We triple-dog-dare you to find a better depiction of the holidays. When “A Christmas Story” premiered in 1983, screenwriter Jean Shepherd pulled antidotes from his own life to create the Christmas ...

"A Christmas Story" is a holiday classic, but it wasn't an instant hit upon its 1983 release. The film, which has some surprising cameos, inspired the sitcom "The Wonder Years." It almost starred Jack ...

Jean Shepherd is known to moviegoers as the author and narrator of ‘‘A Christmas Story,'' a frequently shown holiday film about a boy who wants and finally gets a Ryder BB gun for Christmas. But his ...

It's based on the semi-autobiographical short stories of radio personality Jean Shepherd. Many of the characters featured in A Christmas Story were inspired by real-life people and events from ...

With Christmas Eve fast approaching, many people will be turning on their TVs to be greeted by a less-than-merry Santa ...

Humorist Jean Shepherd was a teenager when his father came home from work and began packing a suitcase. “What are ya doin’, Dad?” asked Shepherd. Describing the scene to communication scholar Quentin ...

Best known as the writer and narrator of the holiday film classic A Christmas Story, Jean Shepherd (1921-1999) was a celebrated American author, humorist, radio, TV, and film personality, originally ...

The legendary raconteur Jean Shepherd died 25 years ago this fall. His humorous stories were parables based on his fractured personal life and dismal view of men. I got to know Shepherd firsthand ...

The general public thinks Jean Shepherd only wrote "A Christmas Story" and that was his most important work, but Shepherd also did other significant works besides "A Christmas Story." Jean wrote ...