Shep Marathon

Last Update:  March 22, 2005

Jean Shepherd Marathon
WBAI Pledge Drive Week 

Date:  Sunday - May 27, 2001
Time:
6:00pm to 1:00am!
Place: WBAI 99.5FM New York
Host: Max Schmid


The Shows

Part 1

"Salute to Indy 500"
Monday - May 29, 1967

Part 2

"Chicago, Chicago That Toddlin' Town"
 Jean's ode to the Windy City
Audio from Jean Shepherd's America TV series
Show #12 of the 1985 series

Part 3

"False Spring"
Early 1961 

Part 4

"The Blind Date"
from "Will Failure Spoil Jean Shepherd"

Part 5

"Popping Your Cork"
Friday - April 26, 1963

Part 6

"Radio Station Job"
Thursday - January 25, 1973 

Part 7

"Troop Train Ernie"
June, 1967/8 
From a Live Appearance at Fairleigh Dickenson University

Part 8

"The Bear Missed the Train"
The Smith Street Society Jazz Band
From a "Shepherd's Pie" show on January 31, 1978

Part 9

Max closes the show with the first 10 minutes of a show from around April 25,1963 and then a cut from the end of a Shepherd's Pie which Max calls "Equal Time for the Devil - Seven Deadly Sins"