N3ISX
Salisbury, Maryland |
Joined: April 06, 2022 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 3848
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Comments:
Saw Shep at ND 1972
Heard him on 40 Meters tonight...some one broadcasting
Flick Lives.
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Alan Cornet
Wellington, Florida |
Joined: December 27, 2021 |
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Shep fan since:
Discovered Shep: JUNK
Guest No: 3015
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Comments:
Did a 5 and half hour show with Jean Shephard back in January 1978. "Long John Nebel" Show, Jean was nice and a Gentleman First Class....
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Christopher Simnick
Schererville, Indiana |
Joined: December 27, 2021 |
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Shep fan since: 1985
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 3014
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Comments:
My Mother had mentioned him when I was younger and I had heard about his book, In God We Trust..... and the movie, Christmas Story. I have listened to his program on WLPR (NPR) the last year and saw an article in the NW Times about this website.
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Rick Rossi
Miami Beach , Minnesota |
Joined: August 15, 2021 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 3005
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Comments:
Flick lives
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Ed Cook
East Rockaway, New York |
Joined: July 26, 2021 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 3003
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Comments:
Happy 100th Shep!
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George Csahanin
Crowley, Texas |
Joined: August 16, 2017 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2942
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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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Owen Tucker
Ellicott City, Maryland |
Joined: January 02, 2017 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2933
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Comments:
Sometime between grade 5 and 6 my family moved to new N. J. neighborhood …it took sometime to build up a new group of friends, and during that time (in the late 60s) my father, a mid western native, gave me an old radio that he found discarded… together we tested each tube and replaced the bad ones. We used a volt meter to make sure that connections were good and replaced the solder if needed. That summer, I had my very own AM radio in my bedroom. Each night at 9:15 I tuned in to WWOR where Jean Shepherd became a life long friend. flicklives is a bit like a reunion as I now live in Maryland. I'm amazed by the effort that's gone into this web site. I don't think Shep would have appreciated it but I sure do…
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Robert J Slaney
Port Washington, New York |
Joined: December 22, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2932
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Comments:
Great to have access to all things Shep.
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John Fontaine
Kingston, New York |
Joined: November 17, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep: Read One of His Books
Guest No: 2931
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Comments:
Actually I read his column in Car and Driver.
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Kevin C
Rochester, Minnesota |
Joined: October 27, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2930
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Comments:
I grew up in Williston Park Long Island,NY. I would listen to Shep on WOR radio at 10PM during the week. I would have my transistor radio on under my pillow so my parents wouldn't hear it. I also became interested in HAM radio due to him. I listened to him until probably sometime in the early 70's. Not sure why I Googled his name tonight Oct 27, 2016 but here I am. This site brought back memories from a long time ago. I hope he is resting in peace.
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Joe Sutman
Thousand Oaks , California |
Joined: October 24, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 1954
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2929
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Comments:
While defending the nation and stemming the tide of communist aggression in Barrington, Nova Scotia in 1960, I listened to Shep on my Halicrafter super duper World Wide Radio. One of the electronics guys at the US Air Force site at which I was stationed rigged an antenna for me that pulled in WOR clearly. This was in the early days of the Village Voice and Shep did live spots for them on his program. One night her offered a free subscription to the Voice to a call-in new subscriber who called from the greatest distance from NYC. I couldn't resist. Using the USAF's telephone system I called the number Shep designated, giving my Canadian address in Barrington N.S.
Later during the program She announced the winner thus, "A guy called in from Nova Scotia. He's got to be the winner. Nova Scotia is an island off the west coast of Canada." I don't know if he really thought this or was just being playful.
By the way, my service on a rocky point of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean obviously kept the Russian Bear from our shores. My sacrifice in living on this remote outpost of democracy for a year and a half was somewhat compensated by the availability of 25 cent lobsters at the dock in town and the privilege of being able to purchase Johnny Walker Black Label for $1.98 (U.S.) a bottle.
Ah, the good old days!
Post my stint as a defender of motherhood, righteousness and the American way. I settled into Greenwich Village in a walk-up near Sheridan Square and hung out at Julius' (10th St and Waverley Place) and the Ninth Circle a half a block away. Shepherd called for a spontaneous "Mill" late one night in Sheridan Square where the attendees just milled around drinking beer out of cans. Law enforcement officials were baffled as they responded to reports of a mob assembling in Sheridan Square... at the lack of hostility and unsocial behavior of the peaceful and happy group.
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CHRISTINE CROMWELL
VANCOUVER, Washington |
Joined: October 10, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 2000
Discovered Shep: Read One of His Books
Guest No: 2928
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Comments:
He really was one of the most astute funny observers of life. What a delight to listen to him and see his movies. Fantastic - Holy Smokes!
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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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George Dorsett
BARRINGTON, New Hampshire |
Joined: February 21, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 0
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2926
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Comments:
I, like many, listened to him late at night as a kid. I lived in PA at the time, and it was difficult to dial in WOR, but I always kept my hand on the tuner to continually adjust for the best signal. I was hooked!
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David Ramsey
Brownville, Maine |
Joined: February 05, 2016 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2925
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Comments:
Dad was a HAM and beat cop on patrol with a small radio and a piece of wire to attach to a drain pipe to get WOR. I was 12 and supposed to be sleeping and had a short wave radio and found Shep's show. Neither knew the other was listening to Shep till many years later.
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Ted Pedersen
Calgary, JUNK |
Joined: October 16, 2015 |
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Shep fan since: 1974
Discovered Shep: Read His Playboy Short Stories
Guest No: 2919
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Comments:
Centuries before the internet, Shep's stories actually did made me LOL. For me, he was the guy I reasoned why I bought Playboy, "for the writing." He and Lenny Bruce, were a couple gems who helped shape American folklore, one laff at a time.
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Henry Herge
Frisco, Texas |
Joined: September 04, 2015 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2914
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Comments:
Shep-A-Day is great.
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Mike Kemsley
Burlington, Vermont |
Joined: June 09, 2015 |
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Shep fan since: 1950
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2912
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Comments:
When I was a kid living in Jersey my Ma used to listen to WOR on a funky old black kitchen radio. I was mesmerized. Shep, rambling w/ Gambling, and the Fitzgeralds who just oozed culture and glamour, at lest to a 7 year old kid. When we moved to Vt in the late 50s we could still pick him up as I recall. Alas soon my teenaged interests turned to rock & roll and I was hooked on late night WPTZ and WKBW. The Joey Reynolds Show! I was in heaven!
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Robert Grear
Bono, Arkansas |
Joined: May 24, 2015 |
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Shep fan since: 1969
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2910
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Comments:
Loved Shep and listened to his program every night it was aired on WOR starting in 1969. His books came next, and I've read most of them 6 times or more. I got a great kick out of the Bumpus family, Shep's father fighting the furnace, and all of his army stories. Like Shep, I am a ham operator, but alas, never contacted K2ORS directly. It would have been an honor and privilege to talk to this great man. Saw him once in concert at Princeton University back in the mid 1980s. He was even better in person! Now if I can only find a tape recorder that will play them, I can dust off the tapes I made of his on air shows that are stacked in the closet.... Excelsior You Fathead! Keep the great stuff coming!
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michael markrush
foster, Rhode Island |
Joined: June 18, 2012 |
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Shep fan since: 2010
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2904
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Comments:
great storyteller.i love his stories about cars and machines and growing up in a steel town.
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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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Bob Morrell
Port Monmouth, New Jersey |
Joined: April 02, 2012 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2902
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Comments:
Found Shep in 1968 on WOR, was hooked immediately. Would stay up listening to him on my Portable AM/FM radio. Was fortunate to meet him 2 times. Have all his books, and through reading them over and over they have become a tad dog eared.
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edward zucca
woodstock, Connecticut |
Joined: August 20, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2901
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Comments:
1964 High school graduation year. Cherry Hill H.S.,Cherry Hill, N.J. Listened to quite a few shows on friends brothers car radio.(w. William Scott) A swell Chevrolet Corvair (unsafe at any speed) Reception was pretty good most of the time. Though he faded in and out. We just had to be patient. No one else like him anywhere on the radio dial then. He deserves at least as much recognition as Studs Terkel. And Mark Twain, even. Jack Kerouac never faced an audience every night! R.I.P.
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Phil Redo
Boston, Massachusetts |
Joined: July 28, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2900
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David Lenson
Whately, Massachusetts |
Joined: July 26, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2899
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Comments:
Jean changed my life through a mono transistor radio headphone.
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john wb2gfr
franklinton, North Carolina |
Joined: July 02, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2898
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Comments:
never even duplicated, listened on wor 710 from nyc
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John Bolinger
Centennial, Colorado |
Joined: June 27, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 2897
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Comments:
Jean Shepherd had a huge effect on my writing from the time I read IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH in 1966. My book, ALL YM YLAZY RIVERS, an Indiana Childhood (published January, 2010) is about growing up in Hammond of the 1950's. There are two sequels in the works. I consider Jean Shepherdd my mentor for local color, character development and midwestern writing style...though he will ALWAYS be the master writer for me for this genre. He remains the best. You can check out my book's website at mylazyrivers.com with a couple of sample chapters, and the book is also on Amazon.com. My other favorite stories and books by Shepherd are "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories"....and THE FERRARI IN THE BEDROOM (a book of brilliant satire). Best wishes to all you fans of my hero, Mr. Shepherd. Looks as if he's your hero too!
JB
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Nathan Lueptow
Los Angeles, California |
Joined: June 23, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1982
Discovered Shep: Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 2896
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Comments:
Gee whiz wow!
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Danny Kubert
Dover, New Jersey |
Joined: June 15, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2895
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Comments:
Of course I love all of the existing Shep stuff (always have, always will), but whenever I hear him I can't help thinking what his motives were behind years of disendowing his real family. A real wife, real kids, real house. They all existed. But to his listeners he seemed a devote bachelor. Privacy is understandable, and maintaining his public image is also viable, but to go out of his way to consciously distance himself from reality is something I'll never understand. I don't think they will either.
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David Pressman
San Francisco, California |
Joined: June 05, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2894
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Comments:
I listened to Shep every weekday night that I could in Phila. where he came in loud and clear on WOR, 710. When he had a nightclub show in Greenwich Village I drove up to see him in person; it was a great thrill to be sitting a few feet from my idol. As a very reticent person, I greatly admired his infinite gift of infinite, interesting gab.
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Daniel Mitchell
Santa Monica, California |
Joined: May 01, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2893
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Comments:
I used to listen in New York at night (little radio turned low so parents would not object because of the late hour) in high school, college, later in grad school in Boston. (He was carried in Boston for a time by a local radio station late Saturday nights - probably a college station.)
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Georgia Downer
Lake Charles, Louisiana |
Joined: April 19, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1992
Discovered Shep: Read one of his books
Guest No: 2892
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Comments:
Born & raised in south Jersey, I heard listened to Shep while he was in Philly. Great loss when he passed. When A Christmas Story went to VHS, I watched it twice a night for 29 days straight, while my husband worked second shift at work. I could recite great blocks of dialoge from memory afterwards. ;-)
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David Gilbert
, New Jersey |
Joined: March 20, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1974
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2891
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Comments:
I was a late comer to Shep; but I was fourteen years old when I discovered him on WOR radio, which is probably about the time that most males would begin to really appreciate his sense of humor and insight into things; or, maybe I was just a late bloomer. The first show I heard was dedicated to train whistles and their meanings. He played the recordings of the whistles and explained what they signaled. He also described how wonderful it was to watch those magnificent old steamers come roaring by. I still remember Shep's gleeful enthusiasm and passion for those trains. What a great show; and what a great way to discover a master at his craft. Boy, I miss those days. Too bad he is gone.
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Frank Hagerman KD4HKL
Aiken, South Carolina |
Joined: February 13, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2888
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Comments:
Shep was the greatest.....have many of his shows on cd's and
when things look glum...put the cd on play and all is well for the moment as Shep would have wanted it to be....gone but
never forgotten.....73's
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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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william Napolitano
Wantagh, New York |
Joined: January 30, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2886
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Bob Paul
Guilford, Connecticut |
Joined: January 29, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1950
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2885
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Comments:
Many a night, unable to sleep, I needed mental stimulation to ease my craving for intellect rapped around nonsense. Suddenly, there it was! [I think he was only on Sunday nights at the time]. More giggles. More intellect. More nuttiness. My life took a sudden turn--I was hooked! All my kids [40s and 50s] became hooked because the Ol' Man raved about it.
They can still tell Shep stories, sing his songs. And, then one day he was gone. That's when I discovered Leon Redbone. Excelsior! Keep the memories rolling--thanx.
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Peter Murricane
New York, New York |
Joined: January 01, 2010 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2883
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Comments:
Mom got me listening to Shep on WOR who knows when. I wanted a ham license but got stuck with CB radio. Eventually I connected with a group in Queens NY that offered a Novice class....WN2SGT. I learned CW from a simple 80 mtr receiver tuned to W1AW. I graduated from RCA Institutes in 1974....WB2SGT Advanced Never became a broadcast engineer....worked HF and VHF/UHF systems for a few years. Met Shep at concert when he told me had no interest in ham radio....showed up at Dayton banquet as speaker. Yup....25 trips to Dayton I've made. Cherryville Rpt. group got me my hard won EXTRA.....still WB2SGT. I can quote all the RF crap....RADAR mast on 6 meters, electrolyctic rectifiers boiling over burning the carpet, lawn chairs (NJ concert) for electrocution. Few kids heard Shep...role model...I became a HF engineer till satellites took away the industry. Never went to Dayton banquet....FM Bash was way to go. MLK had a dream...Shep placed fruit in glass jars buried in the sand where Japz won't find. I'll always take an 811 over an 807...won't tax my bladder. 73 de WB2SGT EXTRA CLASS.
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Jim Flick
Poway, California |
Joined: December 16, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2882
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Comments:
I was one of those kids who secretly listened to Shep with a transistor radio hidden underneath my pillow. At times, I fell asleep and killed a 9 volt battery which was replaced out of my meager earnings as a paperboy.
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David Johnson
Baldwin, New York |
Joined: November 25, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1973
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2881
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Comments:
It was on past my bedtime. I was one of those kids hiding the radio under the covers. My two favorite memories: when his radio was hit by lightning and his mother proclaimed,"YOU BROKE THE HOUSE!!!", and an episode which ended with the questionable advice,'Lie, kid. Lie for all you're worth. And they'll BELIEVE you!'
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Tony Cortizas Jr.
Cambridge (formerly of Bridgewater, NJ), Massachusetts |
Joined: November 18, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2880
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Comments:
I grew up in New Jersey in the '60s and listened to JS when I got my 1st transitor radio, in the mid-'60s. I think I stopped listening once I hit highschool ('67) and got more interested in music (great year, '67). I remember liking the Limelight shows best, probably I was a little too young to appreciate the sometimes more philosophical weekday shows. I got and read In God We trust when it came out and saw him live twice at local NJ highschool performances. My memory is that his live performances were great. I moved to Boston in "69, but by then had forgotten JS and didn't realize he could be heard here.
Now I collect his shows from the web (1,600+) and listen to them incessantly. I am amazed that he could do a show every night.
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Jeff Rosen
Cranbury, New Jersey |
Joined: November 16, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2879
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Comments:
Shep, Lord Buckley, Bucky Fuller and Brother Blue - the preeminent 20th century artists of the spoken word. How I miss them.
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Joe Cooper
Brooklyn, New York |
Joined: October 30, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2878
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JOSEPH A KARAS
new brunswick, New Jersey |
Joined: September 11, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1972
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2877
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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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John J Stevens
Warren, Rhode Island |
Joined: August 13, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep: Saw his TV show
Guest No: 2874
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Comments:
I found my dad, Hank Stevens, watching Jean on PBS (Public TV) out of Boston, MA. I'm not sure if it was Great American Dream Machine or Jean Shepherd's America. Shep's America was a weekly father and son ritual. He introduced me to lots of the old greats. In fact, he read short stories from Shep, Goldstein, and many other contributors to Playboy to us as we were teenagers sitting around a campfire out in the yard. He had us in stitches on that old stuff. I've never stopped watching or listening to Jean. I have read three of his most noted books. Great for some "thinkin' about it" and some good input from a completely different direction! LOL
The man. rightfully so, lives on in the hearts of millions.
John
Age 54
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Marilyn Hager
Birchwood, Wisconsin |
Joined: August 10, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2873
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Comments:
Have enjoyed Jean's music for over 40 years, saw her in Hayward WI at the LCO Casino with Stonewall Jackson, what a show they put on.
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Hank Goldman
Riverdale, New York |
Joined: July 31, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2872
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Comments:
Shep Lives!!!!
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Mike Brigham
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia |
Joined: July 19, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep: On the Radio
Guest No: 2871
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Comments:
I used to sneak my 9 transistor radio under my pillow on Saturday night to listen to Shep whsn I was 10 years old. I loved his show and had to laugh into the pillow to keep from being discovered by my Mom. I was up "much to late for a 10 year old" ( What my Mom said ).
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