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October 21, 1981

Barry Farber Show

Interview

Host: Barry Farber

Station: WMCA


Fan Comments
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Barry Farber Show with Jean Shepherd - Fistful of Fig Newtons Tour No intro - Shep gives most abstract show as audition - and it worked - they loved it! Wright Brothers couldn't keep new bike on the ground! Shep's origins with talk radio. Music break (theme??) - 4:34 Barry intro - Fistful Fig Newtons Shep in Who's Who of American Women Nut jobs they knew. Short Wave explosion. WMCA ID 16:02 Reintro - Shep on PBS Playhouse Great American 4th of July - praise for Matt Dillon & James Broderick American Rituals - Dish Rag Chain Letter No greater thrill than hearing an audience laugh at you stuff. Pinnacle of career - Carnegie Hall Break & ID 28:05 reintro - Songs Shep sang (gap at 28:43) GAP - Ham Radio-Nazis. Timing the end of his radio show. "I am a pro!" Compares himself to Tom Seaver. Remembering Long John - cuts off in story 37:46 GAP - pickup reintro - Farber remembers Shep in 1956 on WOR. Working in the mills as a kid - shooting TV show in the Open Hearth The return of Watts - loser of the neighborhood, turns full-bird colonel. Creeping Meatballism - John Foster Dulles was a listener - gave the phrase to Eisenhower for a speech!! 48:20 Break & reintro restart 48:25 Shep the Adventurer - Scuba Diving, Headhunter Trip Fired and goes into hiding in Maine Bath Mat story - 1:01:01 Back - Candy for Headhunters, JFK Assassination - Shep preempted! He was pissed! Claims to have "thousands" of tapes! Farber's first week at WOR - Shep advises him to just be himself and cut loose.