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A Christmas Story, the annual holiday reminder about gun safety, is a endless fruit basket of weird Cleveland news thanks to the A Christmas Story house in Tremont. For example, the uber fan who paid thousands of dollars at an auction last year for the privilege of sleeping in the house one night.

This year, the house and museum is getting a more famous resident. Well, famous is a relative term.

According to Michael McIntyre, Ian Petrella, the actor who played Randy, will be living in the house for two months this summer. A little sad? Perhaps. But who are we to knock Petrella for cashing in on the only famous thing he’s ever done when Michael Stanley’s still getting work too. You’ve got to make a living somehow.

The man who played little brother Randy as a kid actor in “A Christmas Story” plans to move back into the Cleveland house where the movie was filmed. Ian Petrella, who still fits in Randy’s favorite spot under the sink, will spend July and August in the house — now a tourist attraction for lovers of the film — giving tours and recounting his experiences eating like a piggy and wearing so many layers to go outside that he couldn’t even put his arms down.

For $5 extra, Petrella will also come to your house and sleep beneath your kitchen sink.

This article appears in Apr 21-27, 2010.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

3 replies on “Ian Petrella, Actor Who Played Randy in A Christmas Story, Playing Randy Again”

  1. So Vince, am I to assume you don’t want to do a one on interview when I get to Cleveland.

    Ian Petrella

  2. Ian: Welcome to Cleveland and I hope you have a fantastic summer. The Christmas Story House is one of Cleveland’s best attractions and fans of the movie come and visit the house throughout the year. Thanks for coming and helping to make the visit to the House by Cleveland tourists even more memorable. I volunteer at the house during the holidays and if you aren’t doing anything the first part of the week of August 2, 3 and/or 4, you have my personal invitiation to join my family at Kelley’s Island for some sailboating, tubing and jet skiing. Steve can get you my contact info. All the best, Mike Rae

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