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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z k, Tom Nassau , New York Joined: April 03, 2006 Shep fan since: 1959 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1652 Comments: Like so many I had my brand new Transiltor radio under my pillow, and eventually heard Shep's theme, it took me days (at least it seems like it now) to wait until I heard someone talk. And then I heard him and well the reswt as they say is history. (Anyone know if he used to show up late and they used the theme to cover his dead air?) Kaasmann, Ken Johnson, New York Joined: October 18, 2001 Shep fan since: 1966 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 714 Kalemba, Keith Oak Park (formerly Toms River, NJ), Illinois Joined: October 13, 2000 Shep fan since: 2000 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 258 Kalenborn, Jason , Minnesota Joined: February 24, 2000 Shep fan since: 2000 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 17 Kalish, Alan Austin, Texas Joined: December 05, 2003 Shep fan since: 1965 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1110 Comments: My first recollection of Shep is from around 1965, when my family was driving back from Wisconsin to our home in New Jersey. It was late at night and my sister and I were in the back seat of our 1963 Rambler American (a car of distinction). My sister was sound asleep, but I wasn't giving up so easily. My dad was driving and he turned on the radio looking for something to keep him alert. He found WOR, where we caught Shep in his prime. He was telling about Army war games, with planes simulating bombing runs by dropping bags of flour on the troops. My parents heard me chuckling in the dark, and they both knew that Shep had taken another into his fold. I was a loyal listener, and went to bed with the radio on each night, first to hear Shep and maybe also to listen to Barry Farber, whose show followed Shep's. You never new what you would hear with Shep, but he shared a world of experiences. His stories were rich and detailed, with characters behaving in funny but believable ways. My favorites were stories of the steel mill, growing up in Indiana, the being in the signal corps, but he had the ability to make any topic fascinating. Because I was local to New York I had the pleasure of attending some of his live performances (at NCE (now NJIT), at Princeton University, in Clinton, in Red Bank, and at Carnagie Hall in New York. Every show was a gem. Shep went off the air in 1977, and his absence is felt. Kalish, Alan Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Joined: June 20, 2009 Shep fan since: 1964 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 2867 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. Kane, Paul Selden, New York Joined: March 29, 2000 Shep fan since: 1995 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 78 Kane, Mike Boise, Idaho Joined: May 19, 2000 Shep fan since: 1964 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 201 kane, mcihael weston, Georgia Joined: December 25, 2004 Shep fan since: 1974 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1406 kane, jeff no where long island, New York Joined: June 08, 2005 Shep fan since: 1973 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1474 Comments: I first heard jean on WOR 9-10 pm in 8th grade while spinning the transisiter dial in the dark with an ear plug in my ear that had seen ( heard? ) better days, oh , ofcourse the radio was under my pillow and i was under the blanket. my best jean fan moument was seeing him at CARNIGE HALL , I think in 1974 Kaniuk, Greg Highland, Indiana Joined: August 21, 2001 Shep fan since: 1987 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 680 Kansfield Jr., Marenis J. HESSVILLE (the real town), Indiana Joined: December 29, 2000 Shep fan since: 1957 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 372 Kanz, Dave Syosset, New York Joined: December 26, 2005 Shep fan since: 1966 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1578 Comments: He made going to sleep an unforgetable experience. My parents forced us to go to sleep at a certain time, according to how old you were. I think my time was 9:30. I would toss and turn or try to read a car or Superman m agazine by flashlight. One day an older cousin, who was into hobbies, gave some of us younger cousins a radio which didn't require batteries. it was a grey, plastic jet airliner. You would pull out the metal nose which I believe acted as an antenna and clip a wire onto something metalic an you would recieve some stations. One of the strongest signals was WOR and that's how I discovered JS. His stories were espesically great during the cold winter. Kapinos, Bob Ona, West Virginia Joined: November 20, 2000 Shep fan since: 1960 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 301 Kapp, Alan Morristown, New Jersey Joined: August 29, 2003 Shep fan since: 1963 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 807 Comments: Like many others I went to sleep each night with a transistor radio to listen to Jean each night way past my bedtime. His story telling transported me to places and people I never knew but he 'laughed' me to sleep 5 nights a week. I met him twice at "press conferences" he held for high school newspapers in the late 1960's....However my Jean Shepherd highlight is that when I moved to Rhodesia in 1972 I had my father tape his shows with an old reel to reel and send them to me in Africa. They became very popular within my circle of friends and in my army unit. In fact a fellow soldier who was with Radio Rhodesia in civilian life tried to initiate the airing of Jean Shepherd in Rhodesia but existing trade sanctions against Rhodesia prevented that possibility. I drive a truck for a living at times and listen to a lot of radio these days and NOTHING currently on the radio comes close to Shepherd. His voice and talent is sorely missed. KARAS, JOSEPH A new brunswick, New Jersey Joined: September 11, 2009 Shep fan since: 1972 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 2877 Karas, Joe North Brunswick, New Jersey Joined: February 11, 2006 Shep fan since: 1970 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1622 Comments: I really appreciate this site...Thanks too all that made and maintain it.!. Karp, Mike Johns Island, South Carolina Joined: October 10, 2001 Shep fan since: 1956 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 707 Karpak WB2GFU, Pete Ripton, Vermont Joined: March 14, 2006 Shep fan since: 1960 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1649 Comments: I was raised in Kearny, NJ. My amateur radio mentor WA2KRN told me about Shep's radio show on WOR and I listened to his show from then on. I always wanted to go to the Lime Light and see the Saturday show live, but never made it. I did get to meet Shep a number of times at diferent ham-fests in New Jersey. I have two son's and they have read some of the books I have passed down to them. I will always remember spending Christmas at my siter inlaws house the year she got married, and finding that the one thing her new husband insisted on at Christmas time was watching "A Christmas Story" Thank You for a wonderful web site, i look forward to spending some time here. Karsner, Carol Washington, D.C. Joined: February 21, 2001 Shep fan since: 1962 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 454 kass, tom bozeman, Montana Joined: November 04, 2007 Shep fan since: 1954 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 2609 Comments: I wish there were some tapes for Shepard's early morning show from Philadelphia PA--it was surreal--it was great. I remember staying up to hear his incredible imagination and presentation. I was always late for high school. Experiencing Shepard's show was worth it. Katz, Barbara Centerville, Massachusetts Joined: May 22, 2001 Shep fan since: 1955 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 576 katz, barbara , Massachusetts Joined: December 24, 2004 Shep fan since: 1957 Discovered Shep: On the Radio Guest No: 1399 Comments: would judge everyone on whether or not he listened to Jean Shepherd Kaye, Bob NY, New York Joined: April 01, 2000 Shep fan since: 1960 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 35 Kaye, Mildred Saddle Brook, New Jersey Joined: December 15, 2000 Shep fan since: 1960 Discovered Shep: Guest No: 342