# Daddy's gonna kill Ralphie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603 "2009-12-09T16:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/21 "2009-12-09T17:53:34Z")
“I double-dog dare ya!” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/22 "2009-12-09T17:54:40Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > When did this film become an annual tradition? Right away, or was it a sleeper hit? Sleeper hit. I suspect that frequent showings on TNT during the holidays have helped tremendously. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/23 "2009-12-09T17:55:28Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > “I want an official Red Rider carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle. :D” “With a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/24 "2009-12-09T17:59:41Z")
Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/25 "2009-12-09T18:00:59Z")
“It’s _smiling_ at me!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/26 "2009-12-09T18:02:26Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Sleeper hit. I suspect that frequent showings on TNT during the holidays have helped tremendously. It was pretty fast, though. I came out in 1983 and was re-released in theatres the following year. In 1987 I taped it from a TV broadcast, and it became my own personal tradition to watch it while I trimmed my tree. By the early 90s everyone I knew had every line memorized. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/27 "2009-12-09T18:02:39Z")
Whoopeeeee! A zeppelin! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/28 "2009-12-09T18:02:51Z")
I can’t put my arms down! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/29 "2009-12-09T18:03:41Z")
“I like the Wizard of Oz!” “Don’t bother me, I… I’m thinking.” “A football? What’s a football??” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/30 "2009-12-09T18:05:23Z")
Sons of bitches! Bumpuses! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/31 "2009-12-09T18:07:22Z")
Flick: Are you kidding? Stick my tongue to that stupid pole? That’s dumb! Schwartz: That’s 'cause you know it’ll stick! Flick: You’re full of it! Schwartz: Oh yeah? Flick: Yeah! Schwartz: Well I double-DOG-dare ya! Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a “triple dare you”? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare. Schwartz: I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya! Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat! > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I can’t put my arms down! Well, put your arms down when you get to school. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/32 "2009-12-09T18:10:30Z")
I TRIPLE dog dare you. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/33 "2009-12-09T18:10:35Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > “Aunt Clara had for years labored under the delusion that I was not only perpetually 4 years old, but also a girl.” He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny. He does not! He does too, he looks like a pink nightmare! ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/34 "2009-12-09T18:15:53Z")
Scut Farkas. The kid had yellow eyes. Yellow eyes! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/35 "2009-12-09T18:19:49Z")
I like Santa. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/36 "2009-12-09T18:21:09Z")
A can of Simoniz. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/37 "2009-12-09T18:25:06Z")
[Today’s relevant link.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34332302/ns/us_news-weird_news/?gt1=43001) Deck the harrs of boughs of horry. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/38 "2009-12-09T18:33:41Z")
[http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.redriderleglamps.com/images/products/Deluxe%2520Lit%2520Leg%2520Lamp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/index.php/gift-shop/&h=2200&w=920&sz=66&tbnid=Xl\_esKDvOU8YTM:&tbnh=348&tbnw=146&prev=/images%3Fq%3DA%2Bchristmas%2Bstory%2Blamp&usg=\_\_Nvn0Wi7uRP\_fNDGti2t\_kgAYJtA=&ei=RO0fS7OtBZTqMYmFhcUC&sa=X&oi=image\_result&resnum=1&ct=image&ved=0CCMQ9QEwAA](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.redriderleglamps.com/images/products/Deluxe%2520Lit%2520Leg%2520Lamp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/index.php/gift-shop/&h=2200&w=920&sz=66&tbnid=Xl_esKDvOU8YTM:&tbnh=348&tbnw=146&prev=/images%3Fq%3DA%2Bchristmas%2Bstory%2Blamp&usg=__Nvn0Wi7uRP_fNDGti2t_kgAYJtA=&ei=RO0fS7OtBZTqMYmFhcUC&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&ved=0CCMQ9QEwAA) You can buy the lamp and make your wife very happy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/39 "2009-12-09T18:36:53Z")
[More weirdness](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story_House). I had the “pleasure” of going to this on Black Friday with my family - you wouldn’t believe the crowds, especially in the gift shop and museum (and all three squeezed into this very residential lower-middle-class Cleveland neighborhood with hardly any parking.) They had some extras hanging around talking about their glory days (including the delivery man of The Leg Lamp.) It’s the brainchild of the maker of the leg lamps, so of course there are about 6 different sizes and options of leglamps in the gift shop (not to mention b b guns.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603/40 "2009-12-09T18:50:20Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Sleeper hit. I suspect that frequent showings on TNT during the holidays have helped tremendously. I remember it being on HBO every year at Christmas (though granted not in 24-hour shifts) back in the early-mid-80s, and that is where most folks of my vintage first got hooked. I never saw it until 2001. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddys-gonna-kill-ralphie/520603.md?page=3)