Flick Lives!

July 26th, 2005

one of America's great artists at work

Today is Jean Shepherd’s birthday. He would have been 84.

If you’ve never heard of (or heard) Shep — or if you have, but all you know is that he’s the writer and narrator of A Christmas Story — then do yourself a favor: Read Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories (And Other Disasters) or In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash). And while you do, check out the Jean Shepherd Podcast (it’s available on iTunes, too) and get an earful of one of America’s greatest humorists and one of the all-time giants of radio.

Excelsior, you fathead!

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