A Christmas Story: Donald Fagen writing on Jean Shepherd (2008)

This won't be new to maybe even half of you, but it caught me by surprise when reading this:

https://ew.com/the-true-stories-behind-a-christmas-story-11861888

The referenced article:

https://slate.com/culture/2015/12/jean-shepherd-the-man-who-told-a-christmas-story.html

Shouldn't be paywalled, but in case:

https://archive.ph/pRBNx