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red dog 1

(27,845 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 09:19 PM Jan 2015

What's your favorite scene from Bad Santa?

I love the scene where Billy Bob & Lauren Graham come back to the kid's house, and Grandma is sitting in front of the TV, mouth open, and not making any noise at all.

Thinking she might be dead, Billy Bob goes over to her, leans over her to hear if she is breathing,
and Grandma suddenly wakes up and scares the crap out of Billy Bob, who immediately jumps back and lets out a few curses.


Another great scene is when he shows up at the Department Store as Santa, so drunk he can hardly walk, comes off the escalator on the floor, staggers over toward the Santa chair
, tries to steady himself on one of the paper mache reindeer, which immediately falls apart, sending Billy Bob on his butt, where he looks up at another paper mache reindeer and begins to destroy it, scaring the hell out of the 100 or so kids waiting in line to see Santa.

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Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
1. When the kid finds an aspirin in place of candy in his advent calendar.
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 12:43 AM
Jan 2015

Oh, and - every other scene in that movie. I love Bad Santa.

red dog 1

(27,845 posts)
8. I forgot about that one
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 04:08 PM
Jan 2015

I love the scene where a very drunk Billy Bob grabs the Advent calendar, rips it apart eating the chocolate, takes a big swig from a bottle of vodka, and then the camera follows him as he passes out backwards & hits the floor.

mulsh

(2,959 posts)
2. Bad Santa is a heartwarming holiday classic right up there with Burrough's "A Junkie's Christmas"
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 09:44 AM
Jan 2015

"Bad Santa" has replaced "A Christmas Story" and Christmas in Connecticut as my favorite holiday film there's so much good stuff in it, it's hard to choose. Brett Kelly, the kid, is a master at his craft.

I love the hot tub scene. and the lunch scene. and the midget's greedyassed wife.

red dog 1

(27,845 posts)
7. Brett Kelly was great as "the kid"
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 04:03 PM
Jan 2015

The midget's name is Tony Cox, and he was also great in "Me, Myself and Irene"

His squeaky-voiced girlfriend was played by Lauren Tom

Initech

(100,100 posts)
4. Did you ever notice that the guy who tries to assault Billy Bob Thornton in the parking lot...
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 02:29 PM
Jan 2015

At the beginning of the movie is actually Samir from Office Space? I didn't notice that until the last time it was on HBO,

Also my favorite scene is the one between Bernie Mac and John Ritter where he says "Santa likes to fuck fat chicks in the ass!"

red dog 1

(27,845 posts)
5. Bad Santa might have been Jon Ritter's last film
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 03:51 PM
Jan 2015

He died fairly young.

That scene with Bernie Mac is a good one.

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