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Date

Title of Article / Publication / Author
October 16, 1955
Sunday
Hall of Obscurity Proposed by N.Y. Broadcaster From Hammond
Hammond Times - By Earl Wilson
July 26, 1956
Thursday
Shepherd Appeals to 'Scholars'
Hammond Times - TV Keynotes
August 1, 1956
Wednesday
Night People's Hoax On Day People Makes Hit With Book Folks
Wall Street Journal - Carter Henderson
August 1, 1956
Wednesday
The Book That Wasn't
The Village Voice - By: John Wilcock
August 8, 1956
Wednesday
Television and Radio
The New York Times - By John Crosby
August 8, 1956
Wednesday
Don't Let The Doldrums Fool You
Life Magazine -  
August 8, 1956
Wednesday
Literary Freak
Puerto Rico World Journal -  
August 8, 1956
Wednesday
"Gadzooks, Quoth I"
The London Times - From Our Own Correspondent
August 13, 1956
Monday
400 Hold A Wake For Radio Cult
The New York Times - By McCandlish Phillips
August 17, 1956
Friday
Shepherd in Soup Over Soap As WOR Fires Him All Over Again
New York Times -  
August 18, 1956
Saturday
WOR SAYS NO SOAP TO SHEPHERD 'AD'
New York Times -  
August 19, 1956
Sunday
NIGHT PEOPLE'S' FRIEND
New York Times - By J.P. SHANLEY
August 28, 1956
Tuesday
Shepherd Gets A Soap Sponsor
The New York Times - By Val Adams
August 31, 1956
Friday
Shepherd Rejoins Flock
New York Times -  
September 3, 1956
Monday
The Night is Different
Newsweek -  
September 4, 1956
Tuesday
Radio-TV: Night Man
The New York Times -  
September 9 1956
Sunday
Perils of the Loose Tongue
The Hammond Times -  
September 16, 1956
Sunday
Be Bop Minuet
New York Times Book Review - David Dempsey
October 1956
 
PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
Playboy -  
October 1, 1956
Monday
The Night People
Time Magazine -  
January 1957
 
The Rebellion of the Night People
Saga Magazine - Edward Linn
January 8, 1957
Tuesday
WALLACE TO WALK NEW 'NIGHT BEAT
New York Times - By VAL ADAMS
May 08, 1957
Wednesday
Jean Shepherd's Rally
Village Voice - By Alan Bodian
May 29, 1957
Wednesday
Obies 1956-1957
Village Voice -  
June 5, 1957
Wednesday
Major Jazz Event in Village
Village Voice -  
June 17, 1957
Monday
‘VILLAGE’ IS SCENE OF JAZZ CONCERT
The New York Times -  
July 31, 1957
Wednesday
Jazz Lives Up To Park Setting
New York World Telegram and Sun - By Richard J. Walton
August 5, 1957
Monday
Jazz Under the Stars
Daily News -  
December 9, 1957
Monday
Jean Shepherd's 'Night People' Attend Jazz Concert at a Theatre in 'Village'
New York Times - J.S.W.
1959
 
Jazz Personality of the Year
Metronome Magazine -  
February 1959
 
In Person
Metronome Magazine - Robert Perlongo
June 1959
 
Too Hot for the Networks
Ace Magazine - Dick Joseph
September 1959
 
Playboy After Hours
Playboy -  
December 1960
 
UP FRONT
Metronome Magazine - Robert A Perlongo
December 1, 1960
Thursday
Shepherd on Television: Star Quality
The Village Voice - by Suzanne Kiplinger
December 20, 1960
Tuesday
Shepherd Gets Drama Role
The New York Times -  
December 21, 1960
Wednesday
Shepherd Amuses At Sheridan
The New York World-Telegram & Sun - By Len Harris
June 29, 1961
Thursday
'Voice of Turtle' Marred By Its Age
N.Y. Morning Telegraph - Whitney Bolton
July 30, 1961
Sunday
Jean Shepherd Sounds Off; He's a Summer Actor Now
The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin - By REX POLIER
August 1961
 
Playboy After Hours
Playboy -  
August 28, 1961
Monday
Radio-TV: Raconteur
The New York Times -  
August 28, 1961
Monday
...Listless 'Tender Trap'
The Morning Telegraph - Rube Dorin
October 16, 1961
Monday
Jean Shepherd: King of the Swingers
Entrée Magazine -  
December 3, 1961
Sunday
Continuity
New York Times - (No Credit)
January 8, 1962
Monday
Night Person
Toronto Daily Star - Robert Fulford
February 1962
 
HE TALKS BY NIGHT
Scene Magazine - by FRANK DEAN
May 1962
 
In a World of Sheep, Jean Shepherd
Climax Magazine - By: Arthur Whitman
June 3, 1962
Sunday
The Young Philosopher Of the Airwaves
New York Post - By Sally Hammond
September 13, 1962
Thursday
Gaynor Bradish Signed
New York Times -  
February 21, 1963
Thursday
New Kopit Play Begins Previews At De Lys
Village Voice -  
March 1963
 
"KING OF THE NIGHT PEOPLE"
Valkyrie News -Sommerville High School Newspaper -  
March 7, 1963
Thursday
'Asylum' Withdraws
The Village Voice -  
October 14, 1963
Monday
Too Much For Words? Not on This Show
Newsday - By Mike McGrady
December 1963
 
I, LIBERTINE
Satyr Magazine - Edited by Harry Shearer
Spring 1964
 
Dig Man. . .
Monmouth Letters -  
May 7, 1964
Thursday
Jean Shepherd, noted radio personality, to be 'RTI guest
The Temple News -  
October 11, 1964
Sunday
Radio Sage Regard the Series As Stage of World-in-the-Round
New York Times - By GAY TALESE
December 6, 1964
Sunday
Jean Shepherd Leads His Flock on a Search for Truth
New York Times - By BERNARD WEINRAUB
December 8, 1964
Tuesday
The Radio Talk Jockies
New York Post Magazine - Jerry Tallmer
November 23, 1965
Tuesday
Prince Of The Night People Brings WORd To MHS Stage
The Miller -  
January 1966
 
Excelsior, You Fatheads
TV Radio Mirror -  
January 1966
 
Playboy After Hours
Playboy - Jean Shepherd
January 1966
 
Jean Shepherd: Radio's Noble Savage
Harper's Magazine - by Edward Grossman
August 7, 1966
Sunday
CHICAGO: WHERE NEW YORKERS GO IF THEY MAKE A WRONG TURN IN JERSEY
Chicago Tribune Magazine - By Joseph Egelhof
October 23, 1966
Sunday
In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash
New York Times Book Review -  
November 1966
 
In a medium dominated by rock 'n roll clatter and predictable patter, Jean Shepherd floats through the airwaves with the greatest of ease.
Newsday - By Bob Micklin
March 8, 1968
Friday
Radio's No 1 'Philosopher' Shares Witty Views
Montclarion -  
March 8, 1968
Friday
SHEPHERD DESCRIBES "HOW IT REALLY IS"
Montclarion -  
March 30, 1968
Saturday
... And The Rapier Mind Of Radiohood
The Bergen Record - By: Edward Norton
January 1, 1969
Wednesday
Jean Shepherd Colors His Humor Blue
New York Times - By: Howard Thompson
June 1, 1969
Sunday
Champ Talker & Chicken Cleaner
New York Sunday News - By: Ben Gross
January 1970
 
FLYING FOR BUSINESS-IS THIS ANY WAY TO WRECK A HOBBY?
Business & Commercial Aviation Magazine - Richard Aarons
January 11, 1970
Sunday
RADIO’S SUPER STORY TELLER
Newark Sunday News - By JOHN CAVNAR
October 31, 1970
Saturday
WOR'S Shepherd On 'Village' Stage
New York Times - By: Mike Jahn
December 8, 1971
Wednesday
The Talker
Wall Street Journal - By W STEWART PINKERTON JR.
September 1, 1972
Friday
The Swish of Windshield Wipers
Life Magazine - review by Cyclops
September 22, 1972
Friday
Jean Shepherd Draws Agencies
New York Times -  
February 1, 1975
Saturday
On Stage, Jean Shepherd
New York Times - Lawrence Van Gelder
December 18, 1976
Saturday
Jersey through the wry
Courier - Post - MARILYN WEEKS
September 19, 1977
Monday
Radio is for Boobs
People Magazine - Mary Vespa
February 1978
 
Jean Shepherd: "It Ain't Easy Being a Jerseyan"
New Jersey Monthly - Richard K. Rein
October 25, 1978
Wednesday
He knows wry
The Associated Press - By Jay Sharbutt
April 18, 1985
Thursday
TV Preview: Bach, the Bard, Basketball
Wall Street Journal - By Martha Bayles
Aug 4, 1988
Thursday
Television: Olympic Hopefuls; Hollywood Memories
Wall Street Journal - By Martha Bayles
May 31, 1989
Wednesday
'Ollie Hopnoodle' rides fast track to laughs despite Jean Shepherd's indulgent shtick
Newark Star Ledger - By Jerry Krupnick
April 16, 1996
Tuesday
Jean Shepherd
The Times Online -  
November 10, 1996
Sunday
Hollywood Does Christmas
New York Times - By BENJAMIN CHEEVER
November 23, 1998
Monday
Frozen Tongues and BB Guns
TV Guide -  
October 17, 1999
Sunday
Writer Jean Shepherd dead at 78
The Times Online - BY SUSAN ERLER
October 17, 1999
Sunday
Jean Shepherd, 79; radio, TV humorist, raconteur
The Sunday Record - By Larry McShane
October 18, 1999
Monday
Jean Shepherd, a Raconteur And a Wit of Radio, Is Dead
New York Times - Anthony Ramirez
October 18, 1999
Monday
Humorist, writer and satirist
Chicago Sun-Times - By: Mark Skertic
October 19, 1999
Tuesday
Tales of the Late, Great Jean Shepherd
New York Daily News - By David Hinkley
October 20, 1999
Wednesday
Popular humorist Jean Shepherd, 78
Chicago Tribune - Associated Press
October 20, 1999
Wednesday
LIFE'S TOP SEVEN PRIORITIES
Washington Post - By John M. Whalen
October 21, 1999
Thursday
Jean Shepherd, Looking Life In the Eye and Laughing
Washington Post - by John M. Whalen
October 24, 1999
Sunday
HE TOOK THE TIME HE NEEDED; AND NEVER RUSHED TO AN ENDING.(YOUR TIME)
Bergen Record - By: Jim Beckerman
October 25, 1999
Monday
Shepherd was an altogether different person on stage and off
The Times Online - Arch McKinlay
October 25, 1999
Monday
In Jean We Trusted
Star Ledger -  
October 29, 1999
Wednesday
Jean Shepherd
The Sanibel Captiva Islander -  
October 30, 1999
Saturday
Shepherd's stories appealed to worldwide audience
The Times Online - BY ALISON SKERTIC
November 6, 1999
Saturday
Of Many Things
America - By James Martin
December 24, 1999
Friday
Shepherd’s Pie: Humorist captured bittersweet flavor of region
The Times Online - BY DAN BARON
January 2, 2000
Sunday
Voice in the Dark
New York Times - By: Daniel Pinkwater
March 26, 2000
Sunday
WORD FOR WORD / Remembering Jean Shepherd
New York Times - By: Charles Strum
May 2000
 
Excelsior, You Fathead!
WFMU - Edited By: Irwin Chusid
June 2, 2000
Sunday
I, Libertine Making the List
WBUR.ORG - by Joyce Brabner
July 3, 2000
Monday
A Baker's Dozen of Excellence
Broadcasting & Cable - By: Don West
November 9, 2000
Thursday
From screen to holiday stage
The Times Online - By: Philip Potema
November 16, 2000
Thursday
'A Christmas Story' a sentimental success
The Times Online -  
December 22, 2000
Friday
The Heyday and Dark Nights of Radio Legend Jean Shepherd
Time - By: Ed Grant
December 24, 2000
Sunday
A Christmas Story
Chicago Sun-Times - By: Roger Ebert
December 25, 2000
Monday
The Christmas Eclipse: Bringing Your Heart's Desire
Star IQ - By: John M. Whalen
June 6, 2001
Wednesday
The real Jean Shepherd and the ‘real' Jean Shepherd
Twin-Boro News - By: Jean Shepherd
July 22, 2001
Sunday
That Old Feeling: Shepherd and His Flock
Time - BY RICHARD CORLISS
November 28, 2001
Thursday
Jean Shepherd classics get new life
Broadcasting & Cable - BY: Richard Tedesco
December 25, 2001
Tuesday
'It's Like Watching My Life'
The State - By Bobby Bryant
February 4, 2002
Friday
New community center should honor author Jean Shepherd
The Times Online - Rick Bryant
April 2002
 
"Yuks For The Night People - A Look At The Lost Comedy Albums Of Jean Shepherd"
Cool and Strange Music Magazine - Issue #24 - by Paul C. Tumey
November 15, 2002
Friday
Jean Shepherd gets his due
The Times Online - BY SHARON PORTA
March 3, 2003
Monday
Hammond’s Very Own Jean Shepherd
The Hammond Historical Society -  
March 10, 2003
Monday
Jean Shepherd Community Center 5 part series - Part 1
Hammond Times -  
March 11, 2003
Tuesday
Jean Shepherd Community Center 5 part series - Part 2
Hammond Times -  
March 12, 2003
Wednesday
Jean Shepherd Community Center 5 part series - Part 3
Hammond Times -  
March 13, 2003
Thursday
Jean Shepherd Community Center 5 part series - Part 4
Hammond Times -  
March 14, 2003
Friday
Jean Shepherd Community Center 5 part series - Part 5
Hammond Times -  
May 2, 2003
Friday
K2ORS Lives!
ARRL - Surfin' - By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
August 7, 2003
Thursday
"Flash mob"
Philadelphia Inquirer - By Beth Gillin
September 28, 2003
Sunday
A Flashback To the Daddy of All Flash Mobs
Washington Post - By Marc Fisher
November 28, 2003
Friday
A Red Ryder Christmas
The Wall Street Journal -  
November 30, 2003
Sunday
20 years later, you'll still shoot your eye out
Chicago Tribune - William Hageman
December 2003
 
Christmas Ham
New York Press - By Matthew Callan
November 30, 2003
Sunday
For some, `Christmas Story' unfolds like a home movie
Chicago Tribune - William Hageman
November 30, 2003
Sunday
When 'A Christmas Story' reruns aren't enough
Chicago Tribune - William Hageman
September 17, 2004
Friday
'Christmas Story' author still charms, riles locals
Northwest Indiana Times - By: Molly Woulfe
September 17, 2004
Friday
Let the leg lamps blaze
Northwest Indiana Times - By: Molly Woulfe
September 19, 2004
Sunday
Christmas comes early in Hammond
Northwest Indiana Times - By: Meggen Lindsay
September 22, 2004
Wednesday
Jean Shepherd’s radio fans know he’s funniest man who ever lived
Post-Tribune - Dave Rutter
September 26, 2004
Sunday
`Christmas' in September
Chicago Tribune - Amy Dickinson
November 28, 2004
Sunday
Ralphie, the lamp, the BB gun and why we love them
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - By Jackie Loohauis
November 28, 2004
Sunday
'Story' keeps its spirit on stage
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - By Jackie Loohauis
December 13, 2004
Monday
'Is there no end to the irrational prejudice against Red Ryder and his peacemaker?'
Daily Vidette - By Anthony Zoubek
December 17, 2004
Friday
"Christmas story takes me back to Indiana"
Crossville Chronicle - Gary Nelson
December 22,2004
Wednesday
The Story of "A Christmas Story"
The Aquarian - Jonathan David Morris
August 9, 2005
Tuesday
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Northwest Indiana Times - By Mark Kiesling
August 29, 2005
Monday
Radio Troubadour
The Weekly Standard - BY RICHARD ORODENKER
November 7, 2005
Monday
'A Christmas Story' will get musical spin in 2006
NWI Times - BY PHILIP POTEMPA
December 25, 2005
Sunday
The best Christmas movie ever
Santa Maria Times - Edward Achorn
March 20, 2006
Monday
Some iconic films were once strictly underground
  - Jim Beckerman
September 3, 2006
Sunday
On the Air, Penn Jillette Has No Illusions
Washington Post - Marc Fisher
November 2006
 
JEAN SHEPHERD - GENIUS
California Herald - Eugene B. Bergmann
November 19, 2006
Sunday
Get kicks at film site
Akron Beacon Journal - By Mary Beth Breckenridge
November 23, 2006
Thursday
A Hollywood House -- In Cleveland
ABC News website - By JOE MILICIA
November 26, 2006
Tuesday
Jean Shepherd's voice reaching new generation
Northwest Indiana Times - BY PHILIP POTEMPA
November 27, 2006
Monday
Shorthand for a Holiday: Ralphie, the BB Gun and the Flagpole
New York Times - By STUART ELLIOTT
November 30, 2006
Thursday
The Gift of 'Christmas Story' is its rallism
Akron Beacon Journal - Rich Heldenfels
December 4, 2006
Monday
Recreating ‘A Christmas Story’ for Tourists in Cleveland
New York Times -  
December 5, 2006
Tuesday
'A Christmas Story' has a legion of fans
Northwest Indiana Times - BY PHILIP POTEMPA
December 15, 2006
Friday
Step Into the Set of 'A Christmas Story'
ABC News website - By BARBARA PINTO
December 24, 2006
Sunday
Here's hoping you'll never shoot your eye out, kid
Chicago Sun Times - BY ANDREW HERRMANN
December 24, 2006
Sunday
Cleveland stole our 'Christmas Story'
NWI Times - BY MARK KIESLING
December 24, 2006
Sunday
Jean Shepherd fans could be lured to region
NWI Times -  
December 24, 2006
Sunday
Famed original leg lamp safely stored
NWI Times - BY PHILIP POTEMPA
December 26, 2006
Tuesday
Backstory: A holiday fantasy tourists can touch
Christian Science Monitor - By Jacqueline Marino
November 26, 2007
Monday
A Christmas House
Guideposts Magazine - By Brian Jones
March 28, 2008
Friday
A Christmas Story - the Musical
Playbill - Kenneth Jones
November 16, 2008
Sunday
The real 'Christmas Story' house, unwrapped
NWI Times - BY MOLLY WOULFE

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