Post AdApOOV6SwHcKyIrhI by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
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(DIR) Post #Ad9aP04N5oaaNtfds8 by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:15:00Z
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Watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” and it dawns on me as I am watching the real hero of the movie is Mary Bailey. She is the glue that is holding George’s life together.
(DIR) Post #Ad9aSv6DVvS47zP2zA by SirCandinavian@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:15:43Z
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@obihahn the butler did it
(DIR) Post #Ad9aVfokms5VbLY10S by SirCandinavian@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:16:13Z
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@obihahn wait no, it's a wagon!
(DIR) Post #Ad9aY1kuC3lCDgs0HI by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:16:38Z
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She saved the building and loan by handing out their honeymoon money, she rounded up all George’s friends when he was in trouble with the bank examiner, whenever George was in trouble, Mary was there.
(DIR) Post #Ad9afHczZwoRTSd2Q4 by GluedToTheScreen@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:17:57Z
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@obihahn from well before he is ever aware...... and foregoing wealth and travel alternatives.She's the SAINT in the movie. In the true sense of the word.
(DIR) Post #Ad9ai8hjDGlsfPCosK by Dangerous_Clams@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:18:28Z
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@obihahn She found and remodeled their home. Raised 4 kids. Knew what to do when George was busy getting drunk instead of asking for help - and he didn't ask her for help or ideas.Kind of an asshole, now that I think of it.
(DIR) Post #Ad9azymwoo717s9bYu by Dangerous_Clams@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:21:42Z
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@obihahn Also, got his ass kicked by a school teacher's husband.That's a bad look.
(DIR) Post #Ad9bQMWtAlLiHpDsfI by DanielStone@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:26:28Z
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@Dangerous_Clams @obihahn I found this year that the real key is that Mary saw George act with integrity toward Gower when he was 10. She knew then that he was the kind of man worth giving herself for in every way. She is 100% devoted because he is 100% worth it.Be a good man. Attract a good woman. It’s a Wonderful Life.
(DIR) Post #Ad9bVzdhBtAD205kEC by DanielStone@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:27:29Z
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@Dangerous_Clams @obihahn George never told about Gower. And neither did Mary.
(DIR) Post #Ad9bmvWZk7MNBypsuG by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:30:32Z
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@Dangerous_Clams as a side note… when George falls into the pool, he is supposed to be 22 (ballpark) he looks about 40. I looked it up and Jimmy Stewart was 38 when the movie was made. They obviously could fix almost 20 years of aging with makeup. If they remade this movie today, they’d have a different actor to play “young George”, or at the very least the makeup artists would be better.
(DIR) Post #Ad9bssv8KxG0r0ACum by Dangerous_Clams@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:31:37Z
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@obihahn It's in a couple of scenes where his age lines are obvious - but forgivable nits in a fantastic flick.
(DIR) Post #Ad9cM8RlgncBPENMzQ by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:36:54Z
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@Dangerous_Clams another fun fact… Sheldon Leonard who plays Nick the Bartender also plays Sid Nelson, the owner of Norm’s favorite restaurant, The Hungry Heifer, in Cheers.
(DIR) Post #Ad9cQFVpMVNWTfEiDg by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:37:39Z
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@Dangerous_Clams George also seems to have a great inferiority complex when it comes to Sam Wainwright.
(DIR) Post #Ad9d25d2Yd6GpOebAW by Dangerous_Clams@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:44:29Z
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@obihahn Sam's hung like a small donkey, that's why.
(DIR) Post #Ad9dl6iXMArPEfgtiy by texasmusician@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:52:37Z
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@obihahn Never understood how they basically squatted in an abandoned house….😆
(DIR) Post #Ad9eIuN3lb5Sn1lLFI by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T02:58:44Z
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@Dangerous_Clams and Mr. Potter essentially stole $8000. He knows that Uncle Billy lost it, but he pockets it anyway and moves to have George arrested. Whatever happens to that money? Does potter just pocket it? In 2023 dollars, that’s $125K
(DIR) Post #Ad9gpnDTaW2C455XFo by Dangerous_Clams@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T03:27:04Z
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@obihahn He'd have to hide the cash somehow. Perhaps he'd invest in plastics.
(DIR) Post #AdATyVEqh5pWfSVsjQ by DanielStone@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T12:37:42Z
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@texasmusician @obihahn I also wondered about this. Since the house was totally abandoned it may have reverted to the county and in that case may have been available for homesteading again. I’ve considered researching abandoned property laws during the depression era. Sounds like a good Christmas Day research project.
(DIR) Post #AdAisKHm0CA0GzOTpY by whatabout@freeatlantis.com
2023-12-25T15:24:39Z
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@obihahn @Dangerous_Clams And the Sheldon and Leonard characters on Big Bang Theory were named in his honor. After acting he became a powerhouse in the budding TV industry.
(DIR) Post #AdAjLqlUK9HdP5N3DM by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T15:30:00Z
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@Dangerous_Clams @whatabout also… Bert and Ernie were the inspiration for their muppet namesakes.I was also told be someone that the scene in Christmas Vacation where Clark cuts off the knob at the top of the bannister as a hat tip to the bannister in IAWL when George keeps knocking/pulling it off
(DIR) Post #AdAjQ4KFqbAucUe08m by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T15:30:45Z
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@Dangerous_Clams @whatabout I love learning all the little tidbits like that
(DIR) Post #AdAjpeJNBqqLT2QgxU by whatabout@freeatlantis.com
2023-12-25T15:35:23Z
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@obihahn @Dangerous_Clams My favorite Bert & Ernie scenehttps://youtu.be/8rS2zx2hgpU?feature=shared
(DIR) Post #AdAlAiJ5d8eltVuBW4 by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T15:50:23Z
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Thinking about it… George really was a miserable person in this movie, as bad a Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. From the time he was a little kid, he wanted out of Bedford Falls, but circumstances kept him there. Everyone else seemed to get what they wanted out of life, Sam, Harry, even the “riff-raff” like Martini. But at every turn, you see George internalizing his resentment & disappointment until it explodes when he decides to take the fall for Uncle Billy’s screw-up.
(DIR) Post #AdAm9WOQXYzgbnOgF6 by Murray_N@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T16:01:23Z
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@obihahn A heart warming tale about the follies of fractional reserve banking…..
(DIR) Post #AdAn6nyeo0ayENc0Qq by PrincessCityPearl@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T16:12:06Z
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@obihahn Yeah, I watched it last night and thought "this is kind of depressing" but then I cried at the end like I always do.
(DIR) Post #AdAnBMNYqK4k5HQsOu by ghast@liberdon.com
2023-12-25T16:12:55Z
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@obihahn Once upon a time, women were capable of caring and supporting men.
(DIR) Post #AdApOOV6SwHcKyIrhI by obihahn@noagendasocial.com
2023-12-25T16:37:41Z
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Like when they are celebrating Martini moving into his house. Sam Wainwright cakes along and George hangs his head and speaks meekly. You see Mary being happy and giving Martini gifts to symbolize his achievement of home ownership, but George is more focused on the success that others have, success that he wishes he had, and should have, were it not for his sense of loyalty to the business his father and uncle founded.
(DIR) Post #AdAparUoUIM1jv7344 by leyonhjelm@breastmilk.club
2023-12-25T16:39:56.772734Z
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@obihahn Martini is good but those classic Gulf Porsche liveries…