My Favorite Christmas Movies

Students are often curious about me and my life, and every December the students eventually ask me about my favorite Christmas movies when I show a film while we work during the final week of classes before the holiday break. The conversation goes something like this:

Student: Dr Pezz, what's your favorite Christmas movie?

Me: See if you can guess.

Students (one after the other): A Christmas Story, Scrooged, A Christmas Carol, A Muppet Christmas Carol, It's A Wonderful Life, The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Christmas Vacation, Elf, Home Alone, Prancer, White Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street

Me (after each response): Nope

30 seconds of silence

Student (with a sigh): Ok, tell us.

Me: Die Hard

Student: That's not a Christmas movie!

Me: Sure, it is. It takes place at Christmas. Ok, then tell me my second favorite.

Wise Student in the Back: Die Hard 2

Me: Excellent! And my third favorite?

Student: Die Hard 3

Me: Nope. That didn't take place during Christmas time.

Student: What is it?

Me: Gremlins

Sighs all around

Me: But...I brought my fourth favorite for you to watch.

P.S. The students all seem to know the Die Hard movies, but I feel old mentioning Gremlins since rarely has one of the students seen it.

My Favorite Thirteen

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Do You Remember?

In the 1980s, the days of my youth, I watched the WWF with a fervent fascination. Obviously, this may explain quite a bit about my current mental state, but I digress. My interest with the WWF began after seeing Hulk Hogan in Rocky III. Now, all I see is idiocy and the debilitating effects of drug use. Now, I grant you, I do not view the 80s wrestling scene as much better, but it at least felt a bit more honest.

I reminisced while driving today and thought I'd stick a few of my favorites on the net for others to view. See if you remember these wrestlers (answers follow the pics):

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Answers:
1. Andre the Giant (Bonus for "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan getting choked)
2. The Junkyard Dog
3. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
4. "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
5. Randy "Macho Man" Savage (Bonus if you got Elizabeth with him)
6. George "The Animal" Steele
7. The Iron Sheik
8. Sgt. Slaughter

Today's wrestlers just don't measure up. :)