The actor, who played Flick in the 1983 holiday classic, recently spoke with Yahoo! about his memories from the production, and recounted how it was that the scene came together.
It doesn’t sound super comfortable, but it definitely is a smart alternative to doing it for real.
Thanks to A Christmas Story, kids everywhere know that it is a really horrible idea to stick your tongue against anything metal when it’s really cold outside – but it’s obviously not surprising that Scott Schwartz wasn’t in any kind of real pain during the making of the film.