Bad Santa
The Lemon Drop Kid
A Christmas Carol (1951 with Alastair Sim)

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

Not a big fan of Christmas shows or movies.

I will watch A Christmas Story with my kids on Christmas Eve but that will probably be it for me.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I need to understand what this sentence means because I have strong opinions on this subject.

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You know me like that.

Top 5 movies
Leathel Weapon
Scrooged
It's a Wonderful Life
Original Miracle on 47th Street
A Christmas Story

TV
Hardrock,Coco and Joe
Charlie Brown
SNL Wonderful life alternative ending
Rudolf
South Park-Red Sleigh Down. So wrong and horrifying yet in the end it preaches the true meaning of the season

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Never thought of it like that. I think it is one of the most moving and timeless movies ever made. Not happy but there is something comforting or heartwarming about it.

Here ya go Rick. They don't make 'em as great as Jackie Gleason anymore.

http://youtu.be/3A7VCBagRAw

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Actually sounds like a big night out for Laurence.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

These are the ones we are watching on repeat for the last two weeks:

Home Alone 1 (sometimes 2)
Elf
Santa Clause Trilogy
Jingle All the Way (Love me some Turbo Man)
Miracle on 34th Street (Matilda girl, not the old one)
Christmas Vacation
Polar Express

My son likes Santa Buddies, Mickey's Christmas and Winnie the Pooh Christmas.

Wife loves I'll Be Home for Christmas, which is that shitty JTT movie. She also likes Four Christmases. Bad.

It was a carelessly written sentence, as I had had a few. I prefer the plot and songs of Holiday Inn and Fred Astaire to the plot of
White Christmas and Danny Kaye. That said, I like White Christmas, and I really like Vera Ellen and Rosemary Clooney. "Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister, but Lord help the sister that comes between me and my man!"

It's not that one is good and one is bad. I like both, just one more that the other.

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Everyday when the sun goes down, I get with my friends, I begin to clown.
Now I don't care what the people are thinkin'. I ain't drunk, I'm jus' drinkin'!
-Albert King

Got it. I thought you were referring to the singing talents of Astaire vs. Crosby. And while I can appreciate Astaire's vocals within a certain range, Crosby was the all-time best and Hawk can back me up on that.

I don't have strong opinions on the movies but I prefer White Christmas if only for the Counting Your Blessings song which is tremendous.

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29th Street

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

oh how could i forget the "star wars holiday special"? classic. celebrate life day!

and i always watch tim and eric's chrimbus special as well.

Hell no! I'm with you on Der Bingle. Fred singing is OK as long as there isn't another good singer in the movie to show his limitations. The notes from Fred's first Hollywood screen test were, "Can't sing, can't act, can dance a little." That may have been a little harsh.

"You know Stone Pony, I've seen Sinatra, Bennett, Como, Williams, and Torme, but in all my years there's been none better than Crosby!" [/Hawk]

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Everyday when the sun goes down, I get with my friends, I begin to clown.
Now I don't care what the people are thinkin'. I ain't drunk, I'm jus' drinkin'!
-Albert King

Movies:

1) A Christmas Story
2) Elf
3) - 5) WGAF


TV:

1) A Charlie Brown Christmas
2) - 5) WGAF

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Not a mult.

Vera Ellen was fucking hot. She gave me a boner in that old movie, whichever one it was.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Movies
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol (Reginald Owen version)
Miracle on 34th Street (original - B&W only)
NL Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story

TV
Charlie Brown Christmas
The Grinch
Dick Van Dyke - "Allan Brady Presents"
The Year Without a Santa Claus (Heat Miser & Snow Miser song carries the show)
Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer (despite the use of only 6 reindeer as well as the mean Santa who initially shuns Rudolph)

Honorable Mention to the Andy Griffith Show episode noted previously (Eleanor Donahue ).

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Oh, and may I offer up that "It's A Wonderful Life", classic that it is, is not a Christmas movie.

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Not a mult.

And his Dad is an absolutely horrible father.

It's got snow and a Christmas tree in it.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Then Im putting "The Program" on my list.


Love Joe Cain's drunk father putting empty beer cans on the tree

Huh?
For the record - Planes Trains & Automobiles is a Thanksgiving movie though.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

The main story line has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. The fact that it just-so-happens that it occurs at some point during the Christmas season is irrelevant; the only time Christmas really comes into play is at the very end.

Full agreement on PT&A, though.

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it is not irrelevant at all. the short story it's based on, "the greatest gift", plays with the idea of mortality and worth, all of which is surrounded by christmas...in its spiritual sense, it's about a man's struggle with himself and his duties to life (a reflection on the life of christ). in its literal sense, christmas is typically a high stress period for a lot of people. it's not at all accidental. it's part of the theme, MM. but thanks for trying.

And Santa is a piece of shit too.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Well, then, when they make an adaptation of ''The Greatest Gift'' and follow that particular story line, then I'll consider it to be a Christmas movie.

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My wife taped this because it has Uggie (Jack Russell) in it.We own a Jack,too. What a startling fall from grace for this pooch. It went from the Oscar nominated "The Artist" to this low budget TV movie in a few years!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

it's the entire 3rd act of the movie.

I'm barely keeping it together with this criticism of It's A Wonderful Life.

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You know me like that.

I actually never watched the whole thing. I'm hoping Ted Turner colorizes it first,than I'll watch.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."