The 19th-century Victorian, which was used in the exterior scenes of Ralphie Parker's house in the 1983 film A Christmas Story, was purchased by a private developer in 2004 and has been restored and renovated to appear as it did both inside and outside in the film.
The cast featured Dan Lauria as Jean Shepherd, John Bolton as The Old Man, Caroline O'Connor as Miss Shields, Erin Dilly as Mother, Zac Ballard as Randy, and with Johnny Rabe and Joe West both alternating as lead character Ralphie, played in the 1983 film by Peter Billingsley, one of the show's producers.
It was prominently featured in A Christmas Story, in which Ralphie Parker requests one for Christmas, but is repeatedly rebuffed with the warning "You'll shoot your eye out".
In a scene in the film A Christmas Story, Ralphie's father is reading the sports section of the newspaper.
In A Christmas Story, an Oxydol box, as well as a Chips box, were in the kitchen.
Teenager Scott Schwartz (A Christmas Story, The Toy) creates a weapon from a laserdisc player's laser and pursues the walking dead, aided by his girlfriend and grandfather (western star Bob Allen).
Billy's mum, Janice buys Billy his costume for trick or treating which is a Christmas Story-esque bunny suit, having had misheard him saying Hip Hop Rabbit when he meant Hip Hop Rapper.
Jean Shepherd (1921–1999), writer and narrator of the popular holiday film, A Christmas Story.
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In the popular movie "A Christmas Story" starring Peter Billingsley, a brief reference was made to Griffith, Indiana.
The show featured interviews with local celebrities and politicians and nationally known personalities including Jean Shepard of A Christmas Story and Larry Linville who played Frank Burns on M*A*S*H.
He is known for his character Dave Scovil (Titus's stoner half-brother) on the FOX show Titus and as the bully Scut Farkus in the 1983 perennial Christmas movie A Christmas Story.
The screenplay for A Christmas Story is based on material from author Jean Shepherd's collection of short stories, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.