Memories
of Shep
From 1956 the
late 70s, Jean Shepherd was America's greatest radio storyteller.
For forty-five minutes each night (10:15-11PM on WOR Radio) Jean
wove complex tales that always came back home in the end. On Saturday
nights he was live at the Limelight in the Village.
Beside being
a great monologist, Jean Shepard was an author and actor. His films
include Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss. The Phantom of the
Open Hearth, The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters,
The Star-Crossed Rpmance of Josephine Cosnowski, and A Christmas
Story. Other books include A Fistfull of Fig Newtons,
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters,
and The Ferrari in the Bedroom.
How many of us
went to bed with a transistor radio in our ear? How eager were we to
tell our friends of our secret vice?
Who could forget
his laugh?
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