Comments on: Epic Win: A Christmas Story

By: Earnest P. Worrel

Earnest P. Worrel — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:12:16 +0000

I love this movie… One of my sister’s old roommates actually have a leg lamp…

By: CrabOfDoom

CrabOfDoom — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:21:13 +0000

My step-grandfather was a life-long Clevelander – we helped him clear out a lot of stuff from his basement one summer, and every single time we found something with an old Higbee’s price tag (happened *a lot*) much roffling ensued.

Of course, I’m a vintage geek and all of the sets and props are pure awesome to look at, too.

By: Keith Jackson

Keith Jackson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:36:08 +0000

There’s a little known film that’s great and just came out about the director of that movie.. it’s called clarkworld. Every ACS fan must see it.

By: cipher_nemo

cipher_nemo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Pure classic. I watch it every Christmas, without fail.

By: PutnamEco

PutnamEco — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:13:47 +0000

You know, you can visit that house. some lucky people even over Christmas.

http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/

By: Ignatz

Ignatz — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:06:04 +0000

I seem to recall a couple of sequels on PBS, involving a family fishing trip (Ollie Hoopnagle’s Haven of Bliss), and an adolescent Ralphie obsessing about dating Polish girls.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:32:33 +0000

Before there was A Christmas Story there was an earlier (and in some ways better and funnier) version that aired on PBS in the 70’s called The Phantom of the Open Hearth. You can find a couple clips on youtube from it.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:09:48 +0000

“Flick? Flick who?”

I love this movie. I am so excited this year. Actors Theater of Louisville has it as a play this season. I can’t wait to see. Even bought extra tickets for my brother and sister-in-law since this is her favorite movie ever. It’s going to be so much fun.!

By: Leg Man

Leg Man — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:07:53 +0000

This is truly a Christmas classic. We watch it every year, and roar with laughter. The best seasonal movie ever made !!

By: barboid

barboid — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:16:56 +0000

One of the best movies. I adored everything! My whole family loves this movie. As a CA girl, I confess that I was a bit jealous of Ralphie and his family. People who don’t understand were never exposed to the ‘mid- American’ culture of the mid-20th century.

By: Name

Name — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:45:11 +0000

Oh I feel so old! This was a normal movie to watch and now you ask have you seen the christmas story they go “whhaawt?”

By: kayak

kayak — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:28:00 +0000

I have a septagenarian friend who adores this movie, and my husband (a product of the ’60s) and my sisters and I (children of the ’70s and ’80s) all do too. It isn’t the holiday without a showing. (And it helps me endure Christmas at the in-laws for as long as they leave it on before switching to “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” too.)

By: mitzoe

mitzoe — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:36:40 +0000

We leave it on all day and stop and watch whatever part is on at any given point. It makes for great background noise.

By: Outback Jon

Outback Jon — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:04:33 +0000

Well, at least FMJ does have a Christmas scene…

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:09:18 +0000

Bah humbug you grinch =P

By: Ehloria

Ehloria — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:36:36 +0000

We used to go downtown and walk around the Square looking at the Christmas displays in Higbee’s and Macy’s.

By: J.Paul

J.Paul — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:41:32 +0000

First off, show me ONE example of familial dysfunction in this movie. (Having a tiff over a tacky lamp is not dysfunction!) This is one of the most loving families I’ve ever seen in a film.

Second, don’t you remember what it was like growing up, when you just had to have that one special gift, to the point where that was all you could think about? I do. I’ll bet most of you out there do.

What planet are you from?

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:54:21 +0000

“Show me how the little piggies eat!”
The dad gagging at Randy’s mashed-potato face is the best!

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:52:04 +0000

Awesooooome!!!!!

By: meredith

meredith — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:28:07 +0000

BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:04:01 +0000

“Frah-gee-lay… must be Italian” I’m a Clevelander, born & raised and even though this movie is set in Indiana, we claim it as our own. I love this movie! Dad took us downtown to watch the filming one day (years later when they were filming the sequel, I got to see part of that, too). Just a terrific little movie!

By: Morna

Morna — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:58:13 +0000

A dysfunctional family with a child’s greed for a specific present as the main plot point. FAIL, not win.

By: Torus2112

Torus2112 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:08:09 +0000

Definitely, I’ve seen this more than any other movie, I guess you don’t get sick of it when it’s once a year.

By: Fragbert

Fragbert — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:54:04 +0000

Here as well. It goes on about 7pm on the 24th and stays on until the early hours of the morning, then gets put right back on when we wake up. My holiday isn’t complete until I hear “SONSABITCHES! BUMPASSES!” at least twenty times.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:35:07 +0000

Heck, listen to the writer read the prime story from the movie:
http://shepcast.blogspot.com/
(the movie is a collection and condensation of several of his short stories)
Grew up listening to Shep on the radio- when the movie came out, none of his fans were too surprised to see all his cast of characters.
Probably made it an even deeper experience. His radio show is too an Epic Win.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:29:35 +0000

I got the special edition DVD for Christmas a couple years ago because my dad was sick of me watching it all day Christmas. Now I watch it year round. It never loses its charm.

By: Ehloria

Ehloria — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:58:06 +0000

I used to live in Cleveland; in fact I lived on the street where the outside shots of the house were taken. The house is a “Christmas Story” museum now.

By: Nightlyeclipse

Nightlyeclipse — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:53:55 +0000

I agree! My Christmas isn’t complete without it!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:08:50 +0000

I do too, CtVS. It’s a mini-one, about a foot tall. My wife, bless her heart, got me one for Christmas a few years ago, and this monument to electric sex stands proudly on my night stand.

By: CB

CB — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:37:44 +0000

We have it on while we’re finishing putting gifts under the tree and getting ready to call it a night. I love it. It’s as much a Christmas tradition in our family as “everyone going to grandma’s”.

By: Kamenye

Kamenye — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:38:55 +0000

LOL I would of too….that is my favorite part

By: Kitty

Kitty — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:28:57 +0000

Oddly, this movie and “Full Metal Jacket” are two films we watch every Christmas. Always. If we started them early enough, we follow them up with “The Exorcist” and “Exorcist: The Beginning”. Added this year, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”.

We have weird Christmas traditions.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:37:22 +0000

haa. my mom bought my dad a replica leg lamp for xmas one year. It’s the one decoration that stays out for ALL holidays and has never been put away.

By: ralph23

ralph23 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:26:47 +0000

TBS still does, 24 hours from about 7pm on Christmas Eve all through Christmas day. I watch most of the night.

By: feath

feath — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:45:12 +0000

OHH Fuuuuuuudddddgeeeee….

Best movie EVER!

By: Shadow

Shadow — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:11:22 +0000

In High School, my English teacher was really named Mrs. Shields. I remember one year before christmas, (I think my Jr. Year) we got to watch this. Had a good bit of fun afterward, even though she made us write an essay. Of course it was the “What I want for Christmas” essay.

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:00:21 +0000

Man, TBS or TNT or one of those shows used to play this movie continuously all day christmas eve/day. I would watch this movie over and over and NEVER get sick of it.

“My beebee gun mania knew no bounds…”

By: vi31

vi31 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:02:29 +0000

A couple of years ago, when I was driving with my mom to do some Christmas shopping, we saw a scrolling marquee on a Japanese restaurant that said “fa rah rah rah rah….” I just about drove off the road laughing.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:35:38 +0000

“Deck the harrs with boughs of horry
Fa ra ra ra ra… ra ra ra ra!”

By: Chi-town Girl

Chi-town Girl — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:28:20 +0000

My husband and I were driving somewhere a few weeks ago and I saw one of those leg lamps in someone’s picture window. I almost made him go back to get a picture of it.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:19:33 +0000

My English teacher has that lamp in the class room. . . I knew I recognized it from somewhere!

By: KC

KC — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:42:37 +0000

I agree with you. I also found this movie to be unpleasant instead of funny.

By: Blaster

Blaster — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:25:55 +0000

Blast from the ass

By: jularh

jularh — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:22:05 +0000

I guess I’m from the wrong era, because when I watched the movie, I don’t get it at all.

By: Cat the Vampire Slayer

Cat the Vampire Slayer — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:21:23 +0000

We actually have a leg lamp at my house!

By: CB

CB — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:14:48 +0000

Absolutely! I grew up in the midwest and a lot of it is so very familiar. My brothers and I quote the movie back and forth at each other constantly during the holidays.

My favorite line is “I can’t put my arms down!!!”
One of my brothers loves “Daddy’s gonna kill Ralphie!”
My other brother, of course, goes with the “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid…” (ala Santa)

By: Tasialue

Tasialue — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:11:57 +0000

Christmas is unbearable without it!