"Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb that Struck Back" [Jean Shepherd's July 4th story, a free download]

recording of Shep's WOR New York radio show ^ | Every 4th of July | Jean Shepherd

[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.

[Recon Dad]

the link Mike posted is broken, so here is a new one I found.

Where!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your killing me man!

[Rodamala]

http://www.snuhfiles.com/sound/jean-shepherd-lud_kissell.mp3 this opens in windows media player... it came from some guy's 2 year old blog.

[csvset]

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

[Recon Dad]

I googled and got it. Thanks for bring back great memories.
I heard Jean do this live every year.

[Recon Dad]

He was a wordsmith par exsalonce! I grew up listening to him every night and developed a reading habit because of him that became obsessive.

One of great reads was Lewis Carroll's Jabberwolky.

[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

[Whitebread]

I remember the same while growing up in Short Hills, NJ. But you got me by 11 years :-D

[Erasmus]

And I presume you enjoyed I, Libertine. ≤}B^)

[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!

[Recon Dad]

I was real close to you, Maplewood and South Orange. I had to cut through Short Hills every day to get to school at Oratory in Summit.

[Recon Dad]

And I presume you enjoyed I, Libertine.

You’d have to give me some hints, it’s been a long time.

[Fresh Wind]

Jean also had a cameo in “The Christmas Story”. IIRC, he appears in the scene where the kids are lined up to see Santa.

[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.”

[Erasmus]

The Story of I, Libertine.