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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:57 PM Original message |
Jean Shepherd |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I want to find a dvd of the PBS special he did... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Keep watching that link. They'll sometimes play other stuff. |
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wain (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Me too |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. HEY stranger.... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Hey friend! I hope you enjoy listening when you get around to it. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm sure I will... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Doin' pretty well for an old guy. Still gettin' older. I guess that's a |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Definitely a good sign... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I hope they got it right, but they seldom do. If they did, enjoy. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. LOL...well it is raining this a.m....so they're close so far.... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Astounding! The city with the steeple fetish voting to sell booze on |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Guess those Holy Rollers like to toss a few back themselves on the *Lords Day*... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Always figured them to be a bunch of self-righteous hypocrites. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. You figured correctly.... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. I once happened upon an m3u file that let me listen to the whole collection of archives, but it... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The link I posted is to the original format shows, commercials and all. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jean Sheppard was great... still is great |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The link I posted is for the WBAI streams. Shep was a genius! |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wasn't it WOR that also had John Gambling in the morning? |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, and I listened to Gambling as well. I was a part of the |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I live in upstate ny now but Jersey is where I grew up |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes, Lumberton is east of Philly. I lived in Mt Holly. I loved going to |
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Graybeard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I listened to Long John Nebel. I even met him once. I knew The Amazing Randi |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Yes they are. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
18. Shameless kick, for once. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. I discovered him in Playboy, back in the day, too. Fantastic storyteller. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Oh my goodness YES! Kept me spellbound nightly. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. I was always late for school in the 50's and 60's because... |
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Graybeard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Sounds like my own mis-spent youth. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I was really distressed when I learned that Long John had died. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Fortunately, my later years in the Army were 24 on and 48 off. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. Similar story |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I am constantly amazed at the Shepherd fans I have found here |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Hey, I'm from Teaneck! |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Ho- ho-kus |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Cresskill is a nice town. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. That's great, thank you so much for the link! |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. You are very welcome! Glad to meet another fan. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. RIP, Jean -- an American treasure. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I was really saddened when I learned the news of Shepherd's death. |
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Graybeard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. I still think there is a TV series here. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I would LOVE to see some of his Army adventures in a show like that. |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. back in the 70s he had a show on public television called..... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I must have missed it. DRAT! |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. here...... |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thank you! |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Which included an episode titled "Phantom of the Open Hearth"... |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
42. My dad was a huge fan |
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Graybeard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Make-Believe Ballroom was on for many years. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yep, it went on into the 80s |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. Shep was/is a genius. WBAI rocks for playing those shows. |
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