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January 1, 1961
Sunday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Man cannot see himself
First Line: Thank you, Ed. . .

January 5, 1961
Thursday

Article

• Shep

January 19, 1961
Thursday

Stage Shows - Shep on "Broadway"
Banquet

• A Banquet For The Moon

January 19, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• False Spring
First Line: Oh, it's frightening. . .

January 20, 1961
Friday

Article
Banquet

• The Theatre: Faust Legend Retold

January 22, 1961
Sunday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Living Phony Lives - Listening to Old Time Radio
First Line: You are tuned to WOR AM an FM New York. . .

January 29, 1961
Sunday

Article

• Critic Takes Aim at Those Taking Pot Shots at Him!

January 1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Religious revival
First Line: That's it, there it is. . .

January 1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• A Record Shep Bought
First Line: Play for you. . .

February 5, 1961
Sunday

Radio - Radio Timeline
WOR

• Last of Sunday Afternoon Shows on WOR 710 New York - 12:15pm to 2:00pm

February 13, 1961
Monday

Radio - Radio Timeline
WOR

• First night back on weekdays - 11:15pm to 12:00mid

February 13, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• First night back on weekdays
First Line: It is a passion. . .

February 14, 1961
Tuesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• The Ground Sniffers
First Line: Ahead of me, about 20 feet, I see this old guy...

February 15, 1961
Wednesday

Television - Television Guest

• From These Roots

February 15, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Whiner in subway
First Line: I'm sitting in the subway, see. . .

February 22, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Civil War Centennial Pitch - Telling the Truth
First Line: You're lying there flat out in the sack see. . .

February 27, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• One of Them Beats
First Line: I'm in the Howard Johnson down in the village, see. . .

March 1, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• One Man Radio Shows
First Line: I worked for a guy who could look you in the eye. . .

March 2, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Shoeshines and Creative Obstructionism
First Line: It's a funny feeling. . .

March 4, 1961
Saturday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Dime Store Day, Dance Marathon, Aptitude Tests
First Line: It's always like that, 30 seconds before the land slide. . .

March 10, 1961
Friday

Facts

• Prexy's Placemat

March 12, 1961
Sunday

Article - Review

• He Ornamented Chicago Literature, U.S. Humor

April 7, 1961
Friday

Live Shows

• New York Univrsity

April 14, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• The Story of Change
First Line: Step right up . . .

April 15, 1961
Saturday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Amateur Radio - Morse Code
First Line: I would just like to ask a question first. . .

April 17, 1961
Monday

Television - Television Guest

• Steve Allen Show

April 17, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Academy Award Night
First Line: Trapped - your just all rotton people. . .

April 18, 1961
Tuesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Miss Bundy and the Projector
First Line: Looking, you see this. . .

April 1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Pirate Radio
First Line: Well, I don't know if it's significant or not. . .

May 2, 1961
Tuesday

Television - Television Guest

• Jack Paar Show

May 3, 1961
Wednesday

Live Shows - Princeton

• Princeton University

May 3, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• The Bestiary of Renard and Lautrec
First Line: And, ah, my pattern, let's get on with this thing. . .

May 5, 1961
Friday

Radio - Radio Guest

• Guest on ABC radio's FLAIR

May 11, 1961
Thursday

Radio - Radio Guest

• Guest on ABC radio's FLAIR

June 2, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• George Kaufman
First Line: Someday will come to most people as a shock. . .

June 21, 1961
Wednesday

Television - Television Guest

• I've Got A Secret

June 22, 1961
Thursday

Radio - Radio Guest

• Guest on ABC radio's FLAIR

June 29, 1961
Thursday

Article
Turtle

• 'Voice of Turtle' Marred By Its Age

June 29, 1961
Thursday

Television - Television Show

• Jack Paar Show

June 29, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Scooter accident
First Line: Yes, I ythink you're right. . .

June 30, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Lawyer on Broadway
First Line: Just watch me carefully tonight. . .

June 1961

Stage Shows - Shep on "Broadway"

• Voice of the Turtle

June 1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Smell of Houses, Indiana Dunes
First Line: I'm standing there by the kitchen table, see...

June 1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Electric Roses, Lake Michigan Weather, Steel Mill Tornado
First Line: Yes, it was once said to me by a wise man. . .

June 1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Yeast, Skin Trouble, Great White Ship

July 9, 1961
Sunday

Auto Rally

• Village Voice Car Rallye

July 13, 1961
Thursday

Article

• All Right All Ready

July 13, 1961
Thursday

Article

• No Chateaux for Checkpoints In Rallye 'Round the Arch

July 25, 1961
Tuesday

Stage Shows - Shep on "Broadway"
Destry

• Destry Rides Again

July 30, 1961
Sunday

Article

• Jean Shepherd Sounds Off; He's a Summer Actor Now

July 30, 1961
Sunday

Television - Television Show

• Southern Baptist Hour

July 30, 1961
Sunday

Television - Television Guest

• Look Up and Live

August 17, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Hit On Head By 2 x 4
First Line: Hello, hello, hello, . . . .

August 19, 1961
Saturday

Article
Tendertrap

• Tender Trap here Friday

August 20, 1961
Sunday

Article

• Set The Stage Captures Latonia Inaugural Event

August 20 1961
Sunday

Live Shows

• Latonia Race Track in Covington, KY

August 25, 1961
Friday

Article
Tendertrap

• Theatre Tonight

August 25, 1961
Friday

Stage Shows - Shep on "Broadway"
Tendertrap

• The Tender Trap

August 26, 1961
Saturday

Article
Tendertrap

• Theatre: Comedy Finale

August 28, 1961
Monday

Article

• Radio-TV: Raconteur

August 28, 1961
Monday

Article
Tendertrap

• ...Listless 'Tender Trap'

August 1961

Article
Recording Event

• Playboy After Hours

September 4, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• It's All Part of Life - Square Eggs - Army Bangalor Story
First Line: Are you still bugged?

September 5, 1961
Tuesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• A Box to Hide In
First Line: Ahhh, is there a 'Good Time Charlie' with us tonight?

September 16, 1961
Saturday

Radio - Radio Timeline

• Last of the Saturday Afternoon Shows - WOR New York 12:15 to 2:00

September 21, 1961
Thursday

Radio - Radio Guest

• Guest on ABC radio's FLAIR

September 21, 1961
Thursday

Television - Television Guest

• At Your Beck and Call

September 24, 1961
Sunday

Article

• Improvised "Shadows'' Began As Dream, Ended in Awards

September 1961

Article

• "The Oldest Story"

October 6, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Morse Code in Restaurant

October 13, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Working on the Radio - "Yellow Eye Sparks"
First Line: You see, it's in your rotton dirty mind. . .

October 16, 1961
Monday

Article

• Jean Shepherd: King of the Swingers

October 16, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Ehics of the Fallout Shelter
First Line: Did you ever have the feeling you are the only person alive. . .

October 19, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Bums, Fallout Shelters
First Line: The trick is, of course, is to look like you have something to do. . .

October 20, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• More Shelters
First Line: Oh, I hear that horn of life . . .

October 23, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Full Moon and Halloween Poetry
First Line: Ever since sun down tonight. . .

October 24, 1961
Tuesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• October - Autumn and its effects on us - Myths
First Line: The way it's going - still hanging in there huh?

October 25, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Fantasy
First Line: I got this letter from this old gal. . .

October 26, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Password, Space Experiments - Friend or Foe
First Line: Give the password - friend or foe. . .

October 27, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Chili Parlor (Partial show - no beginning, no ending)
First Line: In the end, you probably if youe ever are going to achieve. . .

November 1, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Aborigines, Track Star
First Line: Listen to this, see if this doesn't sound like home. . .

November 2, 1961
Thursday

Television - Television Guest

• Jack Paar Show

November 3, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Siphoning Gas
First Line: if you were in High School . . .

November 7, 1961
Tuesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Election Night
First Line: People who have one again defeated the forces of corruption. . .

November 8, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Masks
First Line: And, this article. . . .

November 10, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Perfect Communications
First Line: hey, hey, don't go away. . .

November 14, 1961
Tuesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Rewriting History
First Line: Good evening patsies. . .

November 15, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• The Radio Hum
First Line: Happening on all sides - hey you know, speaking of pushing your luck

November 17, 1961
Friday

Live Shows - Guest Speaker

• Adelphi Suffolk College

November 17, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Anti-Soviet Anecdotes
First Line: Special to the New York Times. . .

November 20, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Radio Jamming - Early Birds, Gothic Music
First Line: You know I have a feeling they have overdone that one . . .( after end of TV-Guide Comm)

November 22, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Leg Lamp Ad
First Line: None - recording starts after theme

November 23, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Working Thanksgiving
First Line: You notice this place is like a tomb. . .

November 24, 1961
Friday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Survival Films
First Line: This qwas on the entertainment page. . .

November 27, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• On the List
First Line: Of course it's going to be hard to explain. . .

November 29, 1961
Wednesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Criminal vs. Law Abider (Modern Sound Effects)

November 30, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Amnesty on Guns - Gothic Music-Todays new Music

December 3, 1961
Sunday

Article

• Continuity

December 11, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Identity & Myth

December 12, 1961
Tuesday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Evil of Boredom, Army Coke Bottle Game

December 14, 1961
Thursday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Little Miss Muffet

December 18, 1961
Monday

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• New Faces Broadway Show
First Line: It, incredible. . .

1961

Books - Books Referring to Shep

• Impolite Interviews

1961

Books - Books - Contributions by Shep

• The America of George Ade, 1866-1944

1961

Recording - Album

• Will Failure Spoil Jean Shepherd

1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Show Fragments
First Line: I guess I'm about 7 or 8 see, , ,

1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Fall - Hill in Michigan, Wild Mushroom, Omar Khayyam

1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• KOS Radio - Car Crash
First Line: KOS radio

1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Artificial Conflict
First Line: Just like magic. . .

1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• Times Square, Haiku
First Line: There is one night, one night. . .

1961

Radio - WOR Show
Original Airing

• KKK Parade
First Line: I guess I'm about 7 or 8, see . . .

October 10 1961
Tuesday

Article

• Philadelphia

Radio - Radio Syndication

• WNAC - 680 AM

"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