Jingle All the Way

Synopsis: Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son's karate exposition, he tries hard to come up with a way to make it up to him, this is when his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure of his son's television hero, Turbo Man. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man figures, now Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else including a mail man named Myron to find a Turbo Man action figure, and to make it to the Wintertainment parade which will feature Turbo Man.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Brian Levant
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
16%
PG
Year:
1996
89 min
2,296 Views


Look! It's Turbo Man and Booster!

Kill them both!

Turbo disk, anyone?

Stop him!

Go, go, Demon Team!

Help, Turbo Man!

I'm coming, Billy!

Ta-ta, Turbo Man.

Five seconds to ignition.

It's Turbo Time!

You haven't seen

the last of me, Turbo Man!

I'll have my revenge!

Here you go, Mr. President.

Thank you, Turbo Man.

You can always count on me.

Go upstairs and change, hon.

It's almost time to leave.

But Dad's not home yet.

He'll probably miss me get my belt.

He misses everything.

He won't miss this.

He's probably just working hard.

Hello, Mr. Jacobs.

I'm going to make it.

200 by next Friday?

No problem. But only for you, because

you're our number one customer.

Andrea, hi.

If you think the fabric's too dark,

we'll just re-cover it...

...at no extra charge.

What do you expect?

You're my number one customer.

And don't you forget,

you're my number one customer.

You're my number one customer.

Honey, how are you?

Howard, where are you?

I know, Jamie's karate class.

Don't worry, I'll meet you there.

I promise. Don't forget...

...you're my number one customer.

Look, I didn't mean that.

I'm gonna make it.

I'm gonna make it.

He's not gonna make it.

What the...?

The kids look great.

Yeah, they do.

Ted, I baked you some cookies.

You know, to thank you for

fixing my screen door.

Thanks, Judy.

Ted, I was wondering if you'd mind

taking a look at my porch light?

Just doesn't

seem to be working and...

...you being such a handyman...

Sure, I've got just the tool

for the job.

I'm gonna make it.

Damn it!

Two!

Three!

License and registration, please.

I'm in kind of a hurry.

I'm late for my son's

karate class.

Oh, I do apologize if I've caused you

some sort of delay.

How thoughtless of me.

The last thing I want

on my conscience right now...

...is for a private citizen

to somehow be disappointed...

...in the performance of my duty.

Look, I was not criticizing you,

officer.

Step out of the car.

That's my boy!

There.

Are we finished now?

Recite the alphabet.

A, B, C...

Backwards.

Way to go, Jamie!

I didn't make it.

Hey, neighbor!

Ted!

What are you doing on my roof?

What's Ted doing on your roof?

I had some extra lights.

Since you didn't

put up any yourself...

...I thought, why not spread Christmas

cheer around the neighborhood?

Gee, Ted.

How thoughtful.

Sorry you missed the karate class.

Don't worry, I got it all

on video for you.

What would I do without you?

Did you tell Ted he could put

lights up on our house?

Do you know what time it is?

I know. On top of the traffic

I got a speeding ticket.

Don't explain it to me.

It wasn't my karate class you missed.

Hi, buddy.

It's Turbo Time.

Now's your chance to save the

universe with Turbo Man.

Battle evil with America's favorite

superhero and his sidekick, Booster.

Jamie...

...about that karate class tonight...

I was trying to...

Jamie, stop!

Listen.

It was not my fault.

Don't walk away from your father.

Can I come in?

So, champ...

...are those hands registered weapons?

Is this it?

Wow! This is really cool.

How do you do this?

Like this?

No, I know.

Like this.

What do you think?

How about this?

I did something

really stupid today.

I don't care.

Come on, Jamie.

I hope that's not true, because

I really wanted to be there.

Believe me.

You always say that,

and you never come anyways.

Purple was important to me, Dad.

That's one away from green

and three away from black.

I saw you get yellow.

But you missed blue.

You're right.

I really blew it.

I'm really, really sorry.

Can I make it up to you?

Like how?

Like letting me

do something special...

...just for you.

If there's something important you've

been wanting for Christmas...

Don't worry, I got it covered.

I wrote Santa.

But Santa gets very busy

this time of year.

Sometimes he has to ask

moms and dads to help out.

No, it's not that important.

Tell me.

What do you want?

I want the Turbo Man action figure

with arms and legs that move...

...and the boomerang and

the rocking rolling jetpack...

...and the voice activator

that says 5 different phrases...

...including "It's Turbo Time!"

Accessories sold separately.

Batteries not included.

I'm glad you had to think about it.

Johnny's getting one

and so is everybody I know!

Whoever doesn't

is gonna be a real loser.

That definitely won't be you.

Thanks, Dad.

I love you.

I love you too, Jamie.

You should have seen us.

We were bonding.

We were drawing, laughing,

talking about that Turbo guy.

Turbo Man.

Which reminds me.

You got the doll, right?

The doll?

The Turbo Man doll. I asked you to

pick one up two weeks ago...?

That doll. Of course.

You didn't.

Please tell me

you didn't forget that doll.

No, no, I...

I got it.

The Turbo Man doll with

those things that shoot out...

...with the rock 'em,

sock 'em jetpack...

...and the realistic voice box that

says "It's Turbo Time." I got it.

Good.

There you are.

You thought for a minute that I would

not do something you tell me.

I got it...

...right away.

Good.

Because at this point,

they'd probably be impossible to find.

KQRS Minneapolis. We'll do the

rockin' while you fill the stockin'.

Wait! Hey, where you going?

I just have to run to the office

quickly. That's it.

Howard, it's Christmas Eve.

You can't be going to the office.

I have to pick up the D-O-L-L.

I left it there by mistake.

You can't go.

What about the parade?

The parade?

The Holiday Wintertainment Parade.

You didn't go last year,

or the year before.

Mom and I always go. This year

Turbo Man's gonna be there!

Yeah, Turbo Man.

"It's Turbo Time."

Dad, you can't miss it.

It'll be really cool.

I won't miss it.

I'll be there.

I promise.

Sorry about that, Howie.

What's that, a reindeer?

A surprise for Johnny.

You just think of everything,

don't you?

I believe you can never do too much

to make a child's Christmas magical.

What happens to Blitzen

after Christmas?

I've been watching

a family of deer by the lake.

I thought I'd take him down there

and set him free.

Maybe they'll take him in

like he's one of their own.

How touching.

Hey, how are you?

That's odd.

Reindeer are usually gentle.

There's something about you

he doesn't like.

Aftershave or something.

All right, got to go.

Where you off to?

Picking up a Christmas present

for Jamie.

Nothing like waiting

till the last minute.

What'd you get?

One of those Turbo Mans.

That's great.

I got a Turbo Man for Johnny

months ago.

It's nestled safely under our tree.

Good.

By the way, they say

it may get icy later.

You might want to wrap

some chains around those tires.

Maybe I should wrap

some chains around you.

What?

Come on.

What time do you open?

It's freezing out here.

There's 100 people...

Because of two minutes? Because of

two minutes you're not letting...

Give the man a break!

He's a dad, trying to get a toy!

Go ahead and have cuts.

Last-minute shopping?

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