‘A Christmas Story’ Star Zack Ward Stops by TBS’ ‘Dinner and a Movie’ Tonight
The holiday season is finally in full swing, so it’s the perfect time for TBS‘ Dinner and a Movie to screen A Christmas Story. And in this week’s edition, which airs tonight, Dec. 7 at 8pm ET, hosts Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen won’t be wishing for a Red Ryder BB gun by themselves — Zack Ward, who played bully Scut Farkus, will be stopping by to reveal what it was really like to work on one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time.
But as you’ll see in the ad below, A Christmas Story wasn’t such a success right away…
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On the show, he shares that the movie opened the same weekend as Rambo and initially did not do well in theaters. Later on, people fell in love with the movie by watching it on VHS around Christmas, and passing the film to their friends and family.
When TBS got the rights to the film and finally aired it on television, it actually garnered more viewers than the Super Bowl that year, proving that it was well on its way to becoming a beloved holiday classic.
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If you’re in a Christmas state of mind, Dinner and a Movie will present more Christmas favorites with special guests all month: On Dec. 12’s show, De’voreaux White and Jake Tapper will be special guests for a screening of Die Hard. Watch the new episode tonight, Saturday, Dec.7 at 8pm ET on TBS.
Get a sneak peek of tonight’s episode below, and let us know what your favorite classic Christmas movie is!
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