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There
are many references made to works in process by Shep. None of these
have ever really surfaced and may be nothing more than rumor or mis-print.
If anyone has any information to confirm or deny any of the following,
please email me. |
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"What Time Does The Balloon Go Up?" |
A book to be published
by Doubleday in the Fall of 1962 in the June 3, 1962 NY Post
article by Sally Hammond.
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"It tries to
follow life just as it is - sporadic." It begins with a mixed-up
boy of 4 overhearing a group of gabbling adults saying things he
oughtn't hear. Suddenly the same boy is 16 at a junior prom
wearing a new suit with horsehair in the shoulder pads that "all
that night were sticking me." In a later chapter, he likens the
families to "little solar systems." (There's a footloose uncle
who shows up every four years "like one of those far out
planets.") |
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"Pretty
Bubbles
in the Air" |
This
playbill for
"A Banquet for the Moon" referred to "Pretty Bubbles in the Air" in
the playbill. At the end of
the October 1960 short story "Old Man Oshenschlager" in
Metronome the
editor adds: "Old Man Oshenschlager" is from Shepherd's forthcoming
book, "Bubbles in the Air" |
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"Rubies
in the Air" |
A book to be published by
Doubleday and two movie scripts for Louis de Rochemont were rumored in
this 1964 article. (Last paragraph)
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"The
Unholy 13" |
A new movie mentioned in
the Playbill page of the June 1964 issue of Playboy Magazine. |
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"The
Walking Butterfly" |
A new book mentioned in
the Playbill page of the June 1964 issue of Playboy Magazine. Also
mention in article in "The Miller" Nov 23, 1965 |
Film
Documentary |
According to the
December 1964 playbill in Playboy:
Jean is about to begin work on a film documentary for Louis
DeRochemont dealing with teenage social problems. |
The Nature of the Enemy
(A Love Story in Two Rounds) |
According to the April
1965 playbill in Playboy:
"Shepherd has just finished a play, The Nature of the Enemy
(subtitled A Love Story in Two Rounds) which will be performed
at Manhattan's Limelight club for presentation on nationwide TV. |
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TV Series |
According
to the December 1967 playbill in Playboy:
Shep "was helping a TV network prepare a new show that will spoof
assorted aspects of contemporary life, from used car lots to
religion." |
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"T.S.
Mac - The Secret Mission of the Blue-assed Buzzard" |
 This was rumored three
times in playboy magazine. First in September 1967, then December
1967, and again in May 1971. It was to be published in 1972 by
Doubleday and told tales of Shep's army days. |
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Playboy Club |
According to the
September 1970 playbill in Playboy:
He was also booked to appear at the New York Playboy Club this Month. |
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Technical Book on Ham Radio |
Not being done for
Doubleday. He mentions this book in a show from August 1971 while
talking about writing "Wanda Hickey..." |
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The Revenge of the Mole
People |
Variety 12-5-84 -
Sequel to "A Christmas Story". Shep says the original cast is ready
and several drafts of the script are done. |
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"Giant
Country" |
A novel; a
major television series for American Broadcasting Co.
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"A new
movie" |
In
a 1998 interview with Alan Colmes on WEVD 1050AM New York, Shep
said he was working on a new movie for a major studio. |
