The movie A Christmas Story is based on the synthesis of dozens of radio monologues created and delivered by Jean Shepherd. Jean broadcast on WOR New York from 1958-1975. His nightly monologues were not bedtime stories. They were subversive proclamations, challenging authority wrapped in imagery of American traditions.
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