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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Humorist Jean Shepherd was a teenager when his father came home from work and began packing a suitcase. “What are ya doin’, Dad?” asked Shepherd. Describing the scene to communication scholar Quentin ...

Jean Parker Shepherd was a prolific author and radio and television personality whose storytelling has been compared to that of Mark Twain. Shepherd, a Hammond native, was best known for his radio ...