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Major Awards Over the years Shep received many awards, nominations and tributes for his work

The Paley Center for Media

Remembering Master Storyteller, Jean Shepherd

with Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Olberman

January 23, 2012

Marshall McLuhan hailed Jean Shepherd as the "first radio novelist," but Shep was much more, notably a jazz soloist improvising irreverently on his life and times. Broadcasting on WOR from 1956 to '77, Shepherd enthralled late-night listeners on the east coast his Scheherazade-like tales with tales, all recited with exquisite detail without a script. His intimate and hilarious remembrances were also adapted into stories for Playboy, shows for public television, and the iconic A Christmas Story. One master comedian who follows in his observational tradition, Jerry Seinfeld, will talk about how Shepherd influenced his work. Friends and colleagues will also discuss how Shepherd practically invented talk radio.

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Keith Olbermann did not attend and was replaced by Bill Carter of the NY Times

On hand in the audience was author Eugene Bergmann, Irwin Zwilling executor of the Shepherd estate, and Nick Mantis film maker who is working on a documentary about Shepherd.

Links to Further Information:

• Paley Center

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January 23, 2012
Gene Bergmann and Jerry Seinfeld

Courtesy: Nick Mantis

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Source: Jim Clavin
Presented in association with Highlander Pictures We are grateful for the assistance of the following who helped make this event possible: Irwin Zwilling, Jane Coleman, Fred Barzyk, Chelmsford Telemedia, Olivia Tappan, and Eugene Bergmann.
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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975