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In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash | Jean Shepherd
In God We Trust, Shepherd's wildly witty reunion with his Indiana hometown, disproves the adage "You can never go back." Bending the ear of Flick, his childhood buddy--now local bartender--Shepherd recalls passionately his genuine Red Ryder BB gun, adolescent failure in the arms of girls, and relives a fishing story of a man against fish. From pop art to The World's Fair, the subjects speak with a universal irony and are deeply grounded in American Midwestern life. A wonderfully nostalgic impression of a more innocent era when life was good, fun was clean, and station wagons roamed the earth. For many years Jean Shepherd was a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City, and the creator of the popular film A Christmas Story, which is based in part on this book and has become a holiday tradition on the Turner Network.
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BarkingMadRead
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BarkingMadRead
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Second time watching! The hubs wanted to watch it. #wintergames2020 #holidaymovie #basedonabook #teamrednosedreindeer @StayCurious

TheLibrarian This is my dad‘s least favorite movie. I normally force him to endure it every Christmas morning but decided one of his presents this year would be no A Christmas Story. 4y
BarkingMadRead @TheLibrarian this is one of three movies my husband will watch willingly lol 4y
TheLibrarian @BarkingMadRun Lucky! My husband isn‘t a fan and is probably happy he won‘t have to endure the torture this year since we aren‘t together. 4y
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BookNAround Bwahahaha! 4y
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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StayCurious Cute mask! 4y
Linsy Love the mask! 🎄 4y
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BarkingMadRead
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We are at a play! Having a great time seeing one of our favorite holiday movies in play form! #christmasstory #wintergames2020 #teamrednosedreindeer @StayCurious

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Blueberry
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The #trust books from my read list.
 @flyhighJuly @Eggs

AllisonM89 Love In God We Trust! 4y
Eggs Great picks 👍🏼📚👏🏻 4y
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CocoReads That‘s my Christmas Eve tradition! When we get home from the family party everyone goes to bed and I watch this while “Santa” comes. This year was different as the kids are grown and one was working. So I didn‘t watch it until Christmas Day. It was weird. 5y
BarkingMadRead @cocoreads we usually watch it on Christmas Eve as well but our company stayed late and messed up everything lol 5y
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This is part of my TBR for 2020, currently raising up a major award! #mountTBR #festivephotochallenge #wintergames #teamfozziwig @Clwojick @StayCurious

LinesUponAPage Fragele! What a fun way to enjoy the holidays. 5y
Sharpeipup My sister in law just got this same lamp. 5y
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BarkingMadRead 🎄🎄🎄 5y
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bookishbitch
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Anyone else a fan of the movie A Christmas Story? This is the book it's based on. I snagged it for my mother as a gift since she is a little obsessed with it. I might have to borrow it from her though.

CarolynM One of my favourite films! I've never read the book, though. I love that edition you have there. 5y
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Looks like another #ManicMonday challenge is in the bag! 🛍 Thank you for always brightening up our Mondays @JoScho 😊

📖 - “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash” by Jean Shepherd. It was the inspiration for “A Christmas Story”, which featured a memorable scene in a shopping mall! 😂🎅

🎥 - “Elf” (I‘m singing in a store! 🎶)

🎶 - “Lost in the Supermarket” by The Clash 🎸

vivastory Your pun game is next level 😂 5y
DaveGreen7777 @vivastory HA HA! Thank you! 😂🤣 5y
MatchlessMarie @vivastory Right!! 😄👌 5y
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JoScho You are the best! Thanks for playing 💕🛍 5y
DaveGreen7777 Awww, thank you @JoScho 😊 You rock! 5y
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BookBabe
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Did you know that the movie “A Christmas Story” is based on a book? I just found out and I can‘t wait to read it. I‘m snuggled up with a steaming cup of tea and a purring #Coale , enjoying this Christmas classic. 🎄🎁

What‘s your favorite Christmas movie? 🎄

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Love Actually 💚❤ 6y
PrezBookster No way!! 6y
LauraJ Gremlins 🖤 6y
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SassyBookworm All I Want for Christmas (it‘s got Thora Birch and was released, I believe just for tv, in 1991) (edited) 6y
CaitZ I love old movies so Holiday Affair with Robert Mitchum and the original Christmas in Connecticut are my favorite. 6y
CarolynM I love A Christmas Story too ❤️ 6y
CouronneDhiver A Christmas Carol 6y
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My teens and niece in the holiday spirit! I just want to read, but I guess I should prepare dinner....

Tamra I think you could just set out a plate of carrots. 🐰🥕🥕 6y
Gaylagal2 😂😂❤️ 6y
Kaye Cute outfits. 6y
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CarolynM Fabulous photo! I love the movie to bits, I really should read the book one day😃 Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas day🎄 6y
tpixie I love it!! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 6y
Readingismyescape Love this. Adorable! 6y
Chrissyreadit Thank you @Kaye @CarolynM @tpixie @Readingismyescape @Gaylagal2 -they wore them all day! @Tamra we did have roasted carrots with dinner- but alas no red rider B.B. guns! 6y
Dragon Merry Christmas 🎄! 🐰💚🐉 6y
Chrissyreadit @Dragon Merry Christmas! 6y
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Worked all day at bookstore and we had one of our busiest, best days! The tagged book is by the author who wrote A Christmas Story (which is a fav holiday movie of mine). What books are you hoping to see under the tree?

LeslieO Now this looks like a place I‘d love to visit! (edited) 6y
LeslieO I‘m hoping for Michelle Obama‘s book. 6y
MidnightBookGirl @LeslieO it's definitely my happy place! Stop by if you're ever in Richmond, VA! Michelle 6y
MidnightBookGirl Obama's book has been flying off the shelf, but i'm getting the audio to enjoy in January- she narrates. Thought it would make a good start to my year! 6y
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#Rocktober For various reasons I've felt a bit #Fragile lately, as has poor Max ?with his dental surgery recovery-but we are doing better & I decided to go with what always pops in my mind when I see the word or someone says 'fragile'-- "Fra-gee-leh"... it must be Italian! ?There's nothing like a leg lamp-a MAJOR award. The beloved A Christmas Story film was based on the tagged book by Jean Shepard which I have not read but is on my #TBR list.?

hgrimes Get well soon, Max! 7y
Bookzombie I hope you both feel better very soon. Hugs. 💕 7y
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Bailedbailed

This book wasn't bad, I just couldn't finish it. The sense of nostalgia that was present in the movie was noticeably absent in this in my opinion and it just left the stories feeling a bit dull. I found myself thinking if the narrator isn't fond of these memories why should I be? I managed to read the handful they used for the film but after that I put it aside.

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Happy Birthday to Jean Shepherd, radio host, writer, raconteur, and the mind behind "A Christmas Story." My memory of his stories are that they are a little problematic for today, but I also remember them as evocative and funny as all get out. Definitely an author I need to revisit! #bookishbirthdays

quirkyreader As of this morning there was still a copy of In God We Trust on the shelves at the Lawrence, Indiana Goodwill. 8y
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Pickpick

Included in this collection are the majority of stories that make up The Christmas Story movie, but there are plenty of other great stories here that are not in the movie. Classic piece of Americana humor from the 1960s, originally published as a series of articles in Playboy Magazine.