Ralphie wanted only one thing that Christmas:
a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle
. Ralphie’s desire is rejected by his mother, his teacher Miss Shields, and even a Santa Claus at Higbee’s department store, all giving him the same warning: “You’ll shoot your eye out.”
What Santa tells Ralphie?
22) What does Santa tell Ralphie when he asks for a Red Ryder BB Gun in A Christmas Story? Ralphie’s Christmas wish is rejected by his mother, his teacher, and even the Higbee’s department store Santa Claus, all of whom deliver the same warning: “
You’ll shoot your eye out.
“
How many times does Ralphie say what he wants for Christmas?
Ralphie really, really wanted a Red Ryder BB Gun
The numbers don’t lie and, according to Mental Floss, Ralphie says he wants the Red Ryder BB Gun
28 times
throughout the course of the movie—or once every three minutes and 20 seconds.
What does Santa suggest to Ralphie?
What does Santa suggest he bring Ralphie? Ralphie finally remembers what he wants while he starts going down the slide. He stops himself, and turns around and tells Santa he wants
a Red Ryder BB Gun
. Santa says, “you’ll shoot your eye out kid.”
What did Ralphie want more than anything in a Christmas story?
But most memorable was what he wanted more than anything for Christmas:
an official Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle
, aka a BB gun. … More than anything in the world, nine-year-old Ralphie Parker wants to get a powerful Red Ryder Lever Action BB gun for Christmas.
How many times do they say you’ll shoot your eye out in A Christmas Story?
Little Ralphie, played by Peter Billingsley, mentions the Red Ryder air gun
nearly 30 times
in the 94 minutes of “A Christmas Story,” which depicts a fictionalized Hammond of the early 1940s.
Which department store has the item in its window that Ralphie wants?
What’s in a Window?
Higbee’s Department Store
: Ralphie Parker and his friends jostle in wonderment at the Higbee’s holiday window display.
What is Ralphie’s dad’s name?
The Old Man
(Darren McGavin)
Which Christmas gift does Ralphie want so badly?
Ralphie wanted only one thing that Christmas:
a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle
. Ralphie’s desire is rejected by his mother, his teacher Miss Shields, and even a Santa Claus at Higbee’s department store, all giving him the same warning: “You’ll shoot your eye out.”
What happens at the end of A Christmas Story?
At the end of the story,
we see Ralphie lying in bed on Christmas night with his gun by his side. Randy is holding the toy zeppelin he received
. The voiceover states that this was the best present he received or would ever receive.
What grade is Randy in A Christmas Story?
When Ralphie gets his Christmas theme paper back at school there is a close-up of the grade his teacher bestowed upon his masterpiece:
a lowly C+
. But below that in Ralphie’s kid-like cursive we can see that he spelled “Christmas” as “Chistmas.” Wonder if that counted against his grade? 2.
Do the actors in A Christmas Story get royalties?
“A Christmas Story”
actors still receive royalty checks from the hit holiday movie
. “You’ll shoot your eye out kid!” “A Christmas Story,” the holiday classic flick filled with one-liners, is the gift that keeps on giving for its actors.
What’s the famous line from A Christmas Story?
Ralphie: “
I want an Official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle
.” Mother: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Randy: “I can’t put my arms down!” Mother: “You can put your arms down when you get to school.”
Is A Christmas Story based on a true story?
Jean Shepherd’s book “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash”, which “A Christmas Story” is based on, is a
collection of semi-autobiographical short stories
that Shepherd wrote for “Playboy” magazine during the 1960s. … The setting for the movie was based on Hammond, Indiana the home town of author Jean Sheperd.
What bad word does Ralphie say in A Christmas Story?
Ralphie : Ohhhh fuuudge! Ralphie as an Adult : [narrating] Only I didn’t say “Fudge.” I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the “
F-dash-dash-dash”
word!
Who said you’ll shoot your eye out kid in A Christmas Story?
The 1983 movie “A Christmas Story” recounts the childhood memories of author
Jean Shepherd
in 1940s Indiana. The story is told through the character of 9-year-old Ralphie Parker, a kid who just wants a BB gun for Christmas, despite every warning — including one from Santa — that “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
