Comments on: What You Don’t Know About A Christmas Story

By: Tim G.

Tim G. — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:45:16 +0000

Peter Billingsley also makes a cameo in ELF from a few years ago as the head elf at the North Pole. He’s the one who comes to ask Buddy how many etch-a-sketches he’s made that day.

By: sir jorge

sir jorge — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:42:23 +0000

a sequel? wow, i didn’t know that one

By: Linkdown: After Christmas Sale edition « telling minor stories to avoid a major one

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:16:34 +0000

[...] A little late, but what you didn’t know about A Christmas [...]

By: Spencer

Spencer — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:59:51 +0000

Whoops, it WAS tops, not marbles. I think the unbeatable top was called The Black something or other.

In my opinion, it was NOT a mess. It was not trying to capitalize on the Christmas Story’s popularity as Jean Shepard had more than a few stories adapted to film.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:57:10 +0000

There are at least 5 “Christmas Story Family” movies in existence, including the one you refer to your in post. I’ve only seen it listed as “Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss”, but who knows.

I don’t know the titles to a couple of the others that I’ve seen (via WTTW-11 Chicago), but here’s what they’re about.

Something Something Miss Fourth of July - Ralphie is still a kid in this one and he is obsessed with marbles, especially one particular marble that is rumored to be absolutely invincible and can literally destroy all other marbles.

Something Something I don’t remember - This one can only be seen at the Jean Shepard Fest in Hammond, IN on an old reel-to-reel (where I won a Red Ryder BB Gun by beating a bunch of kids in an orange soda drinking contest). Anyway, in this one Ralphie is a teenager who starts dating a polish girl whose family has a nice house, but lives solely in the basement to preserve the upstairs in a constant state of perfection. It’s awesome.

There are a few more, but the titles descriptions escape me…