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‘A Christmas Story’ Might Not Be Here Without This Raunchy Comedy That Preceded It

by Lauren Novak

2 years ago

The movie Porkys is the reason A Christmas Story got made

It took almost two decades for the creators of A Christmas Story to be taken seriously. Turns out, it took a raunchy comedy to become successful first. Porky’s was a film in 1981 about sex-obsessed high school students and their teachers and coaches. This might be a tame sounding movie these days, but in the ’80s it was almost X-rated. Eventually, it was able to be R-rated after a few changes.

Bob Clark is the director of both films. Bob got a lot of credibility after directing Porky’s because it ended up being a massive success. He had wanted to work on A Christmas Story for quite some time and now he had the chance to put it into production.

Without ‘Porky’s’ we may not have ‘A Christmas Story’

PORKY’S, Kaki Hunter (right), 1982. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. Courtesy: Everett Collection

Bob and radio personality Jean Shepherd had been writing the holiday movie for over a decade. The movie is loosely based on Jean’s life. MGM wanted Bob to work on a Porky’s sequel so he used A Christmas Story as leverage. They agreed to make the movie.

RELATED: ‘A Christmas Story’ Star Shares The Movie’s True Lesson For Us All

A CHRISTMAS STORY, Ian Petrella, Peter Billingsley, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, 1983, (c) MGM/courtesy Everett Collection

It was a low-budget film that MGM never expected to be popular. They were definitely wrong! It remains a Christmas classic to this day.

Do you watch A Christmas Story every year? A lot of people do!

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