Taber, Tom
Albion, New York |
Joined: May 19, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep:
Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1487
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Comments:
I saw Jean at my college (RIT) around 1968 - I believe twice. While he gave his talk, he was being "translated" for the many deaf students in attendance (the National Technical Institute for the Deaf was and is part of the school.) He slowed down a few times to let the "signer" catch up, and then stopped all together after saying the word "ass," waiting and watching, and then saying something like "I wanted to see what the symbol for that was!"
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talbert, lloyd
ankeny, Iowa |
Joined: December 02, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 1987
Discovered Shep:
Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1520
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Comments:
I would like to see 4th of july again.
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Talbot, John
Madison, Wisconsin |
Joined: July 04, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2870
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Comments:
I used to go to sleep every night when I was kid listening to him on WOR. I especially liked it when he talked about HAM radio. To this day I still practice Ham radio. The best story was his prom date which ended badly with the turkey problem.
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Taliaferro, Jennie
Dallas, Texas |
Joined: December 24, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1982
Discovered Shep:
Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 1400
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Comments:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I've been loving "A Christmas Story," Ralphie and Flick for 22 years!
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tamblyn, vic
sea girt, New Jersey |
Joined: June 22, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1681
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Comments:
Shep appeared at Newark State College (now Kean Univ.) in 1965.
He hung out with the college newspaper staff in our office before his performance and joked a bit. He was quite relaxed, and mentioned that our campus pub, Eddie Malones Lounge was one of the nicer ones that he had seen and he liked the tiffany lamp collection there. I saw him again many times at the Limelight in the Village and also several times at Princeton.
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Tannenbaum, Andy
Brookline, Massachusetts |
Joined: October 14, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 260
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Tanner, Sara (Foster)
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Joined: May 31, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2860
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Comments:
As a young girl growing up in Poughkeepsie NY, I listened with my mother on one of those huge old time floor radios that had an orchard of tubes in the back. In the 60's we listened every night he was on as he spun tales of life and humor that had us laughing at ourselves and others. He captured life as it was, and made fun of it as well. He has always been a great treasure in my heart and I will never forget what he gave me. I am so pleased to have found this site.
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Tantum, Marty
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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Tardiff, John
Framingham, Massachusetts |
Joined: May 30, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 797
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Comments:
I first caught "Shep" on WOR in the early '70's while growing up in southern Maine. The signal wasn’t very strong, so his show - on the rare occasions when it could be heard - was definitely a treat. I remember often having to raise and twist the radio to get just a passable signal. Listening to Jean Shepherd was not a casual thing - it required some effort.
It was my first exposure to a true storyteller, someone who could paint wonderful characters and build an image of an America to which I always wanted to be introduced. My visits to the Midwest have always been seen through a prism he helped create for me, for this I'll always be grateful.
Although I was disappointed that “Jean Shepherd's America” didn't succeed on television, I'm not at all surprised. I believe his magic worked largely with your own imagination, which is why radio was the perfect medium. Television - even PBS - wasn't going to capture what Jean Shepherd could provide. Most people, I’m afraid, just didn’t have the patience for his genius.
I believe Bill Bryson is closest to a modern-day Jean Shepherd. Although he doesn’t do radio, his writing sneaks up on you in watch the same Shep’s does; Bryson also doesn’t translate well onto television. If you haven’t checked out his work, do yourself a favor and pick up “Lost Continent”.
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Tarlowe, Stu
KC (originally: Stuyvesant Town, NYC, Kansas |
Joined: May 19, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 200
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Taylor, David R.
Rahway, New Jersey |
Joined: March 01, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 481
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Taylor, Paul
Arlington, D.C. |
Joined: April 27, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 551
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Taylor, Steve
Wilkes County, Georgia |
Joined: April 01, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1976
Discovered Shep:
Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 848
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Comments:
Great website! I am looking for someone who has a Jean Sheperd qsl card and is willing to send me a scan of it. Also seeking Phantom of the Open Hearth.
Best 73's to all you Shep fans,
Steve
N4CE
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Taylor, Chip
Cabot, Vermont |
Joined: August 08, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2359
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Comments:
As a kid I lived in Penna. with my Mom, and the only radio station she listened to was WOR. We were both Shep fans, and listening to his shows was always a treat. By the time I was in college in the early 1960s I was a ham operator and after looking up his address in the Callbook I actually went into NYC in an attempt to pay him a visit. By some luck I was able to get past the doorman in his apartment and call him up on the apartment annunciator in the lobby. We had a brief talk wherein he said he'd love to invite me up but he'd just been to the dentist to have a tooth extracted and wasn't up to having visitors. (True? Who knows. At that point the doorman caught me and I was quickly escorted back outside.)
Sadly I never got to contact him on the air, but a ham friend did. My friend got to tell Shep about his surplus output meter on his homemade amplifier. The meter, purchased cheap at a fleamarket, had a scale that read in "Percentage of Fat"- "100% Fat" was full power out. Shep got a good laugh out of this, and I'd like to think he managed to work that into one of his wonderful stories at some point.
Shep, you're sorely missed. Keep your knees loose wherever you may be!
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tenaglia, charles
Brooklyn, New York |
Joined: June 20, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 989
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Comments:
please let me know when the book on shepherd and the biography will be coming out! am an avid fan and have seen him at the LIMELIGHT many times and on the street and at the old WORLDS FAIR and at book signings,etc. I have many of his books--some autographed. I miss ol' Shep, he did some great work on the radio and on t-v. best of luck to you---c.t.
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tenaglia, charles
nyc, New York |
Joined: December 03, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1367
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Comments:
SHEP WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEART AND MINDS. AND WE WILL CARRY HIS ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM WITH US AND PASS IT ON IN OUR CREATIVE ENDEVORS. EXCELSIOR,BY GOD!(that's what he wrote to me when he was autographing his book). c.t.
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Ternosky, Dr. Ronald
Plano, Texas |
Joined: January 29, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 424
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Thelin, Lowell
Clifton, New Jersey |
Joined: February 18, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1956
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 7
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Thoma, Barb
Crivitz, Wisconsin |
Joined: October 07, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 2000
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 704
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thomas, jeffrey
detroit, Mississippi |
Joined: January 04, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1980
Discovered Shep:
Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1596
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Comments:
Thanks for sharing shep with us, I really enjoy listing to his olds shows
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Thomas, John
Mahtomedi, Minnesota |
Joined: March 09, 2009 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2836
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Thompson, Brent W.
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania |
Joined: November 19, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1970
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 298
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Thompson, Jimmy
Centerville, Ohio |
Joined: January 08, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 396
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Thompson, Brent
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania |
Joined: May 13, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1972
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 564
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THOMPSON, RUTH
CATLETTSBURG, Kentucky |
Joined: March 22, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1983
Discovered Shep:
Saw One of His Movies
Guest No: 839
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Comments:
would love to find his movies Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven Of Bliss and the other movies about Ralphie I love his movie Christmas Story and My Summer Story they are so hard to find and when you do they are going for over 50dollars for them are there any way to get the movie RE release would love to have a collection of them .......
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