Home Alone

[kevm14]

So Ian loves this movie. He is interested in the main character and also the plan to foil Pesci and Stern's characters.

But I was reminded of one of my favorite quotes in the movie as he rewatches it (he's a kid, so...).

https://www.shmoop.com/home-alone/john-candy.html

Trying to comfort Kevin's mom for leaving her kid home alone, he tells her:

GUS: I did leave one [of my kids] at a funeral parlor once. Yeah, it was terrible too. I was all distraught and everything. The wife and I, we left the little tyke there in the funeral parlor all day. All day. You know, we went back at night, when we came to our senses, there he was. Apparently he was there all day with a corpse. Now, he was okay. You know, after six, seven weeks, he came around and started talking again. But he's okay. They get over it. Kids are resilient like that.

LOL. Plus the way he delivered it, so sincerely.

But didja know (in the Midwestern dialect):
https://www.shmoop.com/home-alone/director.html

Also, he allowed John Candy to do freewheeling improvisations. As Gus Polinski, Candy made up the speech about accidentally abandoning his kid at a funeral parlor. According to Columbus, "That just came out of nowhere." (Source)

F'ing brilliant!

[dochielomn]

Funny. I always thought one of your favorite quotes was "stick out your paw" when "Santa" was giving Kevin a breath mint or something.

Have you seen this as well? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9FV8S5r3o8