A Christmas Story: The Leg Lamp is Delivered (Clip) | TBS

The Old Man (Ralphie's father) accepts delivery of the "major award" he won in a contest. It's a table lamp in the shape of a woman's leg wearing a fishnet stocking.
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[@jenn5628]

I love how the mother keeps stopping Ralphie from rubbing the leg LOL

[@piggypooo]

The best part😂

[@jenn5628]

@piggypooo yup 🤣

[@k.s.7104]

24 hours right now on TBS and TNT, and watching as we speak on Christmas 2024 lol and I am 53.....Christmas Classic ❤

[@cannedlaughter2535]

There are soooo many things I could write on but THIS time, I'll comment on how much attention to placed on even the "minor" characters: The man delivering the lamp to the house, Swede, the neighbor, commenting on the "major award" out in the street and the man at the Christmas tree stand (not in these particular scenes), etc. etc. Priceless material!

[@frankperdue6585]

‘ Dad‘s not going to kill Ralphie’

[@JimmyDrifts24]

I’m playing these characters in a local play adaptation of this movie. I’m excited and nervous because exactly what you just described. A cast mate brought it up to me today, and I never considered that I should be treating these lines and characters with much more care than just having a couple lines.

[@piggypooo]

Don't forget the 12 times Ralphie tries to feel up the leg!😂😂

[@danielleporter112]

The man delivering is one of my favorite parts of the movie! The look he gives him is priceless!!!!

[@k.s.7104]

​@@piggypoooAt his age that lamp looks very desirable lol. Yeeeaa a statue! 😂

[@chicagorainbow8935]

May Both The Mother and Father Rest In Peace!!!

[@alexanderpytko5394]

At 2:46, for those wondering, back in the 1940's, which is when this movie takes place, houses didn't have a lot of electrical outlets which is why the Parkers have so many plugs in that one outlet. People were forced to plug many things into one outlet. People blew fuses and had to replace them quite often.

[@donaldpaluga]

HENRY! HE DID IT AGAIN! GO OVER AND GIVE THAT NEIGHBOR OF OURS WHAT FOR!

[@AdhamOhm]

I loved this passage from the book this movie was based on. It's still accurate even today in some ways... "Our entire world was strung together with "extensions." Outlets in our house were rare and coveted, each one buried under a Bakelite mound of three-way, seven-way and ten-way plugs and screw sockets, the entire mess caught in a twisted, snarling Gordian knot of frayed lamp cords, radio cords, and God knows what. Occasionally in some houses a critical point was reached and one of these electrical bombs went off, sometimes burning down whole blocks of homes, or more often blowing out the main fuse, plunging half the town into darkness." Older homes were built with the idea of people not needing more than a lamp or perhaps a radio, so rooms included just one or two receptacles at most. But our electrical needs have changed drastically since. That's why modern electrical codes now require outlets no more than six feet apart in new construction and rewired homes, to discourage this sort of thing. Unfortunately people still manage to crowd their outlets with dozens of plugs while ignoring the other empty ones.😁

[@PGO5490]

I though it was a joke about how the Major Reward needed a lot a power to both turn on and turn on

[@MA-vw1pl]

I like how the crowd is curious men build up outside the window. 😆

[@Michael-G-]

This is very relatable. I lived in a house not that long that was built in the 20s and who knows when the last renovation was. Probably in the 70s or something. We had to be very careful with what we plugged in. We got surprisingly good at juggling around power, unfortunately the neighbors downstairs didn’t know how to manage it so it caused a fire and we had to move out. Good times.

[@pedobear8071]

"frahgiiiiiiiileh, must be italian" my fave line in the whole movie, i try to use it whenever i can in real life 🤣

[@bandpassmess]

Same

[@jessekuchinski1172]

I do too lol the funniest part is people never laugh or reply. It just flies right over their heads lol

[@jessekuchinski1172]

I do too lol the funniest part is people never laugh or reply. It just flies right over their heads lol

[@jessekuchinski1172]

I do too lol the funniest part is people never laugh or reply. It just flies right over their heads lol

[@sammcdonald2916]

It says fragile goof ball

[@paulmaloney2383]

The leg lamp became one of the most famous movie props of all times,

[@123Spinderella]

Rest in peace Darren McGavin 5/7/1922 to 2/25/2006 and Melinda Dillon 10/13/1939 to 1/9/2023.

[@godzillavkk]

They were some of the best and funniest Christmas parents.

[@nathanmiller8213]

And Bob Clark (Swede and also the director, 4/4/2007)

[@bighand1530]

@@nathanmiller8213 He will be missed as well along with Darren McGavib and Melinda Dillon.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Wow, I never knew that was director Bob Clark who cameod as neighbor Swede here. Trivia: Nine years prior to this, in 1974 Bob Clark also directed the Canadian horror movie classic “Black Christmas”(with Margo Kidder, who would go on to achieve fame as Lois Lane in Superman) and Olivia Hussey(who starred in Romeo and Juliet in 1968.) This year marks the 50th anniversary of Black Christmas, how quickly time flies.

[@anthonyvasquezactor]

"What is it?" "I don't know." "What's in it?" "🤷‍♂"

[@dianachin4849]

It's like a statue. Ralphie feels the lamp: Yeah! A statue!

[@gtrman69777]

I love how Ralphie keeps trying to touch the leg. 😂. I think he started puberty that day.

[@misterakt]

This is seriously one of the greatest movie scenes of all time. "FRA-GEE-LAY...must be Italian!" kills me every time

[@TOCC50]

It was Christmas and he didn’t tip the delivery men.

[@kdpowers]

I still say it out loud every time I see FRAGILE on anything

[@ninademci1500]

Me, too. 😂

[@brucedunkle9136]

“The old man’s eyes boggled; overcome by art.”

[@AMERASIAN12]

I love how the mom is trying to hide her face with her hair. LOL.🤣🤣🎄🎄

[@LegoPostPresidency]

*FRA-GEE-LAY!* It must be Italian! 😂😂😂

[@santiagolopez3909]

Guess he can’t spell, yet he reads the newspaper daily.

[@wcottee]

I look forward to that line every year...now I can enjoy it whenever I want. God bless the internet!!!

[@pixlbit-designs-vfx]

Just the way the father goes all in with his overly emotional love for it, is what really sells this scene, and makes it more hilarious.

[@LBBKPHILLY]

And he won it in a raffle because he completed a crossword puzzle. Its brilliant.

[@AndyJay1985]

My favorite character in this movie is the Old Man. A Christmas Story Christmas has a wonderful tribute to him.

[@sandy6660]

I agree. We love this movie.

[@jacksonhigh5209]

1:59 "yeah a statue" funny part I liked.

[@toriwatson7132]

One of my favorite takes is from the delivery guy at 0:15. I laugh so hard every time. Way to make the most of a small role🤘🏼

[@datartisttho1987]

Best scene. Darren was such a comedian. My brother bought the lamp and even said when he was showing us “it’s fra-gee-lay 😌”

[@abielcotto2392]

lol epic!!

[@donaldpaluga]

He could do drama too. Best example is The Natural

[@MarshallRedmon01]

Must be Italian

[@electron2601]

I love how the box says "this end up" and "fragile" but they just drop the box on the side.

[@joshjauregui6226]

Hats off to the composer who orchestrated this scene in such a way that made the lamp feel both omnipotent , but also erotic at the same time

[@sararosales3220]

I have it! My husband introduced me to this movie about 5 years ago and I made it a mission to get the lamp and I did after Christmas sale 75%off we display it every Christmas 😂😂😂

[@piggypooo]

As soon as he gets attached to it, break it! Shsss😂😂😂

[@jasont7814]

Too funny, my wife bought one about 8 years ago. We put it up every year.

[@kev3d]

"It's, it's, it's indescribably beautiful!" Like he's seeing a sunset for the first time.

[@dianachin4849]

It reminds me of the 4th of July!

[@thelastjohnwayne]

The Greatest Scene in Cinematic History..............

[@6atlantis]

FraGilAy!

[@R0YDEME0]

Not even close.....

[@frankperdue6585]

Agreed 🤭

[@frankperdue6585]

‘ mindpower ‘ 🤘😎

[@masonf7332]

I genuinely feel pity for you if you think this is the greatest scene in cinematic history…. You need to watch more movies dude

[@alfredogomezgonzales6731]

0:53 - 0:56 “FRA-GEE-LAY! It must be Italian!”

[@dookeland8]

0:55 When you sneeze and someone says “Salud”

[@SynthD]

How about the part where he plugs the lamp into the outlet? When you stop to think about the effects used, it’s honestly mind blowing. It sparks, is flames up. Then he taps around on it and more sparks and arcing occurs. This has got to be the most realistic special effects used for n a movie probably in 5-10 years. Yes, it’s very subtle. That’s the point. Almost leaves me guessing if they actually did plug in 20 components into one socket.

[@theodoratorpey1255]

Yes..lolol😂😂 Especially at Christmas.. I did it..and it would weight down..ugh!!! The things you remember..

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

In real life, that extent of power outlet abuse is a case of an electrical fire accident waiting to happen.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Like a recipe for disaster.

[@Eyeiiiseeyou]

It’s a major award! I won it! I love how the whole block crowded around to look

[@Dane_Youssef]

Not much to do in that small town...

[@dianachin4849]

Not now Sweeney. Can't you see I'm busy?

[@Pashinski1]

In a time when house cleaning was primarily done by the wife, I love the father just throwing the packing materials and lid all over the house with no care. The poor Mom.

[@godzillavkk]

It's sad that more and more people want this back.

[@a-nus]

​@@godzillavkkGo outside.

[@godzillavkk]

@@a-nus Make me

[@pikachuchujelly4119]

Well, back then, cost of living was low enough that wives could afford to stay home and do all the housework. Now, you need two salaries to run a household, and the cleaning also needs to be done by both husband and wife.

[@mmack647]

"It's Indescribably BEAUTIFUL!" 😍🤣

[@andrewDarga]

It reminds me of the 4th of July

[@piggypooo]

Ralphie constantly feeling up the leg lamp and his mom slapping his hand away always gets me😂😂😂

[@sadeaton]

"It, it, it, it's indescribably beautiful!"

[@nina1522]

"It reminds me of the 4th of July!"

[@tractordave9300]

@@nina1522/ I always use that line for everything/ some people get it and a few don’t, but I don’t care, just a cool line!

[@jacobmaverickbueller.671]

My true love and I would have/get a leg lamp in our house when we get married.:):):):) The both of us would say "Fra-gee-lay" at the same time.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SuperNintendoFan990]

Ohhhh, heck yes, we would!:):):):😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jacobmaverickbueller.671]

​@@SuperNintendoFan990Absolutely!:):):)😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christinam9989]

Randy's laugh AND cry are the BEST! 😅❤

[@Mattwolf92]

4:09 the guy next to the old man is a cameo appearance of the Director Bob Clark.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Ah, yes-the one whom Ralphie’s dad calls a nincompoop(that’s also a sign of this outdated era, another term you certainly don’t hear anymore, used to mean a dummy, of course.)

[@MrTravisAl]

“The snap of a few sparks. A quick whiff of ozone. And the lamp blazed forth in unparalleled glory.” Incredible writing for narration. Everything about this movie makes it such an Americana Christmas CLASSIC! True to its title: A Christmas Story. We’re having our first snowfall of the year today. Had to watch this.

[@erinboisse104]

best christmas movie ever

[@Vulcan650Vampire]

I love how the crate says “His end up” 😂

[@waverider227]

Fra Gil LEE That must be Italian ?!?!?!?!?!?

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Apparently Ralphie’s dad had never heard of the word “fragile” as a synonym for delicate, or “Handle With Care,” as the case would be.

[@jeg5gom]

Fra-geel-lay... one of the most outstanding lines ever!

[@emmastraub6842]

I love how Ralph keeps touching the leg 🦵 😂

[@garrettdarkstar2647]

When I was young, and everytime I watched this scene. Particularly at 3:51 I've always had a foreboding feeling that the Father won't be with them soon, from the way it was shot, with the Old man running out into the snow, as his family watches from the window, along with the peculiar piece of music that plays as he trudges through the snow. Now that the Sequel has been announced, and it's confirmed that Ralphie's father passed away. I can't help but think back to this scene.

[@creativereality4212]

Actually, he lives well into Ralphie‘s adult life and has even met the grandkids. He dies at the beginning of the sequel

[@patton303]

I still say “fruh-gee-lay, must be Italian” to this day whenever I see “fragile”. I’m sure a lot of people my age do. Lol.

[@annecollins1741]

And he mispronounced fragile and he thought it was Italian lol.. It was so funny 😆😆😆😆. The leg lamp...

[@HiDesert004]

The horror on the mom’s face when he wants to put it in the window!😂😂😂

[@collincarson2200]

“Damn hell you say you won it?” Lol

[@GraniteGuy]

Notice there is no credit for "Swede," the guy in the street who delivers that line. That's a cameo by Jean Shepherd, author of _In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash_, the book of stories the movie is based on.

[@ColeWalker]

@@GraniteGuythat’s actually the director Bob Clark. Jean Shepherd makes a cameo waiting in line during the Santa scene

[@hondacivic.japanese8265]

Christmas story classic movie who still here watching in 2024🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

My father and I bought my mother the leg lamp from the Christmas Story House for this Christmas. It comes in a carboard box with the same font and writing on it. My plan is, on Christmas Eve, we'll be watching this movie, of course. Right before this scene plays, I'm going to go down the hallway and "change into pajamas", which means I'm actually putting on my coat and hat, going quietly out the back door with the box, and knock on the front door right after the scene starts. Then I will reenact the delivery guy to my father who will get the door, and I tote the thing into the living room. Good plan? I think so. She'll laugh her ass off.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Side note: I don't have any cigars so a cigarette hanging out of my mouth will have to do. Or maybe a joint.

[@Tay20]

I am invested now. Would like to know how this goes.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

@@Tay20 I will update here after it happens. lol

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

@@Tay20 Tomorrow night is the night. I even bought a clipboard and wrote up a fake delivery receipt. Went and bought a cigar earlier today.

[@mcca555]

Yessssa!

[@MassDeportation]

The lamp blazed forth in unparalleled glory!

[@kristinopperman7931]

The entire neighborhood was turned on. Lmao best part

[@cannong1728]

by electric sex!

[@timharsch5896]

That's my neighborhood I grew up as a kid.west side of cleveland,those were unforgettable days! Different times!it looked the same in the 80's

[@ThomasNly]

😂😂😂 every time i see a lamp like that its definitely reminds me of this great Christmas classic.

[@kevinbudzinski9576]

Ah! Fra-gee-lay! That must be Italian! 😆

[@jaymac8496]

2:00 Look at Ralphie being mannish 😂😂😂

[@celticwarrior6349]

My favorite Christmas movie of all time...🎄

[@BuckFidenMD4547]

I’ve been watching this since 1985 it never gets old. FRA JEE LAAAY

[@DGNYY27]

“It’s a major award!”

[@brandonthomas3390]

And i know just the place for it... Right in our front room window! Uhh, uhhhh, uh uh! 😂😂😂

[@Alan-in-Bama]

The Best Christmas present EVER !!! 😂

[@illuminocalypse5210]

I can totally understand being attached to something you won - even though you may know know full well that it's really cheap ugly crap, you still won it so you love it for that reason 😂

[@johnh6440]

RIP Melinda Dillon.

[@Polygonlin]

Ive wanted a full scale, one to one replica of this lamp since i was just a little kid lol

[@bezoticallyyours83]

They do make them. Lol

[@cannong1728]

@@bezoticallyyours83 not really full scale though....somewhat smaller. I had a neighbor who had one i his window every Christmas season....it was definitely smaller.

[@TT_09]

Dad: It could be ANYTHING! Me as a kid: You knew what you ordered.

[@robertdubs9466]

The neighbor Svede who talks to the Old Man near the end of the clip was actually the director of the movie.

[@donaldpaluga]

And the guy at the end of the line to see Santa is Jean Shepherd himself

[@santiagolopez3909]

“Hey you turned the light out!” Taps window.

[@donaldpaluga]

YOU USED UP ALL THE GLUE ON PURPOSE!

[@santiagolopez3909]

@@donaldpaluga Lol! That’s my favorite line in the entire movie aside from “You’ll shoot your eye out!” and “Oh Fudge!” 😂

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

And also the mom exclaiming (upon “accidentally” destroying the lamp):”Jealous? Of a PLASTIC leg?! Are you kidding?! That is, by far, the UGLIEST lamp I have EVER seen in my ENTIRE LIFE!!!”

[@johncsernica2175]

2:52 POW! 🔌💥

[@rhowar1]

I had the privilege of playing Jean Shepard in the musical version in early December. I loved it.

[@brandtoncartwright6733]

Fun Fact: at 4:09 the guy who’s next to the old man is actually Bob Clark the director making a cameo appearance

[@metalgrinch]

Imagine getting a wooden crate package in 2021? 🤣😂

[@kingtigercrownestate9102]

If you order something big enough that might be what it comes in.

[@R0YDEME0]

Ok?...

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

Actual footage of me when it's leg day at the gym

[@Theothesleeper]

his end up genius

[@thefouranimationproduction]

My Christmas ornament is a leg lamp

[@WeirdLady-pv8il]

And now the lamp is a popular Christmas decoration

[@andrewhall4909]

A lot of this movie is just the dad giving the absolute best line delivery. “It reminds me of the FOurthof JulyYy!”

[@UncleDave74]

“You should see what it looks like from out here!!!!!!!!!!!!”😂😂😂

[@mmack647]

"Mindpower Swede, Mindpower!" 😂

[@stephenandujo729]

Every year on Christmas, my family and I always watched this movie. Such nostalgic times.

[@RevJoe88]

The way Ralphie keeps rubbing the lamp! 🤣🤣🤣

[@cannong1728]

One of the greatest movies ever made....!

[@robertcomfort729]

I love how the dad doesn't love the lamp because it's sexy or anything, he loves it because he won it. Lol

[@bighand1530]

Same lol.

[@VinMar-m6w]

1:59 Ralphie, on the other hand... 😂

[@christinam9989]

This is the same packaging I get today when I order three things that aren't the same size

[@josesitomartinez4118]

1:49 just tells it like it is 😂

[@alexanderpytko5394]

At 1:59, I'd say Ralphie just hit puberty! 😆

[@Fibonaccisghost]

I'm glad Amazon started using cardboard boxes rather than these wooden Italian boxes.

[@peterdavies2960]

Thanks to that big evil baldy baby Jeff Bezos 👨‍🦲😂

[@oshanehall3470]

Kid starring as the father reaches up the skirt to touch (caress)the leg. 💥 lights turn on.

[@Bford84]

Yo still one my all time favorites

[@santiagolopez3909]

Same here!

[@dmvercar7849]

So much packing for a lamp! Lol

[@garrettinthemiddle1219]

Delivery guy with cigars

[@AlwaysRightSometimes]

One of my neighbors asked me" how I got my other neighbors truck running ? " I said " mind power Jerry, mind power ."

[@itsjoeyleedeleon4934]

a major aword 😂

[@grafenr.3405]

Excellent movie I watch it every year

[@random65992]

I haven't said Fragile correctly in 30 years.

[@sunnygirl523]

my dad has the leg lamp one of his friends got it for him ❤

[@Jake-rc4xi]

"Fragile. It must be Italian!"

[@austintheman.97]

That is by farthest thee nicest lamp, I have ever seen.

[@waverider227]

I remember seeing this movie one summer on HBO I missed the first half of the movie and saw this part first it had me laughing so hard I never forgot that moment

[@jonessoda4me1]

0:02 Mr. Parker is my favorite character 1:23

[@MSYNGWIE12]

"Frah-gee-lay" or if you're Groucho Marx, "fra-gill-ee"- takes all kinds...

[@Blossom44100]

Electric sex? Geez Ralphie😂😂😂😂

[@wolfandhoundh.a.e]

WHAT IS IT??? IT'S A MAJOR AWARD

[@whiskeytangofoxtrot5939]

I can only hope that more movies like this come out, this was/is a staple Christmas movie for a lot of us and hope that future generations get a movie like this for their time to appreciate for decades as well

[@bighand1530]

This movie did get a sequel decades later.

[@jeffr6206]

Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.