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Jack Flickinger

aka: Flick

Best Friend

Flick was a major character in many of Shep's stories and was played by several people in the movies. As a child he had a dog named "Zero". Worked at his father's tavern, "Flick's Tavern", as a kid. Retired to Frostproof, Florida in the early 70's.

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[ Courtesy: Steve Glazer - 12-01-2017 ]
           
Shep's QSL Card
A list of Hammond 'Hams' from Shep's time
A huge amount of information about many of the people in Shep's life.
Extensive research into newspaper archives to expand the listing of dates for Shep's live performances

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
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•	November 11, 1971	Article	"Shepherd's America" Recycled
•	November 18, 1983	Movies	A Christmas Story
•	August 6, 1988	Movies	Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
•	December 23, 1976	Movies	The Phantom of the Open Hearth
•	February 11, 1985	Movies	The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
•	September 23, 1994	Movies	My Summer Story
• 14:27	April 23, 1962	Radio	Piano Factory Job
• 14:48	July 2, 1964	Radio	Being A Peeping Tom
•	March 15, 1966	Radio	Mike Todd's Party for Liz Taylor
•	May 21, 1966	Radio	Buying A Used Car For Flick
• 04:30	April 1, 1967	Radio	Patent Medicine
•	May 2, 1967	Radio	The Steel Mill
•	June 29, 1967	Radio	Inventions; Job in Piano Factory
•	January 27, 1968	Radio	Flick's Tongue
• 40:34	September 25, 1970	Radio	HG Grubbage, Greed
• 19:44	October 9, 1970	Radio	Cockroaches- Finding Shotgun
• 32:30	February 25, 1972	Radio	Shep's Father's Bowling Tournament
•	April 7, 1972	Radio	Flick's Tongue
•	April 1972	Radio	Chicago Rialto
•	October 19, 1972	Radio	Shep, Schwartz & Flick Play Chicken With Pills
• 27:08	January 8, 1973	Radio	12 Folk Talents
•	January 3, 1974	Radio	Flick's Tounge Stuck To Pole (Repeat)
•	July 25, 1975	Radio	Flick's New Tires
•	January 15, 1976	Radio	Robert Service Poems, Winter, Flick's Tongue
•	February 5, 1976	Radio	Hot Air Balloon Project
• 10:52	May 14, 1976	Radio	Stanley, the Worm Eater
• 05:44	February 1971	Radio	Kindergarten and Miss Bundy, Blintzes, Kindergarten Milk
• 13:59	January 18, 1963	Radio	Medicine Cabinate Discovery
• 20:24	March 20, 1963	Radio	Basement Racing
• 18:07	March 4, 1964	Radio	Boles Wedding
•	April 20, 1965	Radio	Amateur Sports, Baseball
• 03:41	June 17, 1967	Radio	Day before Father's Day - 1st Crime - Ice Cream Wars
•	January 12, 1977	Radio	Kid Myths - Flicks Tongue
•	September 21, 1969	Radio	First Day of Kindergarten
• 27:05	February 24, 1975	Radio	Hobbies - Collecting Studebakers - 17 ft ball of string - gum wrappers
• 09:58	February 2, 1970	Radio	Valentine Day Invite
• 14:04	February 9, 1970	Radio	Upcoming Kid Press Conference
• 09:56	September 10, 1964	Radio	Ambidextrous
•	1979	Television	Phantom Of The Open Hearth

Links to Further Information:

• Flick's Tap

Photos:

1936
Hammond High Yearbook

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

March 25, 1937
Flick and Galumbus sick from school

June 12, 1939
Flick and pals navigate a problem

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

October 06, 1940
Flick Delivering Newspapers The Hammond Times

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

1940
Opal Hayden - Jack's wife - Hammond Tech yearbook

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

April 18, 1943
Flick writes home from the Army

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

July 27, 1994
Flick's Obit

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

September 09, 2008
Obit for Flick's wife

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

"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