Jingle All the Way
Jingle All the Way is a 1996 American Christmas family comedy film directed by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad, with Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi and Robert Conrad. The plot focuses on two rival fathers, workaholic Howard Langston Schwarzenegger and stressed out postal worker Myron Larabee Sinbad, both desperately trying to get a TurboMan action figure for their respective sons on a last minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve.
Howard Langston Arnold Schwarzenegger is a workaholic mattress salesman, who cant find time for his wife, Liz Rita Wilson, and his 9yearold son, Jamie Jake Lloyd especially when compared to next door superdad divorcee, Ted Maltin Phil Hartman, who continually puts Howard in a bad light. After missing Jamies karate class graduation, Howard resolves to redeem himself by fulfilling Jamies ultimate Christmas wish getting an action figure of TurboMan, a popular childrens TV superhero toy that every kid wants. Along the way, Howard meets Myron Larabee Sinbad, a postal worker dad with a rival ambition, and the two soon become bitter competitors in their race for the action figure. During his search, Howard repeatedly runs into Officer Alexander Hummell Robert Conrad, a police officer who had earlier pulled him over for a traffic violation. After several failed attempts to find the toy in a store, Howard attempts to buy a TurboMan from a Mall of America Santa James Belushi who is actually the leader of a band of counterfeit toy makers. When he accuses the Santa of undermining the values of Christmas, Howard ends up in a brawl with the gang. He narrowly escapes when the police raid their warehouse and gets out by posing as an undercover detective using a toy badge.Later, Howard and Myron cross paths again, and while they are drinking coffee at Mickeys Diner, Myron tells Howard about the time when his father was unable to get him a Johnny Seven OMA toy on Christmas. They hear on the KQRS radio station that the D.J. Martin Mull is running a TurboMan competition. When they get to the studio they find out they can only win a gift certificate. They are nearly arrested but Myron bluffs the police into backing off by threatening them with a package which he claims is a mail bomb, unaware that it really is one. Officer Hummell tries to open it and it blows up in his face. After his car is stripped by thieves, Howard is ultimately forced to return home emptyhanded. Upon seeing Ted
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