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    Date   Description
May 23, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Movie Dish Night, Red Garter Dixieland Band / Jersey Marty
First Line: sh, sh, any minute now it's liable to happen. . .
June 13, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
WOR Rerun
Football Game Parade Formations, Renting Tux; Band / Boy Scout Stories; Boy Scout Hat
First Line: Shep announces this show is a rerun
June 20, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Summer Solstice - Rader in the Florida Swamps, Red Garter Dixieland Band / Summer Job, Toledo Mudhens Play-by-Play
First Line: Sh, Sh, hold it there. . .
June 27, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Laying Wire; Red Garter Dixieland Band / Personal Radio Hell - Hillbilly Hit Parade
First Line: I tell you that would be a golden moment. . .
July 4, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Patriotism, Fireworks Stories - The Dago Bomb / Little Old Lady Shot; Life's Subtleties
First Line: Greenwich Village where the search for the truth and beauty goes on endlessly. . .
July 11, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Covering Political Conventions; Red Garter Dixieland Band / More on Elections, Rain God, Smoky Joe
First Line: Sh Sh, You see the thing about life is no one really knows what to expect. . .
July 18, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Paycheck Mistake
First Line: You ever notice how they put names on the side of cars. . . (Part 2)
July 25, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Church Remote, Female Cretins on a Bus / Shep's birthday, Army - Climbing Poles, Air Show
First Line: Boy, doesn't that clear the pipes. . .
August 15, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
N.Y. A Summer Festival; The Yankees; Your Father's Mustache Band / Shep in Munich; Uncle Carl's Teeth
First Line: And they have right to feel that. . .
August 29, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
First Day in High School / Theme for Signal Corps; Girls Swimming Class
First Line: That oscillating, moving, quiet, saucepan of farina out there. . .
September 5, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Labor Day Weekend - Army Story: Shermie the Wormie / More Army Stories
First Line: Try your lines again, gang, try your lines. . .
November 7, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
British Trip - On Tour With The Beatles / More On Tour With The Beatles, Army Ping-Pong
First Line: You Fathead. . .
December 26, 1964
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Early Version of Red Ryder story
First Line: turnpikes in Europe like we have. . .
April 3, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Used Cars, Driving Own Car to the Prom / The Great Generator Hunt
First Line: Come on, let's go. . .
April 10, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jean Shepherd at the Limelight
April 24, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
The Star and Garter. Pursuit of Sin / Cave Diggers, Drive in Date, Company K Eggs
First Line: Aw, come on, Awww come on. . .
May 1, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jean Shepherd
May 8, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Mother's Day Show / Australia #1 - Shep in Australia
First Line: have to provide you with a genuine hate object. . .
June 5, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Graduation, Junior Class President, Date with Jeanette Dombrowki, Army Payday
First Line: And once again, the Limelight down in the hear of the village is on the air with it's salute to Jersey. . .
June 26, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Graduation Day
First Line: That's courtesy of the New York Times crossword puzzle. . .
July 3, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
The Dago Bomb
First Line: Ladies and gentlemen I just wish to apologize. . .
July 10, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Be careful of the live wires! / VD Film, Trooptrain Ernie, Army Glasses
First Line: It's the hostility hour and it's on the air. . .
July 17, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Baseball Stories, Great Ice Cream Riot / Moments of Fear, Weekend Pass Fistfight
First Line: Out there in the darkness is Pennsylvania. . .
July 31, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Trivia, Fleishmann's Yeast
First Line: Boy, did you ever see a more egotistical nothing in your lives. . .
August 7, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Fantasy vs Reality, Shirt Commercial / Army Casual Company
First Line: Thank you - at least it is a pleasure to see an honest audience. . .
August 28, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Building first radio with the Old Man / The Lure of Defeat, The Mets, Enlisting
First Line: So let's here it - come on. . .
September 4, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Harold Dill, High School Bully / Tolls and Tipping
First Line: They're milking the weather report. . .
September 18, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Headhunters of the Amazon
First Line: He's been giving the same weather now for two and a half weeks. . .
September 25, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Shep Buys a New Car / Cheer for Ted Mallie; Cave of Snakes; Og & Charlie; Army Grease Trap
First Line: You can hear, you can almost sense, you can feel. . .
October 23, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Bolting Burgers; Nudity in Frisco; Army Life - Playing Footsie in the Library
First Line: Yessirree Lenny, you were great tonight. . .
October 30, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Halloween Show
First Line: Laides and gentlemen - and now here he is. . .
November 6, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Surprise! Another Army Story
First Line: All right here we go ladies and gentlemen. . .
November 13, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
More Childhood Stories - Show Biz and March Band Formations
First Line: Let's give Lenny a big hand. . .
November 20, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Thanksgiving; Childhood Daze
First Line: Here he is, the man that all America has been waiting for. . .
November 27, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Hillbilly Show; Guest: Announcer Andre Baruch
First Line: Which is he for - good or evil. . .
December 4, 1965
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Scratchy Suit, Mill Mailroom, Drugs
First Line: And now ladies and gentlemen, coning to you from the Sodem and Gomorah of America. . .
1965 Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Exotic Bath Mat, Bad Suit / Raiding the Medicine Cabinet, New House
First Line: And now let us give that little tribute. . .
January 15, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Playing it Big on a Date
First Line: Here he is, here's the man that all of you have been waiting for. . .
February 12, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Pre-Valentine's Day Paper Route; Bowling & Pin Boys
First Line: It's the whole shlamoo . . .
February 19, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
2nd Anniversary at the Limelight - Washington's Birthday, Army Sports; Visit to Grandma
First Line: Every week like this . . .
March 5, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jean Shepherd
March 12, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jean Shepherd
April 2, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Steel Mill; Model A Mill Car;Army Induction Physical
First Line: That's very good. . .
April 23, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Old Time Radio, Comics, More - Broken Window - Army Stories
First Line: Come on let's hear it. . .
April 30, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Sex Education; Top Secret Radar; $20 in Library Book
First Line: Come on let's hear it. . .
May 14, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
The Prom
First Line: Listen, why don't we just keep this up until midnight. . .
May 21, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Buying A Used Car For Flick
First Line: Now don't you feel foolish. . .
May 28, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
WOR Rerun
Prom Night With Pearl, Algebra and Biology Class
First Line: Time now for the Limelight Show with old Jean Shepherd, but I'm on tape tonight. I'm off on vacation. . .
June 4, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Broken window / Company K: Firing Range
First Line: Once again fron the sin capital of the world. . .
June 11, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 6, The camel and the coat, Limelight Show
First Line: Let them think they are now listening to the center of the hotbed of sin and degradation. . .
June 18, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Baseball
First Line: Yes, come on - hold it - excuse me one moment . . .
June 25, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Custer, Graduation Day
First Line: I just got to apologize to the radio listener out there . . .
June 1966 Radio - Limelight Show
WNAC Synd Replay
Army Stories - "Digging A Ditch" and "In The Negev" A Limelight show rebroadcast in Boston, according to the audience station break chant.
July 9, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
The Great Ice Cream Riot
First Line: Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to apologize. . .
July 16, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Barbership, Date in Old Car, Fishing With the Old Man
First Line: Hey, come on. . .
July 23, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Forced March Through the Ozarks with Gasser & Goldberg
First Line: Here we go - - - alll right at ease. . .
August 6, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Polish Wedding, VD Movie
First Line: What a great idea. . .
August 13, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Model A Mill Car, Ernie the Vendor
First Line: By the way before we get started here. . .
August 27, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Cookie Duster Dustup, Lou Gehrig
September 10, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Butter vs. margarine; Noises in Basement
September 17, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Kid Stories: Dirty Mags in Basement, Stink Bombs, Treasure Box
First Line: And here he is, the man who has made his jews harp pay. . .
September 24, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
More Kid Stories
First Line: And now here he is, your friend and mine. . .
October 15, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jean Shepherd
October 22, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jean Shepherd At the Limelight
December 31, 1966
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
New Years
First Line: Let's go down now and burn down city hall. . .
April 1, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Patent Medicine
First Line: Ladies and gentlemen, I'm looking down on a scene of such decadance. . .
April 22, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
LIMELIGHT SHOW
First Line: Go! Come on. . .
May 13, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Mother's Day
First Line: (Opening cut)
June 17, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Day before Father's Day - 1st Crime - Ice Cream Wars
First Line: Let's try it again, which side are you on. . .
June 24, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Army-Battalion Detail - How to Run KP Duty
First Line: (Opening Cut) Last hour of 90 minute show
July 1, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Natural and Other Types of Disasters
First Line: Time now for the Limelight show. . .
July 8, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Luke Appling - Live Wires
First Line: Okay, allright, now, thank you, thank you, all right now. . .
August 26, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Minor League Baseball, Amusement Park Rides, Leave at the Boardwalk.
First Line: You know, right outside of Trenton. . . .
September 9, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
First Day HS, Army Story-Silent Treatment for Corporal
First Line: Before we continue, madam you will have to get dressed. . . .
September 16,1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Mae, The 2nd Grade Stripper
First Line: So which side are you on? Good or evil . . .
September 23, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Nat Dog Week ends, Art Movie, HS Football
First Line: when I am elected to this high office. . .
October 7, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Concrete Mexicans / Shep, the Colonel, and Sweetheart Pillows
First Line: We might have broken in right at this moment. . .
October 14, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Judgment Day / Book Report for Miss Bryfogel
First Line: Oh, what sickening sight. . . .
October 21, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Marching Bands and Dead Chickens
First Line: Okay, let's go gang we're on the air. . . .
November 4, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jobs / 2nd Lieutenant Shepherd
First Line: And now, right from the heart of stinking, rotton, sinful Greenwich Village. . . .
November 11, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Hobbies, Radar, Beer and Tonsils
First Line: Let's hear it now, come on. . . .
November 18, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Army Movies / Chow in the Mess Hall
First Line: At ease! I say, at ease. . .
November 25, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Boredom in the Army / USO Pass / Thanksgiving
First Line: that makes a man of taste sicken in his soul. . .
December 2, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Jean Shepherd at the Limelight
December 9, 1967
Saturday
Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
Sunrise Semester / The New York Woman / Gas Masks
First Line: Let's go gong, we're on the air, let's hear it. . . .
1967 Radio - Limelight Show
Original Airing
TV Commercials, Boardwalk Pass, Latrine Orderly
First Line: Boy this is going to be one of those nights. . .