Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

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Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 3:46pm

I can't believe how completely under-the-radar this film is. I just discovered today that out this December is a sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY. WTF?!

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--Aristotle

#2

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 3:50pm

Maybe it is under the radar because they know exactly how bad an idea it is! A "What the hell were we thinking?" moment.

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#3

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 3:50pm

These Guys Don't Sound Too Excited For It

#4

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 3:55pm

OMG A DIRECT TO VIDEO SEQUEL!

#5

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 4:00pm

Starring Academy Awards Watcher Daniel Stern!

Updated On: 8/12/12 at 04:00 PM

#6

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 5:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzB1-NIVtA

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#7

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 5:16pm

Starring Academy Awards Watcher Daniel Stern!

LOL

What a horrendous idea.

I blame the direct-to-video Disney "fairy tale franchises" for creating a successful business model for parents who want an "electronic babysitter" for their spawn.

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#8

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/12/12 at 5:32pm

I thought for a moment this was about the not so memorable A Summer Story with Gene Sheppard still doing the voice-over and Charles Grodin and Mary Steenburgen as the parents.

#9

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 3:11pm

I've always credited Nickelodian as the inventor of the "electric babysitter". Disney was just learning new ways to franchise a brand when they saw how successful video sales were going to be in the 80s. They already had previous tie-in success with children's books, read-along 45s ("when Tinker Bell rings her little bell, turn the page") and story-telling LPs (I had 101 Dalmations).

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#10

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 3:14pm

This is the story of Cinderella. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear the chimes ring like this...

Let's begin now.

Updated On: 8/13/12 at 03:14 PM

#11

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 3:50pm

No way will it be as good as Brother Bear 2.

BB2 is the Godfather part II of straight-to-video sequels.

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#12

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:03pm

You beat me to it, strummergirl! I thought, for a moment, that nobody remembered that film.

#13

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 6:05pm

And in terms of the "unofficial" sequels, that Gene Sheppard still narrates and still use all of the same character names, there was also Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss with James Sikking (Doogie Howser's dad), Dorothy Lyman (Naomi on Mama's Family) and Jerry O'Connell (just as he started to shed that fat kid image from Stand By Me). I think it was made for the Disney Channel in the late 80s, at least that's where I remember seeing it.

#14

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 6:59pm

I thought for a moment this was about the not so memorable A Summer Story with Gene Sheppard still doing the voice-over and Charles Grodin and Mary Steenburgen as the parents.

I thought it was titled It Runs in the Family. That's what it was called when it first came out and I saw it.

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Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

#15

Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 7:06pm

I think both titles were used at one point or another. I remember when the DVD was released some years back it was sold as My Summer Story.

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Sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY out this December...

Posted: 8/13/12 at 7:46pm

I remember several TV movies based on the same stories airing on PBS' American Playhouse when I was a kid.