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Title: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Flick James on December 20, 2010, 01:25:15 PM
It's that time of year again, when TBS runs "24 Hours of A Christmas Story."

I've always had a warm place in my heart for this classic, so I love it. I also like that I can go anywhere and flick the on TBS and be able to catch it. However, I don't fault anyone for thinking it's not the greatest thing ever. Just curious what my fellow badmoviephiles think.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Jack on December 20, 2010, 01:46:20 PM
I went with option 3.  It's certainly a good movie, but seeing it once was plenty.  My favorites are the Rankin Bass stuff and we watch them every year - Rudolph, Frosty, Little Drummer Boy, etc.  Beginning tonight actually  :teddyr: 


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: LilCerberus on December 20, 2010, 02:45:29 PM
Strictly rabbit ears, I get sick of the constant showings of the ultra depressing "It's A Wonderful Life".


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Sleepyskull on December 20, 2010, 04:42:32 PM
I went with the second option from the top. It's actually one of my favorite comedies. However, I usually only watch it around Christmas-time, but that makes sense. I'm always tempted to buy the DVD or VHS when I see it, but I don't see a point with the 24 hour marathon going strong. If I ever see it very cheap in person, I'll probably do it.

Side note: My dad used to make lamps as a hobby (he has not done very many in the past several years.) and he made several replicas of the leg lamp (with mannequin legs) as gifts. They actually looked pretty cool. I'll keep my eyes open for a picture of one to post on here.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Flick James on December 20, 2010, 05:36:51 PM
Oh my, I wasn't trying to suggest I watch it year round. I would have to check myself into an asylum were that the case. But when the season rolls around I do tend to catch it at least twice.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Sleepyskull on December 20, 2010, 06:04:17 PM
Oh my, I wasn't trying to suggest I watch it year round. I would have to check myself into an asylum were that the case. But when the season rolls around I do tend to catch it at least twice.

 :teddyr: I wasn't trying to suggest that, but I did word my response oddly, so I get why you would think that.

I must admit that sometimes when it's late Spring to early Autumn, I do get a slight craving for some parts of this time of year and A Christmas Story is one of those parts.

Sometimes, I'll have it playing as I fall asleep, after I've watched it once or twice anyway. I usually end up watching bits and pieces of it (at different times throughout the day.) on Christmas day.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Mr. DS on December 20, 2010, 06:47:57 PM
Option #1 and if you pick the last two options you can't be my friend any more because I don't trust crazy people. 

It is in my top 5, seriously and I love this film.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on December 20, 2010, 08:04:45 PM
Yes, I guess I love my family and friends and the whole Christmas routine, but I swear my 'Best Christmas Ever' was a few years ago when I agreed to house-sit a friend's rather isolated cabin a few days before Christmas.

Turns out I got snowed in and caught the flu. I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day completely alone (except for a couple of dogs) drifting in and out of fevered sleep while A CHRISTMAS STORY played endlessly on TBS.

Again: best Christmas ever!


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Allhallowsday on December 21, 2010, 12:46:11 AM
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Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Sleepyskull on December 21, 2010, 01:07:53 AM
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 :question: Am I missing something obvious?



Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Mr. DS on December 21, 2010, 07:37:54 AM
A tick about to pop?


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Flick James on December 21, 2010, 09:23:49 AM
A tick about to pop?

In reference to kid brother Randy in his snow outfit "he looked like a tick about to pop."


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Flick James on December 21, 2010, 09:24:30 AM
Option #1 and if you pick the last two options you can't be my friend any more because I don't trust crazy people. 

It is in my top 5, seriously and I love this film.

This from a man who hates Santa hats.  :bouncegiggle:


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Mr. DS on December 21, 2010, 11:53:57 AM
Option #1 and if you pick the last two options you can't be my friend any more because I don't trust crazy people. 

It is in my top 5, seriously and I love this film.

This from a man who hates Santa hats.  :bouncegiggle:
Thus is the oddity known as me. 


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Paquita on December 21, 2010, 01:49:04 PM
I picked the 3rd option, but it's not entirely true.  I DO see what all the fuss is about, but I just can't watch it intently over and over.  However, I have no problem leaving the marathon on while we have company Christmas day because then we don't have to worry about finding something Christmasy to put on and everyone can socialize without worrying about missing their favorite part.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on December 21, 2010, 11:43:14 PM
It's that time of year again, when TBS runs "24 Hours of A Christmas Story."

I've always had a warm place in my heart for this classic, so I love it. I also like that I can go anywhere and flick the on TBS and be able to catch it. However, I don't fault anyone for thinking it's not the greatest thing ever. Just curious what my fellow badmoviephiles think.

An instant classic! 

And, the way that the adult Ralphie narrates the story in such a reverent and fond manner for his childhood experiences, is just pure comedy gold.  It makes the story.

It's that very narration that makes the story even funnier than it is, while reminding the viewer of their own youth and perhaps, some of their own great capers from that bygone time of childhood.

Any remake of this movie would be one of the Holy Grails of sacrilege in Hollywood.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Couchtr26 on December 22, 2010, 01:29:52 AM
I enjoy and usually watch it at least once around this time of year. 


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Hammock Rider on December 22, 2010, 12:31:01 PM
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Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on December 23, 2010, 02:21:48 PM
I enjoy and usually watch it at least once around this time of year. 

Interestingly, I was one of the kids who DID get a Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas when I was a kid.  My father and I spent the day plinking away old cans and bottles on the fence, as well as the rest of the holiday when weather permitted.

We looked just like Johnny Unitas and his son Ken, on the back of the old 70's era comic books in their little ad for Daisy BB Guns, lol  From what I hear, the old Red Ryder models are somewhat of a collector's item nowadays.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: trekgeezer on December 23, 2010, 04:59:34 PM
anyone who doesn't like it if  a poo-poo head!


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Rev. Powell on December 23, 2010, 05:16:46 PM
Hard to believe this sweet, funny holiday masterpiece was directed by the same guy who directed PORKY'S I & II and BABY GENIUSES I & II.  :buggedout:


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on December 24, 2010, 10:59:27 AM
Hard to believe this sweet, funny holiday masterpiece was directed by the same guy who directed PORKY'S I & II and BABY GENIUSES I & II.  :buggedout:

Bob Clark, you mean? 

If that's who you're referring to, let us also not forget that he taught us that Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things and told us to have a Black Christmas.

And yeah it's hard for me to believe too.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Mr. DS on December 24, 2010, 03:25:17 PM
To elaborate on my love of this film, it truly takes you back to a kid's frame of mind at this time of year.  Everything, although minor to an adult, is a major catastrophe and/or concern to Ralphie in this film.  Is he getting his BB gun for Xmas?  Is he going to survive another encounter with the school bully?  What does Little Orphan Annie want to tell him with a decoder ring?  The older man narration really hits these plot points out of the park.  He puts the inner voice into Ralphie but very subtly (and brilliantly might I add)  reveals this silliness of Ralphie's dilemmas.

Although remembered for it's comedic moments, it is often forgotten for what I think are two of the most touching moments in movie history.  The first one being Ralphie's mom getting him off the hook with his father after his big fight.   I can recall many times where I did something bad as a kid waiting on pins and needles for my father to get home to whip my @ss.  The fact Ralphie's mom responded to this by diffusing the situation is a beautiful moment in film history.  And of course Ralphie ending up with the big gift he wanted all season long.  Of course we all know his dad got it for him.  His father, up until this point, kind of comes off as preoccupied with fighting heaters, Oldsmobiles and celebrating winning a leg lamp.  However, he reveals how he was paying attention to Ralphie all the while which is inspiring.

This kind of movie I often consider a "moment of time" flick.  Its where the dialog and characters outshine the plot.  Someitmes it works, sometimes it doesn't  however in this film it shines. 


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on December 24, 2010, 03:46:55 PM
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The fact Ralphie's mom responded to this by diffusing the situation is a beautiful moment in film history.

Another great moment for Melinda Dillon is when after washing Ralphie's mouth out with soap (Life Bouy! Yeech!) she gives herself a taste of the same medicine.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Mr. DS on December 24, 2010, 03:51:22 PM
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The fact Ralphie's mom responded to this by diffusing the situation is a beautiful moment in film history.

Another great moment for Melinda Dillon is when after washing Ralphie's mouth out with soap (Life Bouy! Yeech!) she gives herself a taste of the same medicine.
Ha!  The whole "soap poisoning" fantasy that follows is probably one of my top 3 most hilarious moments in the film.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on December 24, 2010, 11:20:40 PM
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The fact Ralphie's mom responded to this by diffusing the situation is a beautiful moment in film history.

Another great moment for Melinda Dillon is when after washing Ralphie's mouth out with soap (Life Bouy! Yeech!) she gives herself a taste of the same medicine.

I got the treatment when I was around 6 or so...I said the same dreaded F word, and my mom went into action.  She got on top of me after pinning me to the floor, and said "what did you say?"

And me, the defiant little fu*ker I was, said it again. She took a bar of a certain yellow soap and forced it in my mouth after pinching my nose to cut of fmy air.

She rubbed it against my teeth and the flakes hit the back of my throat and I thought I would die.  And to add insult to injury, she said to me, "now, aren't you glad I used Dial?"  Now that was fun....NOT.

So yes while this is just a movie, the soap part brngs home the memories for me in a big way  :buggedout:



Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on December 25, 2010, 03:13:41 AM
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The fact Ralphie's mom responded to this by diffusing the situation is a beautiful moment in film history.

Another great moment for Melinda Dillon is when after washing Ralphie's mouth out with soap (Life Bouy! Yeech!) she gives herself a taste of the same medicine.
Ha!  The whole "soap poisoning" fantasy that follows is probably one of my top 3 most hilarious moments in the film.

Another great 'smaller' moment is Swartz's mom's voice over the phone and her reactions to the news of the "F-word".


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Mr. DS on December 25, 2010, 09:02:07 PM
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The fact Ralphie's mom responded to this by diffusing the situation is a beautiful moment in film history.

Another great moment for Melinda Dillon is when after washing Ralphie's mouth out with soap (Life Bouy! Yeech!) she gives herself a taste of the same medicine.
Ha!  The whole "soap poisoning" fantasy that follows is probably one of my top 3 most hilarious moments in the film.

Another great 'smaller' moment is Swartz's mom's voice over the phone and her reactions to the news of the "F-word".

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT......WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT...."    :bouncegiggle:  I can actually picture her strangling him because he says little after he says "what did I do mom". 


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: HappyGilmore on December 26, 2010, 11:53:15 PM
I literally watch the ENTIRE 24 hour span of it every year.

Despite having the dvd.

Great movie.  I hate Christmas but LOVE the movie.  The father is hilarious in it.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: akiratubo on December 27, 2010, 02:56:17 AM
I've never been able to watch the whole thing.  It's not even remotely funny or heartwarming.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on December 27, 2010, 08:35:42 PM
I literally watch the ENTIRE 24 hour span of it every year.

Despite having the dvd.

Great movie.  I hate Christmas but LOVE the movie.  The father is hilarious in it.


Yep, the father is none other than Darren McGavin, aka Carl Kolchak in Kolchak: The Night Stalker.   Also, I watched a 1955 movie with Frank Sinatra the other day, called The Man With The Golden Arm, and McGavin was the heroin dealer in the movie! It's hard to believe McGavin playing a scum drug dealer, but he did it pretty well.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Allhallowsday on December 28, 2010, 12:12:29 AM
I've never been able to watch the whole thing.  It's not even remotely funny or heartwarming.
You should be glad you're not talking politics on this forum, 'cause if you were and offered such commentary in the wake of the rest, you'd be meat. 


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Flick James on December 28, 2010, 01:47:54 PM
I've never been able to watch the whole thing.  It's not even remotely funny or heartwarming.
You should be glad you're not talking politics on this forum, 'cause if you were and offered such commentary in the wake of the rest, you'd be meat. 

Hehe. Given your avatar I can clearly see you have the necessary whimsy to appreciate A Christmas Story fully.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on December 29, 2010, 03:15:58 AM
Anarchists!  :hot:


 :teddyr:


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: HappyGilmore on December 29, 2010, 10:22:29 PM
I literally watch the ENTIRE 24 hour span of it every year.

Despite having the dvd.

Great movie.  I hate Christmas but LOVE the movie.  The father is hilarious in it.


Yep, the father is none other than Darren McGavin, aka Carl Kolchak in Kolchak: The Night Stalker.   Also, I watched a 1955 movie with Frank Sinatra the other day, called The Man With The Golden Arm, and McGavin was the heroin dealer in the movie! It's hard to believe McGavin playing a scum drug dealer, but he did it pretty well.
"Fra-gi-le...must be Italian."

Darren McGavin.  He was funny in Billy Madison, as well.  He has a LOT of credits under his belt.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on December 30, 2010, 10:54:44 AM

I literally watch the ENTIRE 24 hour span of it every year.

Despite having the dvd.

Great movie.  I hate Christmas but LOVE the movie.  The father is hilarious in it.


Yep, the father is none other than Darren McGavin, aka Carl Kolchak in Kolchak: The Night Stalker.   Also, I watched a 1955 movie with Frank Sinatra the other day, called The Man With The Golden Arm, and McGavin was the heroin dealer in the movie! It's hard to believe McGavin playing a scum drug dealer, but he did it pretty well.

"Fra-gi-le...must be Italian."

Darren McGavin.  He was funny in Billy Madison, as well.  He has a LOT of credits under his belt.

Yeah, it's sad that he passed away not so long ago. According to what I had heard, they were thinking of a Night Stalker movie at the time. 

Just the same, at one Chiller Theatre con', Billy Mumy told me that a Irwin Allen's big budget Lost In Space movie was gaining some serious speed in Hollywood at the time that Jonathan Harris passed on. 

It's always so ironic that the greatest stars pass away when they're so close to resurrecting one of their biggest TV roles.  :bluesad:


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: venomx on December 30, 2010, 02:16:12 PM
I voted - I adore it, can't get enough of it, and can quote it in detail.

It's not Christmas if I can't watch A Christmas Story!

Fun Fact: I'm sure most of you know this but the narrator is the same guy that tells Ralphie the line ends here when at the mall to see Santa. It's true.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Flick James on December 30, 2010, 03:22:15 PM
I voted - I adore it, can't get enough of it, and can quote it in detail.

It's not Christmas if I can't watch A Christmas Story!

Fun Fact: I'm sure most of you know this but the narrator is the same guy that tells Ralphie the line ends here when at the mall to see Santa. It's true.

I didn't know that, but it's not surprising. The voice is a close enough match.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: AndyC on December 30, 2010, 08:33:47 PM
Darksider has it exactly right about the way A Christmas Story captures the child's perspective through an adult filter. There is something very genuine about this movie. It's heartwarming and nostalgic without being sappy or manipulative, and manages to mock family life and Christmas traditions without a trace of anything other than fondness. And it's a very quotable movie with lots of funny gags.

And I agree, it was pretty special that Dad, short-tempered, always busy, kind of scary, the one person Ralphie hadn't even thought about asking for a BB gun, turned out to be the sympathetic one. From an adult point of view, it makes sense, but Ralphie went for the people he thought he might have some influence over, and they were the wrong people when it came to dangerous boy stuff.

I actually just got it on DVD this Christmas, after years of only catching it on TV. Had to watch it right away though. After Christmas, watching anything Christmasy just feels wrong to me.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on December 31, 2010, 11:35:54 AM
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I didn't know that, but it's not surprising. The voice is a close enough match.

that's Jean Shepherd, the author of the stories on which the film is based. Shepherd had a great radio program for years on which he told his stories and commented on current events.

Shepherd was a big influence on the style of Garrison Keillor and Spalding Gray.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on December 31, 2010, 11:37:19 AM
Another great small moment is when the Wicked Witch approaches Ralphie in the Santa line and Ralphie tells her "Don't bother me. I'm thinking."


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on January 01, 2011, 11:08:12 AM
Another great small moment is when the Wicked Witch approaches Ralphie in the Santa line and Ralphie tells her "Don't bother me. I'm thinking."

And then you had that weird kid with the goggles, who stood in line with Ralphie, who kept telling him, "I like Santa."  I'm sure he did....


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Mr. DS on January 02, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
Another great small moment is when the Wicked Witch approaches Ralphie in the Santa line and Ralphie tells her "Don't bother me. I'm thinking."
I actually have a picture of this with that caption on my desk.  I often tell people that when I'm in the middle of something and can't help them at that moment. 


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: HappyGilmore on January 02, 2011, 10:49:28 PM
Scut Farkus is in Freddy Vs. Jason.  That's awesomeness there.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on January 03, 2011, 08:43:54 AM
Another great small moment is when the Wicked Witch approaches Ralphie in the Santa line and Ralphie tells her "Don't bother me. I'm thinking."
I actually have a picture of this with that caption on my desk.  I often tell people that when I'm in the middle of something and can't help them at that moment. 

That's great! That bit is one of my favorite moments in the film.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: trekgeezer on January 03, 2011, 03:34:50 PM
Randy lay there like a slug, it was his only defense.


I love that line.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: JayJayM12 on January 12, 2011, 10:31:15 AM
Another great small moment is when the Wicked Witch approaches Ralphie in the Santa line and Ralphie tells her "Don't bother me. I'm thinking."

And then you had that weird kid with the goggles, who stood in line with Ralphie, who kept telling him, "I like Santa."  I'm sure he did....

The wife and I went to a screening of the movie this year (we both LOVE it) and Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) was there and did a Q & A after the movie.  He said that this kid was just supposed to be an extra and was not supposed to be saying all of that stuff.  So, Ralphie's annoyed reaction to the kid telling him about the stuff that he liked was just the actor's honest reaction to what was happening.  They liked it so much that they kept it in...


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Flick James on January 12, 2011, 01:25:07 PM
Another great small moment is when the Wicked Witch approaches Ralphie in the Santa line and Ralphie tells her "Don't bother me. I'm thinking."

And then you had that weird kid with the goggles, who stood in line with Ralphie, who kept telling him, "I like Santa."  I'm sure he did....

The wife and I went to a screening of the movie this year (we both LOVE it) and Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) was there and did a Q & A after the movie.  He said that this kid was just supposed to be an extra and was not supposed to be saying all of that stuff.  So, Ralphie's annoyed reaction to the kid telling him about the stuff that he liked was just the actor's honest reaction to what was happening.  They liked it so much that they kept it in...

I love that kind of trivia.

BTW, Peter Billingsley still does some small roles here and there and also writes and directs. He is a good friend of Vince Vaughn and directed Couples Retreat. I'm not a big fan of the last few movies Vince has done, but when I found out that lil' old Ralphie did a small role in Four Christmases as a ticket agent at the airport at the beginning of the movie, I immediately watched the scene. He didn't have many lines, but you could tell it was him and he gave a couple of those expressions with those blue eyes and that puppy-dog expression. That was when you knew it was him. The eyes.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: AndyC on January 12, 2011, 02:11:36 PM
On the special edition DVD, they have a little featurette with Billingsley and the guys who played Flick, Schwartz and Scut Farkus. They've gotten older, but they don't look all that different today. It was pretty cool hearing some of the stuff that went on behind the scenes, both on and off the set. Like the kids not being told what was in the crate, so their reaction to the leg lamp was more genuine. And the pranks they played around the hotel where everybody was staying. Having a bunch of food delivered to Darren McGavin, stuff like that. They also talk about how people recognize them and some of the funny reactions people have.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on January 21, 2011, 07:37:31 PM
On the special edition DVD, they have a little featurette with Billingsley and the guys who played Flick, Schwartz and Scut Farkus. They've gotten older, but they don't look all that different today. It was pretty cool hearing some of the stuff that went on behind the scenes, both on and off the set. Like the kids not being told what was in the crate, so their reaction to the leg lamp was more genuine. And the pranks they played around the hotel where everybody was staying. Having a bunch of food delivered to Darren McGavin, stuff like that. They also talk about how people recognize them and some of the funny reactions people have.


Backstage stories are always cool. 

I remember Billy Mumy and I talking at one Chiller Theatre about 5 years back.

It was about the season one ender for Lost In Space, "Follow The Leader."  A big fave of mine btw.  Anyway, in  one scene, a possessed Prof. Robinson (Guy Williams) is fighting Major West (Mark Goddard) with an alien sword that gives sparks when it hits. Mark was holding a shield.

The scene calls for Guy to knock Mark down and then stand over him and subdue him with a gauntlet that shot a knife blade out of the knuckles.  Noone told Mark about the blade....the look of terror on Mark's face when it came out was genuine because he was scared sh!tless.

 That caused some heat between Mark, Guy, and Irwin Allen because Mark was PO'ed that noone told him. However, Mark's anger burned less brighter when he got a couple of extra hundred dollars in his paycheck for his troubles  :smile:


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Raffine on January 22, 2011, 05:34:48 PM
If you like sweet "Where Are They Now..?" stories you probably know Scott Schwartz (Flick) went on to star in several porn flicks and was later an agent for porn actors.


Title: Re: A Christmas Story Poll
Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on January 25, 2011, 04:58:42 PM
If you like sweet "Where Are They Now..?" stories you probably know Scott Schwartz (Flick) went on to star in several porn flicks and was later an agent for porn actors.

That's really sad, to know that they went on to do stuff like that. You'd think an actor as well-known as him would have had more chances in legit movies.  There too, I also remember hearing that Stephen Geoffries (Evil Ed in Fright Night) went into gay porn.  It's amazing what happns to some of your favorite stars.....