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Jean Shepherd (1921–1999)

Autor(a) de In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash

29+ Works 2,141 Membros 81 Reviews 15 Favorited

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 mostrar mais 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." mostrar menos

Inclui os nomes: Jean Sheperd, Jean Shepherd

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Obras de Jean Shepherd

In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash (1966) — Autor — 805 cópias
A Fistful of Fig Newtons (1981) 183 cópias
The Ferrari in the Bedroom (1972) 115 cópias
A Christmas Story Christmas [2022 TV movie] (2023) — Writer — 9 cópias

Associated Works

A Christmas Story [1983 film] (1983) — Screenwriter — 693 cópias
Russell Baker's Book of American Humor (1993) — Contribuinte — 207 cópias
Think Small (1965) — Contribuinte — 71 cópias
I, Libertine (1956) — Autor — 51 cópias
A Christmas Story 2 [2012 film] (2012) — Writer — 15 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Ewing, Frederick R.
Shepherd, Jean Parker, Jr. (birth name)
Data de nascimento
1921-07-26
Data de falecimento
1999-10-16
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locais de residência
Hammond, Indiana, USA
New York, New York, USA
Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
Ocupação
radio announcer
humorist
writer
Organizações
WOR Radio
Premiações
National Radio Hall of Fame (2005)
Playboy Humor Award (1965 ∙ '67 ∙ '68 ∙ '69)
Pequena biografia
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).

Membros

Resenhas

Laugh out loud funny. Takes me right back to my childhood in the Midwest
 
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corliss12000 | outras 20 resenhas | Mar 16, 2024 |
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!
… (mais)
½
 
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BlueReading | Jan 5, 2024 |
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.
 
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Doodlebug34 | outras 37 resenhas | Jan 1, 2024 |
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!… (mais)
 
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ecataldi | outras 37 resenhas | Dec 13, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
29
Also by
8
Membros
2,141
Popularidade
#12,019
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
81
ISBNs
49
Favorito
15

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