Jean Shepherd

Jean Shepherd was a writer, humorist, satirist, actor, radio raconteur, TV & film personality and an American original. He was a master story teller in the league of Mark Twain, S.J. Perlman and P.G. Wodehouse. Taking bits and pieces from his own life, he weaved tales of the joys, humor, intrigue and angst of growing up. His youth in Hammond, Indiana, his adventures in the Army Signal Corps and stories of the obscure and infamous were all fertile sources for his tales. For almost three decades, he told these stories to eager radio audiences.

These excerpts are from his radio shows from 1960 until 1968.  Enjoy listening to them!
(As an introduction, start with 14 Steel Mill and 16 Piano Factory).

 
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Minutes
Date
1
Aunt Terissa
Aunt Terissa
44
April 16, 1960
2
Night People
Night People
87
June 4, 1960
3 Power Power 24 July 9, 1960
4 Lone Ranger Lone Ranger 6 July 23, 1960
5 Foot Race Foot Race 10 July 30, 1960
6 Lonesome Water Lonesome Water 13 July 31, 1960
7
Terry Southern
Terry Southern
 74
August 14, 1960
8 Executives Executives 4 March 2, 1961
9 Dance-a-thon Dance-a-thon 15 March 4, 1961
10 Categories Categories 26 March 4, 1961
11 George Kaufman George Kaufman 15 June 3, 1961
12 In a Box In a Box 26 September 5, 1961
13 Pirate Radio Pirate Radio 18 1961
14
Steel Mill
Steel Mill
 42
February 15, 1962
15
Mole People
Mole People
 44
February 21, 1962
16
Piano Factory
Piano Factory
 42
April 23, 1962
17
Elephant Foot
Elephant Foot
 44
September 19, 1962
18
First Saturday Show
First Saturday Show
 62
March 26, 1963
19 Army Room Mate Army Room Mate 27 April, 1963
20 Moving Music Moving Music 42 July 1, 1963
21 Night Games Excerpt Night Games Excerpt 3 July 2, 1963
22 Ice Cream War Ice Cream War 25 July 5, 1963
23 Fishing Fishing 45 July 30, 1963
24 Army Induction Army Induction 22 August 1963
25 Hypnotism Hypnotism 28 August 1963
26 Producers Producers 45 August 1963
27 Rotten Junk Rotten Junk 45 August 22, 1963
28 March On Washington March On Washington 45 August 29, 1963
29 Rationalizing Rationalizing 7 1964
30 Kid Worship Kid Worship 13 1964
31 Doctor Clinics Doctor Clinics 12 January 1964
32 Shep's Name Shep's Name 6 January 1964
33 Two Halves of Man Two Halves of Man 45 January 14, 1964
34 Great Indiana Blizzard Great Indiana Blizzard 44 January 16, 1964
35 Me-ism Me-ism 15 February 1964
36 Why War Why War 3 June 1964
37 Carburetor Carburetor 9 June 1964
38 First Martini First Martini 43 June 1964
39 Army Dice Army Dice 20 June 2, 1964
40 Ayn Rand Ayn Rand 11 June 2, 1964
41 Band Formations Band Formations 43 June 13, 1964 - Limelight
42 Scout Stories Scout Stories 54 June 13, 1964 - Limelight
43 Swamp Mudhen Swamp Mudhen 54 June 20, 1964 - Limelight
44 Army Florida Army Florida 41 June 20, 1964 - Limelight
45 Theramin Player Theramin Player 11 June 22, 1964
46 Army Sleep Army Sleep 44 July 10, 1964
47 Aircraft Carrier Aircraft Carrier 44 July 20, 1964
48 Steel Mill 2 Steel Mill 2 17 July 24, 1964
49 Poles & Pylons Poles & Pylons 51 July 24, 1964
50 Slobs Slobs 8 Aug 4, 1964
51 Realism Realism 43 Aug 17, 1964
52 Monster Mothers Monster Mothers 44 Aug 18, 1964
53 Juke Box Bank Juke Box Bank 39 Aug 22, 1964
54 Starting High School Starting High School 60 Aug 29, 1964 - Limelight
55 Do Worms Talk Do Worms Talk 44 Aug 31, 1964
56
Prom
Prom
53
May 14, 1966 - Limelight
57
Gangster Car
Gangster Car
 77
May 21, 1966 - Limelight
58 Fright Fright 20 May 31, 1966
59 Tel Aviv Tel Aviv 43 June 9, 1966
60 Form & Function Form & Function 45 June 23, 1966
61 Indy 500 Indy 500 44 May 26, 1967
62 Flick's Tongue Flick's Tongue 45 January 28, 1968
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