If Scott Schwartz sounds well-rehearsed in telling the story behind the story of his famous tongue-stuck-to-the-frozen-flagpole scene from A Christmas Story, then that’s probably because he is.

If Scott Schwartz sounds well-rehearsed in telling the story behind the story of his famous tongue-stuck-to-the-frozen-flagpole scene from A Christmas Story, then that’s probably because he is.

The scene calls back to the original “A Christmas Story,” in which Schwartz triple dog dared Flick to stick his tongue to a frozen flagpole outside of school, causing his tongue to get stuck.

In a real-life version of the classic scene from A Christmas Story, an Illinois boy got his tongue stuck on a frozen pole — just as the character Flick does in the movie.

Many of you remember the character Flick who got his tongue stuck to a pole after a Triple Dog Dare. THE QUESTION Is it true that if you put your tongue on a frozen pole, your tongue will stick to it?

Source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The infamous scene in "A Christmas Story" where Flick, left, played by Scott Schwartz, put his tongue on a frozen flagpole and gets stuck after being "triple dog dared ...

Indiana's South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority has unveiled a bronze statue of "A Christmas Story" character Flick with his tongue stuck to a flagpole.

If both tongue tips ever touched the ground outside of the trail, the male would stop and swing his head back and forth, tongue-flicking, until he relocated the trail.