Frank Capra Presents...It's A Wonderful Bored
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lb13.....for the love of God, man.......please please tell me you've gotten around to watching It's a Wonderful Life since this thread first appeared?
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I am going to guess no.tubadave wrote:lb13.....for the love of God, man.......please please tell me you've gotten around to watching It's a Wonderful Life since this thread first appeared?
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You would think that with all the free time Frank had this holiday season, not having to repost this until the middle of January that he could at least have updated his intro.Frank Capra wrote:Scene: Uly Bailey, grief-stricken after his beloved USC Trojans lose 73-0 to the Idaho Vandals in the EvilSquirrel.com Bowl, decides to permanently log off The Bored, and perhaps life.
If Uly was upset about losing to Idaho, imagine how he must have felt about losing to Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl.
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
I've updated this Bored favorite! Please enjoy.
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I've updated this Bored favorite! Please enjoy.
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Still a classic!Frank Capra wrote:I've updated this Bored favorite! Please enjoy.
But I guess they don't make wings like they used to.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Merry Christmas, Frank!Frank Capra wrote:Merry Christmas, everyone!
Frank
Hmmmm. I don't recall seeing Uly logged in for a long time. I hope he didn't wander back to that bridge...
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MarleysGh0st wrote:Merry Christmas, Frank!Frank Capra wrote:Merry Christmas, everyone!
Frank
Hmmmm. I don't recall seeing Uly logged in for a long time. I hope he didn't wander back to that bridge...
He probably saw how ES has turned out, and figured it would be worth it....
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Ha! I just noticed that Marley apparently lost his wings over time....
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I was wondering about that, too.littlebeast13 wrote:Ha! I just noticed that Marley apparently lost his wings over time....
They were obviously defective...
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Shouldn't this be getting reposted about 50 times in the weeks leading up to Christmas?
And no Dave, I still have not watched the original.....
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This is a true Bored classic if there ever was one, and I actually look forward to it getting reposted every Christmas....
Merry Xmas everyone!
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No you won't.littlebeast13 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:What!?!?!?littlebeast13 wrote:While I admit to being the only person left on earth who has never seen this movie, I have seen it parodied enough to know what it's about..........
Beast, beast, beast...I know you never go anywhere or do anything, but you've got to sit down and watch this movie. Really.
If I do that, then I'll probably have to watch A Christmas Story too......
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Jeemie wrote:No you won't.littlebeast13 wrote:If I do that, then I'll probably have to watch A Christmas Story too......
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I never managed to get through A Christmas Story but have seen IAWL many times.
(Just now noticing I'm responding to something first posted eight years ago...)
It's all good. I still haven't seen either movie...
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We turned on Christmas Story at our host's house after Christmas Dinner. We helped our hostess appreciate some of the better jokes.
YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, KID!
That wasn't one of 'em.
YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, KID!
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I loathe both of these movies.
It's A Wonderful Life means well, and does finally get there, but the journey is SO DAMN DARK.
A Christmas Story is just irritating. To me.
I know it kills some people, but the only "Christmas" movie I can watch over and over is ... you guessed it ... Love, Actually. The music makes me cry, and I am not a crier, plus the idea that there are all kinds of love is just truly Platonic, like really soulmate-Plato-wrote-it stuff. One of the deepest loves in the story is of a sister for her brother.
It's not for everyone. I get it. But there is not much better dialogue than this exchange in a story I don't even like that much:
"You learned English."
"Just in cases."
It's A Wonderful Life means well, and does finally get there, but the journey is SO DAMN DARK.
A Christmas Story is just irritating. To me.
I know it kills some people, but the only "Christmas" movie I can watch over and over is ... you guessed it ... Love, Actually. The music makes me cry, and I am not a crier, plus the idea that there are all kinds of love is just truly Platonic, like really soulmate-Plato-wrote-it stuff. One of the deepest loves in the story is of a sister for her brother.
It's not for everyone. I get it. But there is not much better dialogue than this exchange in a story I don't even like that much:
"You learned English."
"Just in cases."
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Oh, Lord. I just read a synopsis of A Christmas Story and it's worse than I remembered. So many story lines are depressing. I think it probably worked very well in the source material, as vignettes published in the 60s. But this movie is indescribably depressing to me.
It's not at all fair of me to criticize anyone else's sense of humor, but the idea that anyone finds it funny that kids get their tongues stuck to the frozen flagpole is just deeply sad to me. Because they are going to have to rip them off and bleed and be hurting. Argh. It's like when CNN goes to commercial here at work and we all yell "Don't look until I change the channel!!!" because it's the shaking dogs and weeping kitties in cages in the SPCA ad. We protect each other, and why can't we do that from this movie?
"Don't look!" is all I'm saying.
It's not at all fair of me to criticize anyone else's sense of humor, but the idea that anyone finds it funny that kids get their tongues stuck to the frozen flagpole is just deeply sad to me. Because they are going to have to rip them off and bleed and be hurting. Argh. It's like when CNN goes to commercial here at work and we all yell "Don't look until I change the channel!!!" because it's the shaking dogs and weeping kitties in cages in the SPCA ad. We protect each other, and why can't we do that from this movie?
"Don't look!" is all I'm saying.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Here we go again.
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I still like A Christmas Story. Daddy's gonna kill Ralphie! (sorry Skoop)
Well, then
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Merry Christmas to BBs past and present.
May you all rock the Roarin' 20s!
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It was fun reading this thread again. Makes me sad for old times.
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SteelersFan and I don't even need to watch Christmas -- we can recreate entire scenes from memory. "It was . . . soap poisoning." "I told you not to use Lifebuoy!"
It's a Wonderful Life, not so much. I've never watched it all the way through.
All best wishes to all y'all for the new year.
It's a Wonderful Life, not so much. I've never watched it all the way through.
All best wishes to all y'all for the new year.
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