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Calvin,Cynthia Illinois Shep fan since: 2001	Comments:

Stoesser,John Barrington Illinois Shep fan since: 1980 Read one of his books	Comments:

Weiss,Glenn Bloomington Illinois Shep fan since: 1980	Comments:

Pollok,Keith Champaign Illinois Shep fan since: 1965 Read his Playboy short stories	Comments: I am grateful to you for setting up this website. I have been slowly working my way through his radio shows thanks to Max Schmid, and this is a great addition.

Tursh,Art Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1961 On the Radio	Comments: Shep talked me to sleep for many years. I lived for those Limelight shows. I've listened to a lot of talk radio through the years but Shep is still #1. Thank you for putting up this site!

Hickey,Jack Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1975	Comments:

Mericle,WC Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1976	Comments:

White,David Charles Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1959	Comments:

Kloth,Larry Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1999	Comments:

Madia,Jan Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1975 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: When I ask people my age (57)if the ever heard of Jean Shepherd they say "Who?" Boy, did they miss out! I really love his humor and how real his experience was. It gives me the feeling that it's all going to be OK! Even today....

Mueller,Bob Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1964	Comments:

Judge,Tony Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1965 On the Radio	Comments:

Waymond (actor,writer),Walt Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1992 Read one of his books	Comments: I am working on a script for a new film,not a sequel to A Christmas Story or Summer Story, but entirely different and would also like to do a show based on SHep's stories, email me at mvpwaymond@sbcglobal.net if anybody is interested.

Czarnik,Gloria Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1972 Read his Playboy short stories	Comments: The Chicago Tribune ran a story on Christmas Story. I had to visit this sight. I have family in NW Indiana and sometimes drive down Kennedy Ave past Flicks. I'm just another Polish girl from East Chicago.

Paszczyk,Joe Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1970 Saw his TV show	Comments: Like the writers below, I saw the article in the Sunday Tribune. It struck a cord. I grew up in Hegewisch, a neighborhood in Chicago right across the border from East Chicago, Indiana. 'Christmas Story' could have been mine-- the neighborhood, the people, the experiences. I have been a fan of Shep for years. I marvel at his ability to tell an engaging story with none of the gizmos we see on TV nowadays. I work in TV. Trust me: his way was better.

Weiss,Steven Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1983 On the Radio	Comments: I once worked for an eccentric shoe store owner who collected OTR on cassetts. While I worked in the back of the store he would play these tapes for my entertainment. One of these tapes was a JS performance at what must have been a college in the 1970s. How my employer got this tape I have know idea, but I recognized its importance and requested a copy. What an amazing story he weaved about his first day in high school ending with his miraculous algebra class experience. Can anyone tell me the specifics of the JS date? Answer privately please.

Golden,Steve Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1965 On the Radio	Comments:

Smith,Gloria Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1970 Read his Playboy short stories	Comments: I'm from East Chicago and Polish. I knew about Flick's tap because one of my friend's father patronized it. Unfortunately, Shep's radio shows were not heard in Chicago. When I was in college in the late 60's, many of the east coast guys I met were familiar with the show. I went to a university with a lot of engineers. What can I say, there were a lot of geeky guys who thought meeting a Polish girl from East Chicago was the high point of their lives. Every woman should be a goddess at some point in her life.

V,David Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1964 On the Radio	Comments: Lying there in bed at night with the lights out listening to Shep is an indelible childhood memory. While the show was 45 minutes, it seemed like seconds between when the music faded out and then faded in. I really wish a radio station had the courage to find and then run his old tapes at 10pm. The stories were timeless.

Newman,Howard Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1963 On the Radio	Comments: Like so many other fans I discovered Shep as an adolescent. His power seemed to be, in hindsight, the abilty to create a sense of true intimacy between us kids and this hip adult who was giving us the true scoop on how life worked, without expecting anything from us. He was the very essence of radio as a "hot" media that truly envolved and engaged the listener. Who even attempts to create the level of personal communciation that Jean Shepherd achieved for decades?

O'Connor,Tom Chicago Illinois Shep fan since: 1964 Read his Playboy short stories	Comments: Happened across his first Playboy story while looking at other "articles." Listened to his radio rebroadcasts on WBEZ and eventually bought all the books.

Weberling,Paul H. Chicago(orig.Newark,N.J.) Illinois Shep fan since: 1956	Comments:

Joyce,Mike Crystal Lake Illinois Shep fan since: 1961 Read his Playboy short stories	Comments: Heard about this site from a bartender at the Jungle Bar in Evansville, Indiana. Still searching your site, but still have not found my favorite Jean Sheperd radio spot. I heard it in Chicago while driving, maybe in the late 60s or early 70s. Seems like it was the CBS radio network, but could have been NPR. Jean was reminising about summers in Northern Indiana: a plastic radio on the fridge is playing a camp Hawaiian tune (Aloha Oye!). As I recall, he uses this song as a refrain throughout. But the spot is really about going to the beach in Hammond and floating on an old inner tube on Lake Michigan: the soot from the mills drifting down, an empty wine bottle floats by ... It was just fantastic, probably the best modern American audio humor I've ever heard. If anyone who reads this know the title of this exceptional piece, I would be most grateful. Mike

August,Robert Elgin Illinois Shep fan since: 1967 On the Radio	Comments:

Grierson,Rob Evanston Illinois Shep fan since: 1967	Comments:

Jeff Boarini,Jeff Evanston Illinois Shep fan since: 1970	Comments:

Eastman,Dennis Forsyth Illinois Shep fan since: 1961 Saw his TV show	Comments: When I was very young, my family lived in a neighborhood in Hammond, Indiana and Jean brought back memories of that place to me and my mom and dad. (The belching coal furnace, the bitter Indiana cold, the Mills (My dad worked @ Lever Bros. in Hammond), the diversity of the neighborhood, etc.) This was a happy time for us and Jean kept lovingly alive in our hearts and minds. When "Christmas Story" came out, it was like looking at old home movies of us.

Rowe,Patrick Glenview Illinois Shep fan since: 1986	Comments:

Berg,Laurie Hinsdale Illinois Shep fan since: 1982 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: I first say "Fourth of July and Other Disasters" when my father made me sit down and watch it as an eleven year old. It was hilarious. I was later introduced to Josephene Cosnowski, and it was spectacular. Growing up 100% Polish made it even funnier as I could identify with the Polish family. What is frustrating is that I have no way of showing these movies to my children as I have not been able to find them on DVD or VHS.

Coppola,Steve La Grange Park Illinois Shep fan since: 1976	Comments:

Hayes,Dave LaGrange Illinois Shep fan since: 1968 On the Radio	Comments: I grew up in Whiting, Indiana so could well relate to all of his stories about, "da region." When and where is the next Shepfest?

Langlois,Dolores Lagrange Park Illinois Shep fan since: 1964 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: I have a tape of a talk he gave in Chautauqua, NY that is priceless. It was done in 7/31/84. And of course his movie Christmas Story. I was hoping to get more tapes or CD's

Dafler,Kevin Lombard Illinois Shep fan since: 1969 On the Radio	Comments: I'm one of those kids you ention who used to lay in bed in the dark and marvel as Shep spoke to "me" via my sub-pillow transistor radio. A sixth-grade classmate clued me in to not only the radio show, but also "IGWT;AOPC", which I read many times as a pre-teen, and loved completely. I can still vividly picture in my mind, from Sheps wonderful descriptions, the old woman in the Horn and Hardart cafetia with the beet juice running down her chin! Anyone else remember the "Year One" poster Shep promoted and sold via his radio show? I got it, wish I still had it... Great site, thanks for rekindling so many great memories!!

Linke,Mark Morris Illinois Shep fan since: 1983 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: I'm of the generation that wasn't around during Shep's radio days, but of course I was hooked with "A Christmas Story" and always wanted to read the books it was based on. Every year on Christmas for the last decade my Brother-in-Law and I would watch the movie and argue about the location and the exact time of the real story (I said Hammond because of the Goldblatt's and 1939-1940 due to the Wizard of Oz characters)and then I finally read "In God we Trust..." What I discovered through the book and confirmed on this website was that Shep was actually talking about my late Father's elementary school and neighborhood in Hessville, their homes being only 2 or 3 blocks apart (my Dad grew up on Marshall Avenue). While Shep was a few years older than my Dad, they travelled the same streets and visited the same haunts! Now that my Dad is gone and his parents home was sold back in 1995, I have an even greater connection to a time and place I will never hear my father describe again. But it means the world to me that I will be able to hear it through Jean Shepherd.

Downer,Whit Morton Grove Illinois Shep fan since: 1966 On the Radio	Comments: Not my first time at this site - but I sure do enjoy coming back! Thanks for being here! Whit

Williams,Larry Mt Vernon Illinois Shep fan since: 1978 Read one of his books	Comments: Jean Shepherd is one of the greatest storytellers and writer in American literature. I believe he is the Mark Twain of twentieth century America.

Williams,Larry Mt Vernon Illinois Shep fan since: 1973 Read one of his books	Comments:

Enochs,Joe Murrayville Illinois Shep fan since: 1972 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: I saw the Phantom Of The Open Hearth when I was a teenager. Later, while watching the Christmas Story I recognized the narrator. Now, at 40+ years, I am still trying to find an affordable copy of the movie The Phantom Of The Open Hearth.

Ekkebus (Henning),Sue Naperville Illinois Shep fan since: 1990 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: Read the November 30th article in the Chicago Tribune, and came to this site. My Mom, then Phyllis Livingston, was born and grew up in Hammond and graduated Hammond High, class of 1927. Her Aunt and Uncle lived in Hessville. I, too, was born in Hammond in the late '50s, and grew up in Lansing, Illinois, just across the border from Indiana. My husband's favorite movie is A Christmas Story.

Kalemba,Keith Oak Park (formerly Toms River, NJ) Illinois Shep fan since: 2000	Comments:

pedziwiatr,stan orland hills Illinois Shep fan since: 1974 On the Radio	Comments:

Carney,Bill Palatine Illinois Shep fan since: 1979 On the Radio	Comments: A friend of mine in 1979 told me about re-broadcasts that were being broadcasted around the time we left the office each day. One listen, and I was hooked. Often I would arrive home and wait in the car to the displeasure of my wife and kids, just to finish listening to his stories. While I am a lot older now, still a music fan, I am always reminded during The Christmas Story or this great story teller. I miss that experience and wish it was available again.

Johnson,Ernest Peoria Illinois Shep fan since: 1964	Comments:

Quick,Bob Peru Illinois Shep fan since: 1963	Comments:

Hodges,Buz Plainfield Illinois Shep fan since: 1982	Comments:

Connell,John Rockford Illinois Shep fan since: 1966 Read one of his books	Comments: My son recently married a wonderful girl from Australia. To show her family what the typical middle-class, middle-American, family is like we sent them a copy of "In God We Trust..." and "A Christmas Story". We all felt that Shep could explain us better than anyone else!

connell,john rockford Illinois Shep fan since: 1966 Read one of his books	Comments: I first discovered Shep in 1966 when I bought "In God We Trust..." as a birthday present for myself. Every year since my 16th birthday I would purchase a hardcover book as a "gift to self". I had read a review in the Chicago Trib and decided that this was a "must read". While in the army I read his stories from Playboy (why weren't these reprinted?). Twenty years later a friend from New York told me of Shep's radio program and listened with envy to his glowing praise. Often the Chicago station (WBBM or WMAQ) would air a short commentary. Then came the movies , the PBS films, an his series for PBS. Yep, I've been a fan for over half my life! Time well spent! john

Gruizenga,Joel Rolling Meadows Illinois Shep fan since: 1985 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: If you haven't already, you need to read his books. They are excellant.

Borgia,Peter Sherman Illinois Shep fan since: 1962 On the Radio	Comments:

M,P Urbana Illinois Shep fan since: 1978 Read one of his books	Comments: Unknown #8 - 'Romantic Music' - 4-29-66 Show Is from Schwanda the bagpiper

Hussey,Kevin Wheaton Illinois Shep fan since: 1970 Saw One of His Movies	Comments: I'm interested in getting a copy of Phantom of the Open Hearth.

Foltz,Gary Wheeler Illinois Shep fan since: 1972 Read his Playboy short stories	Comments: I loved his short stories, and I watch The movie every Christmas.

Kennedy,Richard Wheeling Illinois Shep fan since: 1968 On the Radio	Comments: I got turned on to this site less than 24 hours ago when I got an email from an old high school buddy that I recently reconnected with. It was a business related e-mail but at the very end of it he mentioned this site. Naturally I checked it out immediately. We had both been at the Shep press conference at the Overseas Press Club in New York in March 1970. I remember as Shep came into the room that day I played "Hail to the Chief" on my kazoo. Shep referred to my rendition that night on his show on WOR. It's still the only 50,000 watt mention I've ever gotten. I grew up on Long Island and listened to Shep every night while I was in high school from 1968 through 1972. My dad used to listen to Shep and I got the habit from him. I still vividly remember the day I picked up my copy of In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash at the local book store. I now live in the suburbs of Chicago. I'll have to make the trip over to Hammond to check out Flick's Tap. Jean Shepherd was definitely a big part of my formative years.

wojnarowski,bob willow brook Illinois Shep fan since: 1972 Saw his TV show	Comments:

Munsell,Nancy Witt Illinois Shep fan since: 1998	Comments:

Mostowski,James Wood Dale Illinois Shep fan since: 1970 Read one of his books	Comments: Started with Car& Driver articles staring in 1970, read whatever I could find, discovered the radio show in 1974 on Chicago's NPR (WBEZ) station. Been a lifelong fan ever since. What a guy! The epitome of a Raconteur! I especially remember his broadcasts regarding his military experiences on the mobile radar!

Vrett,John Woodstock Illinois Shep fan since: 1965	Comments: