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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zack Ward, who made his film debut as the bully Scut Farkus, has continued acting in films and on shows like Z Nation and Bookie No triple-dog-dare necessary! A Christmas Story is a must-add to your ...

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 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 ...

Humorist Jean Shepherd was a teen-ager when his father came home from work and began packing a suitcase. “What are ya doin’, Dad?”, asked Shepherd. Terry Mattingly leads GetReligion.org and lives in ...

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 ...

FOREST CITY — BrickStreet Theatre has set auditions for Jean Shepherd’s holiday classic “A Christmas Story." All nine-year-old Ralphie wants for Christmas is an official Red Ryder BB gun. But everyone ...

The bronze plaque dedicated to the famous region writer proudly reads the name Jean Shepherd. But he's known to most simply as "the guy who wrote 'A Christmas Story.' Hammond residents still are proud ...