Jingle All the Way Page #2

Synopsis: Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son's karate exposition, he tries hard to come up with a way to make it up to him, this is when his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure of his son's television hero, Turbo Man. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man figures, now Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else including a mail man named Myron to find a Turbo Man action figure, and to make it to the Wintertainment parade which will feature Turbo Man.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Brian Levant
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
16%
PG
Year:
1996
89 min
2,127 Views


I left it there by mistake.

You can't go.

What about the parade?

The parade?

The Holiday Wintertainment Parade.

You didn't go last year,

or the year before.

Mom and I always go. This year

Turbo Man's gonna be there!

Yeah, Turbo Man.

"It's Turbo Time."

Dad, you can't miss it.

It'll be really cool.

I won't miss it.

I'll be there.

I promise.

Sorry about that, Howie.

What's that, a reindeer?

A surprise for Johnny.

You just think of everything,

don't you?

I believe you can never do too much

to make a child's Christmas magical.

What happens to Blitzen

after Christmas?

I've been watching

a family of deer by the lake.

I thought I'd take him down there

and set him free.

Maybe they'll take him in

like he's one of their own.

How touching.

Hey, how are you?

That's odd.

Reindeer are usually gentle.

There's something about you

he doesn't like.

Aftershave or something.

All right, got to go.

Where you off to?

Picking up a Christmas present

for Jamie.

Nothing like waiting

till the last minute.

What'd you get?

One of those Turbo Mans.

That's great.

I got a Turbo Man for Johnny

months ago.

It's nestled safely under our tree.

Good.

By the way, they say

it may get icy later.

You might want to wrap

some chains around those tires.

Maybe I should wrap

some chains around you.

What?

Come on.

What time do you open?

It's freezing out here.

There's 100 people...

Because of two minutes? Because of

two minutes you're not letting...

Give the man a break!

He's a dad, trying to get a toy!

Go ahead and have cuts.

Last-minute shopping?

Enough to drive a man insane.

Myron Larabee.

Howard Langston.

I'm late because it's the

busiest time of the year for me.

Christmas letters people send to

folks they talk to once a year.

And relatives sending gifts

they'll send back anyway.

How many toiletry kits

does a man need? Then what?

Stupid letters from kids to Santa!

"Dear Santa, can you send me a bike

and a Slinky?"

No! Your father's laid off!

As if I didn't have enough pressure,

my son sends me out...

...for some goofy toy, some fruity

robot named "Turtle Man."

Turbo Man.

My son wants one too.

You know it's all a ploy.

Man, don't you watch TV?!

We are being set up by

rich and powerful toy cartels!

These fat cats use the working class,

like me and you!

They spend billions of dollars on

advertisements...

...and use subliminal messages to

suck your children's minds out!

I know, I went to junior college.

And I studied psychology!

I know what's going on!

They make a kid feel like garbage

if you, the father...

...who works 24/7 delivering mail...

...to make alimony payments to a woman

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