Jim Cornette on A Christmas Story

[@doomedhuh]

Christmas Story is a classic.

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

The Best!!

[@j.c.ca.o.l7035]

I respectfully disagree with Brian, a Christmas Story was very good.

[@SirVic42]

I saw "Christmas Story" 4 times in junior high in 1987. That both proves and disproves Brian's point. There was definitely repetition, but it was popular long before TBS started playing it on a loop.

[@zantara]

@sirVic42 I agree with you - I saw it around 1987, too, and it was not getting played constantly yet. Once a year, just like most Christmas movies. And it was popular with my dad and people at school. I have not watched it since Turner began their 24-hour marathons (which is silly to do), and it is true that it did not do as well as one might think when it was first released. That seemed to happen a lot in the early 80's, for some reason (like Somewhere In Time, for example). Heck, It's a Wonderful Life was not a box office hit, either. A Christmas Story would be considered a classic today with or without the yearly marathons. The marathons only serve to make some people hate it.

[@cheftorte554]

@Nicholas guardabasso ok fuddy duddy

[@gothchicksbongrips5712]

Overplayed as it is, it is a classic. Get over yourself Brian.

[@gothchicksbongrips5712]

@Nicholas guardabasso wrong. The budget was under 4 million. And made almost 20 million in its initial run. Was it a blockbuster, no. But it wasnt a failure by any means.

[@relaxandgetoverit8393]

@Nicholas guardabasso people loved this movie long before it started playing 24 hours straight on Xmas eve 22-23 years ago. Get your head out of your ass

[@TylerHBHamilton]

“Name another movie the kid with the glasses was in!” Iron Man. Elf. Spider-Man: Far From Home. He’s also a pretty big producer lol

[@nebraskajoenelson8987]

Directed "couples retreat". An underrated comedy

[@shooter-vx7xy]

The Dirt Bike Kid.

[@zantara]

Arcade and Russkies...yeah, Brian came off looking pretty foolish this time.

[@shooter-vx7xy]

@@zantara Always does.

[@shooter-vx7xy]

@shepramsey6 If they liked movies as a kid, they do. I don't remember all his movies but I remember Dirt Bike Kid and Russkies.

[@nicholasmantia5031]

Christmas Story is an ALL TIME CLASSIC !!!!

[@PABrewNews]

100%

[@ayal9287]

As a person from Scotland I can safely say Brian is talking pish about A Christmas Story. I’ve always known this film and it isn’t shown here often. I can’t comment about the showing schedule in the USA but the film is one of the best Christmas movies for various reasons. It’s almost a satire and was way ahead of its time. The main actor actually became a producer and was also in Elf.

[@nickmarlatt6471]

Is Tony Kahn paying Brian Last to be completely wrong about A Christmas Story and Biscuits and gravy?

[@Dirtydeff]

Popularity of the Christmas Story made Turner air it 24 hours. They didn't just start airing it that much out of thin air

[@SaviorGabriel]

Indeed. I fell in love with the movie the first time I saw it in the early 90's. That was years before they ran the 24 hour marathons.

[@davidpadgett4013]

Brian is WRONG. DEAD WRONG on this one.

[@Rodshark75]

Eh, I think you are WRONG. DEAD WRONG on this one.

[@davidpadgett4013]

@@Rodshark75 eh.

[@TeefrmGA]

Brian. Poor Brian. It's a Classic.

[@austinburras2993]

He got a point though

[@TeefrmGA]

@@austinburras2993 Its his opinion. You either like it or not. Ijs

[@austinburras2993]

@@TeefrmGA he got a point if wasnt for tbs it wouldn't be that a fact cuz it box office numbers don't lie

[@austinburras2993]

There's also Technically 3 other movies in that seriea

[@TeefrmGA]

You are either going to like it or not.

[@jameshurtado5389]

Brian is correct, I grew up partly in Central NY and some of the best pizza I’ve ever had had less than 3 toppings

[@Tony-fq5bn]

The best Pizza is a Pepperoni Pizza

[@ErwalDeeas]

@@Tony-fq5bn PREACH!!!

[@MilkmanC]

@@Tony-fq5bn but imagine that pep on a slice where some part of the rest ain't right. Great plain slice is very important. I get whatever too on top(currently fam like's a Drunken Grandma), but nothing is like an incredible plain slice.

[@Tony-fq5bn]

@@MilkmanC I can enjoy a plain slice, but I LOVE me some pepperoni

[@MilkmanC]

@@Tony-fq5bn Cheers! (Slaps pizza's together)

[@ASwagPecan]

I’ll agree that it’s overplayed (been thinking that since a kid) but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad film.

[@SaviorGabriel]

I think the reason they play it so much is because there really isn't anything else worth a fuck to watch around Christmas time, so you might as well run "A Christmas Story" for 24 hours just to have something on.

[@FatDirector1]

It is a cinema classic!

[@IsaiahPhoenix08]

He was in iron man and elf

[@danielwestwood]

Peter Billingsley "The kid from A Christmas Story" recently appeared in the Netflix documentary series Challenger: The Final Flight as he wanted to become an astronaut.

[@crowdpleaser2k]

He was also the spokesperson for Reagan's Young Astronaut Council and was present on the launch pad when the Challenger exploded

[@testodude]

He was also Messy Marvin, the mascot for Hershey's chocolate syrup. Those commercials were pretty big, and got him the Christmas Story gig.

[@JasonMarsalis]

"A Christmas Story" grossed $20 million total when it was released in 1983. It wasn't talked about as much because holiday films weren't as popular back then. However, the following grew as it aired on cable in the 80's and 90's. The marathon started because the popularity grew and the ratings were going up. Repetition probably made the film more mainstream but it had a following before then.

[@Karemaker]

Send this to Brian Last on twitter, lol. Educate the man.

[@JasonMarsalis]

@@Karemaker I just did.

[@travisheckel5576]

We watched it all the time in middle school on cable in the 80s

[@Karemaker]

@@travisheckel5576 Love your art, Travis. Just wanted to say.

[@travisheckel5576]

@@Karemaker 😁. Thanks!

[@jeffnettleton3858]

A Christmas Story was dumped on the market by MGM, the week before Thanksgiving, in an era where bad Christmas movies had soured the market. It still did good box office, initially and had great reviews from people like Roger Ebert. It wasn't in most theaters for the Christmas holidays. However, it immediately found and audience on video and cable, before Turner purchased the MGM library and had it played in marathon showings. The marathons were a result of popularity, not the other way around. That revisionism is worthy of the WWE, Brian.

[@abrahamwashington1]

This movie is miles better than wwe programming and I don't even watch Vince's circus to know it 😂

[@horrorfiend7694]

I never imagined I would agree with Brian but the day has come. I must have Corny 19...I need to quarantine.

[@MrBlockice22]

The infamous tongue getting stuck on the flagpole LMMFAO

[@JMFabiano]

What's worse: the shills at the end of the episodes or Little Orphan Annie telling us to drink our Ovaltine? LOL.

[@tylerdulak9030]

I have a neighbor who has that leg lamp. Shines bright in his living room window every night of the year. It's as magical in person as the movie makes it look.

[@crowdpleaser2k]

Is it Indeed "electric sex"?

[@scorptarget]

“Ohhhhhhhh Fuuuuuudggggeeeee!!!” Haha the Thumbnail with the Leg Lamp and Corny with the beanie!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Getwright-]

Im from Cleveland, and a Christmas story was filmed there, so its ALWAYS been huge there. The house is actually a museum now. Oh and Brian: the kid who played in the movie is in Marvel Movies now. Hes the guy Jeff bridges yells to that tony stark built his armor "in week with a box of scraps!" (He worked with mysterio in the newest spiderman movie too)

[@SharptonsRaceCard]

I could hear the fedora tipping through that whole email reading

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

m’good emailer

[@cheftorte554]

N E C K B E A R D S

[@Kylersinjin]

Elf was another movie with the kid from a Christmas story. He's the elf that tells buddy he's not a cotton headed ninny muggins

[@JC-lk4jb]

His name is Peter Billingsley and he produced the first Iron man movie

[@Tompeteux]

Speaking as a Gen Xer, that movie was classic way before becoming a tv staple. It came out when I was 7 years old and myself and loads of other people I knew would watch it constantly, regardless of what time of year it was. That’s the kind of impact it had.

[@aretnap3653]

A Christmas Story *IS* a *CinemaClassic!*

[@ForeignWarren]

Gotta agree with Brian on this one. Turner has just been pushing Christmas Story for years until it got over.

[@jhonviel7381]

@shepramsey6 the big dog is here!!! Here it comes!!!! Superman punch!!!!

[@markabboud8564]

There’s something wrong with Brian if he doesn’t like A Christmas Story

[@TheRosswise]

Actually I've been watching A Christmas Story since the year it came out. I actually owned it on VHS a decade before Ted Turner bought it. The kid's name is Peter Billingsley.

[@koDaffi]

Ahead of the curve eh? Fuck Beta!

[@IronDiva]

He’s now a producer.

[@Clay3613]

@@IronDiva MCU villain too.

[@willtheangrydudeist9120]

Not liking A Christmas Story reminds me of Christopher Walken talking about not trusting people who don't like hot dogs..... And Brian, Peter Billingsly has gone on to do alot of movies, whether acting, producing or directing. Good grief, man

[@FIXTREME]

If one doesn't like hot dogs *that are prepared properly* (on a roller,) then there is something wrong with that person

[@jhonviel7381]

A new yorker being willfully ignorant? color me green! Damn Yanks think gulianni and cumo are good people 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@huskyswordsman95]

Shawshank Redemption is an incredible movie. But didn't take off until years later. A Goofy Movie didn't do well when it came out, but VHS rentals brought it back into the public eye. I think there are an equal amount of people hate and love A Christmas Story. Even the man who hates everything like Jim can appreciate it lol

[@jmb01550]

Peter Billingsly was Ralphie and he was in Elf and directed Couples Retreat in recent years.

[@macheesmo3]

Last makes himself sound like even more of a peasant guido than usual here...

[@tonymatrisin4328]

You'll poke your eye out Mud Shows: thats what we do

[@jaynorthrop7456]

When Brian was describing the aew pizza and got to " one piece is a salad " i died. I visualized it on my head. And it's a good movie. Watch it again, I triple dog dear ya.

[@SuperMutant2099]

Brian is so wrong about A Christmas Story.

[@Hatchbasic]

He’s right it’s garbage

[@watchreport]

Well, its just an opinion after all, like most things are.

[@sadiekelley1062]

Brian Last is absolutely correct about A Christmas Story. It's thin on story, especially for how long and boring it is. It's meandering. It's outdated hoakum (this movie was made in the 80s, not the 50s). It lacks narrative structure. People who like A Christmas Story are simpletons who get the warm fuzzies looking at Norman Rockwell paintings or those goddamn Anne Geddes photographs. People I want to avoid at all costs. There are at least three dozen better Christmas movies out there.

[@JMFabiano]

@@sadiekelley1062 Because movies and TV shows about decades before had NO place in the '80s. I'll AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! to that (thumbs up) (Yeah we'll pretend Happy Days wasn't at the point of no return by the time the decades switched, for argument's sake)

[@sadiekelley1062]

@@JMFabiano Happy Days was outdated crap made for simpletons also. There's such a thing about making film and TV about previous eras with modern sensibilities, you know.

[@jdspreest]

Classic Christmas movies on my list i watch every year: 1. Die Hard 2. Bad Santa 3. Jingle all the Way 4. A Christmas Story

[@peteboyle7728]

Christmas Story, Jim Carey Grinch, It's a Wonderful Life and first two Home Alones

[@tonymatrisin4328]

The Year without Santa Clause 5

[@tonymatrisin4328]

Brian is a grinch

[@shermhart7617]

Die hard not a christmas movie, it's just happens to have a tree and some lights.

[@jdspreest]

@@shermhart7617 it's a Christmas movie to me, dammit! LOL

[@thawrath9306]

Last sucks anyways, he's NOTHING without Jim.. And he knows it.

[@tobiasfarragut292]

He has a popular wrestling Podcast that was known before he hooked up with Jim..is a well known Wrestling historian by his peers and people in the business as well as Us fans of whatever whether Vintage Real wrestling or todays AEW silly shit and WWE corporate bullshit. He’s also a successful investor and doesn’t NEED to do the show but enjoys the sponsorship checks im sure and talking shit with Jim about shit that should be made fun of..what r you doin with yourself hater lol..

[@indianajakelosteverything5562]

Brian last lives off his wife's money and was never in the business and cannot provide any pictures or evidence that he ever did anything.. he is cornettes lackey period.. without Jim he has no podcast

[@tobiasfarragut292]

@@indianajakelosteverything5562 ill agree with the point about the show considering corny was doing what he does before brian came along..as for anything else you or I can’t disprove shit anymore than we can prove it bruh..good day to you sir (takes a drag of the blunt)

[@scorptarget]

Home Alone 1> Christmas Story 💯🤣🤣🤣

[@erickmack4131]

*2 maybe but you pushing it

[@BDCogar]

Peter Billingsly is a producer and director and was in “Elf” with Will Farrell.

[@Rodshark75]

Another crime against Christmas *lol*

[@sumobowler3790]

if someone does not love A Christmas Story there is something wrong with them

[@RyanAcidhedzMurphy]

Anyone who likes that movie has something wrong with them. It's a stupid movie.

[@travismurell5228]

@@RyanAcidhedzMurphy Somethings are wrong with you.

[@cwell510]

@@RyanAcidhedzMurphy You must be fun at parties...

[@nebraskajoenelson8987]

A christmas story is by FAR my favorite Christmas movie, it reminds me of Christmas as a kid......followed by home alone

[@SharksRule86]

I love March Of The Wooden Soldiers. I always crack up when the little mouse hurls the torpedoes at the brown boogeymen from the blimp.😂

[@Willverinerage]

How can everyone forget Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation?

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

THAT’s a piece of classic cinema

[@EntropicDecayGaming]

Sh!tter was full!

[@ASwagPecan]

Brian’s tragic backstory is gonna be revealed in the coming arc to explain his hatred of the Christmas season.

[@bayday5]

i guess his dad broke his neck in the chimney too

[@DjTractus]

I just see Christmas now like the beginning of Krampus

[@MrHunterseeker]

All Juice hate christmas. I thought that was common knowlege. They view Christians with ire, and their holy book calls Jesus a "Fool".

[@huskyswordsman95]

I'm guessing no one ever gave him a Red Rider BB gun 😥

[@LadyDragonsblood]

Maybe he isn't into Christmas.... after all Brian is Jewish... they don't celebrate Christmas.

[@andyc5674]

Greatest Christmas movie? Die Hard

[@mattclark8746]

It's a movie that takes place on Christmas, but not a Christmas movie. And I've watched it hundreds of times. Still not a Christmas movie.

[@soggyorigami]

Lethal Weapon, Batman Returns, Trading Spaces....

[@innocentbystander72]

@@mattclark8746 Sorry it is is a Christmas movie for the movie takes place during a Christmas party. Also, it is a heartwarming story of a husband and wife getting back together. The movie is about family, togetherness, making friends, McCain and Sgt. Al Powell. I shed a tear each time I see McCain help Sgt, Powell get over his fear of using his gun and Sgt Powell was able to get over the small mistake of shooting a child. Making someone whole again is the best gift anyone could give another and Christmas is the season of gift-giving.

[@mattclark8746]

@@innocentbystander72 What you described is a feel good movie. Just because it takes place during the holiday season, does not make it a Christmas movie. You could take any action movie, and throw in some Christmas references, but still not a Christmas movie.

[@innocentbystander72]

@@mattclark8746 The McCain family reuniting makes it a Christmas movie. One of the major messages of Christmas is being with family. John and his estranged wife reconnected. Saying a family getting back together is not a Christmas movie is like saying I'll be Home for Christmas is not a Christmas song.

[@innocentbystander72]

Brian is wrong about when A Christmas Story got popular. It was in the mid 80's with HBO showing it on their rotation I still remember all of us kids loving that movie and quoting the movie.

[@beautifulstrongman]

It is a classic. I've been watching this since I was a kid in 1983, here in Canada. No Turner for me.

[@djhrecordhound4391]

The school scenes in A Christmas Story were filmed in my hometown. That school's now a women's shelter

[@Ratmann8436]

Was it actually filmed in Indiana?

[@gillies9]

@@Ratmann8436 I may have read the school is in Canada.

[@RustyMuck]

The school scenes and the "awww fudge" outdoor scene were filmed in St. Catherine's, Ontario. The house scenes were filmed in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio; the house was restored and is a tourist attraction.

[@RustyMuck]

Mind you, leg lamps are pretty popular in Cleveland, and it had everything to do with the movie being largely filmed in Cleveland and Ted Turner happily rerunning the movie on WTBS

[@samtipton9402]

@@Ratmann8436 no it was filmed in Cleveland,the movies' story takes place in Indiana!!

[@tomgilmartin7327]

Brian Last is the biggest heel in wrestling for his Christmas Story heat

[@Ratmann8436]

Yup.

[@hollywood21639]

Christmas story used to air every Christmas long before TBS did the marathon. Peter billingsly was in the dirt bike kid. Which I liked as a kid

[@patrickearles471]

I didn't even know they aired it non-stop before I heard all the talk about A Christmas Story on the last couple episodes, must be an American thing (I'm Canadian)

[@williambanks2223]

Lest we forget, Turner switched from It's A Wonderful Life to A Christmas Story because NBC began airing it before Christmas.

[@mrpink99]

Peter Billingsley, the kid who played Ralphie, grew up to be a struggling actor who became good friends with the then-unknown Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn. A lot of the “Swingers” screenplay was based on their real life Hollywood misadventures. He didn’t make it as an actor like his two buddies did, but he’s a successful producer & director now. You may also recognize him as Messy Marvin from the Hershey’s chocolate syrup commercials in the late 70s

[@matthillegas3099]

A Christmas Story is great. And, with all due respect to Brian's opinion, I used to watch it every year long before Turner started those marathons.

[@jasonlane1528]

Me: "Everyone has an opinion so losing your temper over that is silly." Brian Last: "A Christmas Story isn't a classic." Me: "MAN, F**K THAT GUY!!"

[@cf_1204]

I had A Christmas Story on VHS back in the day. It is a classic but my all time favorite Christmas film is Christmas Vacation

[@CreightonChaney-io4xv]

Peter Billingsley (I hope I spelled that right) was Ralphie, Jim

[@Willverinerage]

The "cookies Ice Cream and Salad" metaphor was actually kinda correct.

[@graham.2547]

It was way more true than it needed to be

[@ErwalDeeas]

Dead truth right there!!!

[@TBird100636]

6:55 - Turner didn't originally air "A Christmas Story" non-stop. For the first several years, it aired once on Christmas Eve on TBS. Later years it turned into the 24 hour marathon, and was showed on TNT as well.

[@samtipton9402]

Brian Last every single Christmas movie u named i hav nvr heard of pretty sure more ppl kno of A Christmas Story then any of those movies u said A Christmas Story IS A CLASSIC SIR!!!!!!!

[@aretnap3653]

When I Stood-Up to TheTown "Bully"... It was just Like TheScene Where Ralphy Beat-Up "TheBully". (I Had "TheBully at My Feet...Crying, & All The Witnesses Were Like..."Uh-Oh!") It Was *GREAT.*

[@job489]

Peter Billingsley played Ralphie in "A Christmas Story". The movie in the 80's referenced here was Russkies with Peter and Joaquin Phoenix. (Spoiler alert for "Spider-Man Far From Home" and "Iron Man" if you click on "Read More". Peter still acts and has been in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as William Ginter Riva who was the scientist "forced" to build Obadiah (Iron Monger)'s armor - the one Obadiah yells at him for not being able to build what Tony Stark built in a cave, then responds with "I'm not Tony Stark." Peter reprised his role as William in "Spider-Man Far From Home" revealing himself to have been working with Mysterio when his work was disregarded by Tony Stark. He's the one who edits the footage where Mysterio is the hero and Spider-Man is the villain to J. Jonah Jameson and revealing Spider-Man's secret identity.

[@chadlieb2437]

It's a Wonderful Life got pounded into people's heads, too. It didn't have a copyright on it, so stations could play it for free, and did so...until it became a classic.

[@sugartbube]

The kid from a Christmas story is Peter Billingsley he was involved with the Challenger Disaster. Before the school teacher died there was talk putting a kid in space. He was a spokesperson. He on the Netflix doc about the Challenger

[@hoganshairline4175]

Christmas Story isn't a cinematic masterpiece but it's still great and always a pleasure to watch. Like Dumb and Dumber.

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

I can’t stand Jim Carey. His movies from the 90s are insufferable drivel.

[@poindexterflex3528]

No one gave a shit about 'It's a Wonderful Life' until years later and it became a classic over time. Shut up, Brian. A Christmas Story is a wonderful CLASSIC.

[@yourtheresistance3870]

A Christmas story will always be my favorite holiday movie!

[@StevieDamnit]

I'm surprised neither of them mentioned the movie's writer and narrator, Jean Shepherd, who was a well known radio broadcaster and story teller for decades before the Christmas Story came out and is often revered as one of the greatest in the history of that profession.

[@gabbywayne7921]

No kidding...really thought the same thing. Thank You.

[@williamwalker8201]

I seen it on HBO when it first came out. Seen it twice in the theatres.

[@Narrate918]

Peter Billingsley and he also did The Dirt Bike Kid and Beverly Hills Brats and no I didn’t need to use IMDB. Brian (sort of) redeemed himself with the Caddyshack reference.

[@junkwaxjunkie-1]

Smh, I usually agree with Brian alot, but this time idk wtf he's talking about. A Christmas Story is the greatest Christmas movie ever!

[@dillbert4084]

I grew up watching A Christmas Story on WPIX. I didn't even know TNT or TBS aired it until about 10 years ago.

[@doctheperfectfaceforradio6022]

Brian has never watched A Christmas Story, so he can not say it's bad cinema.

[@JMFabiano]

Dude, I've been on the ACS train LONG before the 24 Hour marathon on TBS. It used to appear throughout November and December on local stations (yep, WPIX!!!!) and on HBO, and I became obsessed with it at a young age.

[@kevinlynch256]

WPIX channel 11 every Christmas Eve

[@bradleyferguson5936]

It also was one of those movies that became really popular on VHS after theatrical release

[@davidharrington5694]

I’ve only seen a Christmas story a few times, and I remember a bunch of that stuff, it isn’t repetition.

[@jamesselig8461]

Anyone else here think Ralphie looks like Attorney General Bill Barr?

[@RicGagger]

Pineapple, anchovies, onion, green peppers, black olives, spinach, tomatoes, feta, provolone, and mozzarella makes a perfect pizza

[@TheTyGuy1819]

A Christmas Story is a true classic around the holidays. Just like National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and It’s A Wonderful Life and several other Christmas movies!

[@stevenashby9393]

Brian getting heated while Jim tries to be the voice of reason is my new favorite dynamic.

[@wmaneker]

“A Christmas Story” is the cinema equivalent of a Werther’s Original.

[@takerdust]

great comparison. Tolerable but nothing special.

[@firebird7479]

I saw A Christmas Story in 1987. A co-worker rented it, loved it and recommended it. It gained a following via tape rentals before Ted Turner got hold of it. And before he appeared in A Christmas Story, Peter Billingsley was the recurring character in Nestle's Quick commercials known as "Messy Marvin".

[@patrickdoran180]

'It's A Wonderful Life' was the exact same: not popular/successful when released, but became popular/beloved over the years due to TV. 'The Shawshank Redemption' was the same, too.

[@Rodshark75]

Because they were basically free... they literally had to give these movies away because no one wanted to pay money to watch that dretch.

[@jimbrown5091]

Every Christmas. ..Die Hard, A Christmas Story, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Scrooged!

[@what3801]

To be honest, I never heard of A Christmas Story until I realized it was on for 24 hours on TBS and or TNT back in the late 90s. Originally, I thought it was older than a 1983 movie. I enjoy the movie. I try and watch it once every year.

[@br748]

A Christmas story is one of the greatest Christmas movies ever!!!!!

[@pounddog77]

The kid from Christmas Story was in The Break Up with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. He was the guy that told Vaughn he was kicked off the bowling team and had to relinquish his bowling shirt.

[@somedude2384]

A Christmas Story is really good. Though it felt short, I do love it.

[@johnnyd6135]

A Christmas Story is a classic but if I have to watch a movie at christmas time over and over again, I'll take Home Alone and Home Alone 2. Maybe it's the Wile E Coyote and Road Runner humor of Kevin's traps on the bandits, but I always find it more enjoyable. Plus the hotel guy wanting Kevin to get arrested for credit card fraud is pretty hilarious in the 2nd movie

[@collectingmythoughts991]

I know that I at least always loved A Christmas Story and Hocus Pocus long before they became this Rocky Horror level of cult classics.

[@Tim85-y2q]

FWIW Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) is largely retired from acting but went on to become a successful producer and director. Also, the film Brian was talking about was called Russkies.

[@KastleKrossface]

I grew up absolutely loving this movie. And that was 1980s. And yes, once this was on TBS I watched it every year. Still to this day, A Christmas Story is in the Christmas movie rotation.

[@ReviewsRankingswithRobbySobel]

Nope, A Christmas Story is classic and any other opinion is invalid.

[@nh7680]

Sprite should definitely sponsor Cornette.

[@aretnap3653]

"It Was Indeed, a *LAMP!"*

[@ItsProdigy420]

How dare you Brian. That movie is a classic.

[@cocoachaos1321]

I was shot in the eye with a bb gun not too long after that movie came out. It was years before I could watch it.