The Parker family celebrates a warmer but no less festive season in My Summer Story, a sequel to A Christmas Story starring Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard), Charles Grodin and Kieran Culkin. The laughs are hardier and the adventures more adventurous as Ralphie Parker (Kieran Culkin, Father of the Bride) goes in search of the perfect spinning top in order to beat his arch rival and school bully Lug Ditka (Whit Hertford, Mikey), while Mrs. Parker (Steenburgen) and Mr. Parker (Grodin) cope with the boisterous neighbors, among other summer pursuits. Bob Clark (A Christmas Story) directs My Summer Story from a screenplay by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Clark based on the novel by Shepherd.