OT: "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics....
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He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master.
.......the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.......
In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan
Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at it's zenith, when all is right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.
He had yellow eyes, so help me God. Yellow eyes!
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I started reading some of Jean Shepherd's other stuff a few years ago. My wife's uncle gave me a book of his titled "In God we Trust, All Others Pay Cash" for Christmas one year. Very funny..the guy was an incredible story teller.
Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.
Wasn't that the book A Christmas Story was based on? I could be wrong. I'm going to pick up one of his books as well, if the film's narration was pulled from his own writing it has to be hilarious.
He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny.
What a good thread! I wish all of you guys (girls) a Merry Christmas - yes I said those politically incorrect words!!
Anyway have a good one!!
Anyway have a good one!!
Yes. The book is a collection of short stories written by Shepherd. A few of the stories are woven together and expanded for A Christmas Story. The stories in this book are written in the same narrative form as A Christmas Story --- as an adult looking back on his childhood.
I just visited the original Christmas story house in Cleveland. Very cool
I recall with fondness, the series "Jean Shepherd's America" on PBS.
If this is the Jean Shepard who was on NY radio he is classic.
I was driving from Philadelphia to Danbury CT one summer evening and he started to talk about Willie Mays chasing a fly ball. When I parked the car in CT Willie had not caught the ball yet
Another great memory was his tale on his Senior prom in Toledo Ohio. The article was published in Playboy. I read the articles
I was driving from Philadelphia to Danbury CT one summer evening and he started to talk about Willie Mays chasing a fly ball. When I parked the car in CT Willie had not caught the ball yet
Another great memory was his tale on his Senior prom in Toledo Ohio. The article was published in Playboy. I read the articles
Ralphie made an appearance as an Elf, Ming Ming, in the movie, Elf.
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