You know, PJ, once again it seems you and I have similar tastes in humor. I became a big Jean Shepherd fan back in the 1970s.
Then you MUST have heard some of my stories without knowing it. The first story I sent to Jean was about some cockroach races I used to organize. I sent the story in and told all my friends to listen to Jean Shepherd since he might read my story. After two weeks they were dubious then one night he read my cockroach racing story. Of course I called up all my friends for vindication. After that Shepherd read my stories on the air fairly regularly for about 5 years since I sent the stories to him about once a week.