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Last Record Update: 11-02-2016
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The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
February 11, 1985

Subtitled - "A Tale of Gothic Love" Dedicated to the Memory of James Broderick (1927 to 1982) who played 'The Old Man' in Great American 4th of July and the Phantom of the Open Hearth.
Story Lines: Randy plays a turkey in the school Thanksgiving Day play The boys eat at John's hamburger joint

Production Information:
Studio / Network:
Director:
Asst Director:	Leigh Brown
Producer:	Olivia Tappan
Executive Producer:	Fred Barzyk
Running Time:

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Plots / Story Lines		Friendly Fred
•	General Topics		Polish Wedding
•	General Topics		Scragging
•	Plots / Story Lines		John's Lunch
•	People		Schwartz, Paul
•	People		Flick
•	People		Shepherd, Randy
•	People		Cosnowski, Josephine
•	People		Cosnowski, Josephine

Associated Documents

Type	File Name	Description
•	1983-02-11_025_star-crossed_press_release.pdf	Press release

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

	Time	Date	Category	Title
	•	September 3, 1971	Books	Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters

Related Articles / Reviews:

Date	Publication	Title
February 7, 1985	Wall Street Journal	Two Weeks on the Tube Martha Bayles

TBS Marathons:

Every Christmas since 1997 the TBS cable network has shown a 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"

Date	Description
December 24, 1997	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 1998	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 1999	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2000	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2001	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2002	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2003	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2004	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2005	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2006	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2007	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2008	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2009	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2010	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2011	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2012	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2013	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2014	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2015	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2016	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2017	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2018	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2019	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2020	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2021	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2022	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2023	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2024	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2025	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"

Cast:

Jean Shepherd (Narrator)

Jay Ine (Randy)

George Coe (The 'Old Man')

Barbara Bolton (Mom)

Jay Ine (Randy)

Jeffery Yonis (Schwartz)

William Lampley (Flick)

Ron Mclarty (Gertz)

Katherine Kamhi (Josephene Cosnowski)

Robert J. Colonna (John)

Peter Gerety (Archie)

Will Lebow (Friendly Fred)

Fuzzhead (Daphne - Shep's dog)

Screenshots:

Title

Sub-title

Randy in school play

Randy

The Bluebird Tavern

Friendly Fred's used car lot

The Steel Mill

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975