Shannon Harper
, Florida |
Joined: February 24, 2008 |
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Shep fan since: 1982
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2740
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Comments:
Please note that under your cast of characters in Shep's life you have made an error. Georgette Mosbacher was never married to Randy Shepherd brother to Jean. Randy Shepherd was married to her mother until his death. Mrs Dee Paulsin Shepherd. Please correct your mistakes regarding part of my family tree. Thank you
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Neil Halloran
Altamonte Springs, Florida |
Joined: August 07, 2008 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2772
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Comments:
I first heard about Shep for my older brother & his friends when I was about 14. Like many others I tried as hard as possible to stay awake and listen on my little radio under my pillow. I only wish I had met him. I couldn't get enough of his TV shows on PBS. Wouldn't it be great to see those shows again.
Great site.
Flick lives.
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Ed Tiley
Apalachicola, Florida |
Joined: January 04, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1889
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Comments:
I got introduced to Jean Shepard by my buddy Bill, whose daddy was the chief engineer at WNEW for years. Bill was living in his grandfather's basement and we'd sit around many evenings and listen to Merle Haggard's Bob Wills Tribute, Grateful Dead's American Beauty, then cap it off with Shep whose shows were rebroadcast (minus commercials) on WETA (Washington DC's public broadcasting outlet).
Bill's grandfather would come to the top of the stairs and yell at us to quit burning "that damn incense!"
A year or two later I found myself in Shep's beloved Signal Corps at Ft. Monmouth, NJ where I could actually hear him live! Oh the nights, my friend, when I would ride around the back roads of New Jersey with some Army buddies drinking Boone's Farm Apple Wine from the bottle and smoking copious quantities of "that damn incense."
Somewhere I have a thirty-five year old cassette tape of Shep telling the story of his drive to Boston(?) when he stopped off at a Howard Johnson's only to find a horse in the back seat of a car.
I'll see if I can find it to share if nobody has that show.
Ed
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Ed Burns
Bellview, Florida |
Joined: November 23, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1125
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Comments:
My first encounter with Shep, was serching the AM band late night with my younger brother, Joe, up in Bucks Co.Pa. Our mom bought us an old Admiral with Green Stamps. We would stay up late with the radio turned down low and listen to his stories. With his great gift of visual story telling, it was more like viewing a movie than just hearing his tale. I credit him with helping me develope my imagination of which I am very thankful. I will miss him. Ed
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Dan Lesley
Big pine key, Florida |
Joined: April 09, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1977
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 44
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Fred Manillo
Big Pine Key, Florida |
Joined: April 09, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 45
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R. Lieberman
Boca Raton, Florida |
Joined: January 19, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 414
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Stephen Brust
Boca Raton, Florida |
Joined: December 13, 2002 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On The Radio
Guest No: 873
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Comments:
I grew up in New York City and in 1962 or 1963 I was lying in bed, on a school night, with a transistor radio in my ear. For no apparent reason I decided that I had heard the song, Sugar Shack, enough times that evening and started to spin the dial for something else to listen to.
I came upon this compelling voice and stayed with it for a while. This guy was telling a story about how he, as a young boy, ordered seeds from a mail order catalogue.
I was hooked! I listened to this guy spin his stories for the next six years, five nights a week, and live on Saturday night from the Limelight in Greenwich Village.
I maintain that Jean Shepard is arguably the greatest storyteller this country has ever produced, certainly the most prolific. It's a shame that he isn't more widely known, although Christmas Story has made more people aware of him.
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Walter Bogart
Boca Raton, Florida |
Joined: May 07, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1249
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Comments:
Just a note from "The Most Unknown Person in New York City" - about 1958 or so. Inveterate member of his Princeton, NJ audience at the annual show at Richardson Auditorium (I believe.)
Found out recently about the site from another Shep admirer.
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Jim Pearson
Boca Raton, Florida |
Joined: June 16, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1489
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Comments:
This is amazing that there would be a website reminding people that Flicklives. I remember writing that on my school book covers 40 years ago. I only knew of two other guys that ever heard of Shep and to see this website is very cool.He made us all feel special with his uplifting stories about what it was life for him to grow up. WOR was awesome back then for letting Shep create his magic.
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Jeff S.
Bradenton, Florida |
Joined: October 18, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 266
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Mike Cardella
Bradenton, Florida |
Joined: December 30, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1585
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Comments:
It's great listening again. Like it never stopped.
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William Shassere
Bradenton, Florida |
Joined: March 20, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1623
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Comments:
Being from the midwest, Indianapolis, my introduction to Shepard's special talent was through Playboy and later his books and PBS. I often wished I had been able to have had the opportunity to experience Shep's radio days. I did meet Shep druing a special appearance sometime in the 80s, sponsored by the Indianapolis PBS station. During the discussion, Shep claimed as true that his father had been an illustrator and cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, and his mother had been a school teacher. He said he was an only child. He also seemed to be rather hostile towards anybody even suggesting that they would rahter believe the stories had a real life connection. I just finished E. Bergmann's book about Jean, and have become aware of all his contridictions. Interesting man - unique artist, and one that I still enjoy reading of and about.
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JIM CLARK
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida |
Joined: August 22, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 2876
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Diane LaRocca
Cape Coral, Florida |
Joined: May 20, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 977
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Comments:
Really did have that little transistor radio under my pillow. Couldn't wait to go to bed and stifle my giggles. Went to sleep with a smile every night. I miss him.
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Thom Woolverton
Cape Coral, Florida |
Joined: July 16, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1005
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Comments:
I remember staying up spellbound listening to Shep then discusing the show with my father at breakfast (both of us a little groggy from lack of sleep. The show that stuck with me most was the time he 'quit' on the air and played music for the last 15, 20 minutes.
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Michael J Cornacchione Jr.
Clearwater, Florida |
Joined: February 01, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 427
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John T Hollingsworth
Clewsiton, Florida |
Joined: July 08, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 631
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Jeffrey Jacobs
Coral Spings, Florida |
Joined: June 30, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 999
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Mike Caserta
Coral Springs, Florida |
Joined: January 16, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 412
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Sid Chabus
Coral Springs, Florida |
Joined: January 26, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 421
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Alan Greener
Coral Springs, Florida |
Joined: September 08, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1307
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Comments:
I began listening to Shep when I was about 13 and my livning in Brooklyn. My brother, who was 16 at the time, and I shared a bedroom. We had these beds that one slipped under the other during the day. At night we would roll out the bottom one, which I got because it stunk, and turn on the radio and listen.
At first we heard Shep from the Limelight and after that from the studio. We loved the show.
My favorite shows are Shep's Fu Man Chu stories which no one else seems to remember. What's really cool, if cool is still okay, is that I heard the Christmas story on the air even before it appeared in Playboy. And I knew he'd get hit in the eye all along.
Another favorite was when he told us to quietly put the radio on the window ledge and open the window and turn up the volume. "Help. Help!" he screamed. As you probably know, almost all windows opened on the alleys and other windows. It was great.
Just as Gleason was the "Great One" on TV, Shep should have that honorium for his radio shows.
Long live Flick.
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John Cavicchi
Coral Springs, Florida |
Joined: November 13, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1821
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Comments:
My brother-in-law introduced me to Jean Shepherd when I was about 18 years old. I never met anyone else who ever heard of him until I was about 30!
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Robert E. Hone
Dania Beach, Florida |
Joined: August 19, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1954
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 667
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Kenneth Scharf Scharf
Davie, Florida |
Joined: July 11, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 143
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