Flicklives.com

New Jersey

Scheele,Jake

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1960

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Healy,Thomas

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1972

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Moschella,Michael

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1964
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Attacap,Vince

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1964
On the Radio

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I still give copies of In God We Trust, All Other's Pay Cash as gifts to friends who have never heard of Shep. But as great as Shep was as a writer he was even better on radio. I was lucky enough to have seen him in person twice in college shows.
Thanks for a great website!

pasternak,bob

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1959
On the Radio

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In the late 1950's, it was my brother who was the first to introduce me to the wonderful world of Shep's stories (Saturday morning on WOR). And, I don't think that I have ever enjoyed a story teller more than Jean Shepherd. He was the best.

Farabaugh,Peter

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1957
On the Radio

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In loving memory of my best friend with whom I shared so many laughs and conversations about Shep.

Mancini,Patricia

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1960

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I listened to his 11:15 PM broadcasts in the early 60's in my NJ bedroom with my clock radio on very low volume (I was supposed to be asleep!).
---hearing Shep's voice on the website downloads brings back wonderful memories. Was told about it by a colleague who also grew up in the NY Metropolitan area and was a listener during his formative years. Before there was Garrison Keeler and Lake Woebegone, there was Shep! Thanks!

Fenton,Tom

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1970
On the Radio

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When I was a kid, my brother and I would stay up listening to a transistor radio waiting for that opening racetrack theme song. I remember that small black radio, tucked under my pillow turned way down low so my mother would'nt hear it as I was supose to be sleeping. He would come on WOR at such an hour that is was difficult to stay up so late. Many a time I fell asleep before the end of the show. I remember my brother eating rabbit food once because of some story or other Jean Shepherd told, and another story about pigs attacking a plane in South America or some such place. You just never knew what was going to happen. Thanks for the site, it brings back memories.

Harris,John

New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
On the Radio

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I was born in 1963 and thats when i discovered Jean Shepherd. My father would sit us around the radio and we would listen to him on WWOR. I even got to see him live in Clinton at the mill. I wanted so much to take my children to see him but unfortunatly he passed before i could. there will be nobody who can take you back and put u into his stories like he did.
I have not been able to find any of his radio shows or TV shows so if anyone can help please let me know.

Reck,Frank
Aberdeen
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968

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Shepherd,Jean
Allamuchy
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1956

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Cmil,Bob
Annandale
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966

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Rea,John
Annandale
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966
On the Radio

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There are still none in his class.

Cmil,Robert
Annandale
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1971
On the Radio

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What a great web site. I learn something new every time I visit. Like that Shep used to broadcast from the WOR transmitter in Carteret - my home town!! I could have "visited" him like Curt Henderson did with Wolfman Jack in "American Graffiti". Keep up the good work. And spread the news!!!

WELCH,THOMAS
ATLANTICHIGHLANDS
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1971
On the Radio

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use to listen after my farther went to work at night

Hollinger,Charlie
Audubon
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1958
On the Radio

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11:15 PM WOR. I could not find Shep's reading of Hell Bound Train on search. Are there no recordings? There was a lot of great listening.

These came up for me: (Jim)
8-5-64
6-19-73
12-23-75

Phelps,Mark
Basking Ridge
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966

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wolenski,henry
bayonne
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1975
On the Radio

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There is no one better! I knew this at 9 years old. Thanks dad for introducing me to your friend.

Zigh,Teresa
Bayonne
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966
On the Radio

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My mom (usually asleep by 8pm) didn't find out for decades that my dad let us stay up and listen to Shep on WOR at 10:15 every night. When "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories" was published, we stood for hours in line, at Brentano's in Morristown, to get his autograph. He said I was an "elegant young lady"...totally far from the case, but I BELIEVED him back then. I've also never washed my "Shepherd's Pie" shirt he autographed - a fact which probably would've had him shaking his head. I wish kids today could have someone as observant, wry, and affectionate to listen to.

Wanko,George Wanko
Bayonne
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1960

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Drury,Mike
Belford
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
On the Radio

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What a great site. I love listening to those old shows again.In the mid 60's my friends and I would get together in Johnny Gordons apartment in Jersey City,drink beer(Iron City),smoke cigerettes and listen to Jean Sheperd. We were in heaven

Fitzpatrick,Jack
Belmar
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1971
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Ruby,Dave
Bergen Cty. NJ
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1962

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Arey N2EI,T. J. "SKIP"
Beverly
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1971

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McGrail,Ron
Bloomfield
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
On the Radio

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I miss Jean's nightly WOR broadcasts. And I have to agree with you. When I had my little transitor radio tucked under my pillow each night Shep was talking to only me.

Dougherty,Bob
Bloomfield
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1950
On the Radio

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One word "Great". Had the pleasure of seeing Shep several tines in Clinton, NJ and at Somerset College back in the 70's with the Smith Street band.

C.,Barbara
Bloomfield
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1982

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Regan,Jim
Bloomingdale
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965
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marshall,ken
bound brook
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1956
On the Radio

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saw your name in "excelsior, you fathead"- googled the name-and saw the article I wrote for the Valkyrie all those years ago....so the universal thump is passed round. Lately, while playing a sort of slow blues/ragtime version of "hail to the Varsity"..I know you know it..I had indelible orange and black visions of "gus" and "sudsy lux" and all of us children caught between eras....still, it is, I suppose, good to know that the once night people are still around...a bit less intense. Yeah, it's all there, and a yard wide.

Just,Catherine
Branchville
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1962

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COSTELLO,CHARLIE
BRICK
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968
On the Radio

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HEY THERE GANG! JUST LIKE THE REST OF YOU "KIDS" OUT THERE, I DISCOVERED SHEP ON WOR ONE NIGHT...AND NEVER TURNED HIM OFF! ENDED A FEW DATES EARLY TO LISTEN ON THE WAY HOME IN THE CAR...RADIO IN FRONT OF THE BUNGALOW AT THE JERSEY SHORE...GOT ALL HIS BOOKS, READ 'EM COUNTLESS TIMES! THE BEST STORY-TELLER, BAR NONE! WENT BACK & FORTH BETWEEN IMUS & KLAVAN IN THE MORNING...BUT THE NITES BELONGED TO OL' SHEP.
MISS HIM LIKE CRAZY...OK MENS. AT EASE!

Rowland-McCarthy,Leslie
Brick
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 2003
Saw One of His Movies

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Please set the record straight about the identity of Knuckles O'Toole. My father, Billy Rowland, was responsible for most of the recordings made under that title.

Dick Hyman would be the first to admit that. They had a great mutual respect.

My father also recorded the Crazy Otto Rag which made the top 10 in 1955 under the name of Johnny Maddox. Johnny Maddox was not available to record at that time and Dot records had my father do the recording. As a result, he got royalties from the record that were quite substantial for that time.

Thanks, Leslie Rowland-McCarthy

Maher,Bob
Bridgewater
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1960
On the Radio

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Many a night I fell asleep listening to the Shep. I remember when I returned from overseas the first night back home I once again drifted off to the sounds of the kazoo and the Bear missed the Train

Peyser,Bob
Bridgewater
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965

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Lefever,Bob
Bridgewater
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1970
On the Radio

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Never got tired of Jean Shepherd. Great stories told by a great voice.

Durma,Bob
Bridgewater
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1981
Read one of his books

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Boguszewski,Ron
Brigantine
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1969
On the Radio

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My entire Mechanical Drafting class was introduced to Gene Sheppard by our teacher, Mr. Sobon, who played tapes of the radio shows in class while we worked. Of course, the next step was listening to the radio shows ourselves. I'm now trying to find tapes of those shows. Any information you could pass along would be appreciated.

Masterson,Dawn
Budd Lake
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1979
Saw One of His Movies

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I call my chocolate lab the bumpus hound, because he is a beast! i got a leg lamp for my father, and my mother refused to let him put it out in the livingroom, so he kept it in his workshop until she passed away. then he put it in the front window, but the bulb kept burning out! i think there's a short in the lamp, but he says my mother's mad.

Reardon,Jackie Nolan
Burlington
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966

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R.,Susie
Califon
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1959
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Like many other fans, I, too, used to listen to Shep in bed at night with the radio turned very low so my parents would not know I was still awake. My father would not have mind, however, as he, too, was a Shep fan.

I was fortunate to see him in concert once. Fantastic!

Several years ago, I had major surgery and knew I would be out of work for several months. To help me while away the time, I ordered several tapes of Sheps shows from the 70's and spent hours listening to them. Over time, I've either misplaced (loaned out) most of them - the dog ate one or two also - and was thrilled to recently find CD's from the 60's.

Life has now come full circle, as I am once again lying in bed late at night listening to Shep.

R,Bob
carlstadt
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1969

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Rossi,MaryAnn Kleban
Carteret
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1956

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Tidroski,Frank
Carteret
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
On the Radio

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For years I've thought about Shep and Flick and finally googled them. Wow, there's allot of us out there. We were into talk radio long before there was such a thing. I rememebr many nights in Carteret, NJ lying in bed with a transistor radio listening to Shep without my parents knowing about it. Then I was ten and have often thought of those simpler times, Flick and Shep!

Ronkowitz,Ken
Cedar Grove
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
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Used to listen to WOR broadcasts with my transistor radio under my pillow. I wrote him a letter once with a tall tale and he read part on the air (uncredited) At 11, it was like winning an Oscar.
Saw him over the years at a number of places in Jersey (Seton Hall, Princeton U., Summit High School, Lambertville) Glad to see how many people know him beyond A Christmas Story.
I had a number of buddies that listened too, but oddly enough, the wives never quite got it - other women did (I saw them at the shows) but not the wives.

Badger,Bruce
Cherry Hill
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968

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Eggert,Chick
Clementon
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1952

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Anolik,Gary
Clifton
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1967

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Winter,Todd
clifton
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1969
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After discovering him on the radio after a New York Mets rain out,
I never did look at life the same again.
I got a chance to meet Shep at a book signing In Wayne, NJ 1973.
I still have his Autograph I collected that night.
My ol'man got me there before he arrived and I was the last one in line before he left. I listed to him for 2-3 hours that night. One of his tales that evening, in between signing copies of his book, was of the "Great Eastern" and the "stale donut sale" at 5 minutes before closing. I was 12 years old, I remembered those sales and he knew about them too. How cool is that!
Excelsior!

Sivilic,Bob
Clifton
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965

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Thelin,Lowell
Clifton
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1956

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Burgess,Ron
Clifton
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968

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Toth,Bill
Clifton
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1970
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I remember hearing the wild kazoo antics of Jean Shepherd
on WOR back in the late 60s but was not formally introduced to the story telling maestro until May 8, 1970. I drove several classmates of mine from Clifton High School down to Princeton in my fathers decrepit 63 Rambler. Even though
this was 34 years ago I can still recall Jean Shepherd being wildly animated telling an army story in which he and the rest of the army baseball team were playing in the nude because it was so hot. Then the general shows up with his wife.
The trip back from Princeton was also an adventure. The lights on my Rambler failed, and the NJ State Police escorted the bunch of us off the Garden State Parkway
at 2:00AM, right into a gas station located in Newark NJ.
We got out to look for a map under the seat and realized we were surrounded by a motorcycle gang.

Kungl,John
Clifton
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1958
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Listened to Shep from the age of 13--totally warped my mind forever. Still have my original kazoo from the Town Hall performance New Years Eve in 1968. Bring it out occasionally and play a few lines of the Shiek in memory of Shep.His humor is timeless and everytime someone mentions Christmas Story it's my opportunity to recap his life for them and provide some MP3's for their listening pleasure. Excelsior!!!

Chiarello,Frank
Colonia
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1962

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Donnelly,Philip
Colonia
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1960

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Donnelly,Philip
Colonia
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
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As a kid growing up in Newark, New Jersey I was a night owl. I had an old Emerson radio next to my bed. I had discovered that I could use the dial light as a reading light, this was how I discovered "Shep" on WOR. If memeory serves me right Jean came on after the 11 O'clock news and before Long John Nebel. I didn't have to read by that paulty light anymore but just lay back and listen to those great stories he would weave. After his book "IN GOD WE TRUST, all others pay cash" came out the Newspaper announced that he would be doing a book signing in Bambergers in Newark. I went, bought a copy and waited in line. When my turn came I mentioned that I was a Ham Radio operator like him and he sined the book "To Phil, much DX man!, Jean Sheperd K2ORS" When ever I see one of the movies based upon his work, the characters seem like old friends.

DeMarco,Robert
Colonia
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1956
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My mother was a great fan of Jean Shepherd and it was she who introduced me to the wonderful raving and story telling of the greatest raconteur since Mark Twain. It was in 1956 and Shep was still a relatively new commodity on WOR radio in New York. In 1956 even I was young and I can tell you that listening to Shep for all those years had a dramatic affect on my personality and wit.
I felt like I personally knew Flick and Schwartz and Breunner and Kissel. His descriptions of "the old man" and his penchant for very used Oldsmobiles seemed to describe not only my father but also every other "old man" in my neighborhood in Bayonne, N.J.
Being from Bayonne I could readily identify with the industrial belching and noxious fumes that plagued Shep's neighborhood. Instead of the Grasselli Chemical Co. we had the refineries of Standard Oil, Texaco and Tidewater.
Anyone who has ever swum in the Kill Von Kull river or Newark Bay or New York Bay can easily relate to Shep's description of the water in Cedar Lake; the scene of his fishing expedition for the known 47 crappies. It would kill a buonic plague bacillus!!.
As I grew older I continued to listen to Shep right through high school and into college. While in Fairleigh Dickinson University I finally got a chance to see Shep in person as he performed for us on campus. As usual he railed against those pretensious fatheads in our society and he told us about his mission to get an unwritten book on the New York Times best seller list. Legions of his "night people" met him in New York and went to all the bookstores asking for a copy of "I, Libertine" by Fredrick R. Ewing. In due order after hundreds of Shep's enlistees went again and again to these bookstores the unwritten book actually made it to the top ten best sellers list.
He told us of his flying invectives where he would have his listeners put their radios on the ledge of an open window on late summer nights and then Shep would scream "ALL RIGHT YOU TWO, COME DOWN OFF THE ROOF WE'VE GOT THE PLACE SURROUNDED."
The sweetest music I ever heard was Shep playing The Shiek Of Araby on his kazoo or his Jews' harp.
Shep would often times use actual newspaper articles as fodder for his shows. Once while on a business trip to Ohio I read an article in a Dayton paper about a kid and his sister who were selling worms and crawfish as bait to local fishermen. They were busted during an undercover sting by agents of the Ohio Department of Fisheries or some such agency. The case was eventually thrown out of court by an irate judge who demanded to know who the fool was who dreamed up this assault on minor children expressing the entreprenaurial spirit. The Ohio Department of Fisheries could not be reached for comment.
I laughed like crazy and kept the article because I knew Shep would appreciate the lunacy of it all.
When I got back to New Jersey I mailed it to Shep and indeed he not only read it on the air but he did the entire show about the ineptitude and stupidity of bureaucrats. As much as I enjoyed his reading my article I was somewhat dismayed that instead crediting me with a byline he referred to me "some guy from Jersey".
I have all his books including a sigjned copy of "Wanda Hicky" and I re-read them all.
I sometimes get maudlin thinking that his genius is gone forever; bit it isn't really. It remains with us, his loyal fans, in our hearts and minds.
Bob DeMarco
Colonia, N.J.
p.s. - Excelsior you fathead and keep your knees loose.

Mitchell,Liz
Colonia
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965
On the Radio

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Flick Lives!

McShane,David
couple of em ; lets say Orange
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968
On the Radio

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Talkin about "the old man" ,flick, his ma ,his brother,christmas dinner at the chinese joint.I remember stories woven,coming out the philco radio I got thru my paper route bonus. Started listening to Jean Shepard because my Aunt told me about this guy. Couldn't explain him to any of my friends. Clavin; heard that name before seeing this site, cant recall where. Read "One More Hat on a Man" by Randall Shepard on this site under people. Thanks for that Clavin.And all thats here. How to get him broadcast now?

Rosen,Jeff
Cranbury
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1962
On the Radio

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Shep, Lord Buckley, Bucky Fuller and Brother Blue - the preeminent 20th century artists of the spoken word. How I miss them.

B,Mark
Cranbury
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1964
On the Radio

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EXCELSIOR!

Flacks,Andy
Cranford
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1964
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I was the kid with the little transistor radio and the white ear phone. I always hoped that when I went past 1440 Broadway I'd run into Shep...no such luck. Now my son is getting into the old tapes.

Excelsior, all you fatheads!!

Mathews,Duncan
Cranford
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965
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great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He would be pleased

Strauss,Arnold
Denville
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965
On the Radio

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While attending college, I used to work at a service station in northern New Jersey until late Sunday night. Jean kept me company on my way back to school and kept a lonely ride as enjoyable as could be. I wish he were back on WOR today (along with many of the other great talk show hosts who are since gone).

Eckert,Gene
Denville
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1961
On the Radio

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He taught me how to tell stories....nothing ever looked the same after hearing him.....caused me to see the details in life and also find humor in some everyday events

Zastera,Burt
Deptford
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1964

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Wells,George
Dover
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1961
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As I entered High School a new friend introduced me to the wonderful world of "Shep." While I loved the stories, his real impact on me was his reading of Robert Service poems. I wasn't much of a reader at that time, but listening to Shep read those poems drove me to the library. I can still remember reading "The Cremation of Sam McGee" to my sopohmore English class, much to the dismay of the teacher and the delight of the male students. From there I got hooked on reading. Through his reading of Haiku, I developed an enduring interest in all things Japanese and now read, write, and speak that language.

I actually met Shep and Leigh once at a book signing (In God We Trust), but I never got to personally thank him. So, here's to you Shep, you actually changed one life for the better.

McKenna,Terry
Dover
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963

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Carr,Brian
Dumont
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 2001

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Clavin,Jim
Dumont
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965

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Sigman,Bruce
East Brunswick
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968
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Gleason,Bob
East Brunswick
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1960
On the Radio

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Love it. Thanks!

Greenwald,William S.
East Brunswick
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1958

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Williams,Frank
East Hanover
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1969
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When I moved to the NY area in 1969, I had a table radio that had been badly damaged in shipment. After buying some parts and rebuilding the radio, I turned it on one Saturday morning, not really expecting it to work. The first thing I heard was this strange laughter, and I was in the middle of a "classic Shepherd" broadcast. It wasn't like any radio program I had ever heard, and I thought I was picking up some Ham broadcasting. Been a Shepherd fan ever since.

Miller,Bill
East Hanover
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966
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My father introduced me to Shep when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I used to fall asleep listening to him on WOR, on a small transistor radio tucked under my pillow. I can still remember how clearly I could picture the stories in my mimd, how Shep's ability to paint a picture with words could transport me to another place and time. I can still see Ludlow Kissle staggering up the street as clearly as if I was actually there.

I was a big fan of Shepherd's Pie and Jean Shepherd's America, too. I don't know if they are being broadcast anywhere, but I would certainly tune in.

Does anyone else remember the water tower in/near Brick, NJ with "Flick Lives" spray painted on it? Where exactly was it, and is it still there?

Welzer,Steve
East Windsor
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1962
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Living in South Orange, NJ, listened every night (WOR). Went in the city to catch him at the Limelight. Ordered and devoured "In God We Trust - All Others Pay Cash" as soon as it came out. (hey, what's an Orpheum Gravy Boat?)

Baumann,Rich
East Windsor
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1967

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NAGTALON,VICTORIA
EATONTOWN
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1980
Saw One of His Movies

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I AM TRYING TO FIND A COPY OF "OLLIE HOPNOODLE`S HAVEN OF BLISS" I READ THAT IT WAS MADE FOR PBS, I SAW IT YEARS AGO AND LOVED IT AND WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN AND SHOW MY DAUGHTER
THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE---------- VICKI----

Weiner,Stewart
Edison
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
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Jean kept me company for many years and the Limelight on a Saturday night was a great place to take a date. His WOR radio shows that have been saved for us are as fresh today as they were when originally broadcasted. On one of his last shows on WOR, he talked about how radio is for the now and unlike movies and television shows which are rerun, radio just fades away. Thankfully for us, he was wrong.

Sovart,Ken
Edison
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968
On the Radio

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I met Shep at Bamburgers, when he signed my copy of Wanda Hickey...still have it, an autographed first edition.

Daniher,Ed
Edison
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1955
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Other than Mark Twain, Shep has no peer as America's greatest humorist/satirist.

Lagomarsino,John
Emerson
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1970

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ecke,dean
englewood
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1957
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the picture of shep on the back of one of his album covers wth the credit photo by duckworth,my friend Artie and i were convinced that he had chosen the photographer for the weird name and nothing else.

Ferrari,John
Fair Haven
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963

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Szpila,Bob
Fairfield
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968

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Zirul,Arthur
Fairview
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963

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Morrison,Richard
Flemington
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1962

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Manz,Gus
Flemington
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1968
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I remember riding in the back seat of my parents' '65 Chevy one Christmas Eve while my Dad fiddled with the AM radio, and heard this most amazing man tell a wonderful story about a Red Ryder BB gun. I asked my Dad who it was. He told me proudly, "Jean Shepherd". From that night on, I kept a small transistor radio under my pillow to listen to Shep for many years to come. I remember seeing him "live" at Fairleigh Dickinson in Madison, NJ many years later with my younger brother (who also became hooked on Shep), and listened to him spin childhood tales ... of getting his tongue stuck on an icy flagpole in the winter and "writing" his name in the snow (including an extra wiggle for the exclamation point). 35 years later, I'm introducing my kids to Shep, now that they're old enough to enjoy him. Yet another generation, mesmerized under his magic spell.

King,Charles
Florham Park
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1963
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High School Shep Fans were the nerds of their time in the '60's. We didn't care! Each afternoon before boarding the bus home we would shout a hearty EXCELSIOR YOU FATHEAD
to all who were within earshot. We also had "EYF" pocket
protectors.

Peluso,Jim
Florham Park
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1965
On the Radio

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I remember listening in bed and a small leap of excitement would occur when the theme music would come on and the opposite when Shep was ending the show talking over the theme. There were times I laughed out loud and times when I wanted to scream "stop playing the damn Kazoo!" But he was always entertaining. My favorites were when he talked about working in the steel mill.

The theme music takes me right back to those nights

O'Gara-Morgan,Ann
Frankford
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1970

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Monath,Steven
Franklin
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1969

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Bennett,Harold F.
Freehold
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1960

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Dennis,Bill
Freehold
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1970
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It's too bad Jean Shepherd never lived to see his talent and style become appreciated by the world of pop culture in the way that "A Christmas Story" has. I've always felt thankful that someone thought to give him a cameo appearance in the movie, and I never fail to point him out to my kids as the genius who conceived this story and these characters and narrates the film.
The best part about this movie is that it ensures that Jean Shepherd will not be forgotten when we former radio listeners are no longer around.

Pietrusiak,Leon
Freehold
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966

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Schaeffer,Jeff J.
Freehold
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1961

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dupont,joe
Gillette
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1964
On the Radio

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I grew up listening to Jean on my crystal set first.
He was the neatest thing going and non of my friends could give a hoot about him.
On friend.. Dave Ward of Chatham had him over for dinner!
Jean was at the Chatham Borough high school giving a performance. I use to go into the village .. on college break to hear him at the limelight. It did not get
much better than that!!!
He was a pilot.. and flew the Grumman Yankee.
He signed my book.." Keep your air speed up!"

He had a special stare and look about him..
that made your contact with him great.

CAVALIERE,SUZANNE
GUTTENBERG
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1966
On the Radio

Comments:
WOW!HOW MY GRANDMOTHER,MOTHER&I LOVED TO LISTEN TO SHEP
ON WOR-ALL THOSE MANY NIGHTS AGO/ON A SUMMER NIGHT LIKE
TONIGHT

Golden,Art
Guttenberg
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1964
On the Radio

Comments:
Shep was the greatest. Used to tape his shows when I knew I wasn't going to be home. Got into huge fights with my father about how much electricity I was using (wasting) and what the cost was!

Lane,Jim
Haddon Twp.
New Jersey

Shep fan since: 1950
On the Radio

Comments:
Listened to Jean every night in the 50`s while I worked on the night shift in new York City on 40th street.He made tje time fly with his stories.