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Travel Shepherd traveled the world and often spoke of those trips

Shep loved to travel. In addition to traveling throughout the United States he visited many foreign countries as well. Below is a listing of some of those trips abroad.

During his November 7, 1964 Limelight Broadcast about his recent trip to meet with the Beatles, Shep mentions (in jest?) that he uses the alias Charles Follensby Apperson when traveling.

21 Destinations Found

Destination

Description

References

Europe

Mid February to Mid March 1957 Amsterdam, Italy, Zurich and Munich

• Short Stories and Columns by Shep
February 13, 1957 - Watch it Grow

• Travel
February 25, 1957 - Postcard to Lois Nettleton from Amsterdam

• Travel
February 27, 1957 - Postcard to Lois Nettleton from Zurich

• Travel
March 3, 1957 - Letter to Lois Nettleton from Britain

• Travel
March 6, 1957 - Postcard to Lois Nettleton from Munich

• Travel
March 22, 1957 - Postcard to Lois Nettleton from Berchtesgaden, Germany

Zurich and Munich

November 1957

• Travel
November 26, 1957 - Postcard to Lois Nettleton from Zurich

• Radio
November 23, 1972 - Thanksgiving in the Army

Paris

August 1958

• Travel
August 8, 1958 - Postcard to Lois Nettleton from Paris

Europe ?

Munich to Rome

March 19, 1960 to April 1, 1960 (Dates approximate) Munich, Germany then drove through Alps to Rome. Flew back to Munich to fly home

• Travel
March 19, 1960 - Left for Munich

• Travel
April 1, 1960 - Returns from Munich

• Radio
March 19, 1960 - Packing For Europe - Passion

• Radio
March 20, 1960 - Standoff in the snow - Nemerov - Travel - Life cycle of common man

• Radio
April 2, 1960 - Return From Europe

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

September 1960

• Radio
September 10, 1960 - Fidel, Ike, and Shep's Trip to Guantanamo Bay Radio

• Radio
September 11, 1960 - More on Guantanamo Bay

Trip To Nigeria

March 1962 - returned Monday March 19, 1962 as per comment on 3-22 show [02:09]

• Radio
March 19, 1962 - Nigerian Trip part 1

• Radio
March 20, 1962 - Nigerian Trip part 2

• Radio
April 19, 1962 - Refinery Explosion

• Radio
April 17, 1962 - Uncle Sam Cereal

• Radio
May 14, 1962 - Cemetary For The Living

• Radio
March 21, 1962 - Nigerian Trip part 3

• Radio
March 22, 1962 - Nigerian Trip part 4

• Radio
March 23, 1962 - Nigerian Trip part 5

• Radio
May 29, 1963 - Expert Panelists

• Radio
July 4, 1963 - Lagos; The Old Man's Fireworks Stand

England - 2 weeks traveling with the Beatles

October 1964 Shep recorded some sydicated shows for Hartwest, four of which have been released as part of the Radio Again series in the 4 show set "Ticket to ride." All these shows were recorded during thistime on location and he explores the sight and sounds of daily life there. In the February 1965 issue of Playboy, Shep did the monthly "Playboy Interview" with the Beatles. He spent the month traveling with them and related some of the stories on his WOR radio show.

• Radio
November 2, 1964 - Back From England, Beatles, Election Eve

• Radio
November 7, 1964 - British Trip - On Tour With The Beatles / More On Tour With The Beatles, Army Ping-Pong

• Radio
November 9, 1964 - Brits and Americans Separate Races

• Short Stories and Columns by Shep
February 1965 - INTERVIEW: The Beatles

• Radio
1965 - Going to the Races, Brits Have No Taste

• Radio
1965 - Secret Mission Edinburgh

• Radio
1965 - Highlands

• Radio
1965 - Back in London

• Radio
1965 - London Wrap Up

• Radio
November 19, 1964 - Randy Shepherd in Burma

• Radio
November 2, 1964 - Back From England, Beatles, Election Eve

• Radio
November 7, 1964 - British Trip - On Tour With The Beatles / More On Tour With The Beatles, Army Ping-Pong

• Radio
November 9, 1964 - Brits and Americans Separate Races

• Radio
1965 - Going to the Races, Brits Have No Taste

Australia

April 18, 1965 to May 6, 1965 Australia via Frankfurt, Germany Athens, Greece Cairo, Egypt Bangkok, Thailand Singapore Karachie, India Darwin, Austrailia Sidney, Austrailia

• Travel
April 18, 1965 - Leaves for Australia

• Travel
May 6, 1965 - Returns from Australia

• Radio
1972 - Austrailia

• Radio
January 7, 1974 - A Trip Down Under

• Radio
April 12, 1965 - Tornado Hits the Mill

• Radio
April 14, 1965 - The Return of Roswell T. Edwards

• Radio
May 8, 1965 - Mother's Day Show / Australia #1 - Shep in Australia

• Radio
May 11, 1965 - Australia #2 - Back from Australian Trip,Thailand

• Radio
May 12, 1965 - Australia #3 - Manly, Australia

• Radio
May 13, 1965 - Australia #4 - Arrival in Sydney

• Radio
May 14, 1965 - Australia #5 - More on Australia

• Radio
May 17, 1965 - Australia #6 - Anzac Day Tapes

• Radio
May 18, 1965 - Australia #7 - The Modern Marco Polo

Trip to the Amazon

September 8, 1965 - September 16, 1965 Shep leaves on trip to the Amazon where he travels on behalf of the Ludens company as the result of a contest won by Barry Farber. He returns September 16th. All shows were either pre-taped or re-runs until his return. In September 1965 Shep was given the opportunity to go to the Amazon. As the story goes, Barry Farber was at a luncheon for Luden's candies during which he won a raffle of 500 pounds of Luden's candy. It was to be donated to his favorite charity. Since he had just interviewed Chief Tariri, the chief of the Shapra Indians, a headhunter's tribe in Peru, he decided to give it to them. Luden's, not wanting to be embarrassed went along with it and arranged for the trip. Barry, not being fond of flying, nominated Shep to go in his place. Shep went and after returning spent the next several shows talking about it. Barry Farber told the story of how he got Shep to go on this trip many times. One of them was at the "Friends of Old Time Radio" convention in Newark NJ on October 20, 2000.

• Travel
September 8, 1965 - Shep leaves to visit the headhunters of Peru

• Travel
September 16, 1965 - Returns from Peru

• Radio
May 10, 1972 - Alfred Packer, Peru & Its Forests

• Radio
September 2, 1965 - Peru - To Go or Not To Go

• Radio
September 7, 1965 - Leaving for Peru

• Radio
September 16, 1965 - Just Back From Amazon Trip

• Radio
September 17, 1965 - Amazon Duets - Tape of Amazon Trip

• Radio
September 18, 1965 - Headhunters of the Amazon

• Radio
September 20, 1965 - More on the Amazon Trip & News Strike

• Radio
September 21, 1965 - Trend of Disbelief

• Radio
September 23, 1965 - More From Peru

Middle East

May ? 1966 to June 5, 1966? Paris 6-3-66 - according to pre-recorded show of 6/3)

• Radio
June 6, 1966 - Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 1

• Radio
June 7, 1966 - Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 2

• Radio
June 8, 1966 - Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 3

• Radio
June 9, 1966 - Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 4 - Tel - Aviv

• Radio
June 10, 1966 - Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 5 - Beersheba

• Radio
June 11, 1966 - Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 6, The camel and the coat, Limelight Show

Trip to Portugal

April 4, 1968 to 4-8-68 - Landed at La Guradia approx 7pm On his 4-8-68 show he speaks of the trip and the reaction of the Martin Luther King jr. assasination.

• Radio
April 8, 1968 - Back from Portugal

Barbados and Grenada

July 1968

• Radio
July 1968 - Trip to Barbados

• Radio
July 1968 - Trip to Grenada

Trip to Africa

Shep mentions on his February 1969 show 'Balloon Ride in PA' that this is his second trip to Africa

• Radio
February 19, 1969 - Ballon Ride in PA

• Radio
March 8, 1969 - African Tribal Music

India

Left New York on November 6 and arrived November 8, 1969. Will be staying about 3 weeks (Schmidco tape 25a - 4:43 [db# W0956]

• Radio
December 1969 - Agra-Taj M

• Radio
December 1969 - New Dehli India - radio cricket.mp3

• Radio
December 1969 - India - first show

• Radio
December 1969 - Last India Show

• Radio
December 1969 - India show - Bangalore

• Radio
December 1969 - On The Road with Jean Shepherd - Remote From Agra, India

• Radio
March 23, 1970 - Uncle Carl's Still

Travels to Alaska

Approx early August 1970 This trip was in conjuction with the making of an episode of Jean Shepherd's America - S01E04

• Television
May 2, 1971 - Alaska

• Radio
October 16, 1970 - Big Nells Brothel - Alaska

• Radio
August 22, 1970 - Nome Alaska pt2

• Radio
October 1970 - Alaska

• Radio
August 25, 1976 - Parking Meter in Nome

Trip Around the World

Left from Kennedy Airport at "7pm Saturday night" 7 days London, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Beruit, Tehran, Bangkok

• Radio
May 9, 1975 - Iran Without Tickets

• Radio
April 1972 - Great Plays

• Radio
June 2, 1972 - Inspector 16

• Radio
April 4, 1972 - Trip Around the World in 7 days - Part 1

• Radio
April 6, 1972 - Trip Around the World in 7 days - Part 3

• Radio
April 10, 1972 - Trip Around the World in 7 days - Part 4 - Bangkok

• Radio
April 13, 1972 - Trip Around the World in 7 days - Part 5 - Japan

Sweden, Norway, Denmark

August 12, 1972 to approx Aug 20th. On his August 11th show he states that tomorrow night at this time he will be halfway to Stockholm, Sweden.

• Radio
August 11, 1972 - Guinea Pigs, Animal News Stories

• Radio
August 24, 1972 - Trip to Sweden

Ireland

Approx August 5, 1974 to August 19, 1974

• Travel
August 5, 1974 - Left for Ireland

• Travel
August 19, 1974 - Return from Ireland

• Radio
August 20, 1974 - Ireland - Pub Singing

• Radio
August 21, 1974 - Ireland - Castle

• Radio
August 22, 1974 - Ireland - Irish Radio

Ireland

September 8, 1975 - September 18, 1975 Trip to Ireland

• Travel
September 8, 1975 - Leaves for Ireland

• Travel
September 18, 1975 - Returns from Ireland

• Radio
September 29, 1975 - Trip to Ireland

Sailing Trip to Winward Islands

December 1975

• Radio
December 8, 1975 - Sailing Trip Part 1

• Radio
December 9, 1975 - Sailing Trip - Part 2, Route of Columbus

• Radio
December 10, 1975 - Sailing Trip - Part 3, Stop at Dominica

• Radio
December 11, 1975 - Sailing Trip - Part 4, Dominica, Pig Roast

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975