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A Christmas Story (1983)
The Infamous Flat Tire Scene
I happened by the place where they shot the flat tire scene. It was late one night in Toronto, down by the lake on Cherry Street. I remember wondering what such an old car was doing parked on the side of the road just below the old iron bridge. I never saw any of the characters and I wasn't looking for any. But I remember thinking "this must be a movie shoot" because of the trailers parked off the road. Later when I saw the the car and the bridge in the movie I knew it had to be what I saw that night. Everything in that movie was so "right on" to the time. Even the two bully's in the alley. Very funny. The brother all wrapped up in the snowsuit was priceless. My younger brother had to go through exactly the same thing every morning.
Snowball Express (1972)
Music and Characters
My family was fortunate in finding a VHS copy of this movie many years ago. I always liked the theme music as the Baxters were driving into Silver Hill. Keenan Wynn has alway been a Disney "villian favourite" for Dean Jones to spar with. His gruff exterior is a great sounding board for other characters to work against. I'm watching the movie now as I write this. I always wanted to find the hotel on Google Earth. I was stuck looking at the real Silver Hill, Colorado until I discovered where it was really made. I had hoped the old hotel still existed as I would be a great place to visit on a driving vacation. It is a great movie to inspire one to take a chance in life and try something different. This movie has all the pluses and comedic characters to last and last. One of my favourite scenes is when Michael McGreevey (Wally) blows up the tree stump. "Ahh darn!"