McAndrew Board: Please join me at 8:00 pm tonight on NBC...It's a Wonderful Life...

[Mr. Potter]

Maybe I'll share what I ended up doing with the money that Uncle Billy unknowingly gifted me.

Merry Christmas to all

PS: Christmas eve is the greatest day of the year, in my opinion. I wish time could slow on this day.

Shalom

 

[creamery freak]

Maybe I'll share what I ended up doing with the money that Uncle Billy unknowingly gifted me.

Merry Christmas to all

PS: Christmas eve is the greatest day of the year, in my opinion. I wish time could slow on this day.

Shalom

I have a DVD of the movie and the back story of how and when it was made. There was a heat wave going on during the filming period when Uncle Billy lost the money to Potter. They bought in shaved ice for the snow. Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

never seen it

 

[MtNittany]

It's hard to imagine a woman more beautiful than Donna Reed was.

 

[Mr. Potter]

It's hard to imagine a woman more beautiful than Donna Reed was.

Stunning!

 

[PSUPetch]

Maybe I'll share what I ended up doing with the money that Uncle Billy unknowingly gifted me.

Merry Christmas to all

PS: Christmas eve is the greatest day of the year, in my opinion. I wish time could slow on this day.

Shalom

I must say that you were one of the truly magnificent villains in movie history...even though I heard that you were a very nice person off camera.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

It's hard to imagine a woman more beautiful than Donna Reed was.

Stunning!

Beth Mowinesque!

 

[Catch1lion]

never seen it

I am with you Rick. Jimmy Stewart’s charachter seems too whiny . Maybe Die Hard or Elf , maybe.

 

[ApexLion]

Mr. Potter, “you are nothing but a scurvy spider!” Just kidding. Thanks for the reminder.

For those of you who would like to learn more about the director of this holiday classic Frank Capra... He is as many have noted The American Dream personified. Fascinating personal history and a great immigrant American.

True American original Frank Capra

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

I am with you Rick. Jimmy Stewart’s charachter seems too whiny . Maybe Die Hard or Elf , maybe.

Never understood jimmy. If one of my friends talked to me like that I’d smack him

 

[LionJim]

I am with you Rick. Jimmy Stewart’s charachter seems too whiny . Maybe Die Hard or Elf , maybe.

Aw, everyone needs to see it at least once. Classic Americana.

The character of Mr. Potter is such a mallet-over-the-head caricature of the mean banker, that ruins it for me.

Rick owes it to the board to watch it tonight and come back tomorrow with his opinion.

My father-in-law was a child of the Depression, a World War II vet. I once mentioned to my sister-in-law that he was the least sentimental man I'd ever met. “Dad watched It’s a Wonderful Live every year and cried every time. He would try to hide it but I’d always catch him.”

I’d like to say here that @Mr Potter represents the best of us. Much appreciated. Cheers and Merry Christmas.

 

[Chumboshifko1]

"Ni"!!!!!!!

 

[BobPSU92]

When does the wonderful part kick in?

 

[Efejle]

A toast to my big brother George! The richest man in town!

 

[LionJim]

When does the wonderful part kick in?

Right at the beginning, the overture.

 

[LionJim]

I guessed that It’s a Wonderful Life was 95% Tomatometer, actual is 94%. McAndrew meter would be 97%, conservatively.

 

[creamery freak]

CBS Sunday morning had a special on Seneca Falls, NY, which they say is the Bedford Falls in ' It’s A Wonderland Life'. They have a museum there for the movie and the bridge looks similar.

Check out this video, "cbs sunday morning special on it's a wonderful life" https://share.google/q1fdfSfKuUFWzJlIg

 

[MtNittany]

I am with you Rick. Jimmy Stewart’s charachter seems too whiny . Maybe Die Hard or Elf , maybe.

His character wasn't really whiny, just unfulfilled (in his mind) and he wore it on his sleeve. Until he married Mary.

Not nearly the intelligence and complexity of a Will Ferrell film, but it's still a good movie that ends like Field of Dreams w/ a lot of people.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Aw, everyone needs to see it at least once. Classic Americana.

The character of Mr. Potter is such a mallet-over-the-head caricature of the mean banker, that ruins it for me.

Rick owes it to the board to watch it tonight and come back tomorrow with his opinion.

My father-in-law was a child of the Depression, a World War II vet. I once mentioned to my sister-in-law that he was the least sentimental man I'd ever met. “Dad watched It’s a Wonderful Live every year and cried every time. He would try to hide it but I’d always catch him.”

I’d like to say here that @Mr Potter represents the best of us. Much appreciated. Cheers and Merry Christmas.

I will TiVo it and watch it after the CAL game

 

[LionJim]

I will TiVo it and watch it after the CAL game

Cool. Report back. (On the movie, not the Cal game.)

 

[Fred8811]

When does the wonderful part kick in?

When he dives off the bridge and rescues Clarence.
Best scene ever.

 

[mh-larch]

Great movie.....I'll be at dinner and then church so I'll miss it this year. But enjoy it! That movie never gets old and is always good for a tear or two (not from me of course ).

My favorite: "Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

 

[razpsu]

We do it’s a wonderful life Christmas night. So have fun tonight

 

[MtNittany]

Great movie.....I'll be at dinner and then church so I'll miss it this year. But enjoy it! That movie never gets old and is always good for a tear or two (not from me of course ).

My favorite: "Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

That's pretty much the message of the entire film summed up in perfect script on the inside of a perfectly written book.

 

[LionsAndBears]

It's hard to imagine a woman more beautiful than Donna Reed was.

 

[Alphalion75]

Just finished putting out the luminaries. Now will sit back a wait for Santa.

 

[Connorpozlee]

CBS Sunday morning had a special on Seneca Falls, NY, which they say is the Bedford Falls in ' It’s A Wonderland Life'. They have a museum there for the movie and the bridge looks similar.

Check out this video, "cbs sunday morning special on it's a wonderful life" https://share.google/q1fdfSfKuUFWzJlIg

PBS also did a half hour program on it. Interesting.

 

[Connorpozlee]

Great movie.....I'll be at dinner and then church so I'll miss it this year. But enjoy it! That movie never gets old and is always good for a tear or two (not from me of course ).

My favorite: "Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

Every time I hear that line I always think of how crushing that must hit those that are lonely and at least feel like they don’t have friends.

 

[Catch1lion]

I will TiVo it and watch it after the CAL game

SOFT

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

I’ll say the first 10 minutes are dreadful

 

[LionJim]

I’ll say the first 10 minutes are dreadful

Give it time. Come back when it’s over.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

I got no shot watching 3 hours of this

 

[BobPSU92]

My wife and I just watched It’s a Wonderful Life on Prime Video. Commercial-free and in black and white. One of our favorites.

Tomorrow, we will watch White Christmas.

 

[LionJim]

My wife and I just watched It’s a Wonderful Life on Prime Video. Commercial-free and in black and white. One of our favorites.

Tomorrow, we will watch White Christmas.

Can confirm It’s a Wonderful Life is on Prime. 130 minutes.

 

[LionJim]

 

[leinbacker]

When does the wonderful part kick in?

There was a short period of wonderful the day after the Northwestern game.

 

[bbrown]

I guessed that It’s a Wonderful Life was 95% Tomatometer, actual is 94%. McAndrew meter would be 97%, conservatively.

I'm a 3% .

 

[Nittering Nabob]

I'm a 3% .

As am I. Too contrived and sappy for me.

 

[LionJim]

I'm a 3% .

The two of us, we’re dark and twisted, tortured souls without a glimmer of light in our hearts. Pass the beer nuts.

 

[bbrown]

As am I. Too contrived and sappy for me.

yea thats kind of where I am there is just something about it that I don't like and doesn't resonate with me