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Paul,Richard
New York
Shep fan since:
1965
On the Radio |
Comments:
A fellow student suggest I listen to Jean, when I was 13.
He turned me on to talk radio and for that I thank you Robert Fleischer ... wherever you may be.
Those were more genteel days,in terms of popular culture, but today I enjoy Micheal Savage as Jean's darker incarnation.
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Luckett,Marty
New York
Shep fan since:
1967
On the Radio |
Comments:
Hey Gang! When I was 8, laying in bed at night I would hear the opening music of Shep's radio show, the "riders up!" trumpet, playing on my parents radio tuned to WOR..I would find it on my radio expecting a horse race, but always it was this man's voice, so I never stayed...one night, the 4th of July the man's voice announced he was going to read Ludlow Kissel and The Dago Bomb etc. etc.
His voice that night was very conspiritorial...seductive, i a way I later learned was his trademark, the way he included all that were listening that..we were in on it too! As he unfolded the story of using fireworks as kid (something I had done that day), I nearly wet the bed from laughing so hard...
The next day my father gave me In God We Trust...my first adult book...I was hooked..later came Wanda Hickey and Ferrari in the Bedroom...
The last time I heard shep was a guest apperance here in NYC..a couple of radio jocks invited him to present his views on the state of radio today...he was very negative about the industry, much to their suprise...what did they expect? Shep had more creativity, sense of prescence, writing ability and genuine satire in his little pinky finger, than Howard Stern will achieve in 10 lifetimes of saying the word penis over the air and then snickering like a child who said a dirty word and got away with it.
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carter,debbie
New York
Shep fan since:
1962
On the Radio |
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Ross,Bill
New York
Shep fan since:
1965
On the Radio |
Comments:
Does anyone remember Shep hosting a Nightline back in the mid to late 80's? He was at home in Florida and it was a July 4th show. How appropriate! I worked the show and it was sad he was not given time to make his magic that night. He was taken too soon. We could really use him now. Thanks to all those that keep this and all the other sites alive remembering Jean and everything he's done.
Exelsior Fathead!
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Furstenberg,Marc
New York
Shep fan since:
1961
On the Radio |
Comments:
What about the story about Banana Nose Zeke Bonura stealing home when Shep and the old man went to see the Sox play?
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Boyce,Robert
New York
Shep fan since:
1962
On the Radio |
Comments:
I was given an 8 cd set of Jean's radio shows and the enclosed pamphlet referred to this site. As a kid, I used a surplus oven timer to turn on a reel to reel recorder to tape Jean when I couldn't be home. Sure wish I had kept some of them considering how many broadcast (thousands?) have been lost forever and they were all brilliant and priceless - Thanks for maintaining the site.
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Chiclacos,Charles
(orig) College Point - (now) Glen Cove
New York
Shep fan since:
1962
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Shaw,Jim
(then) Irvington
New York
Shep fan since:
1968
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Carmello,Tom
Albany
New York
Shep fan since:
1974
On the Radio |
Comments:
THIS A WONDERFUL SITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING
ME TO READ HIS WORKS AND HEAR HIS WORDS ONCE AGAIN.
MY AREA DID NOT RECEIVE A STRONG SIGNAL FOR HIS RADIO
SHOW FROM WOR RADIO, WHICH IS WHY I AM SO THRILLED TO
BE ABLE TO HEAR HIS PERSONAL WAY OF TELLING A STORY, AND TO READ SO MUCH OF HIS WARM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. I HAVE READ EVERY SHEP BOOK AND HAVE SEEN EVERY MOVIE, BUT NOW I CAN
ACTUALLY GET TO HEAR SHEP'S RADIO SHOWS, WITHOUT ALL THE STATIC OR RADIO TROUBLES. GOD, I WISH PBS WOULD RERUN SHEP'S
OLD SHOWS, FOR BIG FANS, LIKE ME.I HAVE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS ON THIS SITE ALREADY, AND I JUST DISCOVERED IT TODAY.
MAY MR. SHEPARD, REST IN PEACE AND THANKS AGAIN FOR KEEPING
HIS MEMORY ALIVE FOR ALL OF US, STILL LIVING.
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Fritze,Linda
Albany
New York
Shep fan since:
1964
On the Radio |
Comments:
I was eleven and living in Brooklyn when I first started listening to Shep. Listening late at night, when everyone else was asleep, was like an adventure. It was as if we were both under the covers with a flashlight, telling stories. I particularly remember the night he told the story of falling asleep on the subway and waking up in the lost subway station. His imagination seemed boundless. There are none like him left today.
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Taber,Tom
Albion
New York
Shep fan since:
1968
Read his Playboy short stories |
Comments:
I saw Jean at my college (RIT) around 1968 - I believe twice. While he gave his talk, he was being "translated" for the many deaf students in attendance (the National Technical Institute for the Deaf was and is part of the school.) He slowed down a few times to let the "signer" catch up, and then stopped all together after saying the word "ass," waiting and watching, and then saying something like "I wanted to see what the symbol for that was!"
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Seiman,William
Amityville
New York
Shep fan since:
1974
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Masciangelo,Steve
Aquebogue
New York
Shep fan since:
1964
On the Radio |
Comments:
As a child ,I went to sleep each night with a cheap Japanese transistor radio beneath my pillow listening to Shep ,who took me away to " other places."
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Dorr,Terry
Aquebogue
New York
Shep fan since:
1961
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Uttendorfsky,R. F.
Astoria
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
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Schmid,Max
Astoria
New York
Shep fan since:
1921
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MERRYMAN,HELGA
BABYLON
New York
Shep fan since:
1962
On the Radio |
Comments:
I WOULD LISTEN TO WOR AT NIGHT WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS AT WORK, WHEN I FIRST HEARD SHEP. I WAS HOOKED, I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE HIM BEFORE OR SINCE (I'VE READ MOST OF HIS BOOKS SEEN ALL OF HIS MOVIES AND HEARD MOST OF HIS RADIO SHOWS).
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Steenbuck,Kenneth
Babylon
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
On the Radio |
Comments:
Thanks for many wonderful hours of laughs and and fun
especially 6SJ7GT, and the sounds of the machines in
the factories. Jean you will never be forgotten. You
were one of a kind ,agreat kind.
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Ford,Darrel Blaine
Babylon
New York
Shep fan since:
1950
On the Radio |
Comments:
For years listening to Shep was a must for me. He was an original & amusingly saw thru the shams of our wacky,shallow, materialistic culture; while he lovingly described his enthusiasms. He punctured the pomposities of the great, near great & wannabees but was never cruel. He never did a show that was not an outragious delight. After he was so shabbily treated by the ingrate suits at WOR, I rarely tuned into their programs as a silent protest.
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Clavin,James
Bay Shore
New York
Shep fan since:
1983
Saw One of His Movies |
Comments:
It's a shame that the good story tellers are kept locked away from the public who truly love this man. To be able to share with your next generation, films we were raised on the same as we did with Charles Shultz "Peanuts" and Dr. Suess. Ahhh.....this website will have to be our cure. Thank you.
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Wodiska,Ken
Bayside
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
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hoy,tom
bayville
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
On the Radio |
Comments:
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY SHEP FANATIC, IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW NOW, I'M NOT ALONE,I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO MY KIDS WHAT IT WAS LIKE LISTENING TO HIM UNDER THE BLANKETS, BUT THEY JUST DON.T GET IT, NOW MAYBE I CAN GET SOME COPIES OF HIS WORK AND HAVE THEM ENJOY HIM,
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Price,Fredric
Bedford
New York
Shep fan since:
1975
On the Radio |
Comments:
The bear missed the train and now he's walking. I miss the bear.
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Dermont,Brooks
Bellport
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
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Mackey,Robert
Bethpage
New York
Shep fan since:
1988
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Allen,Phillip
Binghamton
New York
Shep fan since:
1967
On the Radio |
Comments:
I was lulled to sleep every night listening to Shep on WOR.
Next day at school we would argue the merits of the purple death, the number of people really named orville and how close the word flick was to a four letter word.
He was tops in my class at the Stuy and a group of us went to the Village Gate to see him.
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Pilla,Joe
Bronx
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
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Schoenberg,Loren
Bronx
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
On the Radio |
Comments:
The broadcasts available on this site are priceless. Like many here, I first encountered Shep on WOR. I was 12 or so and he was a constant companion throughout my teen years. A friend and I even went to book signing for Wanda Hickey!
What a joy to hear him again and hear all of the subtle touches that flew over my head at least back then. Shep was on Larry King in the early days of cable and I called and asked him a question about his love of jazz - he took it the wrong way and thought I was inferring that there was no prep work done for his shows. All I meant to say was that I enjoyed the improvisatory feeling in his stories but I guess he wanted to make sure people understood the great deal of work and forethought that went into what he did. Wish I had written him a letter to explain...But back to the point - this website is a treasure and thank you to the folks behind it.
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Hillery,Thomas
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1957
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Wasserman,R.S.
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1964
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tenaglia,charles
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1957
On the Radio |
Comments:
please let me know when the book on shepherd and the biography will be coming out! am an avid fan and have seen him at the LIMELIGHT many times and on the street and at the old WORLDS FAIR and at book signings,etc. I have many of his books--some autographed. I miss ol' Shep, he did some great work on the radio and on t-v. best of luck to you---c.t.
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Cleveland,John B.
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1966
On the Radio |
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McKenna III,John J
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
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Fontaine,John
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1977
Read his Playboy short stories |
Comments:
Loved his stories in Car and Driver too. Introduced my first and second wives to him. Plan to introduce #3 to him soon as I can rent the DVD.
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Siegel,Evan
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
On the Radio |
Comments:
I can't believe it! OTHER people actually listened to him!
Jean Shepherd was an absolutely formative experience for me. His rye sense of humor and mid-Western sensibility saved me from becoming an embarrassing, shallow knee-jerk liberal. (But I'm still a liberal.)
I miss those nights listening to him under the covers, losing myself in his small-town working-class Depression-era life and his life in the military.
The kazoo and the jew's harp, man, that brings back memories.
There was none like him and never will be.
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Reed,Harriet Millman
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
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Geiger, DPM,Arthur
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1950
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Mandelbaum,Aaron
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
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DeLeo,Frank
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1988
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Lanzi,Deborah
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1999
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Dela-Curva,Rudolph
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1945
On the Radio |
Comments:
i LISTENED TO ALL THE BROADCAST THAT i COULD.
aTTENDED HIS CONCERTS AT cARNIGE hALL.
i AHVE INTRUDCED HIM TO FRIENDS.
mANEY THANKS FOR THE WEBSITE.
REGARDS,
RD aka "Fathead"
PS I am not scertain of the 1945 date.
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Piroso,Peter
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1961
On the Radio |
Comments:
Thirteen years old in bed with the transistor pressed to my ear. Transported from confusing adolescence to other times and places by Shep's great stories.
There will never be anyone else like Shep! Long live Shep!!
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Tuffy,William
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1966
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Cooper,Joe
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
On the Radio |
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frank,Kevin
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1972
On the Radio |
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Patrucco,Brenda
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
On the Radio |
Comments:
great shows!
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Arenson,Ted
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1955
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Kraye,Steve
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1961
On the Radio |
Comments:
Shepherd had programs in the evenings on WOR, AM 710 in New York City. In Brooklyn, I was 13, going through miserable pre-adolescence, mostly going to school - at least two, sometimes three at a time! And, while doing lots of reading with a flashlight under the blanket in bed, I began to take a radio, and discovered the worlds of Long John Knebel...and Jean Shepherd. Everything changed...EXCELSIOR!!!!!!!
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Raw,Saul D.
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
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Chiarello,Frank
Brooklyn
New York
Shep fan since:
1963
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Matthews,Paul B.
Buchanan
New York
Shep fan since:
1958
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Sanders,Bruce
Buffalo
New York
Shep fan since:
1964
On the Radio |
Comments:
Thanks for the site!
It is 10:15 p.m. My father is driving us back home from his sister's house in Huntington, NY. I ask him to turn the radio to WOR so I can listen to Shep. My father demurred with the response: "You're not going to listen to that idiot again." I begged and he gave in. On comes the call to the races, with Shep as usual talking over the music. Of all nights, Shep decides to talk about the army, in particular, his time at Camp Crowder in Neosho, MO. Shep goes on to describe how on Friday night, 10,000 GI's would descend on the town to find the only girl left, a pimply-faced 14 year-old. My dad's face suddenly went completely slack. He was at Camp Crowder too. My dad never again said anything about my listening to Shep.
Excelsior, you fathead!
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(Bliss) Nesline,Mary
Buffalo
New York
Shep fan since:
1995
Saw One of His Movies |
Comments:
I have been a fan since seeing A Christmas Story for the first time but never knew it. Now thanks to your website I know why the film is such genius and can't wait to read/listen/watch more!
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Hamilton,M.David Hamilton
Buffalo
New York
Shep fan since:
1971
Saw his TV show |
Comments:
I discovered Jean Shepherd on PBS - the great american dream machine, and Jean Shepherd's America
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Paul, Meteorologist, WIVB-TV,Don
Buffalo
New York
Shep fan since:
1962
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Dynan,Dave
Burnt Hills
New York
Shep fan since:
1969
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Bergman,Fred
Burnt Hills
New York
Shep fan since:
1961
On the Radio |
Comments:
My wife and I have very fond memories of Jean Shepherd.
On our first date we went to the Limelight Cafe to enjoy his show.
Also, being a licensed HAM radio operator, I enjoyed his
stories and his mothers comments about "you'll electrocute
yourself". It's nice to know that there is a web site
dedicated to his memory. Thank you.
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rodriguez,ingrid
bx
New York
Shep fan since:
1990
Saw One of His Movies |
Comments:
This is a great website. I am a very huge fan of Jean Shepherds' A christmas story. I have some questions, Who lives in the house where they filmed a christmas story,and What happened to Melinda Dillon? Keep up the good work.I give it 10 thumbs up.
Ingrid Rodriguez!(A christmas story fanatic)f
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Geller,G.
Cedarhurst
New York
Shep fan since:
1969
On the Radio |
Comments:
I wish I could have thanked Mr. Shepherd in person for the joy he gave to me as a child, listening to him every night when he was on WOR... I was an impressionable 10 year old then,and the images created by that voice coming out of my radio will always remain in my mind... If I had not failed math, I would never have discovered Jean Shepherd, for I was punished and not allowed to watch tv... so I turned on the radio... I am glad I failed math.
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Bradley,Kristina
Centereach
New York
Shep fan since:
1961
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Allen,Ray
Centereach
New York
Shep fan since:
1980
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Barnard,Michael
Chappaqua
New York
Shep fan since:
1965
On the Radio |
Comments:
I listened to Shep every night while I was in Junior High School, and I got me parents to take me to "The Limelight" to watch him perform. My mother still remembers the night he had us turn out the lights and perform some kind of incantation.
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Astell,James
Chestnut Ridge
New York
Shep fan since:
1964
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Brown,Ed
Clifton Park
New York
Shep fan since:
1964
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Lusk,Bob
Collage Point
New York
Shep fan since:
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Wexelbaum,Bob
Commack
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
Read one of his books |
Comments:
Nowhere can I find the rest of the "Christmas Story" which Jean added when he spoke at radio amateur conventions. If anyone wants to read my version of what I remembered him saying go to :- http://www.qsl.net/wa2lqo/nlfeb05.html
The one blooper I made was I spelled his name wrong. I finally found lots of reference links about him by searching for Wanda Hickey, which I remembered how to spell.
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presti,jacqueline
coram
New York
Shep fan since:
1958
On the Radio |
Comments:
Thank you for your hard work. Jean Sheperd was under my pillow every night. It was a romance of the soul that has lasted my life-time. The only other person I listen to faithfully is Lynn Samuels, but she can only be heard two days a week. Thank you again - Jackie
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Baraldi,Michael
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
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Janousek,Robert
Downsville
New York
Shep fan since:
1960
On the Radio |
Comments:
Life has never been the same since he went off the air.
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Raff,D.
Dutchess County (fornerly Hartsdale, NY)
New York
Shep fan since:
1965
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Miller,Marc
E hampton
New York
Shep fan since:
1969
On the Radio |
Comments:
Stumbled across this site--had totally forgotten what a bloody charlie was, the Robt Sargent poems, the Jew's harp, and most of the rest.
Do remember seeing him in th 70's at Carnegie Hall performing a memorable tirade about each of the seven deadly sins. Brings back long forgotten memories.
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Garland,Charles "Guy"
East Hampton
New York
Shep fan since:
1972
On the Radio |
Comments:
I wish I could find my Panasonic 12 transistor radio and stuff it under my pillow and listen to Shep again....Stories about incredible traffic jams still stick in my mind...
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ross,deborah
east rockaway
New York
Shep fan since:
2003
On the Radio |
Comments:
Wow - I can't believe I have managed to live 49 years - all on Long Island just outside NYC and never heard this wonderful story teller before today on NPR. How much more pleasant my childhood would have been had I known to slip my transistor radio under my pillow tuned to his voice. As it was - I relieved the fears and anxieties of depression and other symptoms of living in an alcholic household reading "Peanuts" and finding great solice in the foibles of Charlie Brown - sometimes till 2am - even on school nights....the boogyman doesn't care what night of the week it is you know. I am quite sure Jean Shepard's soothing voice and interesting tales would have gently settled my frightened child's soul. But - since I am a child at heart and - hard as I try not to do so - still carry some of the baggage of fear and anxiety of my youth - it seems Jean Shepard's work is not done. And even if my fears are subsided, he can provide a warmth in his story telling that will forever give me reason to stop and ponder what he said, how he said it and know that I have taken something special from it to carry within me always. What a gift. I can't wait to hear more and read more and just get to know what I have been missing.
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O'Connor,Brian
East Rockaway
New York
Shep fan since:
1965
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Lipitz,Marc
Eastchester
New York
Shep fan since:
1968
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Irwin,George
Ellison Park
New York
Shep fan since:
1974
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Kuehnemund,Dick
Endwell
New York
Shep fan since:
1956
On the Radio |
Comments:
Very interesting! I just finished Bergmann's book on Shep, which caught his (Shep's) "spirit" perfectly!
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Dose',Charlie
Endwell
New York
Shep fan since:
1956
On the Radio |
Comments:
I recall listening to Shep on WOR during the late 50's. I made it a point to listen to his Sunday late night shows whenever possible. All the current media attention to "Flash Mobs" made me think of Shep's invitations to listeners to go to a bookstore in Greenwich Village at a certain time to mill. He would probably be amused at seeing it all today.
Who could ever forget his act of "Hurling an Invective", where he encouraged listeners to open their windows, place their radio on the sill, and turn the volume up all the way on the count of three?
I also fondly remember his accounts of visiting Ham Radio operators in Hilversun, Netherlands. Neat stuff!
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Borres,Steve
Flushing
New York
Shep fan since:
1965
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Perl,Richie
Forest Hills
New York
Shep fan since:
1963
On the Radio |
Comments:
This ids fantastic!
IN HOC AGRICULA CONC,
IN ES SPITTLE LAUT!
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Mignone,Matt "Hawkeye"
Franklin Square
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
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Titus,Robert
Freehold
New York
Shep fan since:
1963
On the Radio |
Comments:
I have found the MP3 CD's that are now available and I am so happy to return to those nights of listening.
I listened for so many years and saw him at Rutgers once.
I believe that he genuinely influenced me.
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BROWN,JR.,OWEN
FREEPORT
New York
Shep fan since:
1957
On the Radio |
Comments:
THANKS FOR BRING BACK ALL THE GREAT YEARS OF ME LISTEN IN MY DARK BEDROOM LATE AT NITE THERE WAS SO MUCH FUN AND JOY.AND THE MANY NITES HE WOULD ASK THAT WE SCREAM SOMETHING OUT FROM OUR BEDROOM WINDOW, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BUY COPY OF 4TH OF JULY MOVIE CAN YOU DIRECT ME? MUCH THAKS THIS SAT. A M OWEN
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Gifford,John
Frewsburg
New York
Shep fan since:
1968
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Empey,Mark
Ft. Drum
New York
Shep fan since:
1980
On the Radio |
Comments:
I discovered Shep from listening to my Dad talk about him as one of his favorite writers and radio personalities. He used to listen to Shep on the radion in the 50s and 60s. I never had a great relationship with my Dad but in the early 80s, I don't recall the exact year, I got tickets for us to go see Shep in Boston during one of his post Christmas Story tours. It is one of the best memories I have.
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Breska,Andy
Garden City
New York
Shep fan since:
1967
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McNelis,John
Garden City
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
On the Radio |
Comments:
When I first re-discovered the existance of these old Shep shows on this site and ebay, my initial nostalgic exuberance was soon replaced by a new understanding and appreciation . When I was a kid, I delighted in Shep's parables but often only half listened to his "boring" ruminations .Now as I approach middle age (at about the same age Shep was in his prime); I find many of my own thoughts,experiences and suspicions articulated in a way that I could never have understood when "I was this kid". Each show is an essay unto itself to be digested and redigested. There is a universality about Shep's wisdom which makes it as current in 2004 as it was in 1964. For instance, take a listen to the Mass Backwards show of 1/27/2004(originally recorded 6/18/1968) or Shep's show from 8/4/1964 entitled Slobus Americanus (on FatHead Central). Sound familiar? They really could have been recorded yesterday. Flick Lives! Shep Lives!!!
EXCELSIOR!!!
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McNelis,John
Garden City
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
On the Radio |
Comments:
I'm this kid,see....flipping the dials on my old GE AM transistor.. You ever have one of those,George? You know, the one with the big circular dial at the top?... Anyway, I hear this voice talking about a bunch of kids playing ball, see..and I'm hooked.....Well that was the beginning of my road to ruin. I understood then that we were all small pawns in a greater human comedy and who could get wrapped up in Algebra or the history of Mesopotamia after that....It took years to recover.. Finally I'm this sucessful guy see...and I find this site...two months later, I've lost my job..my wife kicked me out, my kids aren't talking to me and I don't care. It's all part of the human comedy..
EXCELSIOR!!!
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McNelis,John
Garden City
New York
Shep fan since:
1971
On the Radio |
Comments:
Well well....Shep makes the Radio Hall of fame(in Chicago) the same year the White Sox actually win the World Series, coincidentally also the same year the much despised nemisis of The Old Man, Yankee Pitcher Darius Russo dies. Futlilty and hopelessness somehow all redeemed.
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McNelis,John
Garden City
New York
Shep fan since:
1970
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While I enjoy reading the reminiscences posted here, I feel that the importance of this site goes beyond fuzzy nostalgia. As I have stated previously, the universality of Shep's wisdom is as pertinant in 2004 as it was in 1964. Take a look around, tell me the culture of Slobism hasn't taken over.. Slobus Uber Alles!! Slobs come in all shapes sizes, educatinal levels and poliitcal affiliations as do the non-slobs. Unfortunately in 2004, the slobs clearly have the upper hand (THey've run Congress since 1952 under the guise of various party affiliations).
So what do we do?? Keep your Knees loose gang, stay ready at third for that liner, and wait for the return of that hooded horseman flying the banner of...
EXCELSIOR!!!
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King,Jim
Garrison
New York
Shep fan since:
1964
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Flick Lives!
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Mendelson,Frank
Ghent, NY
New York
Shep fan since:
1968
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I once wrote Shepherd a letter, which he quoted from on air, describing the enforced, mandatory pep-rally at our school. Of course, I'd love to find this show.
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Saepia,Joseph
Glen Cove
New York
Shep fan since:
1966
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W,Rudy
Glendale
New York
Shep fan since:
1963
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Hubert,Bill
Glens Falls
New York
Shep fan since:
1959
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Gene's stories of Flik and Schwartz and his ol man were part of my upbringing. I truly listened with the pillow speakr (st times from acyrstal set) on WOR into Morristown NJ and Bellport Long Island.
Listeneing now to various MP3 recordings of the shows of 40 years ago only reaffirms the the inspriation Shep was and IS.
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Burns,Tim
Granville
New York
Shep fan since:
1996
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Warshaw Feuerman,Arlene
Great Neck
New York
Shep fan since:
1956
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I first heard Shep at my older brother's house when I was about 10 years old. He became that voice in the night weaving wonderful tales. When I was in college I would go to see him at a club in the Village, a fantastic experience. It always seemed to me he never aged or changed. As soon as my kids saw A Christmas Story they were hooked too.I have bought his tapes from Schmid lending them to friends and family, and of course telling them to buy their own! This is a great site. Keep up the good work! Shep lives as long as we hear his voice.
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Greenhalgh,John
Greenlawn
New York
Shep fan since:
1966
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1966 is approximate. When I first discovered Shep on my own, I recognized the voice, and realized that as a child my mother used to listen to Shep, and she probably listened to him in Philadelphia, where she lived before moving to New York. Somewhere in my own vast file of trivia I have a letter Shep sent me after I sent him a copy of a book "review" I wrote for our Jr. HS newspaper. Will send it when I dig it up.
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Maravell,Nick
Greenlawn
New York
Shep fan since:
1974
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Althoff,Thomas
Greenwood Lake
New York
Shep fan since:
1966
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