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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
03.05.1963	the jean shepherd show i am not running	+Goldwater, Romney and Rockefller are also not running. Shep hasn't much patience with his engineer ...
09.19.1962	the jean shepherd show elephant foot
04.24.1962	the jean shepherd show mr keen, tracer of lost persons	+ The literati today discuss films, not books. Chicago chop suey joints.
02.22.1962	the jean shepherd show wagon driver an indian or a guy in the bushes	+ Shepherd almost sells out! "The Plant-A-Prayer System." "I Am An American Cards." Ogg and Charlie ...
02.21.1962	the jean shepherd show everything's 'hunky dory'	+Chewing the fat. The Mole People. "Woe betide those of you who have nothing in their lives they cou...
02.19.1962	the jean shepherd show realistic television shows	+At auction: a genuine elephant's leg umbrella stand. A St. Louis man breaks into the zoo and frees ...
02.15.1962	the jean shepherd show myths and existence	+ "The human race is..." First days are very important. The first day at the steel mill, a job gotte...
09.05.1961	the jean shepherd show looking for a 'good time charlie'	+ An unsolvable problem: rats and cheese, non-violent violence. The probabilities of suicide. Being ...
09.04.1961	the jean shepherd show a clarion call	+ Who is really an American? Square eggs from North Carolina. Swimming pools and fallout shelters. A...
03.02.1961	the jean shepherd show a 'guest shot' at a shoe shine stand	+ A chat with Mother Nature. Obstructionism as a way of life, ghost believers. Don't miss the twelve...
03.01.1961	the jean shepherd show the truth from tv guide	+ H. G. Grubbage and the news, a crack in suburban Philadelphia. "Ricky and Debby in Sardine Land." ...
02.27.1961	the jean shepherd show native rights, a lady cab driver, a beatnik asks for 'vanilla,' a manhattan	+Native rights, a lady cab driver, a beatnik asks for "vanilla," a Manhattan tradition, three thousa...
02.22.1961	the jean shepherd show tapping the one thousand foot long watermelon of life	+Tapping the one thousand foot long watermelon of life. The game of "World Diplomacy." "National Not...
09.18.1960	the jean shepherd show getting from a to z without going through the rest of the alphabet	+ What not to name the baby, the water polo game of life, "The New Jersey Effigy Company." After the...
09.11.1960	the jean shepherd show air conditioned graves	+ "Listen Baby," air conditioned graves? A reading from "Fu Manchu." Shep mentions that "this is the...
09.10.1960	the jean shepherd show six of one, half a dozen of the other	+ Shep describes his visit to Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. Shepherd on the Voice Of America? What would the...
09.04.1960	the jean shepherd show a ride on the caterpillar	+ A ride on the caterpillar. Being on the "art studies" mailing list. Don't vote! The revolt of the ...
09.03.1960	the jean shepherd show a moment of lucidity at the 'agressive cab company,' a visit to 'the circus of life'	+The MONY sign, Shep plans to make the first purchase at the new Paperbook Gallery. Three hundred co...
07.30.1960	the jean shepherd show bad weather in new york city, aboard a coast guard cutter, a man overboard	+"The Footrace Of Life" in New York. At the dog track: chasing the rabbitt of life. Shep reveals the...
07.23.1960	the jean shepherd show america is the patsy of the world	+The emblem of the eagle should be replaced by a cocker spaniel. A modest proposal for ex-presidents...
07.10.1960	the jean shepherd show the chain on the door, the steel mill and 'terry and the pirates'	+ Shep talks about: the chain on the door, the steel mill and "Terry and The Pirates." Permanent pro...
07.04.1960	the jean shepherd show summer madness and 'the great ice cream war'	+Summer madness and "The Great Ice Cream War." A real ingredient in bowling balls is cheese!
07.02.1960	the jean shepherd show the july 4th weekend, old wallace beery movies, druids at stonehenge, 'we are being inundated by a wave of creeping meatballism'	+The July 4th weekend, old Wallace Beery movies, Druids at Stonehenge, "We are being inundated by a ...
06.25.1960	the jean shepherd show grand prix auto racing, fishing, air races, dance marathons	+ The recording begins with Dwight Weist reading the WOR News. Grand Prix auto racing, fishing, air ...
06.04.1960	the jean shepherd show a movie on the late show, a panorama of the civil war, indiana, a snake	+ A movie on the Late Show, a panorama of the Civil War, Indiana, a snake chucking, "Night People," ...

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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.

JEAN SHEPHERD