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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
07.28.1965	the jean shepherd show festivals and celebrations of the summer the 'whoopee instinct'	+ Festivals and celebrations of the summer: the "Whoopee Instinct." Shepherd plays the kazoo along w...
08.07.1965	the jean shepherd show the search for fun	+ Sponsored by: Sustaining, Palisades Park. The program originates from "The Limelight," New York Ci...
08.09.1965	the jean shepherd show the dirty side of new york	+The dirty side of New York. "Chaos," by Ross Bagdasarian is heard. "The Ugly American" is balderdas...
08.25.1965	the jean shepherd show staying in school and avoiding 'the real world'	+ Staying in school and avoiding "the real world." "Higher learning is a fortress against the real w...
08.28.1965	the jean shepherd show betty boop, the 'honors' list, the south side of chicago	+ The program originates from "The Limelight," New York City. Betty Boop, The "Honors" list, the sou...
09.21.1965	the jean shepherd show growing galloping disbelief	+Growing galloping disbelief. Fairy tales and trivia on television, getting along without newspapers...
10.05.1965	the jean shepherd show shepherd plays, 'my bonnie lies over the ocean' on the jew's harp	+Shepherd plays, "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean" on the Jew's Harp. He speculates about aliens liste...
11.16.1965	the jean shepherd show a new woman of baghdad	+A new woman of Baghdad. The story of May, who stripped in the yard of the Warren G. Harding School....
12.15.1965	the jean shepherd show a college tune on the jew's harp	+A college tune on the Jew's harp. Feeling faceteous, Shep gives the wrong time, the wrong temperatu...
12.24.1965	the jean shepherd show shepherd reads, 'rambling home for christmas,' by grant reynard	+Shepherd reads, "Rambling Home For Christmas," by Grant Reynard. It's a poem about a hobo riding th...
12.30.1965	the jean shepherd show little jean shepherd, as 'ahab,' battles a blizzard to buy apples when	+Little Jean Shepherd, as "Ahab," battles a blizzard to buy apples when he was a kid. A remembered J...
12.31.1965	the jean shepherd show the tom jones syndrome	+Sponsored by: Participating sponsrs. "The Tom Jones Syndrome." A memory of the fear of 1899 and the...
01.14.1966	the jean shepherd show guinnes records	+The Guiness Book of Records is Shep's choice for a desert island. He reads various records, but not...
01.15.1966	the jean shepherd show at the ceremonies marking the promotion of an army general	+The program originates from "The Limelight," New York City. At the ceremonies marking the promotion...
01.24.1966	the jean shepherd show beadle fund	+ The Beadle Bumble Fund of Richmond, Virginia...and the fines its paid. Shep proposes an "Excelsior...
03.04.1966	the jean shepherd show	+A program dedicated to sore-heads and wet blankets. The fate of Joey, the canary. The Tom Mix Lucky...
03.10.1966	the jean shepherd show modern dirt	+A Philippine rat story and "Farenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury. "Trystville" and the rats on Park Aven...
03.15.1966	the jean shepherd show party for elizabeth	+ Batteries, coils and magnetos. The atmosphere in Flick's Tavern on Saturday morning. Smell-O-Visio...
03.31.1966	the jean shepherd show	+The magic of electronics. Putting audio and video into a car, "Twentieth Century Gadget Man." Tomor...
04.28.1966	the jean shepherd show garbage dump	+Humpty Grumpty? Strange noises and garbage. Shepherd is getting a tuxedo at a Wolmuth store at 1:00...
05.05.1966	the jean shepherd show	+ Who was it that said, "Curses, foiled again!" A poem to a dental hygienist. A British statue is to...
05.09.1966	the jean shepherd show wor jean shepherd	+ "American bathroom rated low in study." Baseball and underwear. Northern Indiana is the real melti...
05.14.1966	the jean shepherd show going to the prom, a doctor's date	+The program originates from "The Limelight", New York City. Going to the Prom, a doctor's date. "Sc...
05.21.1966	the jean shepherd show national tavern week, how shep got kicked out of school	+The program originates from "The Limelight," New York City. National Tavern Week, how Shep got kick...
06.18.1966	the jean shepherd show a mace for father's day	+ Sponsored by: The Mandarin House. The program originates from "The Limelight," New York City. The ...

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Back in the 60's I listen to Jean as often as I could. He told some amazing stories. He had a way of starting a story which reminded him of another one which reminded him of another one and finally three hours later he would get back to the first one. One I remember was about playing minor league baseball in the middle of August in the middle of nowhere. He was one of the best.

Joseph

Me definitely. I listened to him in the late 60's early 70's while I was in high school outside Philadelphia.

John

Between the ages of 12-15, I would keep a transistor radio under my pillow (his show was past my bedtime) and listen to Jean and always enjoyed his stories. Question: In which show did he describe a weekend pass to NYC, and was taken by young pool sharks in a bowling alley off Broadway?

Abe

Shep never let facts mess up a good story and planted the suspicion that good writers never do - He may have been a touch too sexist and homophobic for our time but he was one hell of an influence on teens of his/our time Seldom cited is his mentorship in literature: Don Marquis, Robert W. Service, Sax Romer, Hugh D'Arcy, George Ade, W.S. Gilbert - This is to say nothing of the interesting music that he seldom identified but was later footnoted by a kind supporter. How else could I have happened on the Dixieland Jug Blowers and the entrancing Bird's Lament? In his later years he disavowed radio and youth but both forces formed his fame and legend

Richard Titus

As a kid in my Ann Arbor bedroom in winter, used to DX him from WOR in New York witha loop antenna made of 75 ohm flat lead wrapped around the roofline. Heard all those stories.

Dale

Count me as a fan.

Michael

Jean Parker Shepherd was born July 26, 1921, and he died October 16, 1999 of natural causes on Sanibel Island, Florida. He was a radio and TV personality, writer and actor who was often referred to by the nickname Shep. While his career spanned decades, Shepherd is best-known to modern audiences for narrating the film A Christmas Story (1983), which he co-wrote, that was based on his own semi-autobiographical stories.

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