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     What more could we ask for?  A momentarily up Dow!  Fresh tapes of Nixon proving he was even more of a thug than we ever dreamed!  Congress appparently starting to grow a collective pair -- plus a nice cozy snowstorm for Day 2 of our 25-day wallow in "A Christmas Story," in honor of its 25th anniversary!

     Today: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: A Christmas Story Edition. Let's start with the obvious and see what happens.  Connect these two (answers below):

Himself         &     Melinda Dillion    
                                                                        

Meanwhile: Trivia as exciting as the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window!

• When Scut Farkas first appears ("He had yellow eyes! So help me, God! Yellow eyes!"), the music in the background is Prokofiev's "Peter & the Wolf," since Farkas is Hungarian for "wolf."
• "A Christmas Story" was inspirational for two major TV shows: "South Park" co-founder Trey Parker created the red-haired bully Scott Tenorman in homage to Scut Farkas.  And "The Wonder Years" was a direct result of ACS, according to its creators; in fact, if you ever see the final episode,take a look at Kevin's roommate: It's Peter Billingsley.

  -- Lauri Githens Hatch

  (Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ACS Editon answers: There are two paths here. Here's one: 

  Melinda Dillon was in

  with

  who was in

  with                                                

• Tomorrow:  The other. Plus, which cast member wound up in porn?  Where's that Life Buoy soap?