>> drum roll, please. what youever knew about your favorite holiday movie. set secrets from all the christmas classics. >> son of a nut cracker. >> from"elf" to "home alone." >> everybody hates me. >> christmas vacation to a iminals story. behind the scenes with the stars. >> we're goi to have fin. >> fun! >> plus the cast then andow. and what you never heard about the santa claus as the holiday classic turns 25 >> a little eepy. >> merry criminals to al

>> there's nothing like christmas in new york city especially when i get toang with these two. welcome, every. this is the perfect place to be on the 25th as we celebrate with a look bk at your favorite holiday movie. let's jump right in with the comedy classic which has a birthday this week. >> i get to see all these people. >> chevy's been my close friend since the day we met whethey were looking for ellen. >> 30 years in the making, but only e. can take is back to the 1989 said. >> i know what his sense is. >> oh, my god. >> his essence is this guy. >> ok i just wanted another acting less oon foyer. >> thank you. >> we're going to have fun. >> a little bit crazed. >> take a look around you,

ellen. we're at the threshold of hell! >> you know it's got a warm heart. >> hmm. boy. smel that? >> oh, dear. >> the turkey, bethany, he' smelling the turkey. >> randy quaid reprised his role of cousin eddie. >> have you got a kiss for me? >> hs got a lip thing unidentified there. >> there's a fin line between bumpkin and hick. this one he shows up for a month with a moerltor home from hell. >> i dedicatehis house to the drum roll, everybody.as. >> allhese years later everyone still has a favorite line. >> it's christmas and we're all in misery. >> it's christmas and we're all in misery. >> for me it's russ, russ, russ. oh, the you are.

the most iconi father in film history. the it wa iconic to me off camera. special to be here tonight. hit me on the drive over. >> did you ever notice what wa playing on the tv when the griswolds were putti up their it's a wonderful light, throwback to holiday movies of the past. >> it has a special connection to "christmas vacation". it's the grandson of fra capra. of course what you didn't know. >> here's more trivia for you. what ishe highest grossing christmas movie of all time? >> "home alone." >> and we have behind scenes secrets. wirve more time. >> welcome hom >> it's beenearly 13 years. >>en hates me. >> cut.

[ laughter ] between takes, mccauley played games lika typical nine-year-old would. but here's a behind the scenes secret. that wast him sledding down the stairs or zip lining from the roof. those sooebs were performed by a 30-year-old stunt double. >> it's an ideal double children motion pictures thing. can't have a minor ing anything just in case. >> daniel stern, who played one of the iminals,planld the movie magic behind many of his seeming seemingly painful. they said, yeah, that didn't work out. that's when i let out a zleem i think i kod from psycho. [ screamg ] >> as for the film's most iconic

scream. director chris columbus told us that delery was never scripted. >> i never expected his hands to stay attached to his cheeks and the seam to happen. we had too stop ourselves from laughing. didn't know it was going to be the universal image from "home alone." >> mccally did "home alone ii" and the franchise went on to do three more movies. . >> will ferre says he'll never wear tights again. >> best part o making "elf." >> getting to wear yellow tights. >> son of a nut cracker. >> a bob knew hart predicted the film would become a holiday tradition. >> i think they'reoing to show

it every christmas. i think there's something i shld tell you. it just makes you feel good. >> action. >> first day of filming was in the lincoln tunnel in the elf suit. people really didn't look at me twice. >> hi. >> people didn't reallyctually react that much because we're in new york and, you know, nobody really cared. >> zoe died her hair blonde for the roll. >> i hate being blonde. sorry, blondes. >> the most iconic scene. the duet in the shower. snenld ♪ ♪ ♪ >> she saidheir chemistry together was pure movie magic. ♪ i wish i knew how >> he was sipping separately from me, so we're like, a lot of

it not evenruing. like sipping my songs. that's movies. >> another on set secret. >> i did all my own stunt food meeting. >> hmmmm. spaghetti wh maple superior, chocolate superior, pop tarts and m & ms. >> hmm. >> the scene actually had to be shot twice becau apparently will couldn't keep it down the first ti. zwroo it's nasty at first b then -- it's an acquired taste. >> delicious. >> spaghetti withny topping is my favorite holiday treat. >> youay have noticed another elf in that movie. >> we just inspect. >> wow. all grown up. >> that's peter billingsley nope as ralphie in 1963 movie "the

criminals story." >> oh. it's about a little boy growing up in about 1939 or 40 and takes place about three weeks before christmas. it's about boy who wants a beebe n for christma >> that beebe gun was super special. >> i g to my mother for it. i go to my teamer for it and i go to santa claus for it. they tell me don't shoot my eye house. >> you'll shoot yourye out, kid. >> rally's nemesis was played by zach ward. >> it keeps on giving. every single year i become that lo lost family member that everyone likes seeing again and they laugh andmile and give me i've never met these people but they spent their entire lives

watching m getting beat up and bleedingn the ground. >> peter still has a hollywood career. he appeared in the brkup where he executive produced. >> i had the opportunity to work with him a few times. >> but having a crimils story continues an iconic holiday classi will probably always be peter's legacy. >> oh, my god. i shot my eye out. >> the christmas sto continues to be a pop culture non. you can buy your oen very own black lamp. i know you always wanted one. >> the house is now actually a museum. >> we know that tom hks and ellen have some ings in common. >> the true spirit of christmas lies in your heart. >> therere two christmas

dlasks celebrating major milestone. polar express turns 15. >> and the 25th anniversary of santa claus. >> i remember this terrible black cloud hanging over the whole thing.

you want a stocking full of candy? how about give you a stocking full of this. $5 a kid, $5 a kid. >> i don't think there will be anotr st. nick quite like what we saw in a madieu christmas. >> nex up, two more classics that reef major milestones "the polar express" turd 15 and the santa claus is a merry old 25. >> does this look like a little weight to you? >> it's the 25th anniversary >> little creepy. >> it's weird. >> merry cistmas to all and to all a good night. >> e.t. was on the said h when

tim allen put on that jolly red suit. >> can weee more of it? >> my wife said you rember how angry you were? >> if you're, dd like me, i don't like sitting still. >> co-star tom hanks got into the action by voicing st. nick in the foal lar express. he said he loved the story because itremimed him of his own childhood christmas tradition. every christm and rode to my mom's house. that isn't unlike a drain. >> what would you like for christmas? >> me. >> santa was just one of the five characters tom plate in t film. >> the father, the boy hielf -- i'm the conductor -- >> it's a classic chimps book

that this bk is based on. it's sold more than 12 million copies. >> i used to read to my kids when they we little. >> and when you're old tsh. >>'. who hasn't red "how the grinch stole christmas." putting on all that green makeup. >> yo-yo know if i'll get through this. the a list celeb. >> denzel cornered me and said you're going to do this vie. >> and the on set secret you nevada knew revealed. >> what's going on? >> closed captioning provided by --

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the brinch stole christmas" originallyired in 1966. it was only 26 minutes long because it was a tv show. >> well, they gave it the li action treatment in 2000. the show wentn to be the second higst grossing movie. >> hot crowd, hot crowd. the costumes alone, there's hundreds of costumes. >> right. >> hundreds of costumes. unforgetble sets. it was a physically demanding thing, especially for me with the suit. we knew this was special. >> hello. >> in 2000, jim told e.t. the oskar winning pross was almost too much to bare. >> absolute discomfort and freaking out abo it. >> it got so bad a torture specialist was hired to teach him how totay calm. >> you put a rock in myand

that i don't use. someing as simple as that. it's amazing what a human being can become accustomed to. >> the grimplg is a great aracter. i'd a terfic children's fable. chance to work with jim carey playing the grinch. >> and remember, thi cute little scene steeler. >> look, look, look. >> the grinch! >> that is 7-year-oltaylor momsonefore her goth rock st transformation. >> i love it. >> it's just a thrill for me. >> another movie that stole plenty o hearts, 1996 "t preacher's wife" it gave you a double dose of star power with denzelashington and the one and only whitney houston. >> everythinshe wanted was

everything she already has. >> it has the elements to become one. >>.t. was on the 196 set with whitney and the fm's director penny marshall. >> they seem to haven aumatic chemistry. they got the both smile in the cotry. >> whitney played the preacher's wife. denzel was the angel september to earth to help her family. would who sent you. >> the top man himself. >> it's hard to ma'am anybody else other that whitney playing thelead. >> it was talked about julia roblts but bit any made accepts for it iso many ways. >> he callede and said you're going to do this movie. he said i'd a very important movie. i'd about loyalty and faith. plus, you know,ou could --

>> heaven, heaven, the last script i said, you know, this oks good. i think i can do this. ♪ >> i love nothing more tt to spend time with my family during the holidays, watching a movie. someing else love, i'll give you a hint. it has love in the title. i'm talki ability the greatest holiday movie of all time, love, actually. it's also a painf remimeder of liz excellent dancg skills. >> i remember this terrible black cloud hanging over the whole thin spt in let's jump ♪ >> do it coldy yourself at 7:00 in the morning is not a prospect i relish, but i got there. >> and cut. >> e. the is taking you back to the 2003 show.

>> husband and wife. >> a love triangle ally. she look like thehave perfect row maps, really, and then i tushes out that mark, which is his best friend, actually is herself. madly in lo with ♪ i'd written in the wind everywhere i go ♪ bill nye said hwas never the same after this. >> it was a very big day when i stood on the fake mountain with fake snow. i'm already recovered. >> she tole.t. a secret about film their kissing scene. >> you h an audience there that whe the curtain falls that we would be kissing. reaction.ed everyone's genuine oh my god.

they're kissing. what's going on? >> right. so not qui as secret as we hold. >> well, don't tolled hold your the red day charity special was good. >> for a good cause, right? >> we have a reunion. featured on the sound track was born on christmas day. >> was it kelly clarkson, adam lane or diedo? the answer is next. even they would say that they exct to compete in the national league west. the very top. xt ar with.

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