Cynthia Calvin
, Illinois |
Joined: May 21, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 2001
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 573
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John Stoesser
Barrington, Illinois |
Joined: August 19, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1980
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 1523
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Glenn Weiss
Bloomington, Illinois |
Joined: October 20, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1980
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 267
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Keith Pollok
Champaign, Illinois |
Joined: October 20, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1076
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Comments:
I am grateful to you for setting up this website. I have been slowly working my way through his radio shows thanks to Max Schmid, and this is a great addition.
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Bob Mueller
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: February 27, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 23
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Jack Hickey
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: September 26, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1975
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 236
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WC Mericle
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: October 14, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1976
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 259
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David Charles White
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: May 04, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 556
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Larry Kloth
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: January 17, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1999
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 785
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Tony Judge
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: July 26, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1019
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Gloria Czarnik
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: November 30, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1972
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1101
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Comments:
The Chicago Tribune ran a story on Christmas Story. I had to visit this sight. I have family in NW Indiana and sometimes drive down Kennedy Ave past Flicks. I'm just another Polish girl from East Chicago.
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Joe Paszczyk
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: December 01, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: Saw his TV show
Guest No: 1103
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Comments:
Like the writers below, I saw the article in the Sunday Tribune. It struck a cord. I grew up in Hegewisch, a neighborhood in Chicago right across the border from East Chicago, Indiana.
'Christmas Story' could have been mine-- the neighborhood, the people, the experiences.
I have been a fan of Shep for years. I marvel at his ability to tell an engaging story with none of the gizmos we see on TV nowadays. I work in TV. Trust me: his way was better.
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Steve Golden
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: June 26, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1269
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Howard Newman
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: December 31, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1420
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Comments:
Like so many other fans I discovered Shep as an adolescent. His power seemed to be, in hindsight, the abilty to create a sense of true intimacy between us kids and this hip adult who was giving us the true scoop on how life worked, without expecting anything from us. He was the very essence of radio as a "hot" media that truly envolved and engaged the listener. Who even attempts to create the level of personal communciation that Jean Shepherd achieved for decades?
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Gloria Smith
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: July 06, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1494
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Comments:
I'm from East Chicago and Polish. I knew about Flick's tap because one of my friend's father patronized it. Unfortunately, Shep's radio shows were not heard in Chicago. When I was in college in the late 60's, many of the east coast guys I met were familiar with the show. I went to a university with a lot of engineers. What can I say, there were a lot of geeky guys who thought meeting a Polish girl from East Chicago was the high point of their lives. Every woman should be a goddess at some point in her life.
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Steven Weiss
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: July 20, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1983
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1498
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Comments:
I once worked for an eccentric shoe store owner who collected OTR on cassetts. While I worked in the back of the store he would play these tapes for my entertainment. One of these tapes was a JS performance at what must have been a college in the 1970s. How my employer got this tape I have know idea, but I recognized its importance and requested a copy. What an amazing story he weaved about his first day in high school ending with his miraculous algebra class experience. Can anyone tell me the specifics of the JS date? Answer privately please.
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Art Tursh
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: November 30, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1519
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Comments:
Shep talked me to sleep for many years. I lived for those Limelight shows. I've listened to a lot of talk radio through the years but Shep is still #1. Thank you for putting up this site!
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Jan Madia
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: December 31, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1975
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1588
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Comments:
When I ask people my age (57)if the ever heard of Jean Shepherd they say "Who?" Boy, did they miss out! I really love his humor and how real his experience was. It gives me the feeling that it's all going to be OK! Even today....
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David V
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: December 24, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1876
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Comments:
Lying there in bed at night with the lights out listening to Shep is an indelible childhood memory. While the show was 45 minutes, it seemed like seconds between when the music faded out and then faded in. I really wish a radio station had the courage to find and then run his old tapes at 10pm. The stories were timeless.
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Tom O'Connor
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: November 16, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 2635
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Comments:
Happened across his first Playboy story while looking at other "articles." Listened to his radio rebroadcasts on WBEZ and eventually bought all the books.
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Walt Waymond (actor,writer)
Chicago, Illinois |
Joined: May 16, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1992
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 2858
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Comments:
I am working on a script for a new film,not a sequel to A Christmas Story or Summer Story, but entirely different and would also like to do a show based on SHep's stories, email me at mvpwaymond@sbcglobal.net if anybody is interested.
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Paul H. Weberling
Chicago(orig.Newark,N.J.), Illinois |
Joined: July 26, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 652
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Mike Joyce
Crystal Lake, Illinois |
Joined: June 24, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 2221
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Comments:
Heard about this site from a bartender at the Jungle Bar in Evansville, Indiana.
Still searching your site, but still have not found my favorite Jean Sheperd radio spot. I heard it in Chicago while driving, maybe in the late 60s or early 70s. Seems like it was the CBS radio network, but could have been NPR. Jean was reminising about summers in Northern Indiana: a plastic radio on the fridge is playing a camp Hawaiian tune (Aloha Oye!). As I recall, he uses this song as a refrain throughout. But the spot is really about going to the beach in Hammond and floating on an old inner tube on Lake Michigan: the soot from the mills drifting down, an empty wine bottle floats by ... It was just fantastic, probably the best modern American audio humor I've ever heard. If anyone who reads this know the title of this exceptional piece, I would be most grateful.
Mike
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Robert August
Elgin, Illinois |
Joined: May 18, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1485
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Rob Grierson
Evanston, Illinois |
Joined: June 07, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 104
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