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Connecticut
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Daniel Rosenberg
, Connecticut

Joined: November 26, 2001

Shep fan since: 1953
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 753

William Longstreet
Avon, Connecticut

Joined: December 18, 2003

Shep fan since: 1947
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1145

Comments:
Shortly after WWII Shepherd hosted a late night disc jockey program on Cincinnati radio broadcasting from Schuler's "Wigwam" restaurant. At midnight he invariably marked "The Witching Hour" with a stream of rhetoric for which he was famous. His gift of gab had to be among all the best of the founders of "Talk Radio".

Jared Kline
Bethany, Connecticut

Joined: December 11, 2000

Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 337

Larry Yother
Bloomfield, Connecticut

Joined: December 21, 2005

Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1569

Comments:
Let's get "Phantom of the Open Hearth" reissued!

Jack Hearn
Branford, Connecticut

Joined: May 30, 2002

Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 772

Bill Sopchak
Brookfield, Connecticut

Joined: May 23, 2000

Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 203

Bill Oravec
Burlington, Connecticut

Joined: June 26, 2001

Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 617

Robert Eskay
Canton, Connecticut

Joined: December 17, 2005

Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1565

Comments:
Sunday Night 9-12 on WOR. the shows were great. Recorded some will have to look for old tapes if they survived. Wish I could listen now.

Diane Ballou
East Hartford, Connecticut

Joined: January 18, 2004

Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1205

Comments:
I used to listen to Jean Sheperd when I was in college. My mother used to wait up for me when I went out on dates, much to my chagrin. However, when I got home she'd be sitting there laughing like crazy. I'd sit there too and the two of us would have a cup of tea and listen. This is one of the fondest memories I have of my mother who has been gone now for 12 years. I'm going to buy some of his tapes so I can go back down memory lane.

scott daniels
east lyme, Connecticut

Joined: January 26, 2006

Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1614

Comments:
Just heard an old Shep show on WCNI the local college station. That took me back to the days when as I kid I would lay in bed with the lites out and listen to his stories on WOR -- what a treat to rediscover this after so many years!

Gary Duckett
Ellington, Connecticut

Joined: September 16, 2005

Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1532

Comments:
I just finished Eugene Bergmann's book - interesting.

Doug Higley
Encinitas, Connecticut

Joined: March 26, 2004

Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1240

Comments:
I have no idea when I first heard Shep...it was the 50's (probably around '55 or so) and there was this guy who would tell stories about anything. He could do an hour on a worm he saw crossing a path. The most comfortable 'old sweater' voice and compelling delivery that you HAD to listen to. Being a New Yorker, I remember thinking HE had the funny accent...many years later, I was told I had the funny accent*...funny how that works. (*by an Australian Broadcaster of all people, John Bailey, and that I should go to Broadcasting School and get in the biz. I did.) Thanks Jean for the first lessons....Doug Higley, LionPoint Studio http://LionPoint.com

L.L. Darcy
Fairfield, Connecticut

Joined: November 23, 2002

Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 781

Nick Pagani
Greenwich, Connecticut

Joined: October 11, 2005

Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1533

Comments:
I have been trying to interest my 8 year old in reading, by reading her excerpts from Shep's books and not only has she made the connection from "christmas story" to what I listened to at her age, but she is a convert now and another generation will remember Shep

Jim Hollister
Groton, Connecticut

Joined: October 13, 2003

Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1067

Comments:
I listened to a lot of Jean Shepherd in New York in 1950's and have 3 of his books;I miss hearing his Jew's harp .I did tape one of his shows but have to look for it (it was on Silas Marner).

Chuck Harrison
Groton, Connecticut

Joined: December 19, 2003

Shep fan since: 1951
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1149

Comments:
I don't remember just how I found out about Shep, but at the time I was an unofficial member of the Cornell Jazz Club in my hometown of Ithaca, NY. Shep was a DJ at one of the Philadelphia hotels and broadcast over KYW. I had my family's old console radio in my room and I strung a (long) longwire antenna, cut to KYW's frequency so I could pick it up better at that distance. As the engineer of an on-campus radio studio (whilst still in HS), I had access to a fine disc lathe and spent much time making copies of music off the air. Shep never let me get a clean recording. He always talked over the start of any record he played. I eventually made a pilgimage to Phila. to see his show. Segue past a full Naval career, retiring in the 70's. Newly divorced and enjoying my newfound bachelorhood to the fullest. I seemed to have had many dates during that period, most starting after 10PM. I would drive to my date's house, sit out front in the car, listening to WOR and Shep's stories until signoff (at 10 PM). Then pick up date, visit bars, etc. Now I want to hear him again and also find a copy of the Great American 4th of July and so on.

Bob Paul
Guilford, Connecticut

Joined: January 29, 2010

Shep fan since: 1950
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2885

Comments:
Many a night, unable to sleep, I needed mental stimulation to ease my craving for intellect rapped around nonsense. Suddenly, there it was! [I think he was only on Sunday nights at the time]. More giggles. More intellect. More nuttiness. My life took a sudden turn--I was hooked! All my kids [40s and 50s] became hooked because the Ol' Man raved about it. They can still tell Shep stories, sing his songs. And, then one day he was gone. That's when I discovered Leon Redbone. Excelsior! Keep the memories rolling--thanx.

HARVEY MARTIN
GUILFORD, Connecticut

Joined: April 24, 2003

Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 953

Comments:
RE:SOME EXPRESSIONS OF SHEPHERD (?SPELLING)- I'LL AWARD YOU A BRASS FIGLIGGEE WITH BRONZE OAK LEAF PALM IF YOU CAN TELL ME... KEEP YOUR KNEES LOOSE THAT'S WOR SPELLED WITH AN H AND AN E ----ANY MORE?....

William S, Freeman
Hamden, Connecticut

Joined: July 10, 2001

Shep fan since: 1974
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 635

Paul D'Andrea
Hamden, Connecticut

Joined: November 27, 2004

Shep fan since: 1983
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1358

HOWARD GERSHMAN
HAMDEN, Connecticut

Joined: November 30, 2004

Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1362

Comments:
REMEMBER LISTENING TO THE ALL NIGHT SHOW UNTIL I FELL ASLEEP IN THE WEE HOURS. MY BROTHER SENT ME REEL TO REEL TAPE OF HIS SHOWS WHEN I WAS STATIONED IN KOREA IN 1970. NOW I TRADE THEM WITH FRIENDS WHO DISCOVERED HIM AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WHEN THEY WERE KIDS.

jeanne baker
hartford, Connecticut

Joined: December 05, 2003

Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1112

FRANK BOROWY
HARTFORD, Connecticut

Joined: December 18, 2003

Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1147

Comments:
WHAT A SITE. THE FOTOS BRING ALL THE STORIES ALIVE. THERE WERE SO MANY, NOT JUST RED RIDER. I SAW SHEP LECTURE AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE, AROUND 1967, AFTER THE BOOK CAME OUT.. SO GREAT TO BE WITH HIM AGAIN....MY MENTOR!!!!!

Dick Skudlarek
Huntington, Connecticut

Joined: June 17, 2000

Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 122

Richard Skudlarek
Huntington, Connecticut

Joined: June 18, 2007

Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2205

Comments:
While dial twirling as a G.I. at Fort Knox, KY, looking for anything other than "chicken kickin'" music, I stumbled upon WOR and Shep from 1000 miles away. What a relief! I had listened to Shep in my former life as a civilian back home in Connecticut, so it was like being right there in my old room. I was able to introduce Shep to many new fatheads on those cloudy nights that WOR bounced off the atmosphere to Kentucky. Great memories!

Peter Indianna
Killingworth, Connecticut

Joined: June 13, 2003

Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 865

Comments:
Every Sunday night, after the WOR news Shep's theme song would sneak up on you and for the next 45 minutes it was pure, beautiful storytelling. Thank you for the sute!!

Jack Wagner
Madison, Connecticut

Joined: December 06, 2006

Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1850

Comments:
I listened to Shep on my "transitor" radio every night growing up in NJ. I got to see him many times at his local appearances in NJ locations, Union Jr College and other local schools. Also met him at a few book signings and have his autographed copy of "In God We Trust" that I had him sign at the Toms River book store.

Bruce Dana
Marlborough, Connecticut

Joined: June 21, 2001

Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 611

Alan Rosen
Mystic, Connecticut

Joined: July 23, 2003

Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1016

Comments:
I can't believe that Shep is gone, I'm not in New York anymore, and that so many of the folks signing in discovered Shep so recently. What a blast listening to his opening music and blowing the kazoo again. I started my all-nighters by making a pot of coffee and hunkering down with him in the guise of studying. One of his monologues I couldn't find on this site dealt with tales of evil incarnate, - Dr. Fu Man Chu. Ernie Raia, where are you man?

Michael Bissonette
Naugatuck, Connecticut

Joined: February 19, 2008

Shep fan since: 1952
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2739

Comments:
I'm an overnite employee, delivery driver for a metro.newspaper wholesale distributor, 'discovered WBAI, MASS BACKWARDS..connect the dots...Sheperd's work has been a joyful revelation...I'm awaiting Max's 5 cd set of Sheperd's 'winter tales' from an earlier 'BAI pledge drive...never thought nostalgia would be this exciting!

Mark and Jeff Sanford
New Haven, Connecticut

Joined: March 02, 2001

Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 484

Mark Anderson
New Milford , Connecticut

Joined: March 09, 2004

Shep fan since: 1984
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1236

Comments:
I stumbled onto this website looking for something else, but it caught my attention. I know of Jean Shepherd because he dated my Aunt (Dorothy Anderson - Martin) and was friends with my Father (Johnny Anderson) years ago. I have several letters that he wrote to Dorothy when he was in the army. By the way, I noticed in the glossary under "people" that you have listed that you are uncertain whether Dorothy and Johnny are real people or not...they are (or were in my Father's case) definitely real people.

Ed Schwalenberg
Newington, Connecticut

Joined: March 16, 2002

Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 767

Molly Dinneen
North Haven, Connecticut

Joined: December 30, 2000

Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 377

Dave Z
Northford, Connecticut

Joined: April 25, 2006

Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1642

Comments:
My Mom got me hooked on Shep when I was in grammer school and I went to sleep listening to him until I went away to college. When I was in high school, I asked my Latin teacher to translate "In hoc agricula conc" and a smile came across her face - she was a Shep fan too.

George Yarusavage
Norwalk, Connecticut

Joined: January 28, 2004

Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1217

Comments:
I enjoyed Shep for many years while growing up in New Jersey in the 60's, then while attending Penn State in the early 70's (WOR did reach to State College, PA in those days), and finally after graduation while living in Norwalk, CT until he went off the air. In the mid-to-late 60's I spent many school nights, supposedly asleep, listening to Shep on a small crystal radio hidden from my parents. More than once I fell asleep and awoke with that little earphone still in my ear, sometimes pulled from its wire! Your site is excellent. Excelsior!!

Fred Wissell
Norwich, Connecticut

Joined: April 20, 2001

Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 546

Bonnie Piolunek
Plainfield, Connecticut

Joined: November 26, 2006

Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1834

Comments:
Boy I miss him. Found Shep one night spinning the AM dial on my Dad's marine radio. I was hooked. He took us through times and on journey's that we could only dream of. When he read Robert Service's "Dangerous Dan McGee" or told of Randy's escapades, he was the best.

J.C. Scudder
Ridgefield, Connecticut

Joined: May 29, 2000

Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 211

Mike Christ
Ridgefield, Connecticut

Joined: June 28, 2005

Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 822

Comments:
I remember listening real late at night. A great insight into life and events people never discussed. You felt like you belonged to a secret society by possessing knowledge that others didn't have or elected not to share. EXCELSOIR, YOU FATHEAD!!

Lou Perry, Jr.
Riverside, Connecticut

Joined: May 12, 2001

Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 563

John F. Meagher
Rowayton, Connecticut

Joined: October 25, 2000

Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 272

Robin Greene-Andrews
Seymour, Connecticut

Joined: December 04, 2004

Shep fan since: 1980
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 1368

Comments:
Mr. Shepherd was quite possibly the most talented and audience connected satirist of his time. Thank God for his presence and his marvelous gift.

Bill Speiser
Simsbury, Connecticut

Joined: August 08, 2005

Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1505

Comments:
Shep will always rule!

Jeff Scheuing
South Windsor, Connecticut

Joined: June 01, 2004

Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1260

Comments:
I feel like getting out my old kazoo. The nostalgia runs deep with memories of falling to sleep listening to Shep on WOR as a young teenager. Also met Shep at his Carnegie Hall show in 1973..Gaslight Club and all!!

charles bell
southbury, Connecticut

Joined: April 09, 2004

Shep fan since: 1950
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 849

Comments:
are there any tapes of shep's old shows. 1950 was an approximation. i last saw him at a show he did in summit, nj approx. 1986.

Sigmund Bookbinder
Southbury, Connecticut

Joined: March 28, 2006

Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1629

John T Deneka
Southeastern, Connecticut

Joined: April 09, 2003

Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 943

Comments:
Shep and his style of humor has been a part of my life since I started listening to him on WOR when I should have been sleeping. A unique individual, whom I miss very much. Excelsior!

Dom Camisa
Southington, Connecticut

Joined: November 19, 2000

Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 299

Jack Meehan
Southport, Connecticut

Joined: March 05, 2001

Shep fan since: 1980
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 492

Bob Wilson
Stamford, Connecticut

Joined: December 16, 2005

Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1562

Comments:
The Great Shepherd lives on, along with Randy, Miss Shields, Flick, Schwartz, Hammond, his mother with the rump-sprung bathrobe and the Old Man! He (and they) will never be forgotten. I think he was doing the all-nighter on WOR when I first heard him, but shortly after that, he was on from 11:15 PM, when the station brought in Long John Nebel. Went to see him frequently at the Limelight back in those days, too, but ad-lib radio was his true forte.

Larry Stoler
Stamford, Connecticut

Joined: December 31, 2024

Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 3006

Comments:
I first heard Jean Shepherd on WOR in 1965. In those days, I used to listen to everything up and down the dial on AM and FM. I remember all the great stories he told and what he did when he realized he was being heard on 710 AM and 98.7 FM. As time went on, I started listening to him on Saturday nights when he appeared at the Lime Light in Greenwich Village. I continued listening to him for years and every time I heard him, I respected him even more. The sad reality is if he was still here and wanted to be on the air, they wouldn't hire him or restrict what he would be allowed to do. That would be sad if that happened. Every year, I watch A Christmas Story. I think it's great but I also realize to most people, that's all they know about him. As all of you who read this post realize, there was so much more that he gave us. Unfortunately he never made it to the 21st century but we'll never forget him.

Chris Bowne
Stonington, Connecticut

Joined: December 19, 2000

Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 347

John Wetzel
Trumbull, Connecticut

Joined: October 12, 2004

Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1334

Comments:
Listened on WOR in NYC every weekday night from 10-11 pm. He was my mentor and sleeping pill. His monologues were ahead of his time.

Bob Jennings
Waterford, Connecticut

Joined: March 31, 2009

Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2841

Wayne Hitchcock
West Haven, CT, Connecticut

Joined: December 28, 2003

Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1175

Comments:
For many years I told my story as a ten year old listening to Sherherd spin his tales on my transistor radio ear-phone, under the blankets as I was suppose to be sleeping. It amazes me that a very similar experience was being experienced by others also tuned into this exceptional story teller. . .

SETH GOLTZER
WESTON, Connecticut

Joined: December 26, 2006

Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1882

Comments:
I grew up w/a small Sony radio under my pillow, listening in the dark to Shep on WOR.I always turn out the lights when I listen to his old shows, it just seems right tha way. In 1963 I made contact w/ him on Ham Radio and we talked for quite a while. It was a big thrill and I always cherish the memory. He brought a long forgotten world to life in our imaginations and somehow made our childhoods more special and poigniant.

Greg Adams
Windsor, Connecticut

Joined: August 06, 2001

Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 657

Robert Kent
Winsted, Connecticut

Joined: June 16, 2001

Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 606

Barry W. Maxwell
Woodbury, Connecticut

Joined: January 02, 2001

Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 388

edward zucca
woodstock, Connecticut

Joined: August 20, 2010

Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2901

Comments:
1964 High school graduation year. Cherry Hill H.S.,Cherry Hill, N.J. Listened to quite a few shows on friends brothers car radio.(w. William Scott) A swell Chevrolet Corvair (unsafe at any speed) Reception was pretty good most of the time. Though he faded in and out. We just had to be patient. No one else like him anywhere on the radio dial then. He deserves at least as much recognition as Studs Terkel. And Mark Twain, even. Jack Kerouac never faced an audience every night! R.I.P.

"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