MY #1 FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE OF ALL TIME

I didn’t see “It’s A Wonderful Life” until the mid-80’s.  It’s not a movie I grew up with.  I was working at KZZP (the real one)and a salesman named Bob (sorry I can’t remember his last name) kept telling me about the greatest movie he’s ever seen. Being a “beginning movie buff”, I was anxious to track it down - it wasn’t hard.  At the time “It’s A Wonderful Life” had fallen into the public domain, which meant any TV station could run the movie for free - and they did - all the time.  Last week we watched it again for the umpteenth time, and though we know just about every line of dialogue, it still makes an impact.  And yeah, I still git wet eyes when brother Harry makes it home just in time to toast his brother George…..Auld Lang Syne…cue the tear ducts…..It ranks as my #1 Christmas movie - and certainly one of my top 5 all time favorite movies period!  It was Jimmy Stewart’s first movie after returning home from the war.  It was the first movie for Frank Capra’s Liberty Films……and did you know the snow scenes of Bedford Falls  were filmed in 1946 during one of the hottest summers they’d ever experienced!!!!!  How many movies made so long ago can still make you think and pull at your emotions at the same time?  Not many, and for me “It’s A Wonderful Life” does it better than any other. 

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HERE’S THE FINALE - HAVE A BOX OF KLEENEX HANDY……

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HERE’S ONE PRECIOUS THING HOLDING ANOTHER PRECIOUS THING

Brenna and my Jimmy Stewart autograph. 

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 IF YOU’D LIKE TO DROP CAMELBACK JACK A LINE, HERE’S HIS EMAIL ADDRESS:  jackinphoenix@gmail.com

GREAT GUY - I KNOW HE’D LOVE HEARING FROM YOU.

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THANKS FOR LOOKING IN TODAY - I’M TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF FOR THE HOLIDAY.  GOD WILLING, I’LL SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR!  THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT IN 2008 - I LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL!

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