The movie "A Christmas Story" delights millions of American families each December with its holiday humor, childhood antics and idyllic images of Midwestern winters. Ralphie Parker’s dogged quest for ...
AMERICAN HUMOR IN THE 1950S would be less defined by television, which was still in its infancy, than by radio (and the radio shows that made their transition to television), and by humor magazines ...
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 ...