It Runs in the Family (1994 film)
My Summer Story, originally released in theaters as It Runs in the Family, is a 1994 film that follows the further adventures of the Parker family from A Christmas Story. Like the previous film, it is based on semiautobiographical stories by Jean Shepherd, primarily from his book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.
The film has several plot lines, one each for Ralphie, his father, and his mother, followed by one involving him and his dad on a fishing trip. His quest for most of the film is to find a top tough enough to knock that of a bullys out of a chalk circle in a game of Kill. Meanwhile, his dad has a series of skirmishes with his hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpuses, and all fortythree Bloodhounds named Big Red. He calls in Barkley, the family dog, to distract the Bumpuses hounds when he comes home from work. When he gets out of the car, he accidentally steps in dog poop. Ralphies mom would like to finally get something other than a Ronald Colman gravy boat on dish night at the local cinema. Scut, the main bully, is demoted, with a new head bully ruling over him.Ralphie does eventually get a top just as powerful as the bullys. They both end up disappearing into the sewer, never to be seen again. ........
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