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Episode 115, March 15, 2025, The Jean Shepherd Show Marathon, Part 9


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Here is more of the Jean Shepherd Marathon on W O R in New York City.  
  • From April 24, 1962,  The literati today discuss films,  not books.  Chicago chop suey joints.
  • From,   September 19, 1962, here is "Elephant Foot".  
  • From March 15, 1963, Goldwater,  Romney and Rockefller are also not running.  Shep hasn't much patience with his engineer "Walt" (or anyone else in the studio).  Underdogs?  That's pure Orwell!  A broadcast showing the darker side of Shepherd.  
  • From April 23, 1963,,  The date is only an approximation,  as Shep mentions it's a Monday.  The game of "Diner's Club. " Springtime in northern Indiana.  Shepherd becomes as apprentice in a piano factory.  The beginning of an education.  Part of the opening theme has been deleted.  
  • From April 25, 1963, Khruschev says,  "Those who believe in God have a moral responsibility to stop building nuclear weapons. " A matchbook cover from, "Christorama." 
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