Tony Alpsen is a writer for VICE comedy. His work has also been published by Cracked, National Lampoon, Splitsider, and ReMIND Magazine.
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Billy Bob Thornton at the 'Bad Santa' premiere (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images) The Stand-Up Comedian Who Got Cut Out of ‘Bad Santa’
A famous comic was supposed to appear right after the opening credits
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Home Alone (Credit: 20th Century Fox) ‘Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal’: The Old Movies in the ‘Home Alone’ Movies That Don’t Really Exist
A friendly reminder that you won’t find ‘Angels with Filthy Souls’ on streaming…or anywhere else
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'A Christmas Story' leg lamp (Credit: Monica Schipper) 4 Props From Christmas Comedies You Can Buy Replicas Of
Time to waste some of that Christmas cash
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Peter Billingsley sits on Santa's lap in a scene from the film 'A Christmas Story', 1983. (Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images) The Director of ‘A Christmas Story’ Also Directed a Gritty Christmas Slasher
Nine years earlier, Bob Clark put out a creepy holiday-themed horror movie
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Winthrop and Valentine (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) ‘Trading Places’ Has Become a Christmas Staple in Italy
Millions of Italians tune in to watch Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy every year
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Joe Pesci (Photo by Bertrand LAFORET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Did Joe Pesci Almost Star in ‘Jingle All the Way’?
The ‘Goodfellas’ star was rumored to have been considered for Sinbad’s role
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Dave Chappelle in 2004 (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images) How a ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Skit Ruined a 2005 Political Campaign
Not everyone saw the humor in Chappelle’s Rick James impression
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Were the Three Stooges the original galaxy defenders? (Photo by Camerique/Getty Images) The Three Stooges Made a ‘Men in Black’ Movie First, and It Was Very Influential
The 1934 short inspired everyone from ‘Weird Al’ to Gene Simmons
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Jim Carrey as the Grinch (Photo by Universal/Getty Images) Jim Carrey’s ‘Grinch’ Movie Went Through A Lot of Changes
Believe it or not, we almost got a CG Jack Nicholson version
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Adam Sandler performing his classic (Photo by Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) There’s Several Different Versions of ‘The Chanukah Song’ (And a Famous Singer Made One)
The ‘Sandman’ has released four variations to date
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Yes, 'Die Hard' is a comedy…at least according to the person who made it (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images) 4 Movies You Didn’t Know Were Comedies (According to Their Creators)
Some directors have a funny way of looking at things