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Jean Shepherd: Strange Tales of New York
I have often waxed at great length about my love of Jean Shepherd’s radio show, here and elsewhere. I’ve written about and shared many kinds of programs of his over the years: nostalgic, anti-nostalgic, childhood tales, army tales, philosophical meanderings, … Read on! —->
Posted in Pointless Nostalgia
Tagged 1970, jean shepherd, mummies, new york, radio, wor
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Ishmael vs. Ahab vs. Jean Shepherd vs. Myself: One Night Only!
To my father, the height of art was Jean Shepherd reading poetry. Shepherd often read poetry on his radio show–performed it, really, as vaudevillians once did with famous verse of their day. The poems could be genuinely great writing like … Read on! —->
Posted in Pointless Nostalgia
Tagged jean shepherd, lewis carroll, moby dick, parenting, poetry, robert service, the hunting of the snark
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Embracing the Audience of One
Years ago, I worked on a biography of Jean Shepherd, performing research and doing interviews with people who worked with him. As I’ve written on this site many times, Shepherd is one of my artistic heroes, someone whose craft I … Read on! —->
Posted in Boob Tubery, Pointless Nostalgia
Tagged Fred Barzyk, jean shepherd, jean Shepherd's America, PBS, WGBH, writing
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Jean Shepherd, “Christmas Cards”
Last year, I shared a few Christmas-themed Jean Shepherd shows as part of my Holiday Triumphs (the counterpart to my Holiday Horrors). If you don’t know who Jean Shepherd is or my continued obsession with him, check this out. I’ll … Read on! —->
A Thousand Clowns and Shep-Colored Glasses
In a recent edition of The Sound of Young America, Jesse Thorn interviewed Barry Gordon, who starred in A Thousand Clowns in its Broadway and Hollywood incarnations (1962 and 1965, respectively) as a young man. The play ran for years … Read on! —->
Posted in Cinematics, Pointless Nostalgia
Tagged a thousand clowns, herb gardner, jean shepherd, sound of young america
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Holiday Triumphs: Jean Shepherd, “Earliest Christmas”
Continuing the fabled tradition begun all the way back in 2009, Scratchbomb presents Holiday Horrors and Holiday Triumphs: an advent calendar of some of the more hideous aspects of this most stressful time of year–with a few bits of awesomeness … Read on! —->
Posted in Holiday Triumphs 2010
Tagged charles mingus, holiday triumphs, jean shepherd
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Holiday Triumphs: Jean Shepherd, “Christmas Gifts”
Continuing the fabled tradition begun all the way back in 2009, Scratchbomb presents Holiday Horrors and Holiday Triumphs: an advent calendar of some of the more hideous aspects of this most stressful time of year–with a few bits of awesomeness … Read on! —->
Holiday Triumphs: Jean Shepherd, “Uncle Carl’s Gift”
Continuing the fabled tradition begun all the way back in 2009, Scratchbomb presents Holiday Horrors and Holiday Triumphs: an advent calendar of some of the more hideous aspects of this most stressful time of year–with a few bits of awesomeness … Read on! —->
“A Bunch of the Boys Were Whoopin’ It Up in the Malamute Saloon…”
It’s been a brutal July thus far, on pace to be the hottest one in history. (Strangely enough, all those Brave Truth-Tellers who screamed about global warming being fake when it was sort-of cold in April are nowhere to be … Read on! —->
Posted in Pointless Nostalgia
Tagged alaska, jean shepherd, pointless nostalgia, robert service
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Holiday Triumphs: Jean Shepherd
Jean Shepherd has been a prominent obsession of mine for a long time. Both my parents grew up listening to him on WOR radio in New York, where he did a 45-minute show every weeknight for over 20 years. What … Read on! —->