Best Moments from A Christmas Story

Last night, I took some time to describe one of my favorite Christmas movies, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, so I thought I would take some time to talk about another favorite.  My other favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story.

Once again, this is another movie most people are familiar with.  However, if you don't know about A Christmas Story, it is basically a movie about a child and his quest to get a BB gun for Christmas.  He faces many obstacles, but the movie is actually hilarious.  It features a tacky leg lamp, a turkey dinner stolen by dogs, and an angry mall Santa.  The movie certainly has something for everyone.

Due to the movie's popularity, TNT shows a full 24 hours of A Christmas Story every year for Christmas.  So basically, you have no excuse for not seeing this movie.  You can even buy a ton of A Christmas Story merchandise if you like.  You can wrap your gifts in A Christmas Story wrapping paper!

So check out some of the best A Christmas Story clips right now:

Favorite Moments from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Since the holidays are fast approaching, I thought I would kindly add a couple of Christmas movie blog posts.  Holiday movies are really not my thing, however, I do make a couple of exceptions.  The first exception I would like to discuss is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Most people have seen it, but just in case you've been living under a rock for the past decade or two, National Lampoon's Vacation focuses on the Griswold family and their Christmas vacation.  It includes all of the annoying parts of Christmas, including lights that don't work, attempting to find a tree, and annoying relatives.  Furthermore, it includes Cousin Eddie and you've just got to have him in a National Lampoon's Vacation movie, or there is no point.  You ever see National Lampoon's European Vacation?  I rest my point.

Basically, you can enjoy fun stuff like seeing squirrels attack people, things blow up, the SWAT team break in stuff, and Chevy Chase have a meltdown.  Of course, there is also a scene with a hot chick paying attention to Chevy Chase, which I am pretty sure he must negotiate to have in every movie.  So, since I am sure you are excited to watch some clips, let's check out some awesome moments from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation:

Jenna Marbles / Jenna Mourey on YouTube!

Normally, I do not take the time to promote anyone else's blog or vlogs in my own writing.  To be perfectly honest, I am just not that generous.  However, I happened to stumble upon perhaps the greatest vlogger of all time - Jenna Marbles a.k.a. Jenna Mourey. 

I was on an online dating site (yeah, that is another story, don't ask) and this dude said he was all about this girl.  He said he is looking for his own Jenna Marbles.  Naturally, I was curious and I needed to check her out.  Much to my surprise, I decided Jenna is actually super cool.  If I were a dude, I would totally want to hook up with her, too.  So to that dude on Plenty of Fish, good luck with that.  To anyone else reading this, Jenna is hilarious.

So, all my couch potato peeps that might be reading this, get off the couch and check out some of her stuff.  Jenna's Facebook page is: Jenna Mourey's Facebook Fan Page.  Some of her videos on YouTube are:

Underwear Horoscopes

How To Get Ready for a Date

Mob Wives Return to VH1

Just in case you were wondering what to do on New Year's Day, I can tell you to look no further!  Mob Wives will be returning to VH1 on Jan. 1, 2012.  What a fabulous way to ring in the New Year!  Who doesn't want to watch some mob ladies beat the hell out of each other?  Nothing says a good time more than that. 

Perhaps others will be watching some sentimental New Year's garbage.  Maybe some folks will be spending time with family or having a big dinner.  I will not be doing any of that.  I will instead be watching Mob Wives on VH1.  I also suspect a Mob Wives marathon might just come on that day to celebrate the big event.  It just seems like the right thing for VH1 to do. 

So thanks, VH1.  I wasn't that excited about the New Year, but now I am!  Finally, a quality program I can watch again on VH1.

The Soup is Moving!

It is no secret that one of my favorite shows is The Soup on E! Channel.  The Soup has been airing on Friday nights for what seems like forever now.  For some reason, E! has opted to switch nights.

Starting November 30th, The Soup moves to Wednesday nights at 10 pm.  I am trying to decide how I feel about that move.  In some ways, it is better that way since there are a number of other cool things a person can be doing on a Friday night.  However, I like to watch the SyFy channel on Wednesday nights (I am watching it now!) so that will take away from my usual schedule.  Of course, I will probably pick The Soup anyway... I just love Joel McHale.

So, for any of you fans out there, remember that next week you need to start watching The Soup at 10 pm on Wednesday.

Charlie the Unicorn

It has been a long time since anyone has talked about Charlie the Unicorn and, well, I love Charlie, so I am going to talk about him.  I just love that completely ridiculous cartoon.  I still find my singing a happy song and announcing, "I'm on a bridge... a magical bridge of hope and wonder," whenever I cross a bridge.  Sometimes it just cheers me up.

Lately, my job has been quite stressful.  If your job is stressful, too, maybe you need to take another look at Charlie the Unicorn.  If you've never had the pleasure of viewing this cartoon, well, you are in for a real treat.  I present to you... Charlie the Unicorn!

If you like Charlie the Unicorn, you will probably also like Detective Mittens: The Crime Solving Cat.  If you want to watch a sick, crazy cat, check it out!

Longing for a Harry Potter Weekend

Lately, I have been longing for a Harry Potter Weekend.  Just when I was about to give up hope, I learned that the Family Channel is finally going to give me what I want.  After much waiting, a new Harry Potter Weekend is coming!  So if you have been desperate for another Harry Potter Weekend to get your fix, you will be delighted to know it is coming soon.

Here is the schedule for November 2011's Harry Potter Weekend on the Family Channel:


Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 7:30 pm: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone

Thursday, Nov. 10th,  3:30 pm: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
                                     7:00 pm:  Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

Friday, Nov. 11th,  4:00 pm: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
                                8:00 pm: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban

Saturday, Nov. 12th, 9:00 am:  Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
                                 12:30 pm:  Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
                                   4:30 pm:  Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
                                   7:30 pm:  Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire

Sunday, Nov. 13th, 7:00 am:  Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
                               10:30 am:  Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
                                 2:30 pm:  Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
                                 5:30 pm:  Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
                                 9:00 pm:  Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

Monday, Nov. 14th, 6:00 pm: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix