Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1946, the release of the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life.” It took a while for the movie to win its spot in the top ranks of holiday films - and the story on which the movie is based also took a little while to make its way into the world. Plus: that pool built under the gym floor in the movie? That's real. It’s a Wonderful Life was Based on a “Christmas Card” Short Story by Philip Van Doren Stern (Today I Found Out) Jimmy Stewart Owed His Most Memorable Holiday Performance to World War II (HistoryNet) The Pool in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is Real (Aqua Magazine) A mama dollar and a papa dollar a month on Patreon is all it would take to support this show --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support