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Over the years many articles were written about Shep covering events such as the "I, Libertine" hoax to the releases of his movies. Here are the ones that have come to my attention:

1956

July 26, 1956 Hammond Times - Shepherd Appeals to 'Scholars'
August 1, 1956 Wall Street Journal Article - "Night People Hoax On Day People Makes Hit With Book Folks"
August 1, 1956 Village Voice - "The Book That Wasn't"
August 8, 1956 Life Magazine - "Don't Let The Doldrums Fool You"
August 8, 1956 Puerto Rico World Journal - "Literary Freak"
August 8, 1956 New York Times - "Night People" by John Crosby
August 8, 1956 The London Times - "An American Literary Interlude"
August 13, 1956 New York Times - "400 Hold A Wake For Radio Cult"
August 17, 1956 New York Times - "Shepherd in Soup Over Soap As WOR Fires Him Again"
August 18, 1956 New York Times - "WOR Says No Soap To Shepherd 'Ad'"
August 19, 1956 New York Times - "Night People's Friend"
August 28, 1956 New York Times - "Shepherd Gets A Soap Sponser"
August 31, 1956 New York Times - "Shepherd Rejoins Flock"
September 3, 1956 Newsweek Article - "The Night is Different"
September 4, 1956 New York Times - "Jean Shepherd Returns to WOR"
September 16, 1956 New York Times Book Review - "Be-Bop Minuet" I Libertine Review
October 1956 Playboy - Playboy After Hours - Books
October 1, 1956 Time Magazine Article - "The Night People"

1957

January 1957

Saga Magazine - A piece about Shepherd's book, "I, Libertine," and its repercussions radio wise.

June 17, 1957

New York Times - "Village is Scene of Jazz Concert"

December 9, 1957

New York Times - "Jean Shepherd's 'Night People' attend concert at a theatre in 'Village'"

1959

1959 Metronome Magazine Jazz 1959 Yearbook

February 1959

Metronome Magazine - Review of "Look Charlie" by Robert Perlongo

September 1959

Playboy Magazine - Review of "Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles"

1960

December 1960 Metronome Magazine - "Inside Jean Shepherd" by Robert Perlongo

December 1, 1960

Article about Shep's WOR TV Show

December 20, 1960

New York Times - "Shepherd Gets Drama Role"

December 21, 1960

"Shepherd Amuses at Sheridan" New York World Telegram and Sun

1961

June 29, 1961

"Voice of Turtle Marred by Its Age" New York Morning Telegraph
July 30, 1961 "Jean Shepherd Sounds Off - He's a Summer Actor Now" by Rex Polier
The Sunday Bulletin - Philadelphia

August 28, 1961

The Morning Telegraph - Review of "The Tender Trap"

August 28, 1961

"Radio - TV: Raconteur Jean Shepherd Still in High Style on WOR"  NY Times

December 30, 1961

New York Times - "Continuity"

1962

February 1962 Scene Magazine - "He Talks By Night"
May 1962 Climax Magazine - "In a World of Sheep, Jean Shepherd"

June 3, 1962

The Young Philosopher Of The Airwaves - N.Y. Post

September 13, 1962

Gaynor Bradish Signed - N.Y. Times (Article about "Asylum")

1963

February 21, 1963

New Kopit Play Begins Previews at De Lys - Village Voice (Article about "Asylum")

March, 1963

"King of the Night People" Valkyrie News

March 7, 1963

Asylum Withdraws - Village Voice

October 14, 1963

Too Much For Words? Not on This Show - Newsday

December, 1963

Satyr Magazine - I, LIBERTINE - SATYR meets Jean Shepherd

1964

Spring 1964 "dig, man..."  Interview by Monmouth Letters

May 7, 1964

Newspaper clipping about WRTI banquet appearance 
October 11, 1964 New York Times - Radio Sage Regards the Series As Stage of World-in-the-Round

December 6, 1964

New York Times - "Jean Shepherd Leads His Flock on a Search for Truth."

December 8, 1964

New York Post - "The Radio Talk Jockeys"

1965

November 23, 1965

The Miller - Article from Millburn High School about Shep's upcoming appearance.

1966

1966

Newsday Article

January 1966

Playboy Magazine - Playboy After Hours - 'Letter from Shep'

January 1966

Harper's Magazine - Article about Shep's Show - (Mentioned on 12-21-65 Show)

January 1966

TV Radio Mirror - "Excelsior You Fatheads"

October 23, 1966

New York Times - "In God We Trust" Book Review

December 29, 1966

Village Voice - "In God We Trust" Book Review

1967

February 10, 1967

'Shepherd Lauds Manhatten, Postulates "AMERICAN DREAM"  - Muhlenberg Weekly
July/August 1967 FACT: Volume 4 Issue 4 - Shep answers a poll

1968

March 8, 1968

'"Radio's No. 1 'Philosopher' Shares Witty Views" - Montclarion

March 8, 1968

"Shepherd Describes how it really Is" - Montclairion

March 30, 1968

The Record - "...And The Rapier Mind Of Radiohood" By Edward Norton

1969

January 1, 1969

N.Y. Times Article - "Jean Shepherd Colors His Humor Blue"
June 1, 1969 New York Sunday News - "Champ Talker & Chicken Cleaner"  by Ben Gross

September 24, 1969

Passaic Herald News -  "Jean Shepherd on 'That Gap' "

1970

January, 1970

Flying For Business - Is This Any Way To Wreck A Hobby? - Business & Commercial Aviation Magazine

January 11, 1970

Radio's Super Story Teller - Newark Sunday News - January 11, 1970

October 31, 1970

New York Times - WOR's Shepherd on "Village" Stage 

1971

1971

Punch Magazine Parody

June 3, 1971

New York Times - Jean Shepherd Tells It Like It Was, Maybe 

December 8, 1971

Wall Street Journal Article - "The Talker - Spinning Tales of Woe, Jean Shepherd Wins Fans, Fame, Fortune"

1972

Sept 1, 1972

Life Magazine Article - "The Swish of Windshield Wipers"

Sept 22, 1972

N.Y. Times Article - "Jean Shepherd Draws Agencies"

1973

1973

The Tube by Peggy Hudson - Scholastic Voice

1975

February 1, 1975

N.Y. Times Article - "On Stage, Jean Shepherd"

September 15, 1975

St. Louis Dispatch - "Jean Shepherd's Endless Script

1976

December 19, 1976

N.Y. Times review of "Phantom Of The Open Hearth"

1977

March 28, 1977

N.Y. Times Article - "4 personalities leaving WOR"

September 19, 1977

People Weekly Magazine - "Radio is For Boobs"

1978

October 25, 1978

Associated Press Article

1979

December 11, 1979

The Reporter - Lansdale Pa - "Jean Shepherd is glad to be out of the box"

1983

November 16, 1983

'A Christmas Story' - Aquarian

November 16, 1983

'A Christmas Story' - Ghost of Christmas Past - Variety

November 18, 1983

'Christmas Story': bah, humbug! - NY Daily News

November 18, 1983

'Christmas Story,' Indiana Tale - NY Times

November 18, 1983

'Christmas Story' is kiddie korn - NY Post

December 2, 1983

"Shepherd, man in the iron mask" By Lou Lumenick - The Record

December 3, 1983

Pete Delaney's response to the Rex Reed Review of A Christmas Story. Staten Island Advance

December 4, 1983

"Shepherd Not Nostalgic For The Good Old Days" Newark Star Ledger

1984

December 5, 1984

Shepherd and Clark plan sequel to MGM/US's 'Christmas Story'  Variety

1985

1985

A Christmas Story - Village Voice

February 7, 1985

Star Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski - Wall Street Journal Review

April 16, 1985

Jean Shepherd: a maverick storyteller "New York Daily News Article by Kay Gardella

April 18, 1985

Jean Shepherd's America - Tribute to Beer - Wall Street Journal Review

1988

August 4, 1988

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss - Wall Street Journal Review

August 5, 1988

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss - Chicago Sun Times

1989

May 31, 1989

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss - Newark Star Ledger

1996

April 16, 1996

The Times Online - Purdue University

1998

November 23, 1998

TV Guide - "Frozen Tongues and BB Guns"

1999

October 17, 1999 New York Times Obituary
October 17, 1999  The Record Obituary
October 17, 1999 The Times Online - Obituary
October 18, 1999 Chicago Sun-Times - "Humorist, writer and satirist Jean Shepherd once offered the following description of his fictional hometown in northwest Indiana" by Mark Skertic.
October 19, 1999 NY Daily News - Tales of the Late, Great Jean Shepherd
October 20, 1999 The Washington Post -  "Life's Top Seven Priorities" by John Whalen
October 21, 1999 The Washington Post -  "Jean Shepherd, Looking Life In the Eye and Laughing" by John Whalen
October 22, 1999 The ARRL Letter Online Volume 18, Number 42 
October 24, 1999 The Record - He Took The Time He Needed; an Never Rushed to an Ending.
October 24, 1999 The Daily News - "Speak Softly... and maybe you'll hear something worth listening to." by David Hinckley
October 25, 1999 The Star Ledger - "In Jean We Trusted"
October 25, 1999 The Times Online - "Shepherd different person on and off stage"
October 29, 1999 The Sanibel Captiva Islander - Obituary
October 30, 1999 The Times Online - "Shepherd's stories appealed to worldwide audience"
November 1999 Videography - "Shepherd's Media" by Brian McKernan
December 24, 1999 The Times Online - Shepherd’s Pie: Humorist captured bittersweet flavor of region

2000

Dec 1999 / Jan 2000

A Christmas Eulogy for Jean Shepherd - Written By Doug McIntyre

January 2, 2000 New York Times Sunday Magazine Article
March 2000 Mix Online article by Paul Lehrman regarding Ballet Mecanique and also Shep's use of it
March 26, 2000 New York Times Week in Review Section
May 2000 WFMU FM Spring Program Guide
June 2, 2000 I, Libertine - Making the List  (NPR)
June 2000 Railroad Model Craftsman
July 3, 2000 Broadcast and Cable Magazine announces that Jean Shepherd is one of 13 people nominated into their Hall of Fame.
October 16, 2000 "Waiting for Shepherd" by Paul Krassner
November 9, 2000 From screen to holiday stage - (timesonline.com)
November 16, 2000  'A Christmas Story' a sentimental success - (timesonline.com)
Winter 2000 Winter 2000 issue of Whole Earth Magazine 
December 22, 2000 Time.com -  "The Heyday and Dark Nights of Radio Legend Jean Shepherd"  by Ed Grant
December 24, 2000 Chicago Sun-Times - "A Christmas Story" by Roger Ebert - Review
December 25, 2000 An interesting article by John Whalen tying together the Christmas eclipse and A Christmas Story

2001

April 2001 American Heritage Magazine - Mentioned in article about the phasing out of the Oldsmobile by GM.
June 6, 2001 Jean Shepherd writes about Jean Shepherd
June 11, 2001 Time.com -  "The Heyday and Dark Nights of Radio Legend Jean Shepherd"  by Ed Grant - (Reprinted from December 2000)
July 22, 2001 Time.com - "That Old Feeling: Shepherd and His Flock" by Richard Corliss
November 28, 2001 "Jean Shepherd classics get new life" Broadcasting & Cable
December 22, 2001 "Everybody Loves Ralphie" - TV Guide
December 25, 2001 How 'A Christmas Story' became an unlikely holiday TV tradition
By BOBBY BRYANT - The (Columbia) State

2002

February 4, 2002 "New community center should honor author Jean Shepherd" -  Northwest Indiana Times
Feb-May 2002 "Yuks for the Night People - A Look at the Lost Comedy Albums of Jean Shepherd" - Cool and Strange Music
November 15, 2002 "Jean Shepherd Gets His Due"

2003

August 7, 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer - "Flash Mobs" by Beth Gillin
September 28, 2003 Washington Post - A Flashback To the Daddy of All Flash Mobs by Marc Fisher
November 28, 2003 Wall Street Journal - A Red Ryder Christmas
November 30, 2003 Chicago Tribune -
20 years later, you'll still shoot your eye out
For some, `Christmas Story' unfolds like a home movie
When 'A Christmas Story' reruns aren't enough
December 2003 New York Press - "Christmas Ham - Jean Shepherd’s uncomfortable radio legacy" by Mattew Callan

2004

September 17, 2004 "Let the leg lamps blaze" Northwest Indiana Times
September 17, 2004 'Christmas Story' author still charms, riles locals Northwest Indiana Times
September 19, 2004 "Christmas comes early in Hammond" Northwest Indiana Times
September 22, 2004 Jean Shepherd’s radio fans know he’s funniest man who ever lived - Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana
September 26, 2004 "Christmas in September" The creator of a holiday classic gets a merry little tribute from the hometown he loved to hate. - Chicago Tribune
November 28, 2004 "Ralphie, the lamp, the BB gun and why we love them" by By Jackie Loohauis - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
November 28, 2004 "'Story' keeps its spirit on stage" by By Jackie Loohauis - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
December 13, 2004 "Is there no end to the irrational prejudice against Red Ryder and his peacemaker?" by Anthony Zoubek Daily Vidette (Illinois State University)
December 17, 2004 "Christmas story takes me back to Indiana" by Gary Nelson - Crossville Chronicle
December 22, 2004 The Story of "A Christmas Story" by Jonathan David Morris - The Aquarian

2005

August 9, 2005 "Where everybody knows your name" Northwest Indiana Times
August 26, 2005 "Talk talk: More chitchat on Jean Shepherd induction" by Molly Woulfe - Northwest Indiana Times
December 25, 2005 "The Best Christmas Movie Ever" - Santa Maria Times
   

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