Jean Shepherd (1921–1999)
Author of In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
About the Author
Jean Shepherd is a multitalented author and actor. He created the popular MGM film A Christmas Story, along with Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, The Phantom of the Open Hearth, The Great American Fourth of July, and Other Disasters, and The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski. His books show more include In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash), Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories, and Other Disasters, and The Ferrari in the Bedroom. Shepherd has been called "America's leading satirist of the underground." show less
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Works by Jean Shepherd
Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles 3 copies
The Night People's Guide To New York — Introduction — 1 copy
Associated Works
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributor — 253 copies, 3 reviews
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Contributor — 126 copies, 1 review
The Village voice reader; a mixed bag from the Greenwich Village newspaper (1963) — Contributor — 21 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Ewing, Frederick R.
Shepherd, Jean Parker, Jr. (birth name) - Birthdate
- 1921-07-26
- Date of death
- 1999-10-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Hammond, Indiana, USA
New York, New York, USA
Sanibel Island, Florida, USA - Occupations
- radio announcer
humorist
writer - Organizations
- WOR Radio
- Awards and honors
- National Radio Hall of Fame (2005)
Playboy Humor Award (1965 ∙ '67 ∙ '68 ∙ '69) - Short biography
- Jean Shepherd had a successful career that spanned decades, and is probably best-known for his semi-autobiographical stories. He co-scripted and narrated a collection of these in the film A Christmas Story (1983).
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In God we trust : all others pay cash by Jean Shepherd
Laugh out loud funny. Takes me right back to my childhood in the Midwest
This movie was a truly awful, awful idea…both on the part of the people who decided to make it, and on the part of those of us who decided to watch it.
The original Christmas Story is one of the best movies ever made and represents the upper echelon of film making. This lame turkey is so far at the other end of the film-making spectrum it should inspire a federal law banning all film sequels—permanently.
The nicest thing I can say about it is that it will easily be forgotten…Thank Heaven for small favors!
Watch the original and bask in the glory of its warm, happy glow; ignore the fact that this abomination even exists & you’ll have a very Merry Christmas!… (more)
The original Christmas Story is one of the best movies ever made and represents the upper echelon of film making. This lame turkey is so far at the other end of the film-making spectrum it should inspire a federal law banning all film sequels—permanently.
The nicest thing I can say about it is that it will easily be forgotten…Thank Heaven for small favors!
Watch the original and bask in the glory of its warm, happy glow; ignore the fact that this abomination even exists & you’ll have a very Merry Christmas!… (more)
Had I read the book before seeing the movie, I might have enjoyed this more fully. It helps tremendously that it’s read by Dick Cavett, who captures that wry tone of voice that Jean Shepherd used in narrating the movie. The primary difference between the two is that the events in the book are more a disconnected set of stories, rather than events woven together to make it flow. But still, an entertaining story and worth 3 ½ hours spent listening to it.
Audio version, via Audible.
Audio version, via Audible.
Simply the best Christmas tale. Why did I wait so long to read this?! I grew up loving the movie and being proud that it was written by a Hoosier who lovingly wrote about where I grew up (the "region"). Reading this collection of short stories (taken from another short story collection by Jean Shepherd) that inspired the cult classic Christmas movie, I was in awe of how truly funny it was. I literally laughed out loud on multiple occasions much to the annoyance of my cats. I can't praise it enough. It's fantastic and I want to reread it every holiday season. It's too damn good to read just once. For fans of the movie adaptation, humor, and Hoosiers. Not to be missed!… (more)
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- Rating
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