes. I could go swimming in them. Yes, Indeed!
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)5. i know....
isn't he gorgeous now?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)6. Oh my.
***swoon*** [img][/img]
mockmonkey
(2,830 posts)7. Merry Christmas
On December 5, 2012 it was announced that (Vince) Vaughn is working on a project with Peter Billingsley and Glenn Beck called Pursuit of the Truth for TheBlaze TV
benld74
(9,910 posts)8. Merry Christmas! Just finished the movie
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)9. Well, Ralphie cleaned up real nice.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)10. You should see "Scut Farkus" (The Bully)
He still looks the same!!