Z, Dave
Northford, Connecticut |
Joined: April 25, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1642
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Comments:
My Mom got me hooked on Shep when I was in grammer school and I went to sleep listening to him until I went away to college. When I was in high school, I asked my Latin teacher to translate "In hoc agricula conc" and a smile came across her face - she was a Shep fan too.
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Zachmann, Jerry
Valley Stream, New York |
Joined: May 09, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 966
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Comments:
I always kicked myself for not taping any of Shep's shows. About a year ago, I started an internet search to see if I could find some to buy. Found this site and Fathead Central. I am in Excelsior Heaven now!!
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Zalin, Larry
Seattle, Washington |
Joined: March 19, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 519
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Zampino, Tony
Tallahassee, Florida |
Joined: August 25, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1975
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2440
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Comments:
Hello,
Had no idea that this site existed,good job!.
I was born in East Chicago, in 1954. I grew up in Hessville and worked at Inland Steel till 1984. I think Shep worked there or at nearby Youngstown Steels' open hearth. Hence the steel shop story. I was then and am still now a big fan .
Shep was almost completey forgotten in the Region in the 70's till the PBS series. Is there a museum anywhere, I'd love to open one in Hessville.
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Zanger, Bob
Deerfield Beach , Florida |
Joined: December 28, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 331
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Zanger, Peter
New York, New York |
Joined: June 02, 2001 |
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Shep fan since: 1961
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 592
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Zastera, Burt
Deptford, New Jersey |
Joined: June 10, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 108
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zawatsky, mike
simi valley , California |
Joined: April 23, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1971
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1987
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Comments:
I am Home again !!!!
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Zawislak, John
North Attleboro , Massachusetts |
Joined: April 09, 2006 |
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Shep fan since: 1958
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1654
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Comments:
I grew up in a small town in NJ, just outside NYC. I was about 11 when I first heard Jean on the radio. Too young then to become a regular. Eventually, I got a "6 Transistor" radio, with an antenna that spun around. It was a birthday present when I was in Jr High. It sat at my bedside. First on Sundays, then on Weeknights, I would delight to the musings of this wonderful storyteller.
Now, years later, after enjoying the annual "Christmas Story" fest, and after telling my son about those great programs, he surprised me with the CD's. I can't believe my ears!
I have to say that the fidelity of the cd's is so much better than what came over that old AM radio. I actually made the audio worse on the player, just to try to re-enact the glory of those AM radio broadcasts.
Thanks so much for bringing back the best story-teller I have ever had the privilege to hear. Keep up the good work.
John Zawislak
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Zaya, Steve
Wakefield, Massachusetts |
Joined: October 11, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1968
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 257
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Zelkin, Allan
Old Bridge, New Jersey |
Joined: February 14, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1935
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Comments:
...........I can still hear the final " Aahhhhh " !!!
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Zeman, Rudy
North Fork, California |
Joined: November 25, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1957
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1355
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Comments:
Gene, thanks for writing this bioraphy. I'll look forward to reading it.
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ZenitKum, ZenitKum
Indianapolis, Alabama |
Joined: December 07, 2005 |
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Shep fan since: 0
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 1549
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Comments:
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Zerkel, Jim
Baxley, Georgia |
Joined: October 02, 2003 |
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Shep fan since: 1964
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 845
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Comments:
It was 1964 and I was fresh out of college and living in Arlington, VA. I was a long way from where I grew up on Chicago's southeast side right across the state line from Hammond. Tuning the radio own night I heard this voice with the definte nasal twang of someone from Chicago's "sout" side or across Stateline Road in Indiana. He sounded like me! I was hooked! From that night on, I listened to stories about Flick, Swartz, Cedar Lake, Used care lots on Stoney Island in Chicago, and a Daisy Red Ryder BB rifle. until I move back to Chicago in the late 60s - way out of the reach of WOR.
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Zigh, Teresa
Bayonne, New Jersey |
Joined: September 17, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1966
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2541
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Comments:
My mom (usually asleep by 8pm) didn't find out for decades that my dad let us stay up and listen to Shep on WOR at 10:15 every night. When "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories" was published, we stood for hours in line, at Brentano's in Morristown, to get his autograph. He said I was an "elegant young lady"...totally far from the case, but I BELIEVED him back then. I've also never washed my "Shepherd's Pie" shirt he autographed - a fact which probably would've had him shaking his head. I wish kids today could have someone as observant, wry, and affectionate to listen to.
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Zirul, Arthur
Fairview, New Jersey |
Joined: June 21, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1963
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 130
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Zoltowski Sr., Paul
Rio Rancho, New Mexico |
Joined: December 27, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2662
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Comments:
THANKS Jim !!!!!!! WOW, what a great site! I grew up in Bay Ridge,Brooklyn grew up with Shep.I only have 1 cass. tape of the WOR show. It's about a dentist... but the best part is, Shep plays a different version of The Shiek Of Araby!! GREAT STUFF! In this crazy and mixed up world of ours it's nice to have found flicklives.com. #1 in my favorites!!! 2008 is looking up! Thanks again,Paul
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Zoltowski Sr., Paul
Rio Rancho, New Mexico |
Joined: July 06, 2008 |
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Shep fan since: 1967
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2765
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Comments:
Jim, I notice at the Last 50 Guests,no guest mentions the use of thier I-pod. I have a I-pod and belong to I-tunes,if I go to PODCASTS (on I-tunes)I can search Jean Shepherd and there he is!!! The best podcast is "The Brass Figlagee" and it's free. Shep is back I listen to him everyday, I hope this info is helpful to all us fatheads out there!!!!!! Can you print this info? Thanks again,Jim! Paul
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zucca, edward
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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Zucco, Robert
Sullivan, Missouri |
Joined: December 25, 2004 |
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Shep fan since: 1965
Discovered Shep:
Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 1410
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Comments:
What a trip down memory lane....my father was also an artist in profanity..we had a house with fuses that blew..a coal furnace with klinkers...hoosiers next store with dog and yard never cleaned..i waited 2 months for something i sent away for with a box top and my friends any myself had at least 3 sets of bullies who liked to prey upon us on the way home from school and in the school yard..i also was familiar with the flavor of several different type s of bar soap...it never ends...this was the early 1950 s in south St Louis, mo..my buddies had bb guns and i actually got a pellet gun and the 1st shot i fired in the basement using grandpa s old razor strap as a target came right back to my forhead (luckily)!!
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Zuckerman, Jonathan
Scarsdale, New York |
Joined: March 02, 2008 |
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Shep fan since: 1978
Discovered Shep:
Read his Playboy short stories
Guest No: 2743
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Comments:
I have long been haunted by the memmory of Daphne Bigelow!
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Zukowski, Bill
Jackson, New Jersey |
Joined: September 12, 2007 |
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Shep fan since: 1962
Discovered Shep:
On the Radio
Guest No: 2531
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Comments:
A high school class-mate told me about Shep, and I started listening in 1962 on WOR in NY. I had a Jefferson-Travis transistor radio connected to a pair of army surplus headphones, connected in such a way to produce near FM quality (too techy to go into). I needed the headphones, as I was supposed to be sleeping, but had to listen to Shep. I remember hearing the tick-tock of a clock in the background, which could also be heard when listening to him on WOR-FM. Met him at the Limelight, where he autographed a napkin for me, which I used as a bookmark for "In God We Trust....." Went to a Merv Griffin TV show in the late '60s where he was a scheduled guest. Well, they ran over, and he never appeared. The show was terrible!!
Loved his army shows and ham radio related stories.
I'd love to get some CDs of his WOR shows to listen to when driving to and from work. EXCELSIOR!!
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Zullo, Peter F.
Malverne, New York |
Joined: August 25, 2000 |
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Shep fan since: 1960
Discovered Shep:
Guest No: 168
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