Ah hah! Yet again once more, a seasonal Christmas post for this time of the season, Christmas! For the three of you paying attention at home, I started off on this journey with the iconic TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, then jumped into a holiday comedy with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, then examined a …
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Almost Half A Baker’s Dozen Days of Christmas Movies AGAIN!: Day 2 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Please wholeheartedly receive the compliments of the season until those compliments just seem like gratuitous sucking-up after a while! Yes, another post! Trust me, no one was more surprised as I was about it! With this slew of postings, I started with A Charlie Brown Christmas and now National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? Could my holiday …
Almost Half A Baker’s Dozen Days of Christmas Movies: Day 2 Scrooged
Season’s Greetings! Thanks for taking the time during your hectic holiday hustle and bustle to stop over and read yet another one of these admittedly pleasant holiday ramblings! Due to the overwhelming response of fusspots and fussbudgets and other words that start with the same letters, I’ve buckled and decided to talk about a supposedly actual “Christmas …
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Almost Equal Sequels Part X: Ghostbusters II
1989. Just 1989, I tell you. Wow. What a bursting at the seams, jam-packed year in film! In retrospect, it just takes your breath away. And me? Well, I was there and I somehow survived. You see, back in my ancient days, we were pummeled and bludgeoned by the unending supply of blockbusters. Right when …
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The Marx of Caddyshack
One of my most favoritest films of all time is Caddyshack, which turned 40 years old last year. The version I came to love was taped from Channel 18 in Milwaukee, commercial breaks and all. But even without the occasional language and pleasant nudity, I came to enjoy this as a comedy work of art. …
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