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Shep was both Host and Guest

In addition to the four movies which were made for the PBS, Shep appeared on TV quite often as host of his own show or as a guest.
 

Jean Shepherd TV Shows
1953-54 ? "Rear Bumper" WLW-TV Cincinnati
(In a 1963 interview with Long John Nebel Shep claimed to have film of some of these.)
1955 The Tonight Show - Almost! It was television that first brought Shep to New York. Read this story on Bob Kaye's Jean Shepherd Site.
1956 Hammond Times - Shepherd Appeals to 'Scholars'
There is no evidence that this TV show ever became a reality.
Early 1960's "The Dissenters" A Philadelphia based Sunday morning TV show on which Shep interviewed a person in the studio who held a belief in conflict with the mainstream. According to "Who's Who" - Jan 1961 this was on 5 nights a week for two years.
1960 "Inside Jean Shepherd" - WOR Channel 9 New York - Friday 9:00pm
(Supposedly a cocktail party format?)
1969 "Bumpers" http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/NTW/FA/TITLES/Rear372.HTML
February 15, 1969 "Fisherman's World"  CBS - Saturday Afternoon - Shep fishes Salmon in Mich.
February 21, 1970 "Fisherman's World"  CBS - Saturday Afternoon - Ice fishing in Wisconsin with Playboy Bunnys. (January 21, 1970 Show)
February 20, 1970 "America, Inc" WNET Playhouse - 8:30pm
1971 Jean Shepherd's America - PBS
December 31, 1972 WCBS TV - New Year's Eve in Times Square
November 28, 1974 Alcoa Hour (ABC) - "The great American balloon adventure"
1974 "The D&R Canal"  (Narration for NJ Public Television)
1977 Clinton Historical Museum - Live Concert for New Jersey Network
1978 Shepherd's Pie - New Jersey Network
1978 "Phantom of the Open Hearth" - ABC-TV Pilot
1983 "Jean Shepherd at the Movies" - series of 2-3 minute shorts made for PBS
1983 Jean Shepherd On Route One...and other thoroughfares -  New Jersey Network
1985 The Great American Road Racing Festival
1985 Jean Shepherd's America - PBS (New Shows)
Jean Shepherd as a TV Guest
1956 Show Summary Tonight Show with Ernie Kovacks
April 26, 1959 Steve Allen Show
August 31, 1960 I've Got a Secret -  A segment from this show was included on the 9th anniversary show broadcast of 6/21/61.
November 2, 1961 Show Summary Appeared on Jack Parr Show
April 12 1962 Show Summary Appeared on Mike Wallace "P.M." - WNEW TV
May 12, 1966 Show Summary Appeared on Merv Griffin show - Ann Jackson was also a guest
(This was referenced to in his show of May 13, 1966)
June 13, 1966 Show Summary Appeared on Merv Griffin show
(This was referenced to in his show of June 10, 1966)
July 31, 1967 Show Summary"The Three Worlds Of Jean Shepherd" WNYC-TV
Rerun 8-4-67 and 7-15-69
December 13, 1968 "New York Night" WNBC-TV - Narrated by Long John Nebel
September 21, 1969 Appearance on "Hell of a Town" Channel 5 WNEW NY 8:00PM
December 30, 1971 Show Summary McLean & Co - WPVI-TV Phila Pa. - "Wanda Hickey" book promotion
1972 Show Summary Virginia Graham - "Wanda Hickey" book promotion
October 13, 1972 Show Summary Joe Franklin TV Show  (ref: 10-12-72 show)
February 15, 1973 Show Summary Casper Citron - WNYC TV Channel 31
March 31, 1974 Wonderama Appearance
July(?) 1974 Commentary of Deadwood South Dakota Rodeo for CBS  (8-21-74 show)
1972 (?) "Cowboy X" - Sesame Street
January 1976 Wonderama Appearance
March 9, 1983 Show Summary Larry King Live
April 1, 1985 Show Summary Larry King
1994 "Home for the Holidays - The History of Thanksgiving" - History Channel
May 15, 1995 WYIN - Channel 56 Gary Indiana - The Tom Higgins Program
1997 Christmas Unwrapped - History Channel
1998 "Babe Ruth - The Life Behind The Legend" - HBO

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