Jean Shepherd - "Christmas Parties & 'Flick Lives!'"

[@MediaWest]

I used to love his daily radio cbs news comments. 🎉

[@greenteablend]

Here are a few of Shep's WCBS commentaries: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpfEqKZ8qZV7erssi=tmamy-PN_MPEaRGf

[@appidydafoo]

18:25 - Had to come back for this transcript - classic Shep: "Oh, man - hey - speaking of wild scenes - you sit there and, and - how many times, have you, have you sat in, in uh, in the Barber Shop, or someplace or, in the Subway - you know, when, when your mind is sort of half turned off - and, you're not really you, you're nothing - you're just this blob of silly putty, and you're just sitting there, and it's got ears and feet - you're sitting there and life is just going on around you - you pick up a paper and, you look at - and, and suddenly you look at things and an entirely - you can't explain it quite, how and why, but in an entirely, almost objective, out of left field, uh, multifaceted view - just, for an instant - you got to kill that - you gotta - that can get you into trouble - uh it's like sitting in a sales meeting and all of a sudden you realize how silly it is - how silly all of it is - you just can't let that happen - that can get you in trouble. "

[@katevalentine7075]

@appidydafoo This is Superb my friend 🧡 "A True work of art " as Shep would say He eluded to the use of AI back then Way ahead of his time !!

[@appidydafoo]

17:56 Paul Laffoley snuck this into one of his pieces - THE AQUARIAN AGE, 1967

[@appidydafoo]

28:00 😂

[@katevalentine7075]

I still write Flick lives on stuff😎

[@GeraldM_inNC]

@17:30 Another dig at Bruce Morrow

[@charlespeterwatson9051]

4:43 What did he say Judas was doing to Jesus?

[@cpthardluck]

Epic callback. Personnel directors are definitely evil

[@JohnAdorjan]

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