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Shepherd's Pie

January 25, 1977

This show was produced by WNJM New Jersey Public Television in 1977-78. There were 26 episodes produced covering 2 seasons. The series premiered on January 25, 1977 and was rerun later in the year under the tilte "The Best of Shepherd's Pie" Each show made it's premier on New Jersey Public TV on Tuesday night and repeated again on Thurday (season 1) Saturday.(Season 2) I have identified about 20 shows so far. Most dates come from the Bucks County Courier Times. They are in no particular order other than by the airdate from the schedules. Anyone have a complete list or missing shows???

Premier date from 12-18-76 Courier Post

Studio / Network:	NJ Public TV
Exec Director:	Calvin Iszard
Director:	Steve Arensen
Asst Director:
Contr Director:	George Taweel
Exec Producer:	Calvin Iszard
Producer:	Steve Arensen
Asst Producer:	Leigh Brown, Linda Christian, Laura Spira
Contrib Producer:	George Taweel
Running Time:	30 minutes

Episodes

Season: 1
	Ep #	Date	Episode Title
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Thorofare Thorofare: No Exact Change Lanes on the Great Turnpike of Life, or I Hate to See a Grown Man Blubber Like That.
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Gather Ye Lather Gather Ye Lather As Ye May In the End, It's Your Chin That Will Pay and Pay and Pay
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Dante and Beer Is Dante's 8th Circle on Route 31? Beer as the Opiate of the Masses
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Put Away that Zippo "Put Away that Zippo. The Hindenburg is Docking" Or "Charlie Revson, What Hath Thou Wrought?"
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Salute to Greatness 'A Respectful Salute to Greatness, Asking the Question: Does Allstate Insure Blimps?'
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Route 22 This is only 1 segment of one of the 13 shows done in the first season Rt. 22: The Yellow Brick Road of Schlock, or Don't Take Any Wooden Ducks, They're Damned Expensive
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Do Anchovies Have a Soul? Or, George Washington's Upper Plate Was Never a Bridge Like This Do Anchovies Have a Soul? Or, George Washington's Upper Plate Was Never a Bridge Like This
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Junk Power - The Comet Custom, Sesame Seeds and Johann Strauss Junk Power Comet Custom Sesame Seeds Johann Strauss
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Dr. Otto Helbig - Saw
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Pizza
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Washington D.C., What Time Is It? - Homecoming Parade A visit to the Washington D.C. clock that sets the world's time standards and speculations on the perfect homecoming parade
	1	Jauary 25, 1977	Going In Circles The New Jersey Traffic Circle The old man's driving Jersey Culture The Palm Court Learning to plat the Sousaphone The year 3176 - the abandoned drive-in
	3	February 8, 1977	Wheaton Village 1 Shepherd talks with Wheaton Village's fourth generation woodcarver, Gary Giberson, who specializes in crafting true to life duck decoys and other shore birds.
	4	February 15, 1977	Lucy the Elephant Lucy the Trojan Elephant and Do Spooks Paint By Number? Shepherd ponders the fate of Lucy the Margate Elephant and looks in on Ethelyn Woodlock, a New Jersey portrait painter. Entertainment is provided by the Brown Street Chowder Society Band.
	6	March 1, 1977	Wheaton Village 2 Shepherd focuses his comments on the history of glassmaking in New Jersey, in a visit to the Museum of Glass, and in the glass factory at Wheaton Village where 19th-century techniques in glassmaking and paperweight crafting are demonstrated every day. In the museum, the largest in the country devoted to American glass, he looks at some of the mementos telling the story of glass through the ages.
	9	March 22, 1977	Popcorn and Archeology - Joyce Kilmer Dustin Holfman. Popcorn and Archeology as an Inexact Science, or Is Rod McKuen Really Joyce Kilmer in Drag?' Shepherd probes the shards of a future archeological find, a drive-in movie and then a bit of the past while sitting atop the stump of Joyce Kilmer's mighty oak.

Season: 2
	Ep #	Date	Episode Title
		(Premier Date Not Known)	The Junkyard Waltz The Junkyard Waltz - a tour; The Palm Court- Again - The original Star Trek theme performed by The Great American Brass Band; Chez Junque - Dining with proletarian charm. Jean Shepherd rummages through junkyards, dresses up for dinner and entertainment at the elegant Palm Court, and dives into the secret of the McDonald's food chain.
		(Premier Date Not Known)	The Country Faire Visiting the Flemington Fair Slob Art - Schlitz Flashlight, Sandwich Decanter The Palm court - Herr Herman Deussing - Alpine Bellringer The Jersey Shore - The Good Life!
		(Premier Date Not Known)	Hanzel and Gretel - Visiting a Pipemaker A Fairytale tor Kids Who Can Take It Jean tells the real story of Hanzel and Gretel and also visits Charles DiFranco a pipemaker.
	1	January 17, 1978	Bumper Cars Is the Bumper Car the Answer, Or Do Seagulls Really Think?
	2	January 24, 1978	Eat Drink and Be Merry 'Eat, Drink and Be Merry...For Tomorrow We All Go Bananas' Jean Shepherd shakes hands with I.W. Harper, J. Beam and visits the Palace of the Road Kings. A slighty wack view of life as seen through the tinted shades of master entertainer Jean Shepherd The series opens with a saiute to the unsung haven of every good buddy, the classic dinner. "Tonight's show is about Eat, Drink, and Be Merry" Currently only the first 11 minutes of this show exist
	3	January 31, 1978	The Reunion The Reunion - Fort Monmouth - Barracks 704, Shep claims he went through Ft Monmouth back in the days of the Korean War Carrier Pigeons in war. The Last Vaudeville Show - The Smith Street Society Jazz Band perform that great American standard - "The Bear Missed the Train" A Highly Provocative Find - Who is H.J.?
	5	February 14, 1978	Big Cars - Moose in Maine - The Platypus The Platypus, an 'Endangered Species' Jean Shepherd (also endangered) waxes lyrical over Detroit's most gorgeous dinosaur Jean takes a look at big cars, moose-watchtng story tellers and jugglers as a contemporary endangered species.
	6	February 21, 1978	Fenway Park Jean Shepherd visits Fenway Park in Boston where he salutes one of the last vestiges of old-time baseball. While at Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey, he develops a new parable
	7	February 28, 1978	The Bullet People Tonight's theme is "Human Perversity" The Bullet People - Kitsch on Parade Palm Court People - Calliope player; Cosmic People; Concrete People - The Impeccable Home; Shep's home shopping, home decorating service; Roadside Art
	8	March 7, 1978	Keep Moving Buddy 'Keep Moving Buddy' salutes our mobile society from traffic to skiing. The Last Vaudeville Show' presents a Renaissance sword act.
	13	March 28, 1978	At The Riverbank I need somebody to kiss Wino's do not go bald A Pizza hut in the Kremlin At The Riverbank: Ancient Rituals - The Laundromat The Kiss Palm Court Founder's Night featuring; The Kaminsky international Kazoo Quartet Dancin' Fool - Shep goes Disco! Equal Time for The Devil - Seven Deadly Sins

Season: Unknown
	Ep #	Date	Episode Title
	0	(Premier Date Not Known)	Chicken Factory Humorist Jean Shepherd, visiting a poultry market and a "chicken factory," looks into the possibility that the chicken is an endangered species.
	0	(Premier Date Not Known)	Fast Food Burgers Humorist Jean Shepherd explores the world of the fast food burger joint.
	0	(Premier Date Not Known)	Oh Those Golden Slippers "Oh Those Golden Slippers . . . Are Triple E" Humorist Jean Shepherd salutes footwear that was not consciously made for walking.
	0	(Premier Date Not Known)	Sports and Religion Jean compares today's sports with religion and the modern stadium to the ancient colosseum of Rome.

Links to Further Information:

• 12-18-1976 Courier Post Review

• WNJM Studio