Jean Shepherd was a late-night institution on WOR-AM in the New York metropolitan area. Something like Joe Franklin on WOR-TV, but much earlier in the evening. Franklin did a talk show. Shep did a monologue. For 45 minutes minus the commercial interruptions, and his stories were magical.
Here's one of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spe7jrDUHBM
And another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nR7dRFYelE
You can find a bunch of them on YouTube.
You want bliss? How about Ollie Hopnagle's Haven of Bliss?
Shepherd went off the air in 1977. So, why the reminisce? Because I discovered the website flicklives.com
It's a great place to learn things Shepherd. If you have viewed "A Christmas Story," you know about Jean Shepherd. If you haven't, you can wait until TBS does their annual marathon of showings beginning at 8 PM on Christmas Eve and playing for 24 hours glorious hours. Or you can pick up one of Shep's four books. Jean Shepherd. What memories!
