{"title":"Jean Shepherd","description":"For many years a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City, Jean Shepherd was the creator of the popular film A Christmas Story, which is based on his novels In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories, and which has become a holiday tradition on the Turner Network. Jean Shepherd passed away in 1999.","products":[{"product_id":"a-fistful-of-fig-newtons-paperback","title":"A Fistful of Fig Newtons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the wild and wacky world of favorite funnyman Jean Shepherd, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of Americans everywhere.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJean Shepherd was one of America's favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor-like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. \u003ci\u003eA Fistful of Fig Newtons\u003c\/i\u003e is classic Jean Shepherd--sidesplittingly funny and sardonically irreverent. It is a brilliant comic assessment of American life--all of them delivered in Jean Shepherd's witty, classy, unforgettable style.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the wild and wacky world of a favorite funnyman, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of Americans everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104878727391,"sku":"9780385188432","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aBotdLzNNS9780385188432.webp?v=1781111507"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jean-shepherd.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}