Of all the scenes in the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Story, few stand out as funny and as cringe-inducing as poor Flick, whose tongue ends up stuck to a frozen flagpole outside his school after a Triple-Dog Dare gone horribly wrong. Screaming and flailing his arms, the fire department had to be called in to pry him loose from his predicament.
Played to perfection by Scott Schwartz, the moment is both one of the funniest scenes in the film and one of the most painful to watch, perfectly capturing the reckless bravado of childhood mixed with the cold reality of winter consequences.