Jean Shepherd: Don't Be a Leaf (Classic Radio Humor) [Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Jean Shepherd (Author)

Book Description

Series: Classic Radio Humor | Publication Date: February 15, 2006

Radio Again is pleased to present 4 classic radio performances by raconteur Jean Shepherd from the archives of Hartwest Productions.

In Don't Be A Leaf, Jean Shepherd muses on the impact of dirty glasses, shopping for cars with the old man, flyswatters, growing up with the White Sox and the great divide between Southside and Northside baseball fans. Shepherd asks the questions; are you the rider or the ridden? A leaf or a tree? What is the Master Plan Illusion and what is your Master Plan? So friends, sit back and enjoy this collection. Keep smiling, keep your knees loose, and donÂ’t give them a sitting target!

The radio programs in this collection, long lost and forgotten, were created in the mid 1960's by Shepherd for radio and television syndicator Hartwest Productions in the format heard on Shepherd's WOR shows of the day, right down to his familiar Bahn Frei theme music.

Includes liner notes with excerpts from EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! The Art and Enigma of JEAN SHEPHERD by Eugene B. Bergmann.

4 Audio CDs - Digitally remastered and restored. Each program is approximately 44 minutes. Total running time approximately 3 hours.

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Humorist Jean Shepherd 1921-1999, perhaps now best known as the creator/narrator of the perennial holiday movie favorite A Christmas Story, had a long career on radio which culminated during the period of 1956-1977 when he was heard most days on WOR radio in New York, a clear-channel station heard along the Eastern seaboard and points west. ShepherdÂ’s radio work was both unique and transitional in the development of todayÂ’s talk radio. Shepherd could talk, and talk he did, touching his listeners intimately as if speaking to an audience of one. Shepherd was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2005.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Radio Again; Unabridged edition (February 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097708194X
• ISBN-13: 978-0977081943
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs a better CD set up, November 18, 2007

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Rich Rogers "Rich" (Utah) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Jean Shepherd: Don't Be a Leaf (Classic Radio Humor) (Audio CD)

I like Jean Shepherd when I listen to him. I love to read him. I think Garrsion Keillor does a better job of radio presentation, but definitely took his lead from Shepherd. Shepherd, on the other hand, is the much better writer--light years ahead of Keillor.

What frustrated me most about this CD was that if I had to stop listening at any point in the, I couldn't just select the track where I'd left off and begin from that point. I had to go back to the beginning. It's irritating, and took away from my enjoyment of this. I think using the commercial breaks Shepherd takes in his show would be a natural breaking point, allowing the listener to take up where they left off.

So for the production company that put this together, may I suggest going back and reformatting this entire collection, because I'm betting you did it on all the other Shepherd cds you've made available.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars flick lives, February 21, 2007

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Jack P. Kuchta "AUDIOphiled" (So Jersey) - See all my reviews
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as the master of the radio once put it, the transmision will go on for infinity traveling out into space and you only need the electronics to listen in again and again. we dont have to leave the comfort of the planet to catch his radio shows, a wonderful slice of the good life spitting out of those little coaxial drivers. recommended but from a person who cannot get enough jean shepherd.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flick Lives!, December 14, 2007

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David C. Suarez "Suarez" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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I was in junior high shool in New York during the 60's. Each night I made sure to be in bed by 10:15pm so I could turn on my radio and listen to Jean Shepherd's show. Some shows were better than other's, but I enjoyed them all. If you haven't listened to him before, do so now. It's great to hear about Scutt Farkas, Grover Dill, Flick, Schwartz, The Bumpuses, W.C. Snelgrove and other great characters. They've got to make you laugh.