Merry Christmas
by Al Yellon on Dec 25, 2009 7:00 AM CST
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PrintAs most of you know, I'm Jewish and thus don't celebrate Christmas.
But if I did, this is all I'd want this year:
With a Cubs logo on it, of course. Merry Christmas, everyone.
(And yes, if this looks familiar, it's a repost from Christmas 2007. I still want one.)
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I think we all have the same wish
Merry Christmas everyone, and happy belated Hanukkah to Al and all BCB Jewish friends.
Merry Christmas....
to my BCB family, though it is a disfunctional its still a family.
Careful Son, They will break your heart. And then stomp on it. But I will be a Cubs fans until I die. Its your fault Harry!!!
Merry Christmas
I would be happy with nothing under my tree if we got that present in November!
by KyCubsFan on Dec 25, 2009 8:28 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all!
That is probably the ugliest of the major sports championships trophies but it would look so beautiful being handed to Tom Ricketts this year wouldn’t it?
(I think Ricketts gets it first, then probably Hendry then Pinella then the players. Though I heard in 2003 MacPhail told people he wanted Santo to get it first if they won)
Brennan and Booth their Story Really begins November 2009
yeah
ill take that for xmas. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Thanks!
That’s exactly what I did last night, in fact.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Sherlock Holmes and beef with broccoli
An excellent combination
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Fa ra-ra-ra-ra ra ra ra ra
A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 25, 2009 10:58 AM CST up reply actions
It's ... smiling at me....
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 25, 2009 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
I've read somewhere
That Melinda Dillon had only memorized her lines when they filmed the scene in the Chinese restaurant. As a result, she did not know the waiter would behead the duck right in front of her.
Her reactions in that scene do seem to be genuine, as opposed to acted out.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 25, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
Good story. Her reaction sure seems genuine...
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My little brother had not eaten voluntarily in over three years....
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 25, 2009 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
oh fuuuuuuuuuuudge....
….only I didn’t say fudge.
A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 25, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions
He had yellow eyes. So help me God, yellow eyes!
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You used up all the glue on purpose!
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Dec 26, 2009 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.
Uncle. UNCLE! UKKKKKCLE!
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You'll shoot your eye out, kid.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 26, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
I like the Wizard of Oz. I like the Tin Man.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 26, 2009 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
A crummy commercial?
Son of a bitch!
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 27, 2009 11:50 AM CST up reply actions
Sons of bitches ... BUMPUSES!!!!!!
Notta finga!!!!!!!
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He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 27, 2009 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
Flick says he saw some grizzly bears near Pulaski's candy store!
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
This isn't one of those trees that loses all it's needles is it?
Naw, that’s them balsams…
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I Triple-Dog-Dare you....
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 10:04 AM CST up reply actions
Schwartz committed a slight breach of etiquette
by skipping over the “Triple Dare You” and going right for the throat…
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some men are Baptists, some Catholics....
my father was an Oldsmobile man
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 10:39 AM CST up reply actions
If Higbee thinks I'm working one minute past 9:00,
He can kiss my foot.
Ho … Ho … HO….
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
Hot-damn Olds would freeze up in July at the equator!
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my father wove a tapestry of obscenities, as far as
we know they’re still hanging in space over Lake Michigan."
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 6:14 PM CST up reply actions
My father worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay.
It was his true medium.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
It was all over -
I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child’s play compared to what surely awaited me.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Dec 28, 2009 10:59 AM CST up reply actions
All right, I'll get that kid to eat.
Where’s my screwdriver and my plumber’s helper? I’ll open up his mouth and I’ll shove it in.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
Italian, actually
Since I’m 1/2 Italian, I felt the need to correct it!
:)
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 28, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions
Fra-gee-lay....
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 6:20 PM CST up reply actions
"Drink Your Ovaltine" ... OVALTINE??????
Son of a bitch…
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was that the secret coded message?
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 6:31 PM CST up reply actions
oh yeah....what was the name of the bb gun?
red rider carbine action hundred shot …something, something?
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 6:42 PM CST up reply actions
According to Ralphie,
An Official Red-Ryder Carbine-Action, 200-shot range model air rifle.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
:) there ya go.....you're good, I think I'm all out, cant remember any more.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 28, 2009 9:43 PM CST up reply actions
It helps to look up the "memorable quotes" from the film over at IMDB.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 11:23 PM CST up reply actions
I found the answer, because
The sequence in which Ralphie asks Santa for the BB gun is featured on that web page, in its entirety.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 11:24 PM CST up reply actions
I left Flick to certain annihilation. But BB gun mania knows no loyalty.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 29, 2009 12:07 AM CST up reply actions
Oh and don't forget:
An Official Red-Ryder Carbine-Action, 200-shot range model air rifle.
…with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time…
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Yeah, I knew I'd forgotten something....
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 29, 2009 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
Merry Christmas!
And to all who do not celebrate Christmas, Happy Holidays!
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 25, 2009 11:18 AM CST reply actions
Not too much to ask for.
It would be the best Christmas ever.
And it is the ugliest trophy ever. I can’t believe it hasn’t been redesigned yet.
I'm not Santa but... Merry Christmas anyway Al...
- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.
Nicely done!
Post this one next year, Al!
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
In the hot desert
Dreaming of a world series
Gift most beautifull
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Dec 25, 2009 1:37 PM CST via mobile reply actions
In the hot desert
Dreaming of a world series
Gift most beautifull
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Dec 25, 2009 1:37 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays...
and wishing next year we’ll debating whether or not the Cubs can win back to back World Series.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"--The Brain
Whoa, whoa Al
You’re Jewish? Haha, I was one of the few people who didn’t know this, then.
Well Al, Happy Holidays to you as well!!
Yeah, I’d love to see that trophy presented at the Friendly Confines. :D
One of the best Christmas gifts ever.
A LO PROFUNDOOO...NOO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOO...DIGANLE QUE NO A ESA PELOTA!! GANAN LOS CACHORROS DE CHICAGO!!
Clearly you didn't read our musical ditty "Cubbie Fan"...
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/9/9/1023249/cubbie-fan-sung-to-the-melody-of
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The great thing about a World Series trophy as a Christmas wish
is that you’ll never outgrow the wish.
Merry Christmas and good health to you all.
Go Cubs Go !
Hannukkah and Christmas
are both about miracles. It will be a miracle when the Cubs win the Series (but i’m waiting)
Merry Christmas to All!!
We started with a blizzard consisting of 14 inches and 61 mph winds here in OKC! I think it curved and is headed north, straight for ChiTown!
I would sleep with Blou if it meant the Cubs would win a WS. by Doggie Stalker on Aug 22, 2009 4:11 PM EDT
Cubs Christmas or Hanukkah present - what did you get?
I got a Cubs Pez dispenser. I will bring it to Cubs games and dispense Pez for a Cubs win in 2010. Maybe just a home run. I want to eat some Pez.
I got Al's book.
And my brother got me a 45 of the 69 Cubs singing a song called “Pennant Fever”. I never knew about this song. He didn’t either. He stumbled across it doing a search for “Ron Santo” and snagged it for me.
I also got quite a few baseball movies and a book of “Baseball’s Greatest Hit-The Story of Take Me Out to the Ballgame” which I find amusing considering my alias on here.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
A precursor to the 85 Bears
singing the Superbowl Shuffle.
And on a 45, even better. What a keepsake.
by RiskyBusiness on Dec 26, 2009 9:48 AM CST up reply actions
And one of the singers was Nate Oliver.
He played only 44 games as a Cub and hit an Aaron Miles-like .159/.196/.295. Even for that lower-offense era, those were awful numbers.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Do you remember if the song was popular?
Was it a hit (pun intended)? I was only 5 at time so I don’t remember it at all.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Dec 26, 2009 10:48 AM CST up reply actions
Not really.
“Hey Hey Holy Mackerel” — a song ABOUT the ’69 Cubs — got a lot more attention than the one the Cubs themselves recorded.
There was some talk at the time that doing that record — and other outside promotion work — was “distracting” the Cubs from baseball, and was somehow partly responsible for their failure. I don’t buy that, though.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I would think it would have been a fun project
and if anything it may have had the reverse effect by helping provide some that much talked about “chemistry.” I bet if they would have won that song would have become an anthem.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Dec 26, 2009 11:02 AM CST up reply actions
Is that an Old Style or Hamm's that Billy's holding?
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I don't know,
but the can Ronnie is holding almost looks like a Ballantine.
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by katie casey on Dec 26, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
Does anyone know where I can down load the song?
I found it here, but I can’t download it. Only listen to it.
by RiskyBusiness on Dec 26, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions
don't know
obviously I’m living in the dark ages if I’m still collecting vinyl
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Dec 26, 2009 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
"The Chicago Cubs Song"
IS “Hey, Hey, Holy Mackerel”, Al.
Check out your copy of the cassette tape WGN put out in 1987 . . . .
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 26, 2009 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
The song on the record indicated by the cover katie casey posted...
… is NOT “Hey Hey Holy Mackerel”. The Cubs did not sing that song. The seven Cubs pictured DID sing a song called “The Cubs of ’69”, which is what that record is.
Be thankful you’ve never heard it. Though they could play baseball pretty well, none of those guys could sing.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I'll take your word for it on the singing!
But according to that cassette, the title of the song is the Chicago Cubs Song, and not actually Hey, Hey Holy Mackerel. That one actually is a good song.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 27, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
Understood.
I did not know the official title of the song. But “The Chicago Cubs Sing” pictured above isn’t that song. IIRC, the song the Cubs players sang is titled “Pennant Fever”.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Yep, that's it.
Just as awful as I remember it. Listen at your own risk.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I bought the Superbowl Shuffle on vinyl when it came out
and I still have it which is sort of surprising because I’m in no way a football fan. I just thought the song was fun. I was pretty excited to get this Cubs one.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Dec 26, 2009 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
me too..
both on the Jewish part, and on this is what I’d want all year, any year….
GoCubsGo
Merry Christmas!
Got Al’s “Cubs by the number” book yesterday. Haven’t put it down since.
Glad you're enjoying it!
Thanks to whoever got it for you!
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
just picked up mine tonight.....
….have money left on my gift card but was overwhelmed by all the baseball books. Read your reviews….I’m looking for
something more like a history of baseball-ish. Any suggestions? Got Crazy 08 too.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 29, 2009 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
This will forever be known as the "Merry Christmas, A Christmas Story-style" thread here at BCB.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Dec 28, 2009 10:43 AM CST reply actions
We have one of those replica lamps from Christmas Story
and show it off right in our front window. Our windows and porch are similar to those in the movie so it looks pretty cool. I often see people slow up when they drive by.
We’ve also gone to visit the actual house that was filmed in Cleveland-they call it Cleveland St. in the movie as a nod to that. Only the outdoor scenes were done there, but the owner decorated it up inside as closely as possible to follow the movie and you can take tours which are given by people who run a small museum across the street. The interior wasn’t exact because they couldn’t do things like move the staircase without the house falling down, but they did a nice job in creating a look for that period. IIRC they had Randy’s “can’t put my arms down” coat and a few other props in the museum and Ralphie’s theme with the C+ in one of the upstairs bedrooms of the house. Along with t-shirts, the museum sold Lifebuoy soap and other related items.
If you’re in Cleveland it’s a fun thing to do, although the neighborhood didn’t look like one of the best a couple years ago when we went. That block certainly didn’t look like it did in the movie anymore. I even saw a rat scurry away when we parked the car.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
an identical lamp?
I didnt know you could buy the lamp large enough for the window….I’ve seen only small versions, which doesnt do it justice. Also, never knew it was filmed in Cleveland. My husband loves that movie, and quotes it all the time. I had to ask him for help on some of the quotes I used.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 29, 2009 9:06 AM CST up reply actions
Yes, our lamp is large.
My husband got it as a gift from that same cool brother that got me the record. It came in a box marked “fragile.” I’m not sure where he got it. It was a few years ago. It couldn’t have been here because ours is only about 40" tall and has a slightly different shade, but I did find this link that has all kinds of Christmas Story things.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Looking closer at the full size lamps in that link
I think the one we have is the 45" one that came in the cardboard box. The leg part looks identical to ours except we have a slightly shorter, straighter shade which would explain why the height is different. They must have updated them in the last few years to have a lampshade slightly closer to the one in the movie.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
thanks for the link...
it seems like the wooden crate is as much as the lamp…..lots of interesting stuff on it. Love the Vegas guy in the video. ;)
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 29, 2009 10:05 AM CST up reply actions
Wow-thanks for pointing out that video. :)
I hadn’t seen it. He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny. But in a good way.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Dec 29, 2009 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
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