Sad news: The LAT is reporting that Bob Clark, director of two classic films of the 1980s that profoundly impacted our childhood, A Christmas Story and Porky's, was killed with his son in a car accident on the PCH early this morning. At tragic moments like these, we turn to YouTube for its wealth of instantly available tribute material to celebrate Clark's work; if the above classic scene from A Christmas Story doesn't particularly resonate for you, we offer this alternate clip from Porky's, which still holds up as the most poignant use of the word "tallywacker" in cinematic history.

• Director of 'A Christmas Story,' son killed in PCH crash [LAT]
• A Christmas Story - Slippery Santa Slide [YouTube]
• Bob Clark [IMDb]

Contact information for this author is not available.