A Christmas Story Chinese Restaurant Scene
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- This is the Complete Christmas Story Chinese Restaurant scene. All the other here on UA-cam cut out the best part of the video.
This scene is copyrighted by Warner Brothers. Thank you Warner Brothers for bringing such as funny Christmas movie
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I used to work next to a Chinese place.
The guy who owned it was always very nice to me, and after I ordered from him a few times, I became the 'guy who worked at the bakery next door."
I told him one time that I enjoyed the pork fried rice he made, he always gave me my ordered combo and an extra container at no charge.
After the first time, I always made sure to tip well. I think the business has since closed, but where ever he is, I hope he is enjoying good fortune and ease.
May Heaven smile upon Mr. Chen and his family.
Why did Mr. Chen close his restaurant?
I live near the beach and the guy who owns the Chinese food is the nicest, sweetest guy in the whole world.
I often ordered takeout from a particular Chinese restaurant years ago when I lived in another town, and I began to ask them to teach me a word in Chinese every time I picked up my order. They LOVED it and treated me like gold.
@@ericduchess8647 what words did they teach you?
@RaulBeck-br1ij lovely
Fun fact: The singing was unscripted and the reactions of the actors was real. This movie was so beautifully written and the precision by the singers made this scene that much more hilarious.
I thought the singers were the only ones with the script?
I heard only the mom was kept in the dark
Who told you that fact was fun?
RIP Melinda Dillon. Her reaction to the singing waiters and the bird was one of the best scenes in the film.
Agreed. I love her initial scream and the giggling among seeing the roasted duck with its' head intact ("It's still got it's... eeeeeee hee hee!") and then her shrieking with laughter when the duck's head gets chopped off! To her, it was probably the funniest part of making the movie!
R.I.P. Mrs. Parker...
She will be missed
@@ZakWolf One account I have read says that she wasn't given a complete copy of the script so that her reaction to the duck would be completely organic. Supposedly that moment where she pats McGavin's shoulder and says "I'm sorry" is her apologizing for breaking character...in reality this is exactly what the director was going for.
This scene is the reason I sometimes order Chinese food for the Holidays, they’re also always the only ones open during that time. Nothing like Chinese Food for Christmas
Today's Thanksgiving 2019, and I'm eating a big plate of Chinese food. Reminded me of this scene, and the time my mom, brother and I went out to Chinese for Christmas Eve one year.
Especially if you're Jewish.
I was thinking the same thing. I may go for Chinese this year instead of cooking
Me too, and now i made it into a family tradition.
Having steamed dumplings right now..now this is Xmas dinner
I'm Asian and I still raugh at that scene
raugh😂😂😂
I'd like this but it's at 69 likes.
"Its SMILING at me! 😁"LOVE that line!!🤭
Dude you deserve a high five ✋
Nice one😂😂😂👍
“It’s a beautiful duck, but you see.....it’s SMILING at me.”
“Ohhhhh” *WHACK*
Yeah, it was one of those "How dare you smile at my customer!"
I always laughed at that part LOL
Melinda Dillon was deliberately given the wrong script for this scene, so all her reactions to the singing and the duck and the head are genuine
Worked in a Chinese Restaurant way back in my college days. Brings back some great memories and funny times. The owner was hard to understand at times but a great guy. For broke college students we always went home full and with the next days lunch.
My first job at 13 was in a gift shop owned by an old Chinese man. He was very kind and hella funny - and I just happened to be one of the few people in America who could understand this man's English, which made me perfect to work as his shop. This was the late 80s in NYC when you could walk into any asian gift shop and buy an actual sword, brass knuckles, literal sharp af throwing stars. bow staffs, ninja suits(sh*t you not, I bought one to wear for Halloween) and all kinds of electronic knick knacks and Nintendo games (I've got some rare Japanese releases because of the old man) imported from the east. It really was a fun place to work. Especially once I hit high school and he finally told me that he also sold fireworks - but that's a whole other part of my adolescence. Good times. Learned a lot about life from the old man as well.
@@marcoslaureano5562 that’s hella dope bro
You mean.. runny times
Knowing that this scene was unscripted for the actors besides the Chinese people and their reaction to everything and the singing was all genuine makes this scene absolutely hilarious
😂 never gets old
Improvisio !!!
No everyone had a script except the script given to the mom was wrong so her reactions are legit
What's so funny here? Jinger Bears is my favorite Christmas carol.
I can't believe it took me 10 months to read your comment. Absolutely hilarious. I'm taken the rest of the day off the internet.
i love wingle rells.
@@forgottenmemory900 of course. You'd have to be brain dead not to. I found the comment funny because he appeared to me, to be mocking the fact that people 40 years ago laughed at this while either feigning ignorance or ignoring the fact that the scene was offensive. Thanks for the adolescent insult, keep practicing you'll improve. Pro tip: you are not as smart as you think you are, none of us are.
@@vinnikodiak4779 - You're trying too hard, you virtue signaling pansy.
@@forgottenmemory900 - if the roles were reversed and some Chinese people were laughing at some English speakers for completely botching a Chinese song with their English accents, would you call those Chinese people racist? I wouldn't. I'd laugh at that, too. Because I'm not some phony with a stick up my ass trying to pretend I hold the moral high ground. Lighten the fuck up.
PLOT TWIST: They're great singers. They're just singing bad on purpose just to annoy their boss.
here's a fun fact none of the actors know that the waiters was going to sing and the actors laughing and the reactions they gave like the mother are 100% REAL
Wonderful grammer
Jullian Mitchell Darrin and the boys knew the duck was coming and also that the head would be chopped off , mom on the other hand was given no heads-up
So this scene was kinda improvised?
Bullshit
@Blood Beryl but its true you dumb hick. Get runover by one of your tractors will ya
Ok, so the duck was smiling at him. At least everyone was happy...
Yes, how wonderful, until the duck was beheaded.
I pulled this line when I ordered a fried fish at a Mexican restaurant. I was not expecting it to still have the head attached. I had to send it back so they could chop it off; that eyeball was creeping me out.
But the duck got eaten!
Happy !
Happy !
Happy !
@@nhmooytis7058
The food chain as a universal concept.
Exhibit A.
They actually talked with the Chinese restaurant actors about the Christmas caroling gag just to make sure that the joke about their accent wasn’t sensitive. But they were totally on board because it’s such a funny gag.
Yesterday [Christmas], I walked into a Chinese restaurant that was opened. I asked the man there if he was familiar with this movie. He told me that all day long they have been furnishing "A Christmas Story" viewing parties!
Hahaha. I mean, I don't believe your story, but something like that must be really funny.
=D
As long as the restaurant is happy, that would be awesome. I love Peking duck, this movie and Christmas.
@@betoen Sorry to disappoint you, but it actually happened.
@@betoen don't really see how that would be unbelievable. People have a Christmas Story viewing party and order Peking duck for takeout.
That is so amazing I love this movie so much
Just read that Susan Chew, the actress that carries out the roast duck from the kitchen just passed away in Vancouver at the age of 94. Here is a bit from her interesting bio I found online in one Canadian newspaper: During her lifetime, Chew was more than a restaurateur (opened up a Waffle House restaurant back in 1955): she was a Cub Scout leader, world traveler, model, singer, professional hula dancer, painter, fashion boutique owner, travel agent, social columnist, Toastmaster, Realtor, disc jockey, creator of giant paper flowers, blogger, Mahjong enthusiast, movie extra and more. She was also responsible for introducing the mini-skirt to the city of Toronto in the 1960s, according to her sister, and was commissioned by the federal government to create 367 giant crepe paper flowers for the Canadian pavilion at Expo ’70 in Osaka Japan. Back in the mid-1950's, Chew herself became the subject of a national news story when she and a roommate were refused a suite at a new apartment building because she was Chinese.
I just recently read her obituary in The Globe and Mail and jumped the gun on my yearly viewing of ACS to check this scene out!
A very fascinating and accomplished woman and a fellow BC native as well
Interesting thank you!
she’s a badass
Thats interesting, rip to a legend
Now that was a life well-lived!
I’m first generation Chinese American and I always loved this scene. It’s accurate for the time period and geographic location (Indiana circa 1940’s)
Plus with the way the owner or manager sang it shows that not all Chinese Americans (or Asian Americans for that matter) sing like that.
It reminds me of my childhood. Chinese restaurants on Christmas Eve have been so ingrained in me that I can’t imagine a Christmas without them.
The scene is funny on its own, but just watching Melinda Dillion unable to control her laughter is absolutely infectious. I love her apologizing to Darren McGavin when they put the duck down
Melinda Dillon was purposely given the wrong script for the part with the duck. She wasn't aware that the duck was going to have a head. So... obviously she didn't expect its head to get chopped off lol
So, her laughter & shrieks are genuine.
Her laughter & shrieks sound incredibly genuine. I think it really helps this whole scene feel more at home knowing that there is some very real emotion coming out of her. I bet a lot of our mom's would laugh and scream like that in similar situations.
“Deck da haws with bows of horry, fa ra ra ra ra”
This scene cracks me up every time!
Observing Melinda Dillon's reaction, I'd say the part with the duck was ad-libbed. She truly looked surprised and the laughing authentically real.
Slav Abtomat True! What makes it even funnier is Melinda Dillon is known for being a no-nonsense fine actress. Isn’t she great here?
That’s because it was. She was not given that script for that particular scene intentionally, though the other actors were in on the joke including the kids (who were sworn not to tell her). Her reaction is actually real.
@@msyellarose None of the actors or actresses knew of the Christmas song scene or the duck. The children start to whisper to each other & the parents genuinely thought it was funny
Quit playing oblivious
This scene felt really genuine especially the mother's laugh. Best scene of the movie.
This has already been said a ton before: But that’s because it is. None of the actors had any clue this scene was gonna happen at all.
Humor like this unfortunately can’t be performed today.
A lot more is allowed today
@@Conner420mattallowed but not accepted, and could definitely get flak
0:58 The way they sing "JINGLE BELLS" always makes me RAUGH!! 😂😂😆😆😆
First time seeing this today in the theater. Never have i laughed so hard in my life. Me and my 2 friends were the only one's in the entire theater busting a gut. Other people were so embarrassed to laugh at this scene.
I live 15 miles from Berkeley, and people who live here either don't know whether to laugh at the fa-ra-ra-ra part or feel guilty if they think it's funny. Only racist haters think that this scene is racist.
Flick and Schwartz are rAlphie 2 best friends
My Asian friends love this movie
@@Rick-fe8xn yes Asians would say R instead of L. it is like v and b.
@@toomanyaccounts true lol, my buddy cracks the hell up at this scene
I come away with a positive view of everyone in this scene. It's real and beautiful.
Very new immigrants trying their best to be kind and cheerful during a religious holiday they do not celebrate personally. An American family openly being surprised at customs different from theirs, but finding enjoyment and courtesy from their hosts.
@@factsdontlie4342 Exactly!
It is also racist
Cancel it then.
@@anasantana5912 Maybe a bit insensitive today, but I still get a good laugh out of it
According to imdb, Melinda Dillon (the mother) didn't know that the duck would still have its head, so her reaction was genuine.
Everyone else was in on it too
This movie never gets old.
They just don't make 'em like this anymore.
At this point with how much has changed, I don't think they legally could 😂
Day not arrowed too!
😁
Join me in wishin happy 40th anniversary to this feel-good classic.
Just tough to find a good holiday staple these days to watch in November/December
The sequel is almost as good. The one that came out last year. Not the one from awhile ago.
The way the mother kept reacting and laughing always kept me laughing.
Patrick Dumas That’s because she was not given the correct script as a joke, so her reaction is genuine. She had no idea this was going to happen. Even the “restaurant manager” could hardly contain his laughter when it started to go off the rails
And the little kid's squeal laugh when the dad says "It's smiling at me" is everything. ;D
I love how the mother finds the whole duck thing hilarious.
+wileyk209zback That reaction of the mother is genuine. I read an article about this scene. They were truly freaked out over the duck getting it's head chopped off
That doesn't surprise me, along with the way the mother was giggling over the duck still having its' head intact ("It's still got it's... eeeee hee hee hee!")
On second viewing it looks like an outtake but they kept it in.
The mom is a certified babe.
It was a whole real roasted duck
Happy 40th anniversary to A Christmas Story.
I just watched it last night! That of course is why I’m here
If this movie were made today, they wouldn't be allowed to put this scene in.
for good reason. in "a christmas story live!" the scene was changed. as an asian, i find the original scene funny but a little cringe-worthy.
Ikr. Nowadays we wouldn't see Bugs Bunny getting shot/shooting people because of the PC morons.
I know. Its a shame. And now people are criticizing rudolph, charlie brown and the song It's cold outside. People just can't enjoy a good film or song or anything this time of the year.
@@Striljr I mean it was nothing like Mickey Rooney or any of the WW2 cartoons put out by Loony Toons, Disney and Popeye at the time.
This is my favorite Christmas movie of all time. I love A Christmas Carol as well but the organic layout of the story development is what makes it great. Besides, PC is garbage. And sometimes stereotype is TRUE. So calm down and cut the ducks head off!🦆 🔪🍗
BTW I’m a Mac 🖥
Enjoy this movie while you can; this scene probably gets it pulled from the TBS Christmas marathon by 2020 lol
Or the whole movie itself
nope. it was just on Dec. 5, 2020.
Nope. Still saw this scene as of 12/24/2020
@@PedroParkerD thank Goodness!!!!!!
2021 and it's still in the TBS cut lol!
This is my choir class during rehearsal XD
XD
Lol
XD
I think the singers were just messing with their boss.
probably
No, the point of this scene is the singers can't help it because that's their accent.
I think they did too. When you think about it, save for Scut Farkus and Grover Dil and that Santa Claus, lot's of people in Indiana are very friendly. They probably heard about their christmas dinner being ruined and did that to cheer them up.
can't wait to watch this when they have that 24 hour marathon on tv.
+SuperJumpReviews 8 more days!!!
+SuperJumpReviews Watching it now. This movie is my childhood...
+K1NG M1DWAY it's playing!!! god I love this movie. Makes me sad too cause now christmas is almost over and I have to wait another year to watch it again : (
It's over. 362 days to go. :-(
LadyDi4476 Its backkkkk
I just watched the behind the scenes, you can see the owner of the restaurant couldn't help but to laugh at his employees singing.
The old Chinese fella fixed that smiling duck, huh? WHACK lololol
Puts the duck head in his pocket 😂😂😂
I never noticed that he puts the duck head in his pocket and I've been watching this since the 80s. We even taped it and I watched it over and over and never noticed.
@@ronharris7964 why not? the head has its uses to make sauces and stock.
@@ronharris7964 My family and I have seen it several times and I never noticed.
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! This scene never fails to crack me up! Lmao 🤣
After watching this movie for the past 39 years, it's just occurred to me that the Chinese restaurant wasn't "Chop Suey Palace Co.", it's "BO LING Chop Suey Palace Co."
I'm asian and I find this hella funny lol.
same this is fucking hillarious,lmao
I laugh but I sure can't speak any Chinese language...So there ya go
My dad is Japanese and he cracks the fuck up at this scene. He love this movie so much that we even got him a leg lamp for Christmas one year, which he absolutely loved.
sofaturtles same, always been my favorite scene
Cause really it us a funny situation. I am not the least bit racist. I will laugh at my ancestors. German. Dane. Swedish. Irish and Scottish.
"Deck the Harr with bar of Horry, fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra! Tis the season to be jarry, fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra!" Gets me every time!
And from not that rong ago!
Alex Braunberger
Yada yada yah, yah yah yah yah! 🔯
Merry Christmas, Alex 🐦
Harry Johnson
Are you still in labor?
Jean gore bear, jean gore bear 🐻
Did someone say "whory"?
This was a throw back to when Jewish people would go to Chinese restaurants during Christmas because it were the only restaurants open during that time. Since Jewish people don't celebrate Christmas, they would eat at these places since it was the only thing open.
Farararara rararara!!!!
“Sing something else”
jingre Berrs jingre berrs!!!!!
This still puts me on the floor laughing!
Anyone else see Uncle pocket the duck neck at the end?
😂
Ok, McGavin’s expressions make this scene. Especially the facepalm during “Jingle Bells”.
Ah. 1983. When we could still laugh at things.
How dare you laugh at things now ?!
Crazy it's 2023 and I laughed at this scene. And yes I'm a leftist liberal snowflake no we're not "offended" over a scene from a classic Christmas movie from the 80s. It is not that big of a deal. And if you wanna be technical, the director even asked the actors if they would be offended by the joke about their accents but they thought it was hilarious. It's not that deep, no feelings were hurt. It's all just humor.
@@KevinLuper99 There maybe hope for you still, in land of stupid democrats like Biden
@@KevinLuper99 Well, see, that just means you're more classical liberal than leftist.
@@dhonzik Shut the fudge up right wing stooge.
These guys are just adorable.
Not going to lie. Chinese recipes for duck and goose adapted to turkey are a welcome addition to winter holiday feasts.
We usually eat duck slices with pancakes and sweet sauce known as Hoison topped by scallions then wrapped together.
Yup especially since duck trumps turkey any day of the week. Even with turkey deep friers they still somehow end up dry while duck meat is just soft and juicy no matter what
this is not racist! It's just DAMN FUNNY!
No its pretty racist. But you keep doin you.
It’s not racist if those are Chinese people willfully singing the song like that to willfully make fun of themselves
Bro the way he just puts the duck’s head in his pocket 💀
I love how the guy who chops the head off the roast duck just casually puts in his pocket.
One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies, thanks. I am going to try to convince my mom that this is what we should do for our Christmas dinner because it would be so much more relaxed and festive than slaving away in the kitchen for hours to cook turkey + trimmings for ten people.
The owner/manager just puts the duck head and neck in his pocket like "saving this for broth". Lol!
Lol those guys singing is the best part of this scene!!!
so did anyone ever notice the Chinese dude put the duck head in his pocket ?
Which one there all chinese
The old mans reactions have be dying he reminds me of my grandpa
744 Gerrard st east. Toronto. Now a french restaurant. Just found out I live 3 min walk down the street from it. Passed it soo many times living in the area the last two years not realizing the importance of that landmark. Favorite christmas movie since I was a kid. Never would've thought I'd end up living next to it.
Very cool and thanks for the address. I've been to the house which is in Cleveland, OH. I've also been to Jean Shepherd's childhood house which oddly, is on Cleveland St. in Hammond, IN.
My cheek muscles are killing me from laughing .... the scene is brilliant.
You know they wouldn't be able to get away with something like this nowadays
As a 30 year old with a bit of respect for 80’s pop culture, I have nothing to say but sad but true
The mom:**crying **
Dad:it’s smiling at me
Chef:**grabs butcher knife**
Dude every time I see this I get a good chuckre
Rest in peace, Melinda Dillon...
The best scene from the best Christmas movie ever!
I wonder how many actual Chinese people were actually offended from this scene? I imagine not as many as one thinks.
I bet they would be offended if they looked through 21st century lens!
0:57 My favorite part!
“Sing something else!”
“JINGLE BELL! JINGLE BELL! JINGLE ALL DA WAEEE!!! OH WAT FUN EET EES TO RIDE EEN A ONE-HORSEY OPEN SRREEEEIIIGGHHHH!!!”
😂😂😂
the mom laughing was real lol
I just found out Melinda Dillon didn't know what the bird was going to look like. Everyone else did. Her reaction is genuine. It only makes it that much more funny to me.
Love this film. It's really heartwarming & a taste of what life was like back in those days.
Darren Mc Gaven, the perfect "Old Man". LOL. Such a funny scene.
@Frank Nowakowski He was also on the movie "Billy Madison." He passed away in 2006 of cardiovascular disease.
Couldn't do this in a movie nowadays...
too many snowflakes and white people who are offended for other races
to do a movie today...it has to be littered with hip hop and transgender actors
PETA would raise hell
@@jamesthefisherman1060 true 😂
I'm glad it wasn't cut out of the 24 hour marathon and survived the summer of woke.
The singing 🤣🤣🤣🤣, never fails 👍
It's still my favorite Christmas Story movie. :))
Thanks for sharing. :P
Me too I love this movie so much
Little known fact lost to time: during wwii in the pacific, US forces used passwords, for passing back in to the front lines, with heavy use of the letter L. A word like, "lilipution" would be used. It was virtually impossible for a rank and file japanese soldier to use that word without giving himself away. They can't pronounce L's.
That's pretty well known. Same with words like Squirrel in Germany. And if it was lost to time, how would you know?
Its not that Japanese cant pronounce it, the Japanese r and l sound is completely different from the american one.
@@curumipon7089 Yes, it is that they find it difficult to pronounce phonemes such as /r/
But you're also correct, they have another phoneme and allophones that are even similar to some western languages.
The rhotic R is something that is very rare in Europe apart from English.
The chinese can certainly pronounce /r/
The have difficulties with /l/ because it is similar minus the the point tip into the palate versus dental ridge.
I dont like saying they CAN'T pronounce it, just that they find it difficult.
With Spanish, where Rs are tapped or trilled, they actually manage to pronounce /l/ as they are "trying to roll their Rs"
In the end they just confuse them, and mostly it's because of how their speech has developed growing up, not that they can't differentiate.
In short. Totally not a stereotype. It's almost a given for non-fluent english speaker from China.
@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis Well as a native Japanese, I can guarantee that らりるれろ is pronounced differently than “r” and “l” in English.
"Lollapalooza" was supposedly another password/shibboleth that they used...
In elementary school, i always sang Deck the Halls like this 😂😂
it's "smiling" at me.......picks up cleaver "WHAMP" chops it off and casually puts it in his pocket.....loved this scene!!!!
the best scene from the best Christmas movie ever made
Sounds about white
@@Rai3 I’m black and this is hands down the best Christmas movie 😂
@@Figgs101 sounds about white
i love watching this every year with my family
This is easily one of the funniest scenes in movie history.
My Japanese friend that I worked with long ago, once told me that his family had vacationed in Honoruru
If this is true then it wasn’t bc he’s Japanese that he said that, must’ve had a swollen tongue
TTIIIIIIISH DA SHEASON TO BE JORRY
Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra raaaa!
Such a great scene. We've ordered Chinese food on Christmas Eve for the last 10-20 years -- probably in large part to this movie.
I should go to a Chinese restaurant for Christmas. Thanks for the idea.
I actually went to a Chinese restaurant for Christmas dinner when I lived in Hawaii.
It was PACKED with people.
My wife owns a Thai Restaurant open RIGHT NOW (Christmas Eve) so my son & I thought IF ANYONE COMES IN TONIGHT...we will DO THIS SKIT & post it on UA-cam🤣
It's absolutely probably the funniest scene in the whole movie
I always thought it was Ralphie getting the grade for his essay
This Movie is from 1983
I was 13. And LOVED IT. ME AND MY FRIENDS IT BECAME A TRADITION!
This became my favorite scene in the movie after I found out the reaction from the actress when the duck came out was a real reaction lol. They didn't tell her it was coming out like that.
They made it into a musical in 2017 and changed this scene so the waiters sang the song perfectly, thereby 86ing the humor. It bombed.
Because of this movie, our family’s tradition is to eat Chinese food around Christmas time
I had Chinese Food last Saturday
I just watched this whole movie and this scene is the best part
This is a every year ritual for a guaranteed gut buster......
My favorite part is the way he cuts the ducks head off. Straight gangsta.
My favorite scene in the whole movie. Merry Christmas!!!
HaHa me too! my fav part! and the Leg lamp! with the woman being jealous!
This is the first time I've ever seen this after hearing that the lady wasn't in on the duck thing 😁
I'd be so proud to have written this brilliant scene 👏
The mom gets me laughing every time I watch this 😂
This is my fave scene from the movie. The mother just couldn’t hold it together while she laughs.
the mother breaking character is the best part of this scene