[Rodamala]

This classic tale, deserves yearly posting every 4th of July. I forget the year of the recording... I know I have this particular show archived. 1967 perhaps?

[Rodamala]

pinging everyone from last year’s thread... the link Mike posted is broken, so here is a new one I found.

[Recon Dad]

I am 63 and will soon be 64 years old. I grew up listening to Jean Sheperd in the New York area as a kid. I have not listened to your post yet.........but I can't wait it is my favorite story by Shep. Thank you so much for posting it I want to keep it and share it.

[csvset]

He certainly had a way with words and it’s a pleasure to listen to him read them.

[Stultis]

THANKS! I've heard many old Shep broadcast, but I think somehow I've missed this story until now.

The tags on this MP3 file give the broadcast date as 7/4/1967. This is confirmed (as I'm listening now) by Shep referring to his book, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, being published in the previous year. That book was indeed published in '66.

[SuziQ]

I never knew of Jean Shepherd until I saw “The Christmas Story”. Then I saw one of his pieces, “Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss” done on the Disney Channel. Jean was in that last one, as Ralph’s boss at the moving company.

[The Wizard]

bttt

[Mike Fieschko]

Thanks for updating the link. I was able to download the mp3 file, but I'm not able to access the main page at http://www.snuhfiles.com/ atm. Do you know if that site has 'Leopold Doppler and The Great Orpheum Gravy Boat Riot'? (I don't know if Shep ever read that on his show, but it's my #1 favorite, Ludlow Kissel being #2.)

A Brass Figlagee with Bronze Oak Leaf Palm to ya!

[Jimmy Valentine]

Anyone who had read Jean Shepherd’s books knows he wrote about his life as a kid in an Indiana steel town. “Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters”, “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash” are two collections of his stories and are endlessly entertaining.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Believe PBS did a teleplay. Darren McGavin played Ralph’s old man. “That was some fourth of July.”

[texmexis best]

Bttt for download

[joekatyR]

My father introduced me to Shep’s radio show when I was only 10 or 11. We lived in Orange, New Jersey and, later, East Orange. I saw Shep live at Seton Hall University in 1966. Before the show I got to meet him backstage and he autographed two of his record albums for me. On one he wrote: “For Joe, a Real Faker! Jean Shepherd.” How did he know?! First time I ever laughed so hard my sides ached. He ran overtime but wouldn’t stop. He was having too much fun, as were we. At one point he yelled to a stagehand: “Please call WOR and tell them to play one of my tapes. I ain’t gonna make it tonight!” And he went on for another hour.

[Jimmy Valentine]

“In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash” & “Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters”. Two of the funniest books ever written.