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The Christmas Story episode (1967)

posted 10 years ago by jamesbwill
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I am watching the episode from December 1953, The Big Little Jesus, on DVD.

The 1967 episode The Christmas Story, is a direct remake of The Big Little Jesus.

In the 1967 version, Bill Gannon is Joe's partner while in 1953 it was Frank Smith, but the dialogue between the two is almost exactly the same. The other character names are all the same also.

Two actors from the 1953 episode reprised their roles for the 1967 version, Ralph Moody plays the pawn shop owner and Herb Vigran is the hotel desk clerk.

In 1953, chief suspect Claude Stroop was played by James Griffith. In 1967, Bobby Troupe played Stroop.

As far as I know, this was the only direct remake from the 1950s episodes that was done in the 1960s version.

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[–] Lordfogg 10 years ago

Thank you for sharing this. I always like to learn something new about Dragnet.

[–] montgomerydou55 10 years ago

Anybody ever try to decipher the Spanish that Harry Bartell and the little kid speak?

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[–] crlnrgbrght5 10 years ago

I loved the 1967 episode. Especially when the little Boy brought the baby Jesus in his wagon, and put it back in the Creche.

[–] jamesbwill 10 years ago

I just watched the 1967 episode again on MeTV.

I noticed that during the credits at the end, it says that the interior church scenes were shot at the same church in San Francisco where the interior scenes for the 1953 episode were shot.