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December 19, 1976

Bridging the Gulf Between Indiana and Brooklyn

Martin Jackson

A humorist looks outward and sees the world," Observed Jean Shepherd. "A comic looks inward and sees himself." It was a practiced reply, but then Shepherd is a practiced humorist, not a comic; he's been performing and writing in his highly individualistic way for two decades. Thursday night at 9, on Channel 13, viewers will see what is perhaps his most ambitious project to date, a full-length play entitled "Phantom of the Open Hearth" on the PBS "Visions" series...

Copyright: 1976 The New York Times

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975