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Originally Posted by Hankg42
I also was a Jean Shepherd fan long before the movie. I used to hear him tell his stories on the radio in NY. He was a contributing editor to Car and Driver magazine when I read that regularly. He had at least 2 PBS shows that were extremely entertaining. Loved his work.
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Shep was on WOR in New York at 10pm nightly.
I saw him in person several times in the late 1960's.
The Christmas Story movie was based on a chapter of his book In God We
Trust - All Others Pay Cash. He would read the story on his program every year on Christmas Eve.