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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
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Category	Date	Title	Comments	Time
• 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 Made 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

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:

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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