SCOTT SCHWARTZ AS A KID PROFESSIONAL

The only time I really had to talk to Darrin at any length was at the table reading before we even started shooting. She was just a sweet lady.very easy to talk to, very kind, very soft spoken, and just a really nice, nice lady to work with.

There is the one scene with Melinda where she comes in and breaks up the fight with Ralphie and Scut Farkus that we are both in. SS: Unfortunately, I had little interaction with them on screen. HNGN: Any interesting stories about Darrin McGavin (The Old Man) or Melinda Dillon (Mother) to share? ZW: As Scott said, he was about 8-years-old, so we didn't really 'hang,' but I do remember him leaning out his Winnebago window, waving at the kid extras, saying 'I'm in a movie!' He was a sweet kid having the time of his life and that laugh is ALL him! At the end of the day, Ian went back to the hotel with his Mom. SS: Ian was so much younger than the rest of us, we were 13 and 14 and he was 7 or 8, so it wasn't like he was going to go to popping around and play video games with us or anything. HNGN: My favorite character has always been Randy (Ralphie's little brother).any interesting stories/anecdotes about the kid (Ian Petrella) who played him? He was a huge influence on my life and choices.

SCOTT SCHWARTZ AS A KID PROFESSIONAL

ZW: Favorite memory was Bob Clark helping me to remember my lines and focus, treating me like a professional, a small professional, but still a professional with respect and expectations. The man never turned down a good meal in his life! Finally, a month later he said, 'Listen, whoever is ordering me this food, I love it and appreciate it, but you don't have to do it anymore!' SS: Peter and I used to do a thing where we would order food when the set broke and people were coming back to the hotel, so Peter and I would order food for Bob Clark. HNGN: What is your favorite memory from the making of 'A Christmas Story?' (HNGN: Jerry Bonner SS: Scott Schwartz ZW: Zack Ward) HNGN had a chance to sit down with two stars of the film, Scott Schwartz (Flick) and Zack Ward (Scut Farkus), who share their memories of making the film, and their thoughts on it 30+ years down the line. Regardless, the film endures because it is a pitch-perfect love letter to a long gone era of Americana, and because it is what Christmas should be in all of our hearts and minds. I'm still the only person I know who actually saw 'A Christmas Story' in theaters, and people are always amazed and/or disbelieving as I tell them that when the subject comes up.which it inevitably does at one point or another during the holidays. It was a small, low-budget production that flew under most people's radar when it was released in November of 1983, and it was out of theaters by Christmas of that year, oddly enough.

But, things weren't always so rosy for this holiday flick. In today's world, we all know and love 'A Christmas Story' as a seminal classic of American cinema that runs for 24 hours straight on TBS Christmas Day.

Scott schwartz as a kid