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Television
Listing of Shows and Appearances...

Although Shep was not well known for television, except for his "Jean Shepherd's America" and "Shepherd's Pie" series for public television, he did manage quite a few other accomplishments on TV. Some were less known local shows, specials, PBS Movies, or pilots for TV. In addition Shep appeared as a guest on many talk shows or guest host on others.

Television Shows and Specials
  Date Description
March 23, 1953 Rear Bumper
1955 The Tonight Show
November 25, 1960 Inside Jean Shepherd
June 29, 1961 Jack Paar Show
July 30, 1961 Southern Baptist Hour
September 5, 1962 Jean Shepherd American Humorist
September 29, 1962 The Dissenters
November 18, 1962 Hootenanny
1969 Rear Bumper
February 20, 1970 America, Inc
April 11, 1971 Jean Shepherd's America
June 30, 1974 The D&R Canal
January 25, 1977 Shepherd's Pie
October 6, 1977 Jean Shepherd in Concert
August 12, 1978 Jean Shepherd in Concert
1979 Phantom Of The Open Hearth
September 15, 1981 Shepherd Strikes Again
1983 Jean Shepherd At The Movies
October 19, 1984 Jean Shepherd on Route 1
1985 The Great American Road Racing Festival
July 20, 1985 Jean Shepherd in Concert
 
Television Guest Appearances
  Date Description
December 5, 1952 Area Teenage Band Contest
October 20 1956 Celebrity Parade for Cerebal Palsy
October 22, 1956 Tonight Show with Ernie Kovacs
June 13, 1957 Night Beat
June 1957 Made appearance on Tonight Show
October 18 1958 Celebrity Parade for Cerebal Palsy
April 26, 1959 Steve Allen Show
June 14, 1959 Frontiers of Faith
May 29, 1960 Look Up and Live
August 31, 1960 Guest on "I've Got A Secret" - Head Thumping"
February 15, 1961 From These Roots
April 17, 1961 Steve Allen Show
May 2, 1961 Jack Paar Show
June 21, 1961 I've Got A Secret
July 30, 1961 Look Up and Live
September 21, 1961 At Your Beck and Call
November 2, 1961 Jack Paar Show
January 27, 1962 Fighting Words
April 12, 1962 Mike Wallace - "PM"
May 2, 1962 Mike Wallace - "PM"
May 8, 1962 Jack Paar Show
May 14, 1962 Today Show
June 8, 1962 Tonight Show
April 21, 1963 Close Up
April 28, 1963 1963 Tony Awards
August 27, 1963 The Pierre Berton Hour
May 12, 1966 Merv Griffin show
June 13, 1966 Merv Griffin show
July 6, 1966 Merv Griffin show
August 4, 1966 Merv Griffin show
September 6, 1966 Merv Griffin show
July 31, 1967 The Three Worlds of Jean Shepherd
August 4, 1967 The Three Worlds of Jean Shepherd
December 3, 1968 Steve Allen Show
December 11, 1968 The 12Noon Show
December 13, 1968 New York Night
December 24, 1968 Steve Allen Show
February 15, 1969 Fisherman's World
February 19, 1969 The 11-Noon Show
July 15, 1969 The Three Worlds of Jean Shepherd
October 29, 1969 The 11-Noon Show
February 6, 1970 The Steve Allen Show
February 12, 1970 The Steve Allen Show
February 21, 1970 Fisherman's World
April 1, 1970 The Steve Allen Show
November 2, 1970 Crosstalk
February 14, 1971 The Bill Smith Show
February 14, 1971 The Bill Smith Show
May 16, 1971 Friends of Channel 21
September 3, 1971 The Bill Smith Show
October 9, 1971 Kup's Show
October 19, 1971 Betty Hughes and Her Friends
November 30, 1971 The Virginia Graham Show
December 30, 1971 WPVI TV Channel 6 - "McLean and Company"
January 3, 1972 The David Frost Show
June 27, 1972 The Virginia Graham Show
August 24, 1972 Headshop
October 13, 1972 Joe Franklin TV Show
December 31, 1972 New Years Eve in Times Square
1972 Cowboy X
January 16, 1973 Kennedy at Night
January 29, 1973 Betty Huges and Friends
February 15, 1973 Casper Citron Show - WNYC TV 31 New York
February 25, 1973 Tomorrow Show
June 25, 1973 The Bill Smith Show
December 9, 1973 Pledge Drive WNET-TV
March 31, 1974 Wonderama
April 1974 Emphasis
June 6, 1974 The National Spelling Bee
July 23, 1974 Tomorrow Show
July 1974 Deadwood South Dakota Rodeo
August 12, 1974 Roasting of Bobby Riggs
August 30, 1974 The Talkers
June 6, 1975 Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder - WNBC-TV
September 18, 1975 Prime Time
September 19, 1975 Women's Way
1976 Today Show - NBC TV
January 11, 1977 New Jersey News: Special Report
November 2, 1977 Tomorrow Show
September 18, 1978 "Handle with Care"
July 8, 1979 Pan American games
WNYC Pledge Drive
March 10, 1982 Late Night With David Letterman
December 11, 1983 Wraparound
June 5, 1985 Late Night America
November 25, 1987 Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait
December 14, 1991 A Bozo Christmas
April 15, 1992 Listen Up! Voices In Celebration Of Education
1994 Home For the Holidays
May 15, 1995 The Tom Higgins Program
1997 Christmas Unwrapped
1998 Babe Ruth