I have probably seen this traditional Christmas Classic, "It's A Wonderful Life," at least 50 times in my 72 years, yet this year was the first time that I saw the brief cameo appearance of a trained squirrel in the movie. We all know that Uncle Billie had a trained crow that used to land on him every time he entered the Baily Building and Loan. But, the squirrel only shows up at the end of the encounter that George Baily has with Uncle Billie after he confronts him in anger over losing the $8000.00 that he was supposed to deposit in the bank.
It's a very brief scene that happens after George Baily leaves and Billy puts his head down on his desk to cry. The squirrel climbs up on his right arm as if to comfort him in his misery. It's so brief that probably thousands of people who have watched the movie over the years missed it too.
I would be interested to hear how many of you missed it also!? I'll bet that in the future all who read this will be watching for this squirrel cameo! Just thought I would share this bit of Squirrel trivia.
It's a very brief scene that happens after George Baily leaves and Billy puts his head down on his desk to cry. The squirrel climbs up on his right arm as if to comfort him in his misery. It's so brief that probably thousands of people who have watched the movie over the years missed it too.
I would be interested to hear how many of you missed it also!? I'll bet that in the future all who read this will be watching for this squirrel cameo! Just thought I would share this bit of Squirrel trivia.
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