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Notes 04-23-2012
1981 - Television Show - Shepherd Strikes Again
Notes 04-1-2012
September 1, 2003 - Books Referring to Shep - Secret Frequencies
Notes 03-25-2012
December 14, 1991 - Television Guest - "A Bozo Christmas"
Notes 03-24-2012
1953 - Television Show - "Rear Bumper"
Notes 03-24-2012
Early 1960s - Television Show - "The Dissenters"
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Carnegie Hall Poster
September 14, 1974
Although there was no program for Shep's September 14, 1974 Concert at Carnegie Hall, there was this poster - courtesy of Pete Delaney.
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Shep on the Great American Fourth of July Set
Here's a shot of Shep on the set of Great American Fourth of July with cast members. (L-R) Shep , Jeffery Yonis (Schwartz), William Lampley (Flick), and Matt Dillon (Ralph) Thanks to Jeff and Bill for sharing this with us.
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A Bozo Christmas
A copy of Shep's appearance is available for viewing on the Museum of Broadcast Communications website. www.museum.tv. Shep plays the part of Santa on this 30 minute episode in which he appears and narrates.
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The Paley Center for Media
Jerry Seinfeld
Here's a 4 minute clip of the event which took place January 23, 2012
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A Christmas Story Too
Casting is under way for "A Christmas Story Too" - a feature film follow-up to the beloved classic, to be directed by Brian Levant ('Beethoven," "Are We There Yet?" "Jingle All the Way," etc.)...
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Remembering Master Storyteller, Jean Shepherd: With Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Olbermann
The Paley Center For Media - New York
Monday - January 23, 2012 - 6:00 PM Jerry Seinfeld, will talk about how Shepherd influenced his work with Keith Olbermann. Friends and colleagues will also discuss how Shepherd practically invented talk radio.
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"Cincinnati Radio"
by Mike Martini
A brief blurb and rare photo of Shep at WSAI Cincinnati in this new book by Mike Martini. With rare and often unpublished images, Cincinnati Radio attempts to capture the first 50 years of that golden era of Cincinnati radio broadcasting in both word and picture.
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GARY'S WORLD: BB guns, silver trees and leg lamps, oh my
by Gary Nelson
After his wife nearly wrecks the car after seeing a leg lamp in Mitchell's Drug Store window, Gary writes about the lamp, the story, and some first hand experiences with the real Randy.
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Ernie Kovacs and Shep
The Tonight Show
In 1956 Shep appeared on the Tonight Show with host Ernie Kovacs. Ernie did a horizontal split screen, Shep's upper face over Ernie's lower face. While Shep spoke, Ernie 'mouthed' the words. - "Time now for the secret message tonight boys and girls. So set your decoder pins at B-12." Is it possible this was part of a promotional tour for his first album "Into the Unknown with Jazz Music on which in the 9th track he does a bit about setting the decoder ring?
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Staten Island Public Access TV
Pete Delaney strikes again!
Good News - After 19 years ( ! ) Staten Island Public Access TV finally switched from expensive professional video tapes to store-bought DVD-R's. Now I am able to do a variety of shows there similar to my live movie shows at the National Parks. My first effort is "JEAN SHEPHERD RADIO CLASSICS" an occasional series where I present some of my favorite WOR shows. First Up: "The Boarding House" from 1972. It will be on Monday September 5, 12 and 19 at 1PM on Ch. 34 (of course only available to Staten Islanders).
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Smalltacular
Billboad Magazine Review
Very little is known about "Smalltacular" which is the earliest known (thought to be 1957) theatre performance Shep did. This review was done April 7, 1958 which makes the 1957 date seem too early, as this review would have been done shortly after opening. (supposedly)
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Shepherd's Pie Studios
The old WNJT Trenton Studio
Steve Smith sent a group of photos taken recently of the old abandoned studios which were used by WNJT back in the 70's where Shepherd's Pie was recorded.
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Mike Todd's Party
Golden Age of Radio Tribute to Liz Taylor
Max played the show from March 15, 1966 on which Shep describes the party Mike Todd threw for Liz Taylor. In the April 8, 1994 edition of Movie Collector's World, Pete Delaney wrote about the show. Follow the link below to his page.
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Shep's Playboy Artwork
from fan Jim Yellen
I've collected the arwork that accompanied Shep's Playboy stories and compiled them into a website where they can all be viewed. There were 23 short stories published between 1964 and 1981 and I've got 21 of them included here. I'm working on getting the last two. I think other Shep fans would enjoy seeing the illustrations that went with each of these stories.
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"Excelsior - Glug"
Postcard from the Lois Nettleton Estate
Here's another item that was sold recently from the Lois Nettleton estate. Nothing is known about this item other than it came from someone simply identified as "Enigma Inc" on the return address. Anybody know anything about this? Who was Enigma? Thanks to Frank Edward Nora for sharing
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Listen to Shep Again

Posted:
March 18, 2012

St Patricks Day in a Dublin Pub

Orig Broadcast:
March 17, 1972

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  Date Description



May 16, 1963
Thursday
WOR Show
NY Giants vs Post Team (Banjo Butt Story)



May 16, 1966
Monday
WOR Show
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May 16, 1970
Saturday
WOR Show
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May 16, 1995
Tuesday
Article
Record number graduate from IUN

 

 

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