The leg lamp!
http://acs.flicklives.com/collect/red_ryder_leg_lamp.jpg)
Mr. Parker: [Unveiling his major award] Would you look at that? Would you look at THAT?
Mother: What is it?
Mr. Parker: It's a leg!
Mother: But what is it?
Mr. Parker: Well, it's... A leg, you know, like a statue.
Mother: Statue?
Mr. Parker: Yeah, statue.
Ralphie: Yeah, statue.
Mother: Ralphie!
Narrator: My mother was trying to insinuate herself between us and the statue.
Mr. Parker: Holy smokes. Do... Do you know what this is? This is... A lamp!
Narrator: It was indeed a lamp.
Mr. Parker: Isn't that great? What a great lamp.
Mother: I don't know...
Narrator: The old man's eyes boggled...
Mr. Parker: Oh WOW!
Narrator: ...Overcome by art.
Mr. Parker: It's a Major Award!
Swede: Shucks I wouldn't know that. It looks like a lamp.
Mr. Parker: What is a lamp, you nincompoop? Tt's a Major Award. I won it!
Swede: Damn, hell, you say won it?
Mr. Parker: Yeah, mind power, Swede; mind power.