Wes Coble
Bartlett, Tennessee |
Joined: December 25, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep: Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1411
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Comments:
I have read several short stories & seen on PBS both the "Christmas Story" and the "Fourth of July". My favorite character is "Ludlow Kissell". I had a run in with Jean Shepherd in my younger years, when I worked for an Aviation Insurance firm & our company sent him a cancellation notice on his policy (Jean was an avid pilot). When they addressed the mail as Ms Shepherd he wrote back in grease pencil that we were stupid not to know tha Jean was a french name for John...He is one of my favorite humorists & was saddened to learn of his passing!
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Gregg Stone
Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Joined: July 08, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1976
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 140
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Dan Walters
Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Joined: April 11, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1976
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 533
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Clark Bow
Dandridge, Tennessee |
Joined: May 23, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2046
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Comments:
I'm amazed at how many people there are that recall the same experience I had as a kid of listening to Jean Sheppard's storytelling on WOR in the dark on an AM radio.
At that time I also read his books and attended a book signing around 1971 in my home town of Morristown New Jersey. My older sister and I got signed copies that day of "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories" and "In God We Trust..." .
What a great talent, he is missed.
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Bob Bentrem
Hendersonville, Tennessee |
Joined: June 28, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 824
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Comments:
I listened at night to Shep on Wor Radio in NYC and he intrigued and mystified me. It was as if we were placed back in history in the 30's and 40's when Radio was King
and imagination painted a picture.
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Bob Klingerman
Knoxville, Tennessee |
Joined: March 02, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 485
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Martin Rosenzweig
Loudon, Tennessee |
Joined: February 07, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1955
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1432
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Comments:
I really, really miss him. There will never be another Shep.
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Shannen Filbert
Memphis, Tennessee |
Joined: March 11, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1998
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1648
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Kenneth Emmert
Nashville, Tennessee |
Joined: February 01, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 426
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Kev Reilly
Nashville, Tennessee |
Joined: September 08, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1056
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Comments:
The Old Man listened to Shep every night on WOR-710, and it wasn't until I went to high school that I discovered Shep, and realized to my horror that The Old Man was HIP! He also turned me on to Bob & Ray, who spent afternoons on WOR while I was in college. In those Vietnam War years, with The Old Man on Nixon's side and me against it, our love of Shep brought us closer together. I went on to a career in broadcasting --first radio, then TV, now back to radio. And it was hearing NPR's replay of Shep's March On Washington molologue a few weeks ago on "All Things Considered" that led me to this site. Since I discovered Flick Lives.com, I've been laughing out loud at my computer, catching up on all the Shep stories I'd forgotton or never heard. Thanks for Flick Lives.com, and thanks, Shep.
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jan catron
nashville, Tennessee |
Joined: November 22, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1987
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1351
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Comments:
I love the movie(A christmas story)watched it with my parents when I was 8.It's become a family tradition for my family every year,I will continue showing it to my kids and every one else.
P.S Wondering if they will make a stage play soon,if so please send me information!I'll willing to travel miles to see this magnificent play.
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Mark Block
Nashville, Tennessee |
Joined: February 03, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 1429
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Comments:
I was thrilled to find this site... which I stumbled upon, trying to find out what my yellowed copies of Krassner's Realist magazine were bringing on Ebay these days... Yah, I was a WOR addict... and my insomniac nights with Jean Shepherd ( and Long John Nebel ) were as much a part of my upbringing as wasting baseball cards in bicycle spokes and playing catch in the backyard... dreaming I was one of those short-legged Yankee relief pitchers they managed to come up with... Jean Shepherd was a seminal influence on me... and when people accuse me of "being vaccinated with a phonograph needle"... they have Jean Shepherd to blame for my tendency to ramble... long may he wave...Ragtime Cowboy Joe... is rarely heard on the electric radio anymore... y'know...
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Simon Iff
Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
Joined: March 20, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1982
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 68
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