In this episode of the Jean Shepherd Marathon:
- From February 27, 1961, Native rights, a lady cab driver, a beatnik asks for "vanilla, " a Manhattan tradition, three thousand golf scores, a matter of time.
- From March 1, 1961, H. G. Grubbage and the news, a crack in suburban Philadelphia. "Ricky and Debby in Sardine Land. " A nose flute solo, Babe Ruth and the wooden pig.
- From March 2, 1961, A chat with Mother Nature. Obstructionism as a way of life, ghost believers. Don't miss the twelve midnight WOR time tone!
- From September 4, 1961, Who is really an American? Square eggs from North Carolina. Swimming pools and fallout shelters. A Bangalore Torpedo movie in the army. Part of the program's opening theme has been deleted.
- From September 5, 1961, An unsolvable problem: rats and cheese, non-violent violence. The probabilities of suicide. Being in a box; reading a work by James Thurber.