He tells everyone to plave their radios on the window sill bur instead of hurling the traditional invective, he plays "Downtown" followed by a laugh track.
Visiting Aunt Theresa and Uncle Emil. She serves them petrified cookies.
Kid milestones. Memorable moments in growing up such as the first time you realized you were looking down and not up at the sink.
Hobbies Date: 01-05-76
48.5 MB
53:00 min
Comments: National Hobby Week
Salute to the collection of names - people with strange names.
Shep did TV quiz show when he was in Cincinnati and thet had to give prize money to people for anwering questions. You would be amazed how many people do not know the name of the President. One old lady was so bad she thought Rome was in New York.
George Ade said "It is impossible to underestimate the intelligence of the average person"
Crime Date: 01-06-76
8.3 MB
36:28 min
Comments: The art of streaking, getting a sponsor.
This show is dedicated to crime and punishment
Tells story about a beautiful spring day when he and Schwartz decided they didn't want to go to school that day. They spent the day walking down on the beach and going to a movie with a couple of girls they meet. They enjoy it so much they decide to do it again. The next day they need a note for school and ask the garage mechanic to write one for them which he does. They turn in the note and two periods later they are called to the office.
Turns out the garage mechanic works for the truant department - they are suspended for three days and notes were mailed to their mothers.
Ear Biting Date: 01-07-76
8.3 MB
36:23 min
Comments: Deep TV plots
The meaning of man
Pleasure centers of the brain, the whoopie hat
Biting - man in Argentina during a cigarette shortage waits on line and when he finds out his brand is sold out, he leans over counter and bites ear off of the clerk.
Shep spends 3 days in the Florida Everglades fishing with Bud. Bud has no left ear and when Shep inquires about what happened he is told that on the Everglades there are guys who fight by biting. Kaleb was the worst of them all. He took Kaleb on and lost. They don't call them canine teeth for nothing.
Shep tells about the dog that chased him all the time on his paper route and how he developed 'the kick'. He also tells about the time he was biten while playing in a football game.
He compares the strength of the human bite to other animals
Boobus Americanus Date: 01-09-76
8.8 MB
38:30 min
Comments: The Marvin Kitman rating system
Shep's rating system of rating the critics - The "Raspberry"
Discussion of the Boobus Americanus versus the Avant Guard. The Boobus Americanus is 20 years ahead of the Avant Guard.
Kid story about a vacant lot a few blocks away when they constructed a giant ice cream cone. It was a 4 story ice cream stand.
Bad Movie Date: 01-12-76
8.9 MB
39:05 min
Radio Artifacts Date: 01-12-76
48.5 MB
53:00 min
Kid Shows Date: 01-13-76
7.2 MB
31:37 min
Comments: Shep opens by mentioning his recent appearance on a kid's show and talks about his experience with "Clarence" the turtle and a giraffe. (Wonderama appearance was March 31, 1974 which indicates that this show is a rerun.)
He discusses his elegant friend who has a morning kid show. Tells about the way he dresses and goes about doing things, hates animals. One day he has a talking Mynah Bird on the show who commences to take over the show and almost ruin his friends career.
Turnpike Stories Date: 01-14-76
8.3 MB
36:22 min
Comments: The Turnpike people vs Legends of the Sea
Shep tells of his own experiences driving on the New Jersey Turnpike.
A car passes him doing 135 mph with police in pursuit. They get off the same exit but the car disappears. The toll collector never saw it, and there was no other way to get off.
Once he got stopped in the fast lane due to congestion. He looks in the rear view mirror and a VW is barreling down behind him, the driver busy talking and not paying attention to the road. Just as the guy comes up behind Shep the right lane moves forward and Shep veers over. The VW rams right into the back of the car that was ahead of Shep.
Another time he is driving behind a large motor home. The back door is open and the convertible couch is falling out. He pulls up on the side of the motor home and begins honking his horn and motioning to the driver. The driver keeps ignoring Shep thinking he was some kind of nut. Shep pulls off into a rest stop to gas up. He gets back on the road and after a few minutes sees a commotion on the road ahead. There are a couple of police cars stopped alongside a busted up couch in the middle of the highway.
Robert Service Poems-Winter-Flick's Tongue Date: 01-15-76
8.7 MB
50:57 min
Comments: Description Shep opens show with the golden opportunity hour & a Robert service Poem. Shep makes the observation that NYC is not cold & a Robert service Poem.
After the break Shep opens with a reference to an unheard joke, talks about the season and is interrupted by a news broadcast.
Animals have heightened senses compared to ours, except in the sense of touch and heat & cold. Some stories of that cold (a break) then Flick's Tongue!
OZ Date: 01-19-76
8.4 MB
36:32 min
FCC License Date: 01-20-76
48.5 MB
53:00 min
Comments: The story of Electra by Sophocles
Shep tells about the radio engineer who went to a convention of radio engineers back in the days when TV was just beginning to start up. The FCC had set up a booth to promote TV and the engineer signed up to apply for a station license. A few weeks later the application was approved and the owner of the station was infuriated. He said they couldn't afford to run a TV station and there was no future in it, but they had no choice. He did not want to be embarrased in front of the FCC. The engineer was fired and the TV station is worth $22 million. (WLS)
Jesus Saves Nightlife of the Gods Date: 01-22-76
7 MB
30:44 min
Comments: Did you ever see road signs with bullet holes?
Shep loves to drive the back roads late at night and describes the grafitti such as "Jesus Saves" painted on rocks. He tells one story of someone putting up posters for a candidate only to be followed by another car with 2 guys who are taking them down. Who does this stuff?
Cars named after gods such as Mercury and Apollo - mythology
Who wrote "Topper"? - Thorne Smith
Cereal - Clipped Date: 01-23-76
7.5 MB
32:47 min
TV Plots-clipped Date: 01-27-76
8.2 MB
35:50 min
Writers Amnesia Date: 01-28-76
8.3 MB
36:26 min
Taxidermy end Date: 01-29-76
7.7 MB
33:40 min
Comments: Bicentennial Products - parking meter, decorator toilet paper, toilet paper dispenser with built in radio.
Salute to man who 'left his apartment in the same condition as when he moved in. He bought 60,000 roaches and set them free in the apartment.
At 10 years old Shep sends away for a taxidermy kit. He finds an old dead cat and. Then his mother finds it in the coal bin in the basement.
Dr. Slicker Date: 01-xx-76
10.9 MB
23:44 min
Pepito and Scruffy Date: 02-02-76
8 MB
34:46 min
Comments: Shep reads a story about a monkey that steals a hot pepper sandwich. This leads to his telling the story about his experience with hot polish peppers as a kid. Along the way he talks about the paper routes he had and his experiences with Scruffy the Airedale.
Gas Date: 02-04-76
7.1 MB
31:08 min
Comments: Giving thanks to the hard working guys who do all the thankless jobs. This leads into a long bit about buffers, grids, oscillators and other radio issues.
Tasting batteries
Bought an 1871 geography book for the 4th and 5th grades. He describes some of the maps in the book, Florida in particular, where many cities did not even exist yet. There was no Miami.
He also has a Science book from 1900 which he picked up in Maine. It was interesting to see how much we take for granted is not even in the book because it didn't exist.
Coal was the energy of focus back then. Shep remembers studying oil in school and the teacher saying how the supplies are so vast we'll never run out.
You can replace that rectifier, but not the oil
