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 ...

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 ...

Hammond native Nick Mantis has been working for years on a documentary about the Region's own Jean Shepherd, the legendary radio host, author and humorist who created the timeless holiday classic "A ...

Jean Shepherd's holiday classic "A Christmas Story" is so grounded in his Region childhood it opens with a shot of a steel mill.