A look at how rich the McCallisters were in 'Home Alone'

[@anthonycolon5138]

Rich enough to forget their child twice without going to jail once.

[@SynthApprentice]

The true measure of wealth: how much crime you can get away with.

[@sesquicentennialcera1823]

👍🏿

[@saulcruz2483]

its just a movie, its not real , get over it!!

[@lpg12338]

LOL!!! 🤣

[@tikatikatikatika3066]

😂right

[@alanc7772]

The fact that this movie is being talked about 30+ years later shows how impactful and great it was. What a great era that was.

[@TvGunslingeRvT]

Yeah actually l watch it in every holiday season ever. 😂

[@adrianaabaidoo3659]

Same I make sure I watch it before the season pass 😂😂​@@TvGunslingeRvT

[@euns1156]

you are so right! 😭

[@Bat-manwholaughs]

I could name 50 movies from yesteryear that’s still talked about. This movies will always be a gem but let’s not overstate it !!!

[@TheCavemanBrown]

Still the most profiting movie of all time. Super low budget, few big names in the cast, but overall solid production considering all factors.

[@hansonel]

The fact that the McCallisters lived in Winnetka, IL, which is not only the wealthiest suburb of Chicago (part of a collection of affluent lakefront burbs called The North Shore) but it's also one of the wealthiest towns in America. They also owned that incredible home (mansion) with incredible property taxes to match. The McCallisters were rich and I wouldn't be suprised if Mr. McCallister came from an old money family somewhere in the Midwest which gave him seed money to start up his business, worked in high finance or was an executive at a fortune 500 company Downtown. Grew up in Winnetka and knew families similar the McCallisters, despite being movie characters they weren't far off from some North Shore families in the 80's & 90's.... minus forgetting one of their kids twice going on a holiday vacation.

[@D.VA_00]

Exactly 👏

[@tomgallowitz]

Also Winnekta is where a lot of characters from the John Hughes universe lived, wouldn’t be surprised some of the kids went to school with the sixteen candles crowd or had Ferris Bueller as a neighbor

[@natasha3922]

The dad says in the movie he couldn’t travel first class as a kid, they traveled in a station wagon and didn’t go far, character didn’t come from money

[@afroabroad]

Let’s be honest. He was Walter white of the 80s except in smuggled in a ton of Cocaine and was protected by the CIA. That’s the real reason why he was never charged with child abandonment.

[@andreanielsen5621]

I remember as a kid thinking the whole idea of a family going to Europe for Christmas in 1990 (let alone one family paying for their relatives to come along) was so unbelievable. Majority of Americans weren’t going to Europe like that at the time. However, John Hughes and Chris Columbus still managed to make the overall film relatable to middle class movie goers with small touches - pizza to feed a crowd, mom telling everyone to finish the milk (avoiding being wasteful), no flashy handbags or designer clothes, no flashy cars (it’s passenger vans that pick up their brood for the airport), etc. so while there were many things that felt rich it wasn’t that gross flashiness.

[@bangslamwham88]

There's lots of wealthy people who aren't the least bit interested in flaunting their wealth, and some have even raised their children to be frugal.

[@andreanielsen5621]

@@bangslamwham88 agreed but you don’t see that often in films. Usually it’s overly demonstrative rather than subtle, unless it’s a film about old money but even then there will be the massive grounds of the family estate highlighted on screen.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

The fact they bought Pizza for 14 people for $122.50 and paid for 2 trips for 14 people one to Paris and one to Miami they were obviously well off

[@marypenebaker898]

That's not even $10 a pizza. F****** cheapskates weren't they? Wait wait. I BET THEY WERE ALL CHEESE PIZZAS AT THAT PRICE. Poor Kevin. 😂

[@alos.h256]

Don't forget the house lol. That thing is a mansion 😂

[@AlexRamirez-vz1vj]

So funny how you make this about how well off they were vs how Inflation has made it impossible for many families to survive... Leftist policies... California is 5th largest economy with the largest homeless population and people like Newsome are so wealthy that they live on private land.... How can Democrats defend the current state of dem cities like chicago... los angeles and San Francisco and New York.. Cnn is absolutely "news" for morons and bots...

[@TheHeavensFellen]

what a great time to be Uncle Frank the moocher

[@checkle1]

​@@marypenebaker898that's 1990 money. $10 then = $20 today.

[@daviel1005]

It definitely sold the idea around the world of America being a very wealthy country with everyone living in mansions.

[@BladePan]

it is not hard to figure out the thieves targeted the family because they are very rich, definitely not an average income family.

[@ssemudduhussein2568]

​@@BladePan😂😂so true✌️

[@ejl1000]

That makes sense in the context of when it came out, too: the tail end of the Cold War; communist states collapsing and more people being exposed to Western media than ever before... Home Alone was one of the first Western movies to be shown in Poland. Nothing like some American capitalist propaganda to show them what they were missing out on.

[@magistrcooldayn233]

Truuue, many thought every American family lives this way

[@trilloclock3449]

This the most popular Xmas movie ever and I live in Ghana(west Africa) and when I tell u every person on this continent know about this movie, I’m not exaggerating. And they still show it every December. It's Always takes me back to my childhood. Freaking classic!!!

[@Strideo1]

That's really cool!

[@trilloclock3449]

@@Strideo1 🙏🏾😊

[@bigbrothertiger4370]

as a kid watching this on VHS, i was always struck by just how atmospheric the movie is, thanks to the size of the house but i honestly thought that was the general size of american homes lol

[@AirForceKrissy]

Yeaa the general size of wealthy Americans lol

[@coreym162]

The world only knows about America's 1%. Learning from movies will teach you nothing...

[@philfromkali]

Same

[@SirEattonHogg]

It was a John Hughes movie. With very few exceptions, pretty much every film focused primarily on life of the 1980's white upper or upper middle class in the Chicago burbs.

[@NK-qx6kk]

Did you watch even half of John Hughes movies? Also ofc McCallisters has to be rich, the whole point in the movie was they're the richest house in the neighborhood.

[@JohnWilkes-mg8di]

​@JamieGAdaireMolly Ringwald's character was wealthy in the Breakfast Club. She was described as the princess of the group.

[@NK-qx6kk]

@@JohnWilkes-mg8di That's why she stood out, she was the only rich character, though it was an average public school.

[@TheHeavensFellen]

but the ritchies were typically the antagonists

[@dvderif]

Speaking as an european, this movie sold us the idea, when we were kids, that the McCallisters were just a regular, middle-class, american familly

[@mslowe77]

Is that why people are willing to walk here… they’re in for a huge disappointment 😢

[@rickyayy]

America is nothing like this, only for the elites

[@popc_bauer]

As a Brazilian, it sold us the complete American dream, pizza and coke for dinner, the latest electronic devices

[@D.VA_00]

Hahaha! 😆 no this house is in the riches part of Chicago suburbs. I live in the middle class of white suburbs and not even living like this lol this is the 1% and forgniers get the wrong idea from these movies

[@RamtechENG]

Same but i’m Russian. When I was a kid, I thought every American family lived like this, and I can’t understand why I lived so poor compared to them

[@Mel-oe3dw]

I visited this home with friends a couple years ago, the coolest part is that right around the corner is beach access, you can walk right down and see Lake Michigan

[@londazh]

Home Alone was widely popular in post-USSR countries too, and when I was a kid, we used to think this was just a regular American family, which also led us to believe that all Americans were super rich 😂

[@CharlotteFerrariBreton]

All Americans were better off during the Post-USSR era. That is a fact.

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

It was the most popular movie in Poland after the collapse of the nation's Communist government in Warsaw back in 1989. Translated from Polish to English; the film's title is "Kevin Alone in the House."

[@smrk2452]

That’s why they’re all coming here now 😣

[@smrk2452]

@@CharlotteFerrariBretonbetter off but not like this! This was the 1%

[@CharlotteFerrariBreton]

@@smrk2452 Hahahah. Under no circumstance were they in the 1 percent at the time. You don't know what you are talking about. Believe it or not statistically in the 80s people like the "McAllisters"accounted for between 30 and 40 percent.

[@Mimi_cat254]

His son stayed alone in a very fancy hotel in New York and used his credit card and never get declined 😂

[@20-NYC]

It’s a credit card not a debit card.. which uses ACTUAL money in the bank, not borrowed money from the bank. Credit cards can high limits of upwards of 15,000 just depends on credit history, doesn’t signify wealth..

[@shaktinitschke]

@@20-NYC credit cards can range from $1,000 to upwards of $125,000 for most people. While there are cc that have limits of $250,000. $25,000-$75,000 is the norm. Source I own a cc…

[@MisterUrbanWorld]

@@20-NYCI know some people who cannot get a credit card with more than $300-$500 limit. If you can get 5 figure cards upfront you're already well established in society.

[@20-NYC]

@@shaktinitschke really 75k limits? I’ve heard no one so far like the average person tell me their limit is that high, do you mean one credit card alone or multiple credit card total?

[@shaktinitschke]

@@20-NYC i’m talking one credit card

[@kaunis2121]

I love innocent news like this. so much news is so polarized and doom and gloom.

[@bbag1550]

That's how they keep you mad scared and unattentive. It's human survival nature to focus on bad news. Good for business bad for life.

[@lisak7380]

This isn't news.

[@OneAutumnLeaf420]

They need to do a modern Home Alone with Macaulay Culkin as an adult that defends his home on the Purge night!

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

Nah, I think that a modern "Home Alone" should be about Kevin and his wife and kids (portrayed by his real life significant other Brenda Song and their two sons) getting ready to meet up with Buzz, Jeff, Megan and Linnie with their own wives, husbands and children at their childhood home and Kevin gets to tell the story of how he fought off Harry and Marv; both when he was inadvertently left alone at home and again when he was spending his Christmas alone in New York City. Of course we should have Catherine O'Hara as Kate McAllister as it would be interesting to see Kate getting ready to see her children, her sons and daughters in-law and her grandkids as they are the source of comfort for her following Peter's death. This particular part would be a reference to the fact that Peter McAllister's actor John Heard died from a heart attack in 2017. I am thinking of casting Nathan Kress as Buzz McAllister (after Buzz had lost quite a bit of weight) and cast Miranda Cosgrove as Megan McAllister with Hilary Duff as Linnie McAllister and Timothée Chalamet as Jeff McAllister.

[@TheHeavensFellen]

they just made it

[@high-defRJ]

Knowing the area very well, lived in the district, the town of the Home Alone house is located on the Chicago north suburbs along the Lake Michigan. It's known for being highly affluent area, and coined North Shore, which spans 9 towns. There are houses like the Home Alone house, and and the houses along the Lake Michigan on these towns are even bigger, it would be easy to guess that the owners of a lake side home are multi-millionaires. There is also it being a John Hughes movie, where other classics (Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club) are set in the same area. Then there is Mean Girls. I remember getting invited to a home party in junior high and high school, only to get jawdropped by the sizes of the homes, and finding out what some of their dads did for a living.

[@chrisshell6178]

To be fair Mean Girls may also be a classic...

[@ssemudduhussein2568]

😂😂 🫶🙌I love ure words✌️...

[@plawson8577]

Home Alone was filmed in the Northeastern Chicago suburbs of Winnetka, Kenilworth, and Northshore.

[@high-defRJ]

@@plawson8577it’s actually Winnetka and Wilmette (church).

[@trump45and2zig-zags]

​@plawson8577 is navy pier close to that? Took the kids this summer and swear we saw that house one of the days

[@NitpickingNerd]

and in the end Kevin's gift to the homeless woman who saved his life was a tiny plastic pigeon

[@palmtreewhisperer]

😂 classic rich kid thinking 😂

[@kimberleyhunter6815]

I thought it was glass or crystal. I remember it looked pretty.

[@thethinkingtrain]

I mean old man Marley got nothing

[@bursegsardaukar]

@@thethinkingtrain Old man Marley got reunited with his family that separated from him after an arguement. That's more valuable than money...

[@Pinkladyisv]

@@thethinkingtrainI think he lived in the neighborhood too so he was rich too!

[@Maya_Ruinz]

I still remember watching in the 90s as a kid thinking the same thing "Who could even afford this house with all those children if not a Doctor or Wall Street Tycoon".

[@SolidComputers]

Too expensive for most doctors.

[@shigshug8581]

IF they make a home alone in 2024, everyone will be living in a cardboard box.

[@dsquared341]

And the kid would be trans with a multiracial family.

[@dsquared341]

The mob boss one is a wild conspiracy theory lmao. I’m assuming that Kevin’s dad was like a high ranking executive at a large company or something.

[@sharpasacueball]

Yeah I have a friend whose dad is the CFO of a pretty famous food brand and they pretty much live like the McCallisters

[@snap9501]

он был полицейским в сериале сопрано, хотя он был бедным

[@joseph_b319]

I do like that fan theory, but you would think The Wet Bandits would know better than to knock over that house.

[@neildecarteret6143]

Mob boss doesn't work, they're not Italian.

[@tinhinnh]

I don’t think they’re rich but probably upper middle class. Sure the house is nice but they drove regular cars, flew in coach class, even the wife wore a replica Rolex watch

[@jaredwilson7460]

Plot twist: the dad and uncle were in the mob. Which would explain why Kevin was so quick to think of extreme ways to torment people. It's in his blood. This could pave the way for a great reboot / sequel where Kevin is all grown up and has to take over the family business.

[@shahrulamar5358]

😂😂

[@AK47z]

Best part of the movie was when Kevin put that tarantula on Marv’s face and he let out that blood curdling scream.🤣

[@lookman7047]

Why don't we have movies like this anymore?

[@CrystalHickerson]

People always forget that there could have been generational wealth with either the mom or the dad so they could have had money already and then whatever they make from their careers that's added to it. So tapping into their savings as just wealthy people in general. So we always forget about that piece.

[@GoonieLord]

I remember in the book Peter was a business man & the mother was some fashion designer

[@tcsmagicbox]

The McCallisters were definitely loaded!

[@alopey_]

"Keep the CHANGE, you FILTHY ANIMAL!" --Greatest line in the movie I would say! 😄😉

[@will_274]

Top-notch journalism. I love the sarcasm.

[@Bharat-12338]

Home Alone will never get old i hope anyway 😅

[@applejuicejunkie316]

Its already old. The robbers mentioned VCRs and Stereos. Its almost as bad as the DVDs Tarretto and his crew were stealing in Fast and Furious. 🤣🤣

[@АртурПирожков-с5ч]

​@@applejuicejunkie316Classics never get old, zoomer. When you grow up a little, you'll understand that )

[@djbuck4948]

The journalist sarcasm about the seriousness of this story is hilarious. I really enjoyed the segment. Thank you.

[@wickster2121]

the house alone is in winnetka, il - one of the most expensive real estate suburbs in il and US. home 'alone' is $2+m.

[@tacov3410]

The movie doesn’t work unless the Mcalister family has money. Nobody tries that hard to break into a 1200 sq foot bungalow, also the chase through the house would be fairly short.

[@Strideo1]

Actually poor people's homes are more likely to be burglarized than rich people's homes. But, yes, the movie wouldn't work in a modest house where there's no enough room for all the action.

[@RockJack-cs6vu]

Lol true

[@senguptasayn]

An evergreen classic.never gets old.

[@401wcollman]

I remember asking this question of McCallister wealth when I was a kid in the 90s. I was told that the movie paid them well. Poor me totally believed that.

[@TheFabFarmer]

Top notch reporting guys! Thanks for bringing the important info to the world like always.

[@checkle1]

Good job doing your part by consuming it and feeding this type of content with with traffic and engagement! You're the real hero here.

[@RayMak]

One of the first movies I watched in the cinema as a kid

[@KrugerIndustrial]

Outstanding journalism report

[@sinisterintelligence3568]

As someone who lives in Tallahassee, Florida, there are houses on our north side of town that look just like the McCallister's.

[@tubefreeeasy]

The mom had enough cash on her to not have a problem paying $122.50 cash without a hitch that the uncle handed off the responsibility.

[@octoman511]

Wow given how rich they were you'd think the dad would not have gotten that upset over a $967 room service bill.

[@ricardoxelmundo5330]

Heck no. You watch your money, or yo go broke

[@luigi55125]

Realistic honestly. Ask any business that does work on people homes. The richer someone is the less likely they are to want to pay for the work. That's why there's so many videos of contractors destroying their own work when the customer doesn't pay lol.

[@mahoganymuffin2628]

I once worked with a multimillionaire. He got upset that he had to pay $5 to send a fax at kinkos.

[@scsclassics]

​​​​​​​​@@ricardoxelmundo5330Yep some people don't have to work for money . It grows on trees 🌳 💸 . I literally stare at a computer 1/2 days and get paid working from home and accrue pto and only work 5 to 6 months a year .

[@brendaechols5929]

In movies, families are never poor or middle class.

[@davidzambrano1121]

Never watched Malcolm?

[@yellaboi6257]

If they were so rich then why didn't Kate just rent a car when she got to Milwaukee to drive to Chicago rather than ride with John Candy and his Crew??? Just saying off the fact that she was willing to pay for a private jet back to Chicago from Paris....

[@suprmekai5]

Umm she was not in Milwaukee she was in Scranton,Pennsylvania where John Candy and his crew.

[@suprmekai5]

Candy and his crew were going to Milwaukee and Chicago was just on the way there

[@yellaboi6257]

@@suprmekai5 Ummmmmm.... Well she still could've rented a car....

[@suprmekai5]

@@yellaboi6257 Scranton to Chicago is 700 miles and she’s jetlaged better she get a ride with Candy and his crew.

[@Jopo1226]

They missed the main point of the theory behind a mob boss. In the beginning Peter asks the cop if he is under arrest. That's not exactly how an innocent person approaches an unexpected cop visit.

[@interestingvids-hx2sq]

He was just joking u know

[@LincolnHawk87]

When a few hours of no news needs to filled with literally anything

[@antonvrb1510]

So bloody true!!!

[@weirdbookreviews]

I think they are just trying to keep it light hearted for the holidays.

[@kifacorea]

Bah humbug

[@antonvrb1510]

@@weirdbookreviews good logic

[@AttractionSpot]

They already said in an interview that his mom was a successful fashion designer and that they confirmed that the dad was not tied to any sort of mob or Mafia or Criminal activity.

[@shapursasan9019]

Thank you for this very important news that the whole world was waiting for!

[@bursegsardaukar]

If Kevin's dad is a mob boss, Kevin might have saved Marv and Harry from a more terrible fate. Mob bosses are known to do terrible things to people that try to steal or rip them off. Edit: See what mob bosses did to Joe Pesci's character in the movie Casino...

[@ATP2555ify]

And even worse things to people who hurt their kids.

[@Walgreens27richmond]

He’s not a mob boss

[@Minetic]

It’s a good thing Kevin kept his mouth shut then about what really went down. Marv and Harry should be thanking him. And perhaps Kevin was savy to the family business: making elaborate traps to look like accidents and the like

[@ATP2555ify]

@@Walgreens27richmond No one said he was

[@pepepantuflas1]

The theory is the dad ran a lucrative crime ring in the city and his goons mistakenly broke into mr.mcalisters house who happens to be the boss.

[@plawson8577]

I’ve read the 1989 Draft. Peter McCallister is a successful Entrepreneur who ran a Power Surge selling Surge Protectors and Underground Cable installation company. This was virtually unheard of in 1989-1990, and Kate is a Fashion Designer. Regarding Harry and Marv, the Script says that Uncle Frank jealous of his brother’s Wealth, hired them to Rob the Mansion. But The Wet Bandits were professional cat burglars who wanted to whole neighborhood.

[@JohnFreedman0]

@@plawson8577 You think Frank sold him out? The heaviest cat you ever did see?

[@alexrolon3505]

🤣🤣🤣

[@noel7777noel]

Banking criminals running numbers on "speculation" investments. Basically how the first Social Security beneficiaries got a full retirement, even though they never paid in one single penny. All in the name of "growth" or "growing an economy." Say you were the first to own "stock" in Social Security. You would receive a full retirement. While the very young people have to contribute to Social Security stock their whole life. The first Social Security beneficiaries made out pretty well, while the very young, not so much. Just "buy low, sell high." In this economic bubble cycle, following the "growth" math formula. Basically, running numbers on leveraged and growth. Instead of openly teaching everyone how to become leveraged in the commercial sector with their retirement plan and teaching everyone to be leveraged in the residential market with their own home. They steal other people's retirement leveraged in day trading and steal everyone's leveraged in the residential markets by becoming landlords.

[@dsquared341]

They knew the name of the residence, so that theory is BS.

[@unaffiliated0437]

KEVIN!!!

[@BC-bt7hu]

Aaaaaahhhggggg 😱

[@TransKidsMafia]

In the novel Kevin ends up coming out as trans.

[@unaffiliated0437]

@@TransKidsMafia just how many lies can you stuff in a simple sentence?

[@leahgary1107]

Interesting perspective. 🙂👍🎄Happy Christmas.

[@varunvinod2403]

Why are you guys still not talking about the fact that Peter McCallister works as an undercover detective for New Jersey police named Vin Makazian, who fed information to DiMeo crime family. He was the main informant for the Capo of DiMeo family, I think his name was Tony Soprano or something

[@Walgreens27richmond]

No he ain’t

[@H.so.]

This is what I call investigative journalism. This is great!

[@senhorbaker]

It's just nice to hear CNN talk about something not Trump. Best journalism they've done in years.

[@Samantha-w8l]

I wondered this question for 33 years.... LOL thanks for answering it for me!

[@KazMaw1]

She was asking for a private plane. That's a whole lot of money. Definitely not less than millionaires if you can ask for that like a choice in a supermarket.

[@luisvelez1952]

If this was the case then Mr. Mcallister shouldn’t be yelling at Kevin for spending 964.00$ for room service.

[@amidthephantomsrose]

If i recall the novelization of the movie mentioned that the mom was a fashion designer and the dad an accountant or something like that.

[@robertknight4672]

I know this movie is supposed to be timeless but it gets funnier and funier each year when he's talking about stealing VCRs.

[@robertknight4672]

@gonzoyork1908 nothing.

[@jasonvoss6559]

A great use of journalism and reporting.

[@jevinday]

I appreciate the self awareness of this piece. I loved when he referred to finding out if the McAllisters are involved in the mob as "public service journalism" 😂

[@vee12n12]

I love homealone and always knew they were a rich family ❤

[@neildecarteret6143]

Pointless burgling a poor home.

[@Strideo1]

@@neildecarteret6143 Poor homes get burglarized more than rich homes. It's easier to steal your neighbor's PlayStation and TV than it is to travel across town to a rich neighborhood you don't know that well.

[@linkoolodumare9836]

LOL 😂 This guy said this is why great reporting matters 😂

[@saurabhpatel-eb3ez]

Definitely rich ! They afforded a "President" for a Cameo 😁

[@thomasdequincey5811]

For their next article like this The New York Times should figure out how the Rings of Power work in the Lord of the Rings.

[@RecoveringChristian]

Um...how do they work again?

[@niico76]

Kevin’s dad was a VP at McDonough Electric.

[@thecunninlynguist]

they were so rich

[@normalgirlcvco]

Finally some positive news these days

[@officialtereshchenko]

This is the kind of news we as humanity should have watch every day 👍🏽🎄🎁 Beautiful, daily, happy, and no negativity 🙃🙈🤜🏽🤛🏽 I hope 2024 will be the start of 0 negativity all over the world!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@stevenhartono3876]

Americans Family at the peak❤🎄

[@sniperpaintcorrection]

Everyone seems to forget that hotel bill in part 2. lol .

[@MicahPotts]

I heard the home went up for sale recently for $6.5 million

[@JCustom]

They could do an article on any tv show that takes place in nyc

[@nickbroekman9360]

Some hard hitting journalism. Thanks again CNN.

[@Seayaa2]

0:09 The Knocking sound the camera guy did in the background😂 They knocked to let her know they’re on air live

[@kahetiger]

I agree. Just enjoy the friggin' movie for what it was. No need to analyze or speculate. But, to each their own and let them have their fun.

[@GodwinIsaac]

i didnt know i needed this information yet here we are

[@peterpriego6503]

Enjoy the movie and don’t bother your minds with unnecesary questions indeed.

[@roachtoasties]

So how much is demanding a private jet to immediately fly everyone to Paris and back? I'll never know, since it's always economy class for me.

[@skyworks1621]

I watched the movie 3 times already in december with my kids. I loved the movie growing up.

[@Sosublime_]

Love the seriousness of the reporter here.

[@t-marjo6624]

I never wondered about Kevin's parents income until I saw this video. The designer part could be it with the mannequins around the house and his father kinda looked like a businessman. Also, has anyone ever wondered why that song has so many birds in the lyrics?

[@Draw2quit]

If the mob boss theory were true, I don't think Harry and Marv wouldn't have survived till the sequel. They would have been the Shanked in the Shower Bandits.

[@bursegsardaukar]

If the McCallisters are rich, why did Kevin's dad yelled "Kevin! You've spent $967 on room service?" at the end of the second movie?

[@lylegardner7260]

Because rich people can still be cheap?

[@ellenpcwang]

Kevin’s brother yelled. Not his dad.

[@80sCommercialVault]

@@ellenpcwang It's absolutely his dad yelling at the end of Home Alone 2. Buzz shows the hotel bill to his father.

[@Sarah-zr1nj]

@@lylegardner7260I’ve known some wildly rich people (we’re talking millionaires). They are EXTREMELY cheap. How do you think they stay rich?

[@AJP1613]

Any parent should be pissed if their 9 year old child spent $967 on room service without permission. 😂😂😂

[@MilankaMilosevic-l4u]

Where did money come ? In 1997 , as late father started wor 3:32 king for Jovica Stanišić , and he wanted mi 17 hellicopetrs , Mi 24 , father opened in Cyprus Neocom off shore firm , for which Braca Kertes customs head found two million usd for pozrchase of hellicopetrs from Konotop Ukraine in 1997

[@BennyHenn]

Cutting edge news from CNN as always

[@illosophie]

Wow. A story not about Trump. Merry Christmas!!!

[@jaobidan2358]

Technically, it kinda is...Trump had a cameo in part 2 when he owned the Plaza.

[@Jacob-nu4nd]

He’s going to lose in 2024 the youth hate him

[@saulcruz2483]

My cousin owns a concrete company and he makes 7 figures a year, and employs 4 guys and he is not considered in the 1%, heck, he didn't even finished high school!!

[@notouchythechichis]

Nice job reporting this.

[@nikakiskainourgios2227]

Close your tv and open your eyes.

[@brazilfynest]

We all know who he works for and his boss name was Tony sopranos

[@TravellerCityGuide]

Verry intresting video, i'd liked to watch it :)) Cheers

[@jasonperry7970]

Yet they didnt have security system or cameras?

[@Strideo1]

A burglar alarm wouldn't be that uncommon for wealthy household but almost no one had security cameras in their personal home in 1990.

[@jasonperry7970]

@@Strideo1 yea...and I suppose the power and phones being taken out by the branch that fell would have disabled any alarm call to the police.

[@Newkids33]

Peter McCallister is business man so like CEO company or something

[@shyreetaallen2306]

They said it was a gift from his job 😊

[@mercystreet45]

Why do fan assume that his mother was a fashion designer and not his father?

[@ajvaani593]

Lol I know in Chicago fashion designer? ! Lol if they were n new york city yes it's possible but not n Chicago fashion designer makes that much $ lol haha

[@dizmix]

The type of NEWS that keeps me up at night.

[@CodeGr88n]

Omg the second dude singing....great segment!!

[@fourlittlebirds6166]

No one I knew had ever lived in a home that large. I grew up solid middle Class. I remember thinking that they were for sure rich. I’ve also seen the movie a million times and don’t remember seeing a ton of mannequins (other than a couple that he uses in the “fake party” scene to help ward off the bad guys. ) But watching it as an adult it’s obvious that both parents have corporate jobs. They have five or so kids, each kid has their own room. Plus there’s a full attic and a full basement, a family room, living room, huge kitchen, various other rooms, and every single One has either a phone, or television, or radio installed. For its time that was pretty major to have that much tech in every room. I also never got the fact that Kevin’s dad was paying for the entire trip as well. The pizzas? Yeah sure. It was his house. The vans to the airport? I guess so. But the film gives you the impression that all the adults specifically paid to sit in first class themselves so they could get a break from their kids. Kevin’s siblings (none of them) look alike, nor do they look like the parents either. Going on a trip to France during that time was so far out of the stratosphere of anyone in an average family, that it seemed totally unattainable. It’s still pretty unattainable to this day. Let alone paying for nearly twenty people to go on the trip all together. Kevin was a brat case he was the baby of the family, used to all that wealth and getting whatever he wanted by bullying his parents (whom He never saw as they were always working. ) And he obviously had been allowed to speak to them that way, or he wouldn’t have been as bad. everything he does in the beginning of the movie is all for negative attention. Instead of trying to spend time with him to see what’s going on, they push him away again to be left alone. I also think it’s trash the way the dad was never involved in his son’s life or discipline. Why should it be up to his mom to raise him by herself, and then try to get home to him by herself? His dad was a huge butthead.

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Richard said 346 Gifts the correct answer is 364 gifts