On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:37:32 +0000 "dan penoff.com via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Gene Shepard lived there. We used to run into him at the general store > on Captiva, but I didn’t know the guy from Adam at the time. My folks > told me who it was some years later, but I remember the guy. It wasn’t > until I was a teenager that I read any of his books, and this predated > the Christmas Story movie by decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd Jean Parker Shepherd Jr. (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999), often referred to by the nickname Shep,[1] was an American storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film A Christmas Story (1983), which he narrated and co-scripted, based on his own semiautobiographical stories.[2] _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
