Jim Kearney
, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 29, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1974
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 273
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Damona Sain
, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 28, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1177
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Comments:
Whoops...was it the Limelight, not the Bitter End, in which he did his live shows?
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Philip Rudnick
, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 27, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1954
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1442
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Comments:
Please remove my old guest book listing for this one (new e-mail address (pbrudnick@yahoo.com)
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Marie Esher Coia
, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 25, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2655
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Comments:
I just saw "A Christmas Story" for the second time since the 80's and realized how much I miss that voice and his slant on life. I "googled" Shep to get the dates of his life and found this web site. What a delight! I know of only two other people who listened to Shep one being my mother who listened to him when he was in Philly and then on WOR. So I grew up listening to him every night, probably earlier than 1960 but can't quite remember a date.
I had a poster of him in my apartment in the late 60's, the same picture that is on the cover of the book on the home page of this web site. I have a signed copy of "In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash" which he signed for me at John Wanamakers in center city Philadelphia in the late 60's. He kind of flirted with me which I never expected. I saw him speak at Temple University sometime in late '67 or '68. He spoke for three hours to a full house and kept everyone's attention. My new boyfriend at the time (he's still my boyfriend) thought he would be bored because he had never heard of Jean Shepard but he was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed every minute. We saw him twice more at Princeton. I also have one of Shep's records.
I listened to his last show which was sometime in the mid 70's and I think it was on April 1st.
The only other person I know who listened to him called me when he found out Shep had died. He had a big impact on my life and I miss him. Excelsior!
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Marion Schwartz
, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 25, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2656
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Comments:
I was /still am a big fan! He was the coolest guy around!
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Barry Hayward
pennsburg , Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 15, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1561
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Comments:
I grew up in nyc. WOR my parents always knew where i was at nite at the radio!! Later when i lived in steubenville ohio his steel mill stories and bowling league tales helped me pass as a local. G-d bless the gratest houmerist since will rogers. I made my parents stop in indiana to try and find his old house I was obsessed. I saw him at the gaslight once
I was too young.
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James Darcy
Abington, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 05, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 861
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Comments:
He read Sax Rohmer's "Dr. FuManchu," told my neighbors "French Poodles are NOT people." Shep made me feel like a revolutionary when I needed to feel that way. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert W. Service... I felt like I belonged to the "night people." Tiny box kites on Washington Square Park, Safari to locate the "elephants' burial ground" in the subway tunnels. What a guy. Signed: Jimmyvibes
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Edward T. Sheppard
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 07, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 394
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David Vogel
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 18, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 544
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Lou Serva
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 29, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 816
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Comments:
Would like to get his cd reading poems of Robert Service
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Edison Leonard
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 01, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1951
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1185
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Comments:
I only wish I had been able to tell stories the way Shep
could. I miss him.
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Christopher Gately
Ardmore, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 19, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1463
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Comments:
My parents listened to "Shep" on KYW when they were dating in college. I discovered him while "DX"ing on my KROY pocket AM transistor radio with earphone when I was supposed to be asleep. My best friend in school was a Shepherd fan, too. We always talked about the previous night's show at lunch. We both represented our school at Shep's Press conference at the National Press Club in NYC in the late sixties. I still have the signed cover letter that came with the "Press Passes". I went to Rosetta Electric and got a $1.00 Black Light poster during a trip to NYC to visit with my grandparents.
I work sound at live shows among other things audio. At the end of shows, sometimes I will play the "Bahn Frei" polka and inevitably some Shep fan will come over to ask where I got the recording. I guess "Flick still lives"...
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Robert Keown
Avondale, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 26, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 956
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Comments:
I believe it was during the International Geophysical Year (1958)that I first discovered Shep. I had moved to Michigan and very vividly remember hearing Shep talk about his amateur radio and the Northern lights which I can see brightly where we lived. I moved to Ireland in the mid-1960s and actually heard him one evening as I was hunting for United States radio stations and was familiar with WOR. Being a radio amateur I actually talked to Shep on 2 meters as he sometimes drove from New York to the south somewhere. He would check into our radio repeater in Wilmington Delaware. It was a great pleasure to talk with him and each year at Christmas those fond memories return as we watch with great-grandchildren, the Christmas Story.
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John Lindros
Berwyn, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 19, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 855
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Comments:
I lived in North Jersey during my HS years, and began listening to Shep on WOR at night on a 'word of mouth' basis from my friends. My mom thought it was weird I was sitting in the kitchen listening to this strange "talk show" [not that we knew it was a talk show] on a radio that actually had tubes in it, but it could have been worse, I could have been on Staten Island drinking when the theoretical age for that was 18... One of his many sponsors was the Great Shanghai restaurant on Broadway in Harlem, to which I and a fellow Shep-head once went to start a memorable pub-crawl down Broadway...... whenever I hear of Shep, he brings a smile to my face - He had a great and gentle insight into human nature, which I think is why so many remember him so fondly.
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Benjamin W Champion
Berwyn, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 18, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1667
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Comments:
Thanks for the information on this site about Jean Shepherd.
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Lou Rosenberger
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 12, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 437
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DANIEL HARTNETT
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 11, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep: Saw his TV show
Guest No: 1133
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Comments:
I first saw his Jean Shepherd's America on PBS. Then I read every one of his novels from the library. I have Shepherds Pie tapes and I would love to get the 2 seasons of America on VHS. I really wish PBS would issue the shows.It's great that A Christmas Story was a big hit and so many more people discovered him. This is a great site !!
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Gregg Fisher
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 24, 2008 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2809
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Comments:
Actually I heard one of Jean's radio brodcasts one night. I was just a kid, my mom said "this guy's funny, you should hear this." He was telling a story from the New York World's Fair, which I visited with my family a few times. My grandfather was a truck driver, he drove truck in WWII (RedBall Express), made a lot of runs into Philly and New York, and he said Jean's brodcasts made his life on the road and in traffic bearable. He told stories about the Army, about growing up by the Steel Mills, stories about Christmas. Great stories.
Later on, I caught his offerings on PBS. Phantom, Fourth of July, and others. I still watch my VHSs when they were re-brodcast. "I-95, I love it!" I have read some of his books, but I really love the archived broadcasts.
Thanks so much for keeping Shep alive!
-Gregg
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Alan Kalish
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 20, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2867
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Comments:
I met Jean Shepherd at two different book signings in Plainfield, NJ. I also saw him in concert at Princeton University, at Red Bank, at Clinton, at NCE (since changed to NJIT), and at Carnagie Hall.
I provided Max Schmid and two other Shep archives with almost 200 shows recorded between 1970 and 1974. These were recordings that I first made while in high school, on cassettes. Over time I had to move the recordings onto reel-to-reel as the cassettes began to seize up. When the reel-to-reel recordings began to fail (30+ years after my original recording dates), I transferred the shows to a digital format.
When I was in college I nearly lost the whole collection when I was transporting the collection between school and home. My car's tailpipe rotted off and the floor of my trunk got very hot. About half of the cassettes had deformed. I ended up buying new cassettes with housings that were held together with screws, and then I transferred the tape from the melted housings into the new housings.
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Jed Gregg
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 07, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2646
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Comments:
Shep was truly one of a kind. I began listening to him on WOR 710 sometime in 1963. I took in a number of his live shows at Princeton, NJ as well as Clinton NJ. I have all four of his books, several of them signed by him to me. I also have one of his 33 1/3 vinyls. I also spoke with him a time or two. One in particular stands out in "the vast archives of my mind"; at a book signing at the Woodbridge Mall in NJ. I asked him about his Morgan (Auto). He enjoyed talking about it. There must have been 50 or more people lined up behind me as he rambled on (as only he could)about any given subject. I suspect those folks lined up behind me would have liked to choke me. What a great guy he was. He had the knack of being truly funny without being crass or "dirty".It was truly a loss when he went off the air. I still miss Shep. The last time I hear him speak he was on The Larry Glick Show from WBZ 1030 in Boston; in the mid 90's I think. By the way Larry had a great late night show on "BZ" for many years. Larry is now retired and living in FL. What a long winded comment. Thanks for asking and thanks for this great web site. Jed Gregg
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Richard Dillman
Brookville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 02, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1952
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1749
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Jan Mauch
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 07, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1976
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 560
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Kevin R. Cunningham
Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 05, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 391
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Daniel Spencer
Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
Joined: August 04, 2017 |
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Shep fan since: 1983
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 2941
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Michael C Krawciw
Carlisle, Pa, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 30, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 2000
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 215
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Philip Rudnick
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 15, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 510
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melinda allen
chambersburg, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 26, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1974
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 2639
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Comments:
i love the christmas story,i watch it every year.
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Robert A. Yockin
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 22, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1985
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 96
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Joanne Berg
Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 02, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 387
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John B. Grosh
Columbia , Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 16, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1951
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1950
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Comments:
I think I first heard Shep on KYW 1060, Philadelphia from the Sheraton Hotel.
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Chad Davis
Corry, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 21, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 2001
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 572
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Bill Smith
Curwensville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 12, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1975
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 289
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W. E. Smith
Curwensville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 08, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1975
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 332
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Robert Scholl
Dallas, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 19, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: Saw his TV show
Guest No: 951
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Loriann Luciani
Delaware County, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 07, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1976
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 395
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Ted Davis
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 17, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1387
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Comments:
I was introduced to Shepherd's radio show (I think) by a high school chum, and I was quickly hooked by his amazing, wild, really funny stories. When Shep proclaimed himself the "King of New Amsterdam" (or something like that) in the late 1960s, I proclaimed myself "the Emperor of Lansdowne [PA]," where I then lived. I wrote him an official letter, offering to establish diplomatic relations and to begin trade by exporting hand-carved chessmen to the Kingdom of New Amsterdam. Wouldn't you know it, Shep read my letter on the air!! I'm a teacher now, and when I tell my students that the "Christmas Story" narrator used to have a radio show, and that he read my letter to him on the air when I was in high school, no one believes me. But he did. I wonder whether anyone else out there remembers this?
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Ted Naccarella
Douglassville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 29, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1973
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 134
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John Reid
Downingtown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 12, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 540
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Tom Vadine
Downingtown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 23, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 612
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David Savage
Downingtown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 02, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 958
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Comments:
I have great memories of listening to Shep on WOR while lying in bed at 10 pm, trying to fool the parents who thought I was sleeping. My younger brother and I thought we were the only ones who knew about Shep's great stories! His characters are timeless representations of Americans young and old.
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Jim Kelley
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 02, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1972
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 554
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gordon caine
dubois, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 09, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1475
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Comments:
your example of little orphan annies decoder pin is wrong ,i have one and the one you show would not decode anything
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Jim Andrews
Dushore, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 05, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1969
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Comments:
I listened to Jean as a young man and loved the way he kept a story so real you thought you knew all his friends personally. I went to see him at Council Rock High school and it was a higlight for me and my cousin Mike. I sure miss him. wonder what happened to my kazoo?
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Larry Schear
East Coventry, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 17, 2002 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 876
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Comments:
Grew up in Trenton, NJ (shared a history teacher with Ernie Kovacs), first heard Shep in the mid-to-late fifties, listening with Dad at night, heard replays of evening shows during lunchtime the following day at Bell Telephone Labs in Holmdel, NJ, during the early sixties, don't yet have a Red Ryder BB Gun, but still searching flea markets, fondly remember the Great White Eagle, Long John Nebel (and joined NICAP for a while, thanks to him!); home is now in East Coventry,PA (nw of Philly), though I work in Washington during the week.
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Bob Harms
Easton, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 26, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1256
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Comments:
I grew up in Colonia, NJ. My dad and i used to lay in bed at night, going to sleep....the room would be pitch black... and we would listen to Shep on WOR in NYC. Most times laying there like that you felt like you were right there with Shep in his stories.....
SHEP WAS THE GREATEST STORY TELLER OF OUR TIME.
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sam hogg
elkis park, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 17, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1651
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Comments:
excelsior, shep!!!!
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Chuck Greene
Exton, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 15, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 411
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Greg Updegrave
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 12, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1990
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 406
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Nik Kierniesky
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 24, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 749
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David Lipow
Glenmoore, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 29, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2085
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Comments:
Jean Shepherd taught me about the finer things in life such as jews harps, ham radio, listening to great stories while in bed with a radio hidden under my pillow. I've introduced my kids to his stories.
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Susan Clark Benchouk
Glenside, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 23, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 13
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Reginald H. Pitts
Glenside (formerly East Orange NJ), Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 01, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 36
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Deborah Griffiths
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 22, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1211
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Comments:
One of my best memories of Jean was the recollection of my late father bringing home yet another transitor radio in the mid-1960s to our home near Harrisburg in hopes that it would pull in WOR so that he could listen to Jean -- in bed, of course. And I'd sit in the easy chair in the corner before or after a date or going to bed, and we'd listen to Jean together. GOing off to college in central Ohio meant no more good times like that but I would sometimes encounter other WOR-reception area "easterners" out there and would ask if they ever listened to Jean -- reactions were either blank or face lit up total delight. And yes, this is a great website, lovely to see it perking along. Thanks, guys.
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Rich Girard
Hatfield, Pennsylvania |
Joined: August 24, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 163
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Joe Primavera
Havertown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 03, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 935
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Comments:
Thanks for the flashback! I stumbled onto Shep while laying in bed with a small am transitor radio under my pillow sharing a room with my little brother. The family was on vacation in New Jersey and I stumbled onto WOR late at night. I was mesmorized. Years later, I found his books and was hooked! When his TV show was run on public TV (channel 12 in Philadelphia) I got to see what Shep looked like as he spun his unique stories. By the time ACS was released I was married. I never celebrate Christmas without watching. Now to my delite I can hear the shows I missed on your site - Max thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Jim Herman
Hershey, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 31, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 930
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Comments:
Listened to Shep on WOR every night with my friend Brad, each of us in our houses and on the phone with each other. Love his movies and books. Remember when we all jumped up and down to see if it would register seismically.
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peter funghi
hershey, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 25, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1168
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Comments:
I just found a first edition, hard back copy of Wonda Hickey and reread it! It took me back to my school days of the 1950s when I listened to Shep driving around in my 1956 Ford convertible. What a treat it is to listen to your recordings of Shep.
Every 4 of July I read the Dago Bomb that struck back. Also, I played the Sousa phone in the high school band; in August when the current year's poor sods start band practice, I feel that 30 Lbs. of brass digging into my shoulder. I feel my lips freezing to the mouth piece.
Oh, Shep you knew, you were there - you told us just what it was like growing up in America -- way back when. (I don't want to even think about my Jr. Prom and Brenda!)
And, I started my out my adult life as a Broadcast engineer.
Thank you for this wonderful website
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Bill Olson
Holland, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 24, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1127
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Comments:
Followed him for years from WINS to WOR, daytime, night time, etc. My in-laws lived across the street from "Doc", his friend in NJ. Met him often book signing, the Limelight, playing catch with Doc's kids in the front yard.
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eleanor curyk
honesdale, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 29, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1953
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1417
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Comments:
so happy to have found this site absolut love for that man also looking for his slang for junk or plastic art.
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John Halferty
Horsham, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 16, 2002 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 874
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Comments:
I listened to Shep starting in the late '50's from WOR in New York. As I recall it was Sunday nights. I was a senior in high school in '59 and Shep was the greatest thing I ever heard on radio. Still is. I'm going to order some of his tapes. The most memorable were the Robert Service Yukon poems. Great Stuff.
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John Halferty
Horsham, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 05, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1055
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Comments:
Ecelsior, you fathead!!
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Dave Caruthers
Irwin, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 24, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1995
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 1239
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Comments:
I was googling "Osgood Caruthers", who is a second cousin, and this was a hit. I found it interesting, considering that "Christmas Story" is a family favorite, absolutely hands down. Small, small world.
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Jack Barrett
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 28, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 327
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Richard Cassone MD Cassone MD
Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: July 31, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 147
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Rev. Robert A. McLaughlin
Kimberton, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 05, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1952
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 248
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Bob Stefanow
Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 07, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 180
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John Wolff
Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 15, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1951
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1481
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Comments:
The archive is mentioned in Scientific American June 2005 by Steve Mirsky.
I attended the U. of Pennsylvania from 1950-1954 and remember
listening to Shep on KYW. He ran the show from a West Philadelphia restaurant.
Am thrilled to be reliving my past...
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Jim Crossland
Langhorne, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 11, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 502
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rona fenster
Langhorne, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 25, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1404
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Comments:
Thank you for this informative website about Jean Shepherd. I love him. Rona
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Damona Sain
Lansdale, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 28, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1176
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Comments:
Many a night I'd lie in the darkness, alone in my room, listening to Shep. What can I say? As an adolescent, I loved his irreverance. He dared to say things I never could. His ever changing diatribes, sound effects, and the ways he mocked commericals all held my rapt attention for years.
My biggest adventure was a stealth trip to NYC in the mid 60's with a friend in the wee hours of the AM, searching out the Bitter End in order to see his live show. It was over by the time I reached it, but there was Shep--about 15 feet away, in intense conversation with those at his table. I remember thinking that even though he laughed often on his show, he never even cracked a smile while I was sneaking looks at him there.
Thanks to Harry Shearer (sp?), who did a tribut to Shep after he died.
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John Ward
Lansdale, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 21, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2927
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Eric Westerhold
Levittown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 29, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1418
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Comments:
Sadly we'll miss him, long live the Shep!
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Debbie Hitchcock
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 21, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1390
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Comments:
My family listened to late-night Shep on WOR from Fair Haven, NJ. My brother and I were reminiscing about him just last night. We also had his books, including an autographed "Wanda Hickey." He introduced me to Robert Service, who became one of my favorite poets. Jean Shepherd was a genius.
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Brent W. Thompson
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 19, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 298
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Brent Thompson
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 13, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1972
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 564
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Stuart Knade
Linglestown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 07, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 105
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Craig Sigeti
Lititz, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 23, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1658
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Comments:
I was one of those many adolescent boys who used to listen to Shep as we fell asleep on school nights. I attended a "Wanda Hickey" book signing in Piscataway, NJ in the early '70's (I still have my autographed, hard-cover copy). I also attended a Princeton University show in 1972.
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Michael A. Nazzaro
Mt. Bethel, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 19, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1959
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 231
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Bill Radvansky
New Kensington, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 31, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 2000
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2086
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Comments:
I have about 1000 of Sheps' shows and have listened to many of them over and over. They continue to be as timely, revelant(yes, revelant!), and entertaining as ever. Thanks for all that you do to keep it going.
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Daniel J. Stark
Newtown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 05, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 322
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Ed Toland
Newtown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 16, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 605
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ED TOLAND
NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 03, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1950
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1444
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guy vuotto
norristown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: July 17, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1692
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Comments:
I taught at Montgomery County Community College when Shep appeared in 1979. I had the honor of driving him to the luncheon after his talk and buying him a drink. I also remember having one of his book signed that day. Also, attended one of the Princeton shows and remember hearing the "Great Ice Cream War" story.
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Bruce Clark
North Wales, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 06, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1542
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Comments:
Talk about a weird coincidence…
Yesterday I went back to my alma mater, Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA to see how things had changed since I graduated 30 years ago. And I went into Bomberger Hall, and stood on the stage where Jean Shepherd gave a fantastic performance on April 15th, 1970. I looked up to the balcony, where I sat during the performance, cassette recorder hidden under my seat. And, I thought about Shep’s show 35 years ago.
Then, last night I went to sleep around 10pm but soon woke up. I grabbed my Sony Walkman earphone and turned on the radio. There, on Philadelphia’s WPHT 1210 AM, I heard Regis Philbin induct Shep into the Radio Hall of Fame. I had no knowledge that it would be on the radio. Spooky!
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Doug Melrose
Norwood, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 09, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1530
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Comments:
Just another kid listening to Shep talk to me late at night.
Then caught him live at Swarthmore College years later.
Just learned a few minutes ago that "T.S., Mac" was never published. I can still picture that army guy (beers in hand)running and slipping on the raised gravel road bed as the troop train pulls away.
Many thanks to the keepers of this website!
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Don Krueger
Nottingham, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 10, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1195
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Comments:
can't wait to listen to hear shep again on bai...i miss him...
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Gramp's Lamps
PA Dutch Country, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 05, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 2002
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1192
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Comments:
Great Site! Thank-you!
We cordially invite you to browse our web site featuring Hand Painted "Gone With the Wind" Lamps & Night Lights @ Gramp's Lamps!
Find us using your favorite search engine or simply go to http://grampslamps.com
Thank-you for visiting Gramp's Lamps!
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SCOTT GIFFORD
PALMER TWNSHP, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 25, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1982
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1669
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Judith Beck
Perkasie, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 11, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1892
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Comments:
This is the best site I have seen for Shep Info. (Yes, I was one of the kids with the radio under the blankets staying up all night and listening to Shep. Several times over the years he read on the air newspaper articles I had mailed in. I still miss him!
Is this site still active as far as updates, etc.?
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Jan Kulp
Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 07, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 2001
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 393
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Ed Nelson
Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 21, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1830
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Comments:
I listened each night on WOR - lived in Jersey at that time. My good friend Greg Neighbor and I were big fans. Hey Greg, where are you now?
Saw Shep several times at Princeton Alaxander Hall. Read all his books, watched Shepards Pie.
Recently obtained 18 shows on tape from a friend Joe Gangi fron the mid 60s.
Love the site!
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Ted Gerike
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 28, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1951
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 240
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Joe Salkowitz
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 07, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 250
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Robert Shubert
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 08, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1952
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 334
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Albert Meinster
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 06, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 597
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Alan Greenspan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 20, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 718
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John Peek
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 06, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1952
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2887
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Comments:
Have been a great fan of Shepp since I first heard him on a Phialdelphia radio station in 1952. I lost tack of him when he left Philadelphia but was delighted when he returned to the East Coast with WOR.
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Rick Selvin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 21, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1065
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Comments:
Listened to Shepherd after "lights out" at a Jersey prep school, then all male, now, coed. (I was born to early.) Got into big trouble (a dreaded trip to the headmaster's office)after playing my nose flute a la Shep. Then went to University of Pennsylvania from 1962 to 1966, where the damn fluorescent lighting interfered with late night reception of WOR.
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Al Collins
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 26, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1440
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Comments:
In memory of Joe Boches (1947-2005). We became friends in 10th grade after accidentally discovering that we were both Shep listeners. We stayed best friends.
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Steve Singer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 27, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1470
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Comments:
Excelcior!!!!!!!
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David Shoughrue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: July 26, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1712
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Comments:
Love this guy- first heard on WOR out of NYC- what a great command of wordsmithing, phraseology,and vocal inflection. Am tryinh to locate VHSs of Phantom of the Hearth and Shepherd's Pie series
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Johnny Williams
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 15, 2008 |
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Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2670
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Comments:
As a kid I surfed the AM radio band at night much like we surf the net today. In between distant baseball and hockey games, I found Shep on WOR, I was hooked! Thanks to this and other linked websites, he and Flick do live! I wonder what Shep would make of his radio shows being digitalized as podcasts? Creeping meatballism?? Ahhhhhhhhh.......
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Edward Toland
Philladelphia, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 06, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1950
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 179
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Mike P.
Philly, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 21, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 94
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J McC
Philly, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 15, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1983
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 868
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Comments:
I love shep.. i'm a young one but from the age of two, my father has been spoon-feeding me his fantastic storytelling via, the great american 4th of july, my summer story, and a christmas story. Aparantly, i was able to quote most of the "4th" by the time i was 7.. (i'd say it was a good childhood) and had a distinct fear that the old drunk from across the street was going to come out one day and light the "bomb" that looked deceivingly like a can of soup.. It's been a tradition for the past 20 years of my dad and i,to wake up on the 4th of july and watch..(can you tell which is my favorite??)anyway, just thought i'd drop a line..so good to see others who share in the enlightenment!! anyone know where we can find new copies of his movies??
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Bill Samson
Philly, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 22, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1982
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1323
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Comments:
would love to find a copy of Great American 4th of July
any ideas where to find?
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TONY PARLANTE
PHILS, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 09, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1091
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Barbara Diem
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: July 30, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1502
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Comments:
He kept me up WAY too late. I was a high school kid, with my earphone stuck into my radio so my folks wouldn't hear that I was up...what a great guy.....
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Frank Pinkerton
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 14, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1974
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 1452
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Comments:
A amusing guy, loved his PBS New Jersey television shows, and his books...though he is now gone and very much missed,he is far from being forgotten......
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mike smith
quakertown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 10, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 906
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Comments:
saw shep live at a show in newtown pa. in 1970 twice as funny in person.lots of great memories.a storyteller who has never been matched!
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Peggy Westq
Radnor, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 29, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 26
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Peter Gerhard
Reading, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 17, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1998
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 735
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Thomas Arnold
Richlandtown, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 06, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1985
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 846
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Comments:
What a wonderful storyteller! He was truly a treasure. I only regret that he did not live longer to tell us more tales of Ralphie, his brother, and his friends, not to mention "the old man" who was a "pickle juice connoisseur". God bless him where ever he is!
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Bill Bill Ruland
Royersford, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 21, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 417
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Roland Hilborn
Royersford, PA, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 04, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 871
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Comments:
O for the old times.
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Bill Fox
Scottdale, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 25, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 310
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Larry Olsen
Scranton, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 27, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 312
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Rick Prieur
Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania |
Joined: July 16, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 641
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Rick Prieur
Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 01, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 2819
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Comments:
After reading some of the short stories by Shep I was telling my Old Man about. He told me that he used to stay up nights listining to Shep on WOR, New York. As I look back now and realize that was the only thing I can remember that me and the old man ever agreed on was our love of Shep.
At 63 years old now I miss them both, but this past Christmas I watched " A Christmas Story" a couple of times with my kids and grand-kids and in some ways I felt they were here with us again. Thanks for the great site.
The first movie of Sheps I remember seeing was "The Great American Fourth of July" on PBS. Is there any way to get a copy of it?
Rick Prieur
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Tim Calligan
Strafford, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 05, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 183
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Bob Stevenson
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 19, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: Saw his TV show
Guest No: 786
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Comments:
Thanks for the use of the CD'S
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Roger Cease
Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 27, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 324
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Dennis Gallagher
Trevose, Pennsylvania |
Joined: March 12, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: Saw his TV show
Guest No: 1447
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Comments:
I used to watch his shows with my mom and dad on public t.v. I don't remember what years[I was a little tyke]
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Ted Trevorrow
UNionville, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 26, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1574
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Comments:
I used to listen to Jean Shepherd on the radio as my Dad drove home from his parents home in New Jersey. It was a 3 hour trip in those days to Wilmington Delaware. That was just enough time for Shep to get back to the point he started his show with and deliver the punch line. I had to be one of the few college students in the late 1960's and early 1970's who actually did buy Playboy magazine for the Jean Shepherd articles. One memorable break from studying for finals had me reading outloud "Delbert and the Bumpus Hounds" to my Universiry of Delaware Gilbert Hall A friends all laughing so hard we couldn't breathe. The books were a natural for me and I have given countless copies as gifts over the years and continue to do so. Every sales award I bring home from work is heralded as a "Major Award" by my family; all "A Christmas Story" junkies. I had the pleasure of attending one of Jean Shepherd's lectures in Wilmington where an audiance member insisted on knowing how Flick was. Shep explained that he was a fictional character, but the man said he saw a bar in Chicago called "Flick's Bar". Shep was pleased that he had created characters so real in this mans mind that he couldn't sparate them from reality. I clipped the article about his death and keep it with my important papers. He is the Norman Rockwell of American authors and the most touching and laugh out loud funniest writers of all time. Long live Jean Shepherd!
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Paul Hutta
Warminster, Pennsylvania |
Joined: June 30, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 136
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Ron Kosinski
Warrington, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 24, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 97
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Robert Hafetz
Warrington, Pennsylvania |
Joined: July 19, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 646
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Furman Hendrickson
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 25, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 420
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Furman Hendrickson
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 13, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1060
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Comments:
I listen to Shep when I was a kid and loved him. I even saw him at Princeton University when I was about 12. I totaly forgot about him intil I was tunning through the short wave band of my radio (I am also a Ham N3OBY)and heard a rebroadcast of his show. WOW!!!! did that bring back memories. I never had a chance to make a contact with him on ham radio but wished I did. I listen to his show now on my MP3 player and still laugh out loud.
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Kim Westrich McCoy
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 04, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 390
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Bob Davis
West Goshen, Pennsylvania |
Joined: October 24, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2593
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Comments:
thanks for the old song. brings back memories. I will look for a copy. Thanks
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Jane Cascio
Weston, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 16, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1314
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Comments:
My parents slept in the next room and I could hear their radio..and when I heard Jean's voice I always knew it was 10:15.. that Christmas I asked for a radio, so I could hear everything that man had to say...!!
He was a comfort to me and has stayed with me all of these years.
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William Derr
Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
Joined: August 28, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 1296
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PAUL FOX
WILLOW GROVE, Pennsylvania |
Joined: January 16, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1203
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Comments:
I WOULD END MY DAYS LISTENING TO JEAN'S BROADCASTS ON "WOR" LATE AT NIGHT. THEN FADE OFF TO SLEEP. THE TALES WERE GREAT. MY FOUR BROTHERS AND I SHARED THE SAME SMALL BEDROOM. TWO SETS OF BUNK BEDS AND ONE TWIN BED. WE ALL GOT ALONG JUST FINE AND LISTENED INTENTIVELY TO EVERY WORD FROM JEAN AS HE SPUN HIS TAILS.
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John Dunphy
Wyncote, Pennsylvania |
Joined: August 22, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1952
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1525
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Comments:
It was a spring evening in 1952. I was driving south on Old York Rd a little south of Jenkintown. I was driving my old man's Nash. Later on that year, I caught a broadcast in West Philly at the Sheraton Hotel and spent the next four college years listenting to Jean Shepherd. I never quite got over it.
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Thomas Oram
Yardley, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 05, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1111
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Comments:
As a graduate student at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa, I had the good fortune of having a classmate who personally knew Jean Shepherd. She had been a journalism major at Penn in the 1950's. She was very fond of quoting Shep to her fellow students.
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Alex Liddie
Yardley, Pennsylvania |
Joined: February 15, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1952
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1224
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Comments:
I was a freshman at Lehigh U. in spring '52 when a literate senior urged me to listen to Shep on the Philly station. When he came to WOR in '56 I was a grad student at Rutgers;one April night, during a freak snowstorm, I was driving the Garden State Parkway as Gene wondered what Holden Caulfield would think if he wer on the Garden State in an April snowstorm. Gene wasn't talking to you, he was talking to me. Great idea for a website! Thanks!
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Marion Schwartz
Yardley, Pennsylvania |
Joined: December 25, 2008 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2811
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Comments:
I loved to listen to Jean Shepherd! He was smart, funny and a large part of my youth and growing up years! I and my friends in New Jersey listened to his radio shows and discussed them constantly. I think we all identified with his truthful accounts of growing up. I still view "A Christmas Story" and have seen it tons of times. I never tire of this masterpiece! They don't make them like Jean anymore-he was a true genius.
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Marty Tantum
Yardley, Pennsylvania |
Joined: April 24, 2012 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2903
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Comments:
Grew up in Jersey listening to Shep on WOR up until the time he left the station. Excelsior!
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Bonnie Abendschoen
York, Pennsylvania |
Joined: September 01, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: Saw his TV show
Guest No: 1527
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Comments:
My family and many friends love A Christmas Story as much as I do.
However, I also enjoyed immensly the film of the family on Summer vacation. Could you please tell me what the movie is called and how one can attain it?
Jean Shepherd was the greatest, what a mind!! His voice is just the best on radio, TV, whatever!!
We love Jean Shepherd.
Thanks,
Bonnie
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Brian M. Rohrbaugh
York Haven, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 04, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 959
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Comments:
I started listening to Shepp on The radio of my '48 Plymouth coupe, I had to park on a hill in order to receive the signal clearly , otherwise, as I drove around the signal would fade and some snippit of shepp's would be lost forever.
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