Jingle All The Way (1996)

Submitted by ThatKoffeeBurns t3_zvwtu3 in movies

Hands down one of my favorite holiday movies, let alone holiday themed comedies. I always watch this film yearly around this time of year with my family & friends. It never gets old for me, I saw the sequel and it was okay, I guess but I do wish that we got a sequel with the original cast just to see what Howard went through to get his wife a present lol. Solid cast with Arnold, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Richard Moll, Phil Morris, Martin Mull, Robert Conrad, Jake Lloyd, Jim Belushi & The Big Show during his WCW days as The Giant hehe.

"Ta-ta, Turtle Man." is still a quote I use with friends lol, same for "Put dat cookie down NOW!" What did you think of this comedy? Favorite scenes or quotes? Did you ever want a sequel? Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, everyone!

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djsynrgy t1_j1rk9ei wrote

I still love it, and good lord I miss Phil Hartman.

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gunzandstogiez t1_j1skmu7 wrote

Rememba, you're my numba one customa.

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PrivateIsotope t1_j1t02yr wrote

Sinbad is a treasure. Sorry to hear he had a stroke a while back.

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p5ych0babble t1_j1rvcpz wrote

Phil Hartman is a legend, hard to dislike anything he does.

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FirstSwordofBraavos t1_j1sqctq wrote

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen!

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Outside_Money_1786 t1_j1rkgqd wrote

Yep it's deffo my fave Xmas movie. It just has that slight level of cynicism I require from a comedy. The other half has always favoured home alone. But jingle all the way has become my go to Xmas movie for me. Only Christmas eve I used the line on someone that they couldn't bench press their way out of this one lol.

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Quint-MacReady t1_j1rwncu wrote

It is great. My kids love it too so we watch it annually. Also love that painting of Captain America on the wall in the kids room.

Hartman is hilarious in this; "Thanks. We should get together and swap recipes."

Favorite scene is the fight for the balls in the mall; "I'm notda perbert"

And the Santa warehouse fight; "I'm gonna deck your halls bub!"

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jm9987690 t1_j1seg00 wrote

I love how oblivious the wife and son are during the parade, turboman is being played by a 6'2 bodybuilder with a thick Austrian accent in a small American town but they're absolutely shocked to find out its Howard

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Birds41Pats33 t1_j1so1wj wrote

The fact that his character is ridiculously ripped and huge is basically completely ignored… except the one time where Phil Hartman says “ you can’t bench press your way out of this one” which is an amazing line, but would’ve made a lot more sense if they ever acknowledged the fact that he is not built like a normal person any other time in the movie

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DerCatzefragger t1_j1u895t wrote

My favorite example of this was Kindergarten Cop.

It's been awhile, but I don't remember anyone saying anything about how the new substitute teacher is built like a brick shithouse, which is itself built out of other, smaller brick shithouses.

I do, however, remember the scene where he's walking down the hallway with the principal, who asks him where he's from, to which Arnold replies, "Ach, Ja! I am from ze Chlevelands in Ohio." And the principal is like, "Cool, cool. A fellow Midwesterner. . ."

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Wishart2016 t1_j1un4q2 wrote

Isn't the 'small American town' actually Minneapolis?

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Birds41Pats33 t1_j1so1fq wrote

The fact that his character is ridiculously ripped and huge is basically completely ignored… except the one time where Phil Hartman says “ you can’t bench press your way out of this one” which is an amazing line, but would’ve made a lot more sense if they ever acknowledged the fact that he is not built like a normal person any other time in the movie

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Cinemiketography t1_j1unbcv wrote

I love when Sinbad gets carried away on a rant and grabs that old lady and talks about shaking a person until their eye comes out and realizes he's grabbing an old lady so he lets go and says "you shouldn't wear fur." to justify the occurrence.

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titandemon t1_j1vfi8h wrote

"He got two! He got two!"

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DeezSaltyNuts69 t1_j1rleki wrote

Classic

There was not need for a sequel and the one we got was hot garbage same as bad santa 2 and santa clause 3 - just terrible

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bellestarxo t1_j1t71an wrote

A family fave for sure. Even the lines that weren't the main jokes we would laugh at and still quote to this day ("Number one customer," "Nestled safely under the tree...").

Love that Schwarzenegger fully commits to the wacky role. Sinbad and Hartman are funny in everything. We also would crack up at another movie they did together, Houseguest.

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jackie_algoma t1_j1um6sl wrote

Can’t bench press your way out of this one.

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stuppy321 t1_j1uqvur wrote

Welp, can't disagree.

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sporti_spyce t1_j1vl9xz wrote

What a gem! This is my family's favorite holiday movie and we routinely quote "this is a SICK world we're living in with SICK people!" 😂

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Busy-Operation1524 t1_j21h7ib wrote

They did make a sequel to this with Larry the Cable guy; never watched it, never plan to

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Jingle is a great movie though. Arnold alone sells this movie. I like the whole consumerism theme mixed in with Christmas and Arnold trying to be a good father. Funny, too.

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Mrcollaborator t1_j1rt8eu wrote

So bad it’s good. Crazy Arnold is so much fun.

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Nobodycares2022 t1_j1rwcs9 wrote

There was a sequel starring Larry the Cable Guy. I’m sure it was 10 times worse

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garlicriceadobo t1_j1uppiz wrote

Absolutely horrific. Flipped to something else after a solid fifteen minutes. Highly do not recommend

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