Place of Birth:
South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date of Birth:
7/26/1921
Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs.
A Christmas Story
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Babe Ruth
Inquest
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
Village Sunday
Light Fantastic
It Runs in the Family
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Tiki Tiki
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
Shadows