They should have tracked down Potter and beaten the crap out of him

Haha I agree. I have not seen that SNL version. I must find it. 





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I got an old SNL Christmas compilation VHS and that fake extended ending is definitely the highlight of the video.


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Except there was no reason to suspect Potter.

I'm sure you're only joking...

It's a Wonderful Life is so great because of its intensely positive message. It might be nice to see an old, nasty man get beaten up, but that would simply not fit in with the uplifting and happy film we have today.

The best revenge you can ever bestow on a person is to simply ignore them!

If they did that, Mr. Potter would have won, because subjecting Potter to mob justice would truly turn Bedford Falls into Pottersville. The people of Bedford Falls would become just what Potter has called them, discontented rabble. They define themselves by being decent and kind. By that metric, Mr. Potter is already the poorest man in town, and the least successful, given his failure time and again to remake the town into being just as ugly and spiteful as he is.

I used to think I knew everything about the world. Now I just know that it's round.

It wouldn't have happened because no one knew Potter had the money. Everyone just assumed Uncle Billy lost the money. Besides the people of Bedford Falls were too good for that, no matter how much they despised Potter.

A better ending is Potter's assistant feels guilty for having helped steal the money and ends up going to the police to testify against Potter. The police end up getting Potter to confess about stealing the money and Mr. Potter ends up spending the rest of what's left of his life behind bars. Then dies and nobody in Bedford falls goes to the funeral.

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