A Christmas Story - 25 Behind the Scenes Facts

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In this video about A Christmas Story, I'm going to share with you 25 behind the scenes facts about how this enduring holiday classic was made.
CLARIFICATIONS:
- Peter Billingsley was actually 12 years old during filming, but in the DVD audio commentary he mentioned he was 13, so that number was used in good faith that Peter would remember his own age correctly.
- All exterior shots of the house were filmed in Cleveland, but it should be noted that some other exterior scenes were filmed on location in Canada.
- The word "mall" was used out of habit due to the cultural association in America with Santas and shopping malls, but to be more accurate they filmed the Santa scene at an old department store called Higbee's.
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@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

For clarifications on facts #2 and 5, please check out the details I left in the descriptions.

@ZeroMass 4 года назад

That fight scene looks like queen st TTC street car hub in Toronto..

@nationalrocketleagueassoci4432 4 года назад

You forgot one thing, when Ralphie tackled Scott into toe snow, the snow was actually mashed potatoes (no kidding)

@kagemaru259 2 года назад

I always feel that the best part of this movie was how excited Dad was when Ralphie gets the bb gun. Dad was the only person that Ralphie didn't ask for it, give him the dreaded "You'll shoot your eye out" line and only one who listened to him despite not saying a word to Ralphie.

@charliewerchan7252 2 года назад

You got that right......that was something him and his dad shared.....dads always seem to be so intimidating to you, but when you find out theyre on your side, can be the feeling he got, like what he said, it was his best Christmas gift ever, and isnt it amazing, from the guy he feared the most....

@jamespgray6928 2 года назад

Dads somehow always know 😗

@dhenderson1810 Год назад

@@charliewerchan7252 Ralphie remembers his father's gift to him in the new movie "A Christmas Story Christmas".

@williamjones7163 6 месяцев назад

This has become one of my family's favorite Christmas 🎄 movies 🎬.

@jennifercook2856 4 года назад

Christmas is not Christmas without this movie. One of the greatest Christmas movies of all time

@e.b.1728 4 года назад

My family hates me at Christmas because I keep the TV on TNT for the Christmas Story 24 hour marathon. It ain't Christmas if this movie isn't on the TV!!!

@jennifercook2856 4 года назад

@@e.b.1728 That's hilarious because I would do exactly the same thing LOL

@larry-of9kh 4 года назад

I so agree, this is a real Christmas classic movie

@jennifercook2856 4 года назад

@Michael Richmond Jr oh no. Well I guess everyone has their preference. Happy holidays

@jennifercook2856 4 года назад

@Michael Richmond Jr oh I'm sorry.

@burtreynolds2969 5 лет назад

I'm glad they didn't use Nicholson. Darren McGavin was perfect for that role.

@ALT-vs6qy 5 лет назад

Crazy how that works out. Like they didn't want to use Ed O'Neil for married with children and that worked out too. Funny how that stuff works out.

@ericsumnicht7829 5 лет назад

Agreed

@AdrianJayeOnline 5 лет назад

agreed

@footofjuniper8212 5 лет назад

Yeah, but how cool would it have been to see Nicholson in the scene where he says, "You used up all the glue...ON PURPOSE!"

@ffjsb 5 лет назад

If Jack had done the part, it would've turned into a Christmas version of The Shining... Think of how many kids would've had Christmas induced PTSD...

@jongon0848 4 года назад

I love Jack Nicholson but Darren McGavin was absolutely perfect as the Old Man. He was hilarious, intimidating, relatable, & a very loveable character. Bob Clark has even said that even though Nicholson was interested in the script, McGavin was always his first choice.

@morganwildwood6168 2 года назад

I agree, I love Jack too but I feel he might've stolen every scene. He has such a powerful presence!

@k.j.paasche6523 2 года назад

I agree that Darren McGavin was perfect. At the time, I think audiences still associated Nicholson with "The Shining" (it came out 3 years prior) and would have found him too intense and dark for the role.

@dhenderson1810 Год назад

Also, if Nicholson was in it, you wouldn't see the old man, you would see Jack Nicholson. Also, Nicholson seems sneering in most movies, whereas McGavin captured the firm but fair father more.

@teriandjacobsworld Год назад

I agree 💯 I can't imagine Jack Nicholson playing the old man. Yes he's a great actor but he doesn't fit the part. RIP Darren McGavin 🙏

@georgevincent1834 Год назад

@@morganwildwood6168 Nicholson would've sucked. Too over the top.

@blindavocado 5 лет назад

I love how Darren McGavin scats instead of using real swear words. It just makes this movie more awesome.

@blaws6684 4 года назад

Botta-feengahhh!!!!

@buckjohnson1119 4 года назад

B Laws 😂😂😂 Wouldn’t it be swell if that was all that came out of deniro’s mouth, in all his movies?

@barbarachieppo8290 4 года назад

@@blaws6684 not a finger

@blaws6684 4 года назад

Listen when the furnace has a klinker. He cusses jibberish through the whole movie though

@oonioomphs9440 4 года назад

Not a finger? Noddafingah!

@blakeburton3137 5 лет назад

For years I’ve thought Peter did such a great job acting/crying when he gets hit with the snowball and now I understand why. Such a great scene!

@Zapp__Brannigan 2 года назад

You forgot one of my favorites: In that last scene at the Chinese restaurant, the Mother screams and laughs when she sees the duck still has its head. That was a real reaction from the actress as Bob Clark chose to leave her in the dark about the gag in order to capture her surprise when she saw the head for the first time. It works so well.

@steveng.willis618 5 лет назад

Darren McGavin was my favorite in this movie. His expressions were priceless!

@crixxxxxxxxx 4 года назад

Weird department store kid is priceless.

@jsivco3sivco785 4 года назад

For 30 years, I thought that it was a GIRL !! It turns out that the kid with the aviator goggles is a boy.

@johnboehmer6683 4 года назад

There are countless little nuances to this movie, including this kid, that's what makes it so great!

@TikiKrissy 4 года назад

@@jsivco3sivco785 In the book it's a girl though.

@tomshiba51 5 лет назад

Hahaha...I never noticed the Chinese restaurant owner hiding his face in the caroling scene until you pointed it out.

@juliefuraitor5610 5 лет назад

tomshiba51 Me either! 😂

@cramirez3833 4 года назад

@@juliefuraitor5610 I noticed it, but I thought he was just putting his hands on his face in embarrassment. I like this better. A better time when nothing was offensive and people could all take a joke.

@juliefuraitor5610 4 года назад

C Ramirez Exactly. People are too PC today. Can’t take a joke without getting triggered.

@seanhalloran4286 4 года назад

tomshiba51 it’s even better: The asian actors who played the restaurant workers in this scene actually ad-libbed much of their own script, and came up with much of their own “broken english” mispronounced song lyrics for the Carols. They had such a fun time doing it that they asked if there was going to be a sequel they could be in.

@juliefuraitor5610 4 года назад

Sean Halloran 😂

@randomthings9926 4 года назад

Another fun fact: the mom, when the duck head was cut off, hwr reaction was real and she had no idea that it was in the script. Everyone else knew about it, though.

@victoria-su9uj 5 лет назад

I watch this movie every year at night on Christmas Eve with my family! And we are about to watch it right now!

@wurly164 5 лет назад

Our family too, it’s a tradition for us to watch the first one at 8:00

@ALT-vs6qy 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas!

@thomaskemer8109 5 лет назад

Yea🎄

@mrbadhabit73 5 лет назад

I've been to the actual house in Ohio where parts of the film were made.

@freedomring4813 5 лет назад

Me too,every year

@taurnguard 4 года назад

The mom scream at the end when the duck's head gets chopped off was one of the best parts of the movie.

@walkergillette3918 4 года назад

really? the best, you're more weird than the kid in the department store

@jeremiahallyn4603 4 года назад

Love this movie. Even though I've seen it countless times, I must watch it at least once every Christmas. I hope Hollywood never feels the need to remake this classic! Hard to believe it's almost Christmas 🎄

@MADMAX-vd8pr 4 года назад

Jeremiah Allyn there’s a a sequel ralphie gets a car in part 2

@jeremiahallyn4603 4 года назад

@@MADMAX-vd8pr I knew that. I meant I hope they don't update the original movie with new actors, and CGI, all that unnecessary crap.

@naturalpro2003 4 года назад

The live musical from last year sucked.

@sb4040 4 года назад

There was a re-make of this film. It was too terrible for words.

@naturalpro2003 4 года назад

@@sb4040 It was not a remake, but an "unofficial sequel" not really based on the original. In other words, it was not based on Jean Shepherd's work.

@invaliduser9397 4 года назад

The fact that Peter Billingsley still has the pink bunny suit is crazy

@morganwildwood6168 2 года назад

Wouldn't you keep it if you had the chance? I sure would!

@citigirlcountrified1927 Год назад

I wonder if he made his kids wear it every year. What a family heirloom

@teresamanley7154 4 года назад

this is my favorite Christmas movie, and I wouldn't have wanted anything changed....thank you Darren McGavin for being the old man...you were the best one in it.

@jameshughes6049 4 года назад

Can't wait for Christmas eve on TBS....24 hours of A Christmas Story!!!

@sportsygirl8 4 года назад

I can't wait either!!! I love watching A Christmas Story at least twice on Christmas Eve.

@sportsygirl8 4 года назад

@VuDuVampirNinjaWitch That's awesome! Sounds like a nice tradition.

@jenntip 4 года назад

Yep...it stay's on the entire time! Do NOT touch my channel ;)

@kareneastman9695 4 года назад

@@sportsygirl8 Me too.:-):-DI watch it 3 or 5 times in a row.:-):-D:-O

@sportsygirl8 4 года назад

@@kareneastman9695 WOW! Sounds like you stay up pretty late watching. My streak was 2 and 1/2 times before I was tired and ready for bed.

@mindeloman 5 лет назад

I was a kid in the 80's and my parents got this movie on vhs to watch with my grandparents. They would roar with laughter at this movie. My granddad would be holding his stomach in pain with tears running down his cheeks. I never got the humor. I was too young. I avoided the movie somehow for another 20 years. When i watched it again i couldn't control myself laughing so hard. What's so funny is there is nothing zany or outlandish here. It's too close to reality. I'm convinced the leg lamp had to have happened in real life. You can't make that stuff up. And i can't remember how many times in my life hearing "don't shoot an eye out." gene shepherd really captured a treasure of americana here. Yeah, and i remember my mom going to bat for me when i got into a fight at school one day. I knew i was going to get a whooping when he got home and i waited for his car to pull-in. Mom never said a word.

@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

Fun stories. Thanks for sharing!

@bigwillietheb 5 лет назад

my mom is the only person I know who does not like this movie,

@caesar349 5 лет назад

William B lol and my dad. He hates this movie. How could anyone not get the humor?!

@paperdain 4 года назад

True story, we would watch this movie every Christmas and everyone but my dad loved it. We could never understand why he got real quiet and left the room without saying a word when Ralphie broke his glasses. Fast forward to twenty years later when he goes in for laser surgery on his eyes to remove cataracts. The doctor asks him, "By any chance did you ever have an eye injury as a child? There was old scarring we were able to repair, but couldn't explain." Dad answers sheepishly, "I might have shot myself in the eye with a bb gun when I was 10." Apparently, he'd been hiding that fact from everyone for over 50 years.

@stevebutkovic3365 4 года назад

paperdain, too much... sorry, but I had to laugh!!

@daughterofolaf 4 года назад

Aw, the scene where Ralphie beats up on Scott is great because his sadness feels so genuine. I always tear up when his mom comes and stops the fight and he cries. ❤️

@allenharper2928 4 года назад

Reminds me of the first time I ever got into a fight at 5 or 6. I can relate so HARD with this whole movie.

@IAMBENNYBLANCO. 4 года назад

Thee best Christmas movie ever. We luv watching it in Wakanda.

@bishopp14 4 года назад

You're absolutely right! They'll never top this one and that's okay with me!

@missmandolinaa 4 года назад

After all my years of watching this movie I never realized the bearded man was Jean Shepherd!

@nounclejesse 4 года назад

Fun fact...I lived in Cleveland during the filming and my neighbor across the street had his '40 (or '41, can't remember) Ford in the movie. He was paid $25 a day to park his car on the street.

@Noneya2023 Год назад

My husband loves everything Randy says in this classic. “Hey kid…”. “I can’t get up! “. He especially loves Randy’s laugh when Ralphie comes downstairs in the bunny pajamas 🤣🤣🤣

@davidprice5563 4 года назад

30 or so years to finally own it on DVD was well worth the wait.

@kittygaillot2286 5 лет назад

The dogs stealing and eating the turkey was one of the funniest scenes ever.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 5 лет назад

I feel bad that's a real dog fight they instigated. I'm a dog expert.

@TheCaveman46 5 лет назад

"Sunsabeechin Bumpases!" 😂

@stephanies6740 5 лет назад

The music makes it even funnier

@melissacooper4482 4 года назад

That would be something my four dogs would do. And they're not hound dogs! 😂

@howardkerr8174 4 года назад

@@melissacooper4482 My sister's Dachshund did something similar: she ate nearly half a pot roast that was sitting on the dining room table while my folks were outside. She didn't eat again for nearly a week.

@howardkerr8174 4 года назад

Probably one of the few movies that was a classic the day it first hit theatres. Watching this I still crack up. My favorite scene is when Ralphie gets the boot from Santa. And need I say it? EXCELLENT VIDEO. The 1st "behind the scenes" video where I didn't already know the "facts" beforehand.

@JasonNation72 4 года назад

"Deck the halls with bows of horry. Ra ra ra ra rah...." That Chinese restaurant scene slays me every year I watch it.

@jayski9410 4 года назад

It always amazes me when I hear that this or that actor was not the director's first choice, yet now we can't imagine the film without them. I think I'm becoming a fan of second choices.

@johnnycochran6128 4 года назад

Ahhhh. Back in a time, long ago and far away when people had a sense of humor.

@heidifedor 4 года назад

Jean Shepard always made cameos, as well as narrated all of movie adapted stories.

@johnathanwright8948 4 года назад

" Its a major award "

@carlspackler91 4 года назад

Yeah but what IS it???

@naturalpro2003 4 года назад

"Frah-gee-lay. It must be Italian."

@panowa8319 4 года назад

I first remember Peter Billingsley as "Messy Marvin" in the Hershey chocolate syrup commercial.

@JamesHarris- 4 года назад

Of all the classic Christmas Movies this one is right up there with the best of them.

@JamesHarris- 2 года назад

I agree!

@silasleeks2324 4 года назад

Who's ready for the 24 hour marathon?!! I know I am.

@barbarachieppo8290 4 года назад

I love it 😊

@totesmygoats-bq8mk 4 года назад

My mom just loves it! 🌲🛷🎄🎅🏼🤶🏼⭐️

@dixiegordon9162 4 года назад

I am. I look forward to seeing it every year....I love that movie!

@MsDisneylandlover 4 года назад

they sure will do that too i have it on dvd

@advancedhell42069 4 года назад

On TBS

@garfixit 5 лет назад

This has to be one of the most iconic movies of all time I love to watch it and it never gets old

@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing Gary. It definitely is a classic.

@kateburns9011 4 года назад

My teacher was Peter’s date to his senior prom. She always brags about it every Christmas season.

@FunFactFilms 4 года назад

Lol. Her claim to fame that she’ll never let anyone else live down.

@ScanMan1967 4 года назад

I didn't even see this movie for a few years after it came out but it instantly became my favorite Christmas movie. I think it's because it reminds me so much of an old-time Christmas when I was a kid in the 70's. Where I grew up looked extremely similar to this movie.

@WrenFamFun 4 года назад

Imagine being the guy who got cast as the weird kid because he was actually weird

@GiveMeYourNachosButthead 4 года назад

It’s like the Banjo inbred hillbilly kid from Deliverance! I believe they found him out of random working at some place in Georgia, and liked him cause he naturally looked like an inbred hillbilly, lol. He got the job, and is still stoked on it! There’s a few interviews on RU-vid of him talking about his experience. Being the weird kid can pay off 🤪

@angeliquehammond2996 4 года назад

No wonder that scene was so authentic!! Everyone has a weird kid experience! 😂

@jongon0848 4 года назад

I always wondered who tf that kid was. I never got why he was in the movie but it was bizarrely uncomfortable & hilarious

@laurensvoboda5960 4 года назад

that is my dad!!!!!!!!!

@jongon0848 4 года назад

@@laurensvoboda5960 does he ever randomly turn to you and say "I like Santa..." or "I like the Wizard of Oz...I like the Tin Man"?

@finchborat 5 лет назад

I never knew the exact year the movie was set in, but I noticed while watching it last night during the marathon that the year 1940 was on Ralphie's decoder. My mom told me that Wizard of Oz was released in 1939 and after checking Google, I was right. I learn something new every Christmas regarding A Christmas Story. Such a classic!

@RUBIZEN 5 лет назад

My family watches this movie right after Thanksgiving dinner. Sort of an official start to the holiday season.

@S.E.C-R 4 года назад

Our all time favorite Christmas movie! The first watch of the year is Thanksgiving Day... 10 more days, I can’t wait!!

@Rockhound6165 5 лет назад

Absolutely love this movie. My all time favorite Christmas movie. I not only own the deluxe edition DVD, I make sure I watch it on the loop on TBS every Christmas. My wife and daughter are lukewarm to it. Also, the house in Cleveland is now a tourist attraction and the owners make it look like the house, inside and out. Sadly, I had forgotten it was there on my trip to Ohio in 2012.

@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing Studa!

@kaiohhai8812 5 лет назад

How did I never notice the guy laughing at the restaurant? lol. I need to watch this movie soon. Nostalgia.

@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

That’s part of the fun of doing these videos is the nostalgia trip. I’m glad you enjoyed it Kai.

@MontanaKat1912 5 лет назад

I've seen this movie since I was a kid. I have never notices. Lol

@cgraham6 5 лет назад

I always thought it was scripted cringing at the terrible singing. That's exactly how a Chinese person would probably sing that song.

@MelicaEighty8 5 лет назад

I never noticed the laughing either even though I've been watching the 24 hour marathon of it from Christmas Eve to Christmas night for years

@SirParcifal 4 года назад

P.S. my grandfather was EXACTLY like a father - and I miss him so much - a big kid!

@siriusgd4753 5 лет назад

This became the best movie ever for Christmas!

@HardyGirl66 5 лет назад

One of my favorite Christmas Eve traditions, watching this movie and eating brownies.

@Dartman6 5 лет назад

A Chritmas Story is a great film, but merely the tip of the Iceberg when it comes to Jean Shepherd. Jean was an amazing storyteller and writer. I grew up listening to him tell stories on radio as my parents used to tune in his show every night. He also made several PBS specials which are well worth looking up.

@newstarcadefan 5 лет назад

Oh yeah, if you look up Jean Shepherd's WOR shows...the funniest ones actually were his days in the Army.

@anndeefam 4 года назад

everybody should read and listen to his works.

@rocdeca77 4 года назад

I love this movie, it brings childhood memories and it has become a classic up there with the sand lot for all of us 80s kids!!!

@deeds517 5 лет назад

One of the best Christmas movies ever

@rynsmnsmovies 5 лет назад

I still crack up at this movie. Love it.

@bigwillietheb 5 лет назад

my mom is the only person I know who does not like this movie, can't understand why

@stevenroland7472 5 лет назад

@@bigwillietheb I knew someone that didn't like it because the Adults acted over the top. I reminded him that the Movie is filmed from the perspective of Ralphie. So you see them as Ralphie saw them not as they really were.

@SurferJoe1 Год назад

Darren McGavin was a fine actor with no limitations except one: he could not exit a scene without being hysterically funny. Him going out of the shot- always with some determined purpose- is just priceless. The Old Man forever.

@SurferJoe1 Год назад

And how did no one discover until 1983 how brilliant he was with kids?

@nobody-ly9ef 5 лет назад

I just realized, with a sudden feeling of sadness, while enjoying your video that I failed to observe my yearly tradition of watching this most wonderful masterpiece of a film for the very first time in the handfuls of years since it first appeared on television a lifetime ago.

@freedomring4813 5 лет назад

It might still be on....On demand.....if you have it.....its not to late

@Ursaminor31 4 года назад

Honestly everyone was brilliantly cast. It’s flawless

@chiefkookums9397 5 лет назад

FRA-GEE-LEE....must be Italian...😎

@danielschneider1504 5 лет назад

I always read 'fragile' that way, now

@stevenroland7472 5 лет назад

@@danielschneider1504 Then I say "hmm must be Italian".

@cgraham6 5 лет назад

@@danielschneider1504 Everybody I know, including myself, reads it that way now.

@forrestcreek1598 5 лет назад

No honey, I think that’s says “fragile.”

@andrewpetik2034 4 года назад

8^{}

@powellmountainmike8853 4 года назад

I had been a Jean Shepherd fan for years before this movie came out. I had been listening to him on WOR since the mid 1960s, and had read his books. I already knew all of the stories which Shep spun into the script for the movie. I liked the movie too, and the fact that Shep was the narrator. I highly recommend it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. Jean Shepherd was probably the greatest humorist of the 20th century. I say humorist, not comedian, but humorist, in the vein of Mark Twain. He was a consummate story teller, who could keep you spellbound and amused by his tales.

@beanman2981 5 лет назад

I am watching this tonight because me and my family watch it every Christmas Eve Edit: thanks never had this many likes

@MikeR65 5 лет назад

Daniel Treadwell now that’s funny!!

@joanpashinsky-greve8760 4 года назад

Can’t wait till the day after thanksgiving all the Christmas movies are coming out in my house first one up of course A CHRISTMAS STORY can’t get enough of it🎅🏻🎄

@gregmiller9710 4 года назад

..why wait?!?..:D

@bighuge1060 4 года назад

This was an extremely enjoyable video. Thank you. I don't know of any other Christmas movie that lends itself so well to an annual 24 hour marathon. No matter where you pop in, you're sitting there to watch.

@MystressXOXO 5 лет назад

As if I needed anymore reasons to love this movie. ❤️❤️ It’s just perfect.

@dixiegordon9162 4 года назад

Now that's what I call fun facts. Love a Christmas story movie. I look forward to the 24 hour marathon every year.

@ticketyboo2456 2 года назад

Was it released in the movie theaters in America? It's weird it is completely unknown outside America if it was.

@dixiegordon9162 2 года назад

@@ticketyboo2456 not sure

@ThunderingGames 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas to everyone! Happiness, health & prosperity in the New Year!

@mando7851 5 лет назад

This Is my favorite Christmas movie

@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

Nice! I'm glad that I could give you some facts about your favorite.

@thexwarrior143 5 лет назад

The school in this movie was my grandpa's

@juliefuraitor5610 4 года назад

TheXWarrior No way? Really? A lil info please. Ty.

@thomasryan5736 2 года назад

Everybody should read Shepard’s short stories. Fabulous writing. This movie has parts of his stories. I used to read his stories every year for 10 years. That is how good they are. He would always refer to “the old man” and I always associated it with my dad. As I got older I realized that I am the “old man” now

@buckjohnson1119 4 года назад

Darren McGavin was perfect, in his part. Jack Nicholson - I’m glad he wanted too much money.

@majorpayne100 2 года назад

Jack Nicholson is into dark movies 🎥

@dhenderson1810 Год назад

Jack Nicholson being in this would have been as bad a miscast as if Gene Hackman had played the dad in "The Brady Bunch" (he was first choice for the role).

@buckjohnson1119 Год назад

@@dhenderson1810 Yes, to both commenters. He (Jack) did make some movies of endearment, but as you mention, is a dark character. He sealed that with the shining. My comment was meant to highlight, Darren McGavin. I always enjoyed his characters.

@dhenderson1810 Год назад

@@buckjohnson1119 Oh, McGavin is great in this. Missed him in "A Christmas Story Christmas" ( but then, he had passed in real life, so couldn't have been in it anyway). I love his outbursts with the radiator, and he was the one who got Kevin the BB Gun, even though he was the only adult he didn't mention it too.

@TheLocutus70 5 лет назад

I'm watching this Christmas classic right now.

@billace90 4 года назад

Such a classic. Unforgettable! Looking closely, I notice Persol has very similar eyeglasses in their line of products.

@alejandrosool 4 года назад

I watch this movie every December 🤣

@rossw73 4 года назад

Fun Fact #26 - The house used for the movie in Cleveland has been restored to how it appeared in the movie (even the interior which was hardly used for filming)and is open to visit year round. You can purchase an authentic leg lamp there as well!

@jamesbond9873 5 лет назад

Aww fudge!

@juliefuraitor5610 5 лет назад

Turkey Man “Only I didn’t say fudge. I said “the” word, the big one, the Queen Mother of dirty words, the f-- word” lol!

@bettywatts311 4 года назад

Turkey Man i

@keaco73 5 лет назад

I always wondered how they made his tongue stick to the pole. A vacuum, genius!

@makinoahcelloduo9008 4 года назад

This is the greatest holiday movie.

@GaryTBuffalo24 4 года назад

I LIVE for this movie. It just would not be Christmas without it.

@jillhuddle7379 5 лет назад

I watch this over and over and over from Christmas Eve to day after Christmas ....love it ... Merry Christmas , Happy New Year

@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

Same to you Jill!

@juliefuraitor5610 5 лет назад

I ❤️A Christmas Story!!

@sidgallegos7143 5 лет назад

I LOVE this movie...my favorite!

@Axlenut Год назад

That Chinese restaurant scene still kills me. My whole family sings it when it comes on.

@TheRoadhammer379 4 года назад

1,476 times I have watched this movie, IMO its the perfect Christmas movie.

@nhmooytis7058 5 лет назад

Much filmed in my hometown of Cleveland where there is a museum now in the house. I lived a few blocks from the school they showed.

@sb4040 4 года назад

Shocking how many people have no idea this movie exists. I've watched it every year at least once since 1988.

@Paranormalin416 4 года назад

LOVE this movie...and as a Torontonian, I knew that was my city (the old red street cars, which use to be used until the 60’s, were a dead giveaway)!

@FunFactFilms 4 года назад

Sounds like you know your city well!

@AlastorAltruist1 5 лет назад

The woman who played the mom was not told about anything about the scene in the restaurant with the cooked goose so her reactions are real

@resdog851 5 лет назад

She appears topless in the movie Slapshot with Paul Newman. I watched it years later after watching A Christmas Story a million times and remember thinking "Oh my God! Thats Ralphies mom....and she is hot!"

@ohiosmartydempinkhat9684 5 лет назад

I heard that too about that scene. She wasn't told about chopping off the ducks head. Awesome authentic reaction!!!

@chrisowens7873 5 лет назад

@stevematz7354 5 лет назад

Ironic that Melinda Dillion during filming was 43yrs old (10/13/1939 and Darren McGavin was 61yrs old (5/7/1922) Ralphie is supposed to be 9yrs old so The Old Man and Mother weren't youngsters when Ralphie was Born...LOL ! R.I.P. Darren McGavin (1922-2005)

@MikeR65 5 лет назад

Daniel Treadwell not anymore!!

@DenitaArnold 4 года назад

My favorite Christmas movie

@zoomiesx3632 4 года назад

The goggle kid freaked everyone out even parents....Best movie ever though!!

@BuddWolf 4 года назад

I love this movie. Every year, Christmas Eve 8pm - Christmas Day 8pm it’s on TV (24 hours straight) I try to watch every showing. Drives my wife and other family members nuts (that’s kind of why I do it). Christmas Day I mute the sound, change the channel for football, eat supper with family, then watch the 8pm showing. 4. years ago my wife bought me a Red Rider daisy for Christmas. I cried.😂

@stevenflogerzi1955 5 лет назад

"It was ...Soap.. Poisoning"

@juliefuraitor5610 5 лет назад

My neighbor’s display a full size replica of the leg lamp in their front window every year for Christmas lol!

@gregcoates4305 4 года назад

So do I.

@juliefuraitor5610 4 года назад

Greg Coates 😎

@jimmyj2563 2 года назад

The restaurant scene.. the duck..it’s smiling at us then whack of comes it’s head is absolutely gold.

@PCCphoenix 4 года назад

2:23--Nice dramatic effect! ("What, are you gonna cry now?")

@onceinabluemoon593 5 лет назад

Interesting facts! This has always been one of my favorite Christmas movies. Thanks for sharing this!

@FunFactFilms 5 лет назад

You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed my work.

@onceinabluemoon593 5 лет назад

@@FunFactFilms It was the first time I've seen your channel's videos in my timeline, had to check it out. I subbed and will check out more soon. Have a good one.

@Navygrl58 4 года назад

Jack Nicholson?.... No way, sorry, he could never play the “Old man”.

@FunFactFilms 4 года назад

His role would’ve been a very different character for sure!

@siyaciaraamandaperez 4 года назад

Fun Fact Films this remind me of home alone lmao haha my older brother did that too 🤣 when he was in middle school lol 1:08 this is my favorite movie and home alone 11-14-19

@raeturner8711 4 года назад

He probably could, but wouldnt be funny enough bc hes too serious type.

@cookingwithcarrus 4 года назад

This and Christmas vacation are my favorite Christmas movies Btw please do Christmas vacation

@jamessancimino 5 лет назад

Never miss this on TBS every Christmas..hope to go see the house someday.

@danielmarinucci9342 2 года назад

Me too. My sister went last month but didn't get any interior shots just the outside.😢

@moviemaniac2159 5 лет назад

Another fun fact is that Jean Shepherd also voiced the Father in the current version of the "Carousel of Progress" at Disney World.

@bigwillietheb 5 лет назад

really

@moviemaniac2159 5 лет назад

Yup.

@kevinhewitt163 5 лет назад

Movie Maniac I go to Disney all the time and didn't know that,that's very interesting

@stormykeep9213 5 лет назад

"I like santa." "I like the Wizard of Oz." "I like turtles."

@vigal79 2 года назад

My very favorite Christmas movie. I’m glad they went with the actors they did. I still laugh at this movie, even though I’ve been watching it since I was a kid. And yes, I was a kid and the late 80s.