So the short stories are kind of a mix, both autobiographical and fiction? I'll get the titles and check for them on my next bookstore trip, which hopefully will be soon. I bet I'd like the movie, as well.
What a great baseball story! haha I'm checking now on YouTube, and I think they actually have some clips of his radio stuff! I'm imagining Ralphie as I'm listening to it, too.
This is interesting, from Wikipedia:
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Ralphie's father takes everyone out to a Chinese restaurant where they eat what the narrator calls "Chinese Turkey". According to the narration by Billingsley and Clark in the DVD edition, Melinda Dillon was not told the nature of this scene beforehand, and her hysterical reactions are genuine to the Chinese singers, the duck, and the "beheading".
I always love her reaction, and that it was natural makes it even funnier, I think!
