Life lessons from ‘A Christmas Story’

John Williams

Chicago native Quentin Schultze joins John Williams to talk about his new book,” You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out! Life Lessons from the Movie A Christmas Story.” Dr. Schultze explains how he came up with the idea for this book, the relationship he formed with famed storyteller Jean Shepherd, who co-wrote the screenplay for ‘A Christmas Story,’ how VCRs gave the movie a second life, how many people continue to watch the film to this day, and what we lessons we can take away from the movie.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7121302/7121302_2024-12-19-200102.128.mp3

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