Seasons & Episodes
The Phantom of the Open Hearth Lives -- Somewhere in Indiana
Shep recalls the sights, sounds, and experiences of working in a steel mill at age 17, as the operations of a contempora
...One Man's Version of Heaven Is a Super Howard Johnson's with 28 Flavors and No Lines for the Rest Room
Shep loses his bait but comes up with some tall tales on a fishing trip in Maine's backwaters on the banks of the Kenneb
...The End of an Era -- Riding the 'City of Los Angeles' on Its Last Journey Across the American West
While rumbling across Wyoming aboard a Union Pacific railroad car, Shep recalls a previous trip during his World War II
A Bunch of the Boys Were Whooping It Up at the Malamute Saloon
Recalling the origins of his interest in Alaska in the second grade, Shep journeys through the Alaskan frontier explorin
There's More to Life Than a Hostess Twinkie
While he cracks lobster claws, Shep cracks jokes and stories about his crazy love affair with all manner of delicacies,
And the Bad Guys Are Back on the Shore, Shaking Their Fists
Recalling a comic-strip from his boyhood in which the hero escapes on a houseboat from the pursuing villains, Shep takes
The Perpetual Swish of Windshield Wipers Is the Soundtrack of Our Lives
Shep gets behind the wheel and moves out on the turnpike of life, as he muses on the mystique of the open road.
It Won't Always Be This Way
Shep contrasts man's "nesting" instinct with his desire for mobility in a vision of tomorrow's styles of living.
...From Its Golden, Ice-cold Depths Come the Echos of Lost Battles, the Sound of Ancient Victories, the Noise of a Million Ball Games
Beer, considered by some to be the universal language, is the focus as Shep travels to the archetypal neighborhood taver
I Might Even Snag One for Old Ahab Himself
Shep talks with one of Florida's natural wonders: Sea Weed Ernie, a hermit who lives in an old wrecked boat in the middl
When There's No Place to Go But Up
Tall stories -- airborne. Shep takes off at the controls of his four-seater and visits a convention that features home-m
Like All Great Inner-Tube Specialists, He Finally Made the Classic Mistake
What happens when you let a guy like Jean Shepherd loose in a place like Hawaii? He has a luau, watches the surfers and
Make School or Die
Stranded during a blizzard in Wyoming, Shep and the crew romp in the snow outside the "Little America" motel while he re
Mosquitoes and Moon Pies
Shep assumes the role of Swamp Man, searching for his roots -- and a pickerel "so big you don't dare look it in the eye"
Filthy Rich at Last
Shep enjoys a leisurely cruise on a yacht -- or as the old man would say, "a boat that doesn't do anything."
Bourbon and Major Wilkes' Rocking Chair
Spanish moss...stately mansions...a mint julep, fine cigar and the rocking chair on the veranda...the best of the Old So
The Great American Tourist Trap
Shep poses as an American tourist in order to learn more about the more popular vacation spots.
Cha-Cha Lessons on C Deck at 9am
Shep boards the S.S. Emerald Sea in Miami in search of true romance.
Down in Death Valley
Shep and his trusty burro, Flower, wander among mirages and cacti as they follow the trail of the 49ers.
The Devil on the Bayou
Shep -- as the devil -- spends a weekend in New Orleans. You can see him playing chess...slurping oysters...or accompany
I Love Cars, So There, Ralph Nader!
Shep supervises the assembly of his own Ford Mustang, then takes a lap around Indianapolis Speedway in a 1924 Dusenberg
Chicago, Chicago, That Toddlin' Town
What's Chicago? It's the White Sox; Dave Garroway; the White Sox; Kukla, Fran and Ollie -- and of course, the White Sox.
Here Today, Guam Tomorrow
Shep examines the life of a remittance man living off government stipend on the island of Guam, the island's local legen
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