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Jean Shepherd was a beloved and gifted humorist/storyteller whose mix of satiric wit and insight into who and why we are made him famous through his radio work from the 1950s through 1980s. Today he is best-known for his movie, "A Christmas Story," though the newly curious can learn much from the man and his brilliant ramblings. This is a podcast of from the Jean Shepherd archives.This site describes itself thus: Shep (as both he and his fans called him) is very hard to tie down to one or two labels. He was one of the great media talents from the 50s to the 80s, very much like the Mark Twain of his time, and most nights he could be heard on the radio waxing eloquent, his gift for insight and articulation wrapped up in what seemed like comedic nostalgia, fascinating and inspiring generations. His stories work on so many levels. His characters are vivid, unforgettable, and oddly likable. Shep had an uncanny mastery of the narrative form: enticing the listener with his nightly premise, careening down one tangent to the next, eliciting knowing laughs along the way, and often leaving one with a warm sense of the fondness the artist felt for his past. And somehow, more often than not, one might sense a deeper meaning, a hidden message in all the lighthearted romps. This podcast is an attempt to maintain, and hopefully spread, awareness of Jean Shepherd, his wonderful mind, and his amazing body of work.
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The Brass Figlagee - A Jean Shepherd Podcast
