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THE FAR COUNTRY YELLOW SKY ROAD TO UTOPIA KLONDIKE FEVER TRAIL OF ‘98 THE SPOILERS and Yukon Cornelius in RUDOLPH

Sheldon Leonard in everything but mostly IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE — “Out you two pixies go, through the door or out the window!”

Here he is playing to Jane Russell singing his classic "I Get Along Without You Very Well" in LAS VEGAS STORY next a song about school or sung in a school

Lots of small memorable people in this— love Cuddles Sakall as well!

MICKEY BLUE EYES

“Spring, Spring, Spring” from SEVEN BRIDES NEXT another Johnny Mercer song

THREE MEN ON A HORSE

"Hooray for Hollywood" ! next another song about Hollywood or L.A.

OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES -- Margaret O'Brien gets roller skates for her birthday, but won't share MEET ME IN ST LOUIS -- "Now I remember where I left my other skate!" AMERICAN GRAFFITI -- Roller skating waitresses at the drive in diner RATATOUILLE -- Linguini becomes a roller skating waiter WE'RE NOT DRESSING -- roller skating bear THE CADDY -- Jerry Lewis on roller skates ROLLERGATOR -- rollerblading through L.A. with a baby alligator (a Rifftrax fav - just as bad as it sounds!)

MEET ME IN ST LOUIS — Chill Wills and that little boy in the dress and mustache in the Halloween segment

PALM BEACH STORY — here again more Preston Sturges side characters. In this case we have both the hilarious Weenie King and Toto

And then George Tobias again in SILK STOCKINGS

Harpo in THE BIG STORE Miss Piggy in MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN

Huge fan of the Muppets! Always loved this song from THE MUPPET SHOW sung by Gonzo called “Jamboree” next another song that starts with J

FOUR DAUGHTERS And I think I have to add STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Happy 2022 everyone!!!

Preston Sturges films also offer a large variety of these. Christmas is on my mind still so I’ll mention REMEMBER THE NIGHT — tons of hilarious side characters like Sterling Holloway as the dumb farmhand Willy, the hick that arrests them for trespassing, the judge at the rummage sale looking for his hat, and Fat Mike the bondsman. My favorite is Barbara Stanwyck’s lawyer at the beginning, referred to as “that windbag!”

Just had to add a clip of Pepi from SHOP AROUND THE CORNER— I love this so much!

This is one of my favorite things in a movie — memorable side characters. They add so much texture to the film! I agree with SHOP AROUND THE CORNER 100% and have always loved the snarky delivery boy— such a memorable performance. I’ve already mentioned in another thread that MIRACLE ON 34th STREET is loaded with these. They show up once or twice or not til the end but you remember them — Thelma Ritter saying “Macy’s Ain’t Got Any”, Jack Albertson in the mail room, the drunk Mrs Shelhammer, the drunk Santa in the parade, etc. But at the end the whole movie is stolen by Gene Lockhart. What a hilarious judge he makes, always looking to campaign manager William Frawley, adding so much subtext to every line and moment.

“Singin’ in the Bathtub” originally from SHOW OF SHOWS (1929) but sung by Tweety a lot in Looney Tunes cartoons next a song with “new” in the title HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Pretty much every movie with a space launch has a countdown including APOLLO 13 and THE RIGHT STUFF Some Christmas movies have a “days til Christmas” countdown but the only one I can think of is NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Here are a few movies with a time limit/deadline/doomsday sort of countdown — SEVEN YEAR ITCH HIGH NOON FAIL SAFE

My favorite movie countdown is GALAXY QUEST — “It always stops at 1 on the show!”

New Year’s— HOLIDAY INN REMEMBER THE NIGHT REPEAT PERFORMANCE

Oregon territory — SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS

The Tetons SPENCER’S MOUNTAIN BAD BASCOMB ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN (Jackson) A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (Montana)

SUN VALLEY SERENADE and all those Sonja Henie movies FIDDLER ON THE ROOF THE GOLD RUSH