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Date Posted:
9/13/2009

March 27, 1981
Backstage at Somerset County College

Recorded by Harry Robinson and contributed by Dave Smith

This is a backstage discussion Shep had with several fans. Shep mixes fact and fiction in an attempt to make a point - "don't believe entertainers"

Date Posted:
9/13/2009

March 27, 1981
Q&A at Somerset County College

Recorded by Harry Robinson and contributed by Dave Smith

Another rare piece of Shep history - the Q & A session following his live performance in Somerset

Date Posted:
9/6/2009

July 16, 1982
Live in Clinton NJ - Summer Madness Part 2

Recorded by mic by Dave Smith.

Date Posted:
8/30/2009

July 16, 1982
Live in Clinton NJ - Summer Madness Part 1

Recorded by mic by Dave Smith. Next week part 2.

Date Posted:
8/23/2009

June 4, 1982
WPRB Interview after Princeton Show

Shep visits with the crew of WPRB radio at Princeton University after doing his annual live show. He answers many questions about the show and his career in general.

Date Posted:
8/16/2009

1974
WOR Promo for time switch

Beginning this week we'll be showcasing some newly received items from various contributors.
This week a WOR promo from 1974 courtesy of Dave Smith.

Date Posted:
8/9/2009

September 30, 1963
Salute To New Jersey

A Salute to Mr Clark of New Jersey & his paint gun
How difficult it is to communicate over cultural differences
New Jersey experiences a virtual Battle of Gettysburg in beer bust

Date Posted:
8/2/2009

September 24, 1963
Army Taps

Mystery man plays Taps on the Miami airport PA system

The first time Shep realized he was in the ARMY & it wasn't a game

The motivation of fear

Date Posted:
7/26/2009

May 24, 1963
1st Grade Lice

If you want to get ahead remain sober at all costs if you can - George Ade paraphrased
Cousin Buddy called Jean 'Satchel . . .
Jean enlightens us to the prelude passage of the 'Shiek of Araby'
Movies have replaced reality
Gigantic hassle in Norway over Donald Duck
English medicine marches on in Lancet magazine
Poor families are afraid of light

Date Posted:
7/19/2009

May 21, 1963
Everybody Loved Uncle Amil

This is the age of "THE GREAT HANG UP!"
Italian newspaper article on unrequited love
Members of the family that are not members of the family & how it happens

Date Posted:
7/12/2009

March 7, 1963
Hung Up - Ham Radio

The eternal sewerage system of the soul
The Village Voice newspaper as a humor paper
The Major problem of being Hung Up & an article in the Newark Star Ledger as an example
Most people are Hung Up on themselves
Dictators in America, and revelling in your wrongness
Shep's admission of his Hang Up

Date Posted:
7/5/2009

March 1, 1963
Homer Croft - Bugler

Bugle calls and faking it

Date Posted:
6/28/2009

January 24, 1963
Getting Ham License

Very cold weather described
Passing long winter nights in search of his white whale, Shep does a Melville

Date Posted:
6/21/2009

January 22, 1963
Electro Theropeutic

Shep and the boys find a strange hobby

Date Posted:
6/14/2009

January 18, 1963
Medicine Cabinate Discovery

Dreamers, Realists, & Cynic's (all of mankind)
The power of translators
Ma what have ya done for me lately
Shep discovers Psychedelics

Date Posted:
6/7/2009

January 15, 1963
Tin Mill Girl

The tin mill and sheets of moon light

Date Posted:
5/31/2009

December 12, 1962
Albert Farkas

Fear and it's inspiration as a male thing

Date Posted:
5/24/2009

December 11, 1962
20 Cents A Day

Hitch hiking to school for the adventure

Date Posted:
5/17/2009

November 7, 1962
U.S. Highway 41

Depression stories of John Dillinger

Date Posted:
5/10/2009

October 22, 1962
Michigan Fishing

Shep does his kid story equivalent of the 'Old Man and the Sea'

Date Posted:
5/3/2009

October 9, 1962
Function Fans

The World Series aura

Date Posted:
4/26/2009

October 4, 1962
Secret People

Your life done as a pie chart

Date Posted:
4/19/2009

May 1, 1962
Date With Dorothy

Date with Dorothy seems like an very early version of the Shep in over his head

Date Posted:
4/12/2009

April 30, 1962
A Day at the Mets

Baseball as representative of life

Date Posted:
4/5/2009

December 26, 1963
Child Worship

War is hell, all over again
Ten year olds and Playboy
The look, as defined by a little girl in McCall's magazine
Bristol England News Flash!!!
Disposable people are like dirty Kleenex
Mountainside New Jersey tree house unfriendly

Date Posted:
3/29/2009

December 17, 1963
Santa's Zip Code

99701 is Santa's Zip Code - living your life through your children

Date Posted:
3/22/2009

December 16, 1963
Violence without Conscious

News from Morris Township New Jersey, the rifle club is using Santa Claus as targets

Date Posted:
3/15/2009

November 20, 1963
Big Lie Techniques

Peer pressure as a tool to support the big lie or hit musical

Date Posted:
3/8/2009

November 19, 1963
Machines

Transference and projection to inanimate objects

Date Posted:
3/1/2009

November 13, 1963
Protesters Bit

Shep discusses the art of the protest and riots in response to the previous days riots ar Roosevelt Raceway.

Date Posted:
2/22/2009

November 8, 1963
Instant Fame

Instant Fame as a Christmas present

Date Posted:
2/15/2009

November 6, 1963
Engineering Life

Scripting services for life, living life by the script

Date Posted:
2/8/2009

October 21, 1963
19th Century Mind

Looking through someone else's eyes
National Illusions
Clubs of various sizes and the implications
Under the influence of a crowd
What century are you in?

Date Posted:
2/1/2009

October 14, 1963
Eerie Stories, Group Think

George Orwell said: "Fear itself drives people into a search for a totalitarian system!"

Date Posted:
1/25/2009

October 10, 1963
Life as a Short Story

Is your life a significant story.

Date Posted:
1/18/2009

October 9, 1963
Pop Art

Life is art, or is it!?!

Date Posted:
1/11/2009

October 8, 1963
Myths of Automation

Technology keeping those that would otherwise be eliminated alive & future evolution

Date Posted:
1/4/2009

October 7, 1963
Total Show Business

Walt Disney analysis a la Shep and more

Date Posted:
12/27/2008

October 3, 1963
Moon Night

Moon trivia, news, and poetry

Date Posted:
12/20/2008

October 2, 1963
Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy, the ultra conservative lemming of a specific group's morays, and that a leader of such a group can say anything and the lemmings follow

Date Posted:
12/14/2008

September 26, 1963
Moon of Confusion

Moon observations in Japanese culture and poetry

Date Posted:
12/7/2008

September 24, 1963
Trying On Life

Trying On Life by playing at life according to the Reading News

Date Posted:
11/30/2008

September 23, 1963
Automation

 

Date Posted:
11/23/2008

September 17, 1963
Nuttyness Survey

Nuttiness survey as an answer to the New York World Fair time capsule

Date Posted:
11/16/2008

September 13, 1963
Never Mentioned

Shep discusses an array of things regarding society around us

Date Posted:
11/9/2008

September 12, 1963
Handy Hints Shopping Service

Shep offers some shopping hints along with a little history about Washington and mercenaries

Date Posted:
11/2/2008

September 10, 1963
Fake Hippies

A recent trip to the midwest inspires Shep to relate the adventures of the 'lonesome traveler'

Date Posted:
10/26/2008

August 27, 1963
Mortal Fear

Another tale of working at the Steel Mill

Date Posted:
10/19/2008

August 21, 1963
Stage Play Productions

Text read off a page by actors gives them seemingly similar qualities

Date Posted:
10/12/2008

August 16, 1963
Covered Wagon BBQ

Uncle Chuckie's Covered Wagon BBQ

Date Posted:
10/5/2008

August 15, 1963
Cause and Effect

Causes create effects and effects are created by causes - another lecture for the Blue Book Exam

Date Posted:
9/28/2008

August 13, 1963
A Klotz is a Klotz

Shep examines whether or not we really know who we are

Date Posted:
9/21/2008

August 8, 1963
Insanity Sessions, Cross Country Run

Shep and Flick learn what not to eat before a track meet!

Date Posted:
9/14/2008

August 7, 1963
Privileged People

Shep discusses the privileges of various people from gangters to diplomats

Date Posted:
9/7/2008

May 16, 1963
NY Giants vs Post Team

Debriefing the astronauts
Shep tells the Army story of the NY Giants visiting camp and playing baseball with the soldiers.

Date Posted:
8/31/2008

May 14, 1963
Surveyor Job

Shep gets a job as a surveyors helper along with 3 other kids to help widen a river

Date Posted:
8/24/2008

May 10, 1963
Army Secret Weapon

Shep recalls the time he witnessed the demonstration of a "top secret weapon" in the Army

Date Posted:
8/17/2008

May 9,1963
Heinie Fopbol Revenge

What can Sauerkraut, Butterfingers and Baby Ruth Bars have in common?

Date Posted:
8/10/2008

May 3, 1963
Italian POWs

Shep adds an Italian theme to his Army story

Date Posted:
8/3/2008

May 2, 1963
Irene Bogash - Bunny or Rabbit

What did Irene do at the candy store and where did she end up? Is a bunny a rabbit?

Date Posted:
7/27/2008

April 12, 1963
Army Induction

Shep talks about being un-cool and his induction day in the Army

Date Posted:
7/20/2008

April 4, 1963
Vermont G-8 Airline

Shep talks about his trip to Vermont where he has just returnedfrom doing a college show.

Date Posted:
7/13/2008

April 2, 1963
Army Troop Train

Shep tells the story of "Troop Train Ernie"

Date Posted:
7/6/2008

March 29, 1963
Ball Lightning

Ball lightning comes down the street and turns left right into Stryker's house.

Shep tells this same story on the 5/27/1966 show

Date Posted:
6/29/2008

March 26, 1963
Dimestore Grab Bag

"This is a dime store culture we live in."
Shep tells about the time he gets a gift for his mother.

Date Posted:
6/22/2008

March 25, 1963
Army Specialized Training Program

Shep tells about going through the special training program and learning the truth about Bill Smithers.

Date Posted:
6/15/2008

March 22, 1963
BBQ Shrimp Date

 

Date Posted:
6/8/2008

March 21, 1963
Sixth Grade Book Report

Shep tells the story of his sixth grade book report based on the book Decameron of Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio. This story became "MISS BRYFOGAL AND THE CASE OF THE WARBLING CUCKOLD" in the August 1966 Playboy and was ultimateley used in the movie "My Summer Story" as on of the plot lines.

Date Posted:
6/1/2008

March 19, 1963
Hitchhiking to School

Shep tells of the adventures of hitchhiking to school

Date Posted:
5/25/2008

July 11, 1963
The Peer Group

 

Date Posted:
5/18/2008

June 25, 1963
Mr Chuckie Again

Mr Chuckie returns along with British news and then another steel mill tale

Date Posted:
5/11/2008

June 20, 1963
Last Night of Spring

Shep discusses the coming of summer and how it affects us all

Date Posted:
5/4/2008

June 19, 1963
Projected Images

Shep discusses the projected images of Americans, the British, and Japanese
(Speed and volume fluctuations)

Date Posted:
4/27/2008

June 17, 1963
Masculinity

Shep discusses masculinity and how it has evolved

Date Posted:
4/20/2008

May 29, 1963
Expert Panelists

Shepherd's phone numbers to CW in Nigeria

Date Posted:
4/13/2008

May 22, 1963
Moving Ahead

Poll - Do you feel America is moving ahead?
How different people interpret the question.
Mankind is like an enormous school of fish swimming in a vast circle.

Date Posted:
4/6/2008

May 7, 1963
Are You Really Happy?

A typical "Straws in the wind episode

Date Posted:
3/30/2008

April 10, 1963
After the Circus

Miss Reingold - where are you tonight?
Shep compares the world to a circus.

Date Posted:
3/23/2008

April 9, 1963
Imponderables

Holloway Suckers, Baseball dress codes, indoor baseball and football stadiums and their effects on the game. The Mets are going to be a better team in 5 years. (In 6 years they made the World Series and won)

Date Posted:
3/16/2008

April 1, 1963
Perpetual Teenagerism

 

Date Posted:
3/9/2008

March 27, 1963
Double Speak

Shep discusses the different forms of double talk around the world, sports, politics, entertainment, and people in general.

Date Posted:
3/2/2008

March 18, 1963
Pop Culture

A story about a gaboon Viper found dead in the Philadelphia zoo with his own fangs embedded in his back, leads Shep into one of his serious discussions, this time about pop culture.

Date Posted:
2/24/2008

June 18, 1963
Dream World

"Touching the Dream World"
Shep explores advertisments and their relation to the 'Dream World'

Shep mentions owning a car agency once

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