Come Visit Scenic Bedford Falls!

Speaking of Christmas movies, I caught part of "It's a Wonderful Life" the other night.

I never realized how close Bedford Falls was to falling into the abyss. During the intervention by Clarence to show George what it would be like if he had never been born, he gets to see a transformed Bedford Falls.

Bedford Falls appears to be smaller than Goshen, Indiana, so is likely between 10,000 and 20,000 population, all of whom seem to be total douchebags. Once George Bailey stops having been born, the city (now Potterville) is turned into a den of inequity of spectacular proportions. Stumbling down the street, George encounters bars, dance joints, burlesque shows and other adult venues. There seems to be no restaurants, banks, movie theatres or other forms of civilization. It's all adult sleaze.

And the people are now universally angry, violent and mistrustful. No one's better nature prevails once George is taken out of the picture. Mr. Potter is able to corrupt everything and everyone to turn Bedford Falls into a hellhole. And considering that this was post-war 1946, that's a pretty impressive feat.

So, I humbly submit for your interest, the new Bedford Falls P.R. campaign.