Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more.
Kristen, Dave, Joe, Sharon and I all went to the play together. It was great. Lots of laughs and lots of fun. :) I can't wait to go to another one. :) 
that play was so cool! i remember something about the girl who played mrs shield's. she used to babysit me and my brother and she would always watch Annie with us and she'd dance around during the scene when Annie first arrives at the Warbucks mansion - and the scene when they sing 'We got Annie" - she did the dance perfectly!
ReplyDeleteyes it was! thanks for coming! :)
ReplyDeletethat's funny....too bad they didn't come out at the end you could have went up to her and said hi. LOL