Merry Christmas 2013

mrerick · 12-05-2013, 09:15 AM

But Ralphie!!! You'll shoot your eye out!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

For those not familiar with him, Jean Shepherd was a prolific writer and radio personality that grew up in Hammond, Indiana near Chicago in the 1920's and 1930's.

This movie was based on several of his short stories, which were based on some of his personal stories embellished and told on the radio.

He served in the signal corps in WW-II and was heard on radio in Cincinnati, Philadelphia and New York. In many ways, he was the 20th century's Mark Twain.

Many of his broadcasts on WOR can be downloaded from Archive.org.

12-05-2013, 09:15 AM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	But Ralphie!!! You'll shoot your eye out!!! Merry Christmas!!! For those not familiar with him, Jean Shepherd was a prolific writer and radio personality that grew up in Hammond, Indiana near Chicago in the 1920's and 1930's. This movie was based on several of his short stories, which were based on some of his personal stories embellished and told on the radio. He served in the signal corps in WW-II and was heard on radio in Cincinnati, Philadelphia and New York. In many ways, he was the 20th century's Mark Twain. Many of his broadcasts on WOR can be downloaded from Archive.org. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.