Steve Fey's Live From Las Vegas!

A couple of weeks ago we went to Cedar City to watch a few plays. I didn't review them because the season was almost over, but I will say that the bill was mixed. They did The Woman in Black, which came off as a very thin play, then we saw Tuesdays With Morrie, which showed that the two actors, and they were the same two actors, were much better than the material in the first play. Then we saw the new version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged. If you've seen this play in the past, you might like to know that over half of it is all new, although they did keep the audience participation bit with Ophelia just as it was. Huh? If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry about it.

A play we did not see is A Christmas Story, which would be based upon the movie which was written by Jean Sheppard. It's an annual classic event, in which young Ralphie simply begs for a Daisy(tm) Red Ryder BB gun. Does he get it? Well, in spite of a cynical department store Santa and other misadventures, he does. Now, we live in a Vintage Vegas house, mind you, and we like to have various vintage items on display. We have a couple of authentic lamps, for instance, and a room dedicated to 50s and 60s kitsch, plus a bar and pool table of course. So, it was with extreme glee that we found, at a garage sale in Cedar City Utah, the item Tami is shown holding in this picture.

Click on the image and you can see a somewhat larger version. Read the stock of the gun. Yes, folks, it is indeed an air rifle just such as is coveted by Ralphie in the movie A Christmas Story.

Now I ask you, is that cool or what? Cedar City, I forgive you for The Woman in Black.

S.

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