Jean Shepherd
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Are you gong to see the musical?
It's supposedly really good.
And the kid who plays the little brother ("I can't put my arms down! Come on, guys!" ) is an amazing tap-dancer.
It's supposedly really good.
And the kid who plays the little brother ("I can't put my arms down! Come on, guys!" ) is an amazing tap-dancer.
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Listen. No one listens. Meow.
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That explains why I didn't know who it was.Coito ergo sum wrote:For those of you answering "who?" You know him...
He's the narrator (and writer of...) the movie A Christmas Story
I was forced to sit through it once, lousy excuse for a movie.
If that's an example of his humour, I have no interest in anything else he's done.
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OK, I just listened to my first one, "Stilton Cheese"... it definitely had some amusing moments describing being in a stodgy British men's club, all wood panelling and port, and being served Stilton from a gargantuan wheel.
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I would start with Ryder Ryder Nails the Cleveland Street Kid, and Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, and then get into some of the radio shows. Remember, when you get into the radio shows, he did a daily radio show for 22 years on WOR, so not every moment is going to be a barn-burner, floor rolling laugh fest, which is true of anyone who does such shows on a daily basis.Bella Fortuna wrote:OK, I just listened to my first one, "Stilton Cheese"... it definitely had some amusing moments describing being in a stodgy British men's club, all wood panelling and port, and being served Stilton from a gargantuan wheel.
But, what he does is take mundane things and weave them into an interesting tale -- common events become modern day folklore. I think if you let it grow on you, you'll enjoy much of what he does.
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I would go see it, but I think it was recently in town and I did not have any time to go. SWMBO'd is not a fan, but she's not American, so she doesn't get the references or the humor.hadespussercats wrote:Are you gong to see the musical?
It's supposedly really good.
And the kid who plays the little brother ("I can't put my arms down! Come on, guys!" ) is an amazing tap-dancer.
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Cerebral humor is not everyone's cup of tea, I know.MrFungus420 wrote: If that's an example of his humour, I have no interest in anything else he's done.
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LOL - Flick's Tongue -- hilarious -- http://www.flicklives.com/
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Jean Shepherd's voice still narrates the Carousel of Progress at Walt Disney World.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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