Comments: Wet Blankets, Protest Marches, Machine People, White Sox Scoreboard
Grand Prix Auto Racing Date: 06-25-60
34.9 MB
1:26:44 min
Comments: Shep talks about Le Mans car racing, the rules that apply and the general racing atmosphere involved with the Grand Prix and about the 'standing start' of the Le Mans.
He talks about going to the airplane races, watching makeshift aircraft being flown 50 to 75 feet in the air going 200 to 250 mph. Shep explains 'barnstorming' and how the name came to be.
Flyers who were always seen at these shows were the likes of Jimmy Doolittle and Roscoe Turner.
The whole structure of mankind is like we're living in a vast anthill. He describes Mr. Bruner next door and how he works one day a year and celebrates it at Flick's Tavern.
He once rode his bike 20 miles to see one of the Howard brothers. Driving as a family to watch two guys breaking the endurance record.
Marathon Dancing. The M.C. was Red Skelton.
Dolphins and how they went from land to sea... 'they are ahead of all of us'.
References are made to Vic and Sade, the characters and he quotes some of the expressions used on that show.
Triangular Donuts Date: 06-30-60
25.4 MB
1:51:02 min
Living in the Future Date: 07-02-60
34.9 MB
1:27:02 min
Comments: Living in the Future; Normal Living - Peace or War?; Wallace Beery & Old Movies; Rain on 6th Avenue; Cab Ride; Riding Buses
Summer Madness and the Great Ice Cream War Date: 07-04-60
22.1 MB
1:36:23 min
Comments: Summer madness and "The Great Ice Cream War."
Party Conventions and Crowds Date: 07-09-60
48.5 MB
53:00 min
Comments: Party Conventions and Crowds; Riots; Yankee Go Home; The Lost Art of Radio Acting; Hitler & Evangelist Speakers; The Nervous Sixties; Sun God; Gin and Watermelon
Chain on the Door Date: 07-10-60
14.4 MB
1:02:46 min
Comments: Chain on the Door, Talking of Trifles, Who's in Charge of the Store, Man vs. Machine
Mom's Cookie Cutters; NY Times Calls Shep for Help; Ford Pitches to Weak Hitter; Chinese Water Torture; Fu Manchu for President; Lifetime Credit Card; Phoney Old Moon
America is the Patsy of the World Date: 07-23-60
20.4 MB
1:28:55 min
Comments: Patsies of the World; Eagle and Cocker Spaniel; Built-In Obsolescence (Memory); Obsolete People - Used Presidents; Living in a Cartoon; Embattled Mankind (Starlings arrive in Queens); The Lone Ranger - Hiyo Silver!
Bad Weather in New York City Date: 07-30-60
19.8 MB
1:26:35 min
Comments: Tropical Storm Brenda Hits NY, Shepherd Goes to Sea, The Sailor, the Sharks and the Turtle, The Footrace of Life, Living in Momentous Times, Womankind Abdicating It's Place, Alligators in the Sewer!
Listen Baby Date: 07-31-60
26.1 MB
1:37:41 min
Comments: Listen Baby - "Have some clams"
Emotional Appeal
Og and Charlie - The Great Turning Point
Poem: Changeling Blood
Man Laughs at Tragedy and has a Flat Tire
The Sales Presentation
Ike and the Congo Situation
More Listen Baby Date: 08-07-60
18 MB
1:18:32 min
Comments: Listen Baby - "I'm not arguing with you, just involved"
Flying with the Wings Up
NY Scavenging; Cybernetics
Used Thursday - A Rerun
Visiting Library as a Boy
Radio & TV - Fertilizer Date: 08-14-60
50.9 MB
2:59:43 min
Comments: The Importance of Being Important, Radio/TV, Story of Guy Grand, Maris Gets a Single, Mr Chips, Jean Retires as Mr Chips, Fertilizer, Beauty Mark, Locked in Closet,Death Flute, Animal Stories
The Moment of Lucidity - Circus of Humanity Date: 09-03-60
20.7 MB
1:30:29 min
Comments: The Moment of Lucidity; Circus of Life; MONY Sign; Remembering overnight shows from NJ transmitter; Making first purchase at new Paperbook Gallery (300 copies of "I Libertine" found!); more
