Jean Shepherd: Wonders

With wit and wisdom, Jean Shepherd delves into the insatiable desire for shiny objects, and man a million years in the past -- and a million years in the future. In these previously uncirculated radio broadcasts you will also hear Shepherd’s remembrances of his mother’s dream of being a gun moll, his father’s quest for the perfect used car, and much more.

In these previously uncirculated radio broadcasts you will also hear Shepherd’s remembrances of his mother’s dream of being a gun moll, his father’s quest for the perfect used car, and much more.

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING EPISODES:Jackdaw, Dillinger, Singing and Song, Things Used to be Better, The Mountain King, History is All Around Us, Transplanted in Time, Wonders

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

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 same format heard on Shepherd’s WOR shows of the day, right down to his familiar Bahn Frei theme music.

8 Audio CDs - Digitally Remastered and Restored

Each program is approximately 44 minutes. Total running time approximately 6 hours.