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Shep 'n Shel, With a Bit o' Lois Date: 06-19-2008 By: diskojoe	I'm currently reading A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein by Lisa Rogak. As many of you know Shel was a close friend of Shep & it's rumored that Shel wrote "A Boy Named Sue" based on Shep's problem w/having the name Jean. It's amazing how much they had in common. They both came from the Chicago area, they both loved to travel, they had rather interesting views on relationships, they were both published in Playboy, they both had success in different areas & finally, they died in the same year. I'm not sure how long their friendship lasted, although Shel did work w/Herb Gardner after The Thousand Clowns, so maybe Shep was ticked off w/that. Anyway, I do recommend the book. It's a short, good read. Also, I'm sort of surprised about some of the stuff that's in the Lois Nettleton estate ebay auction, especially the Valentines that she made for Shep. I would think that stuff like that woul;d have been destroyed in a fury, considering how that marriage ended. Six o' one, 1/2 doz of the other, I guess.	6

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06-20-2008 ( Reply#: 2069 )	Bill Bucko	Shel Silverstein's jocular, illustrated "History of Playboy" is simply hilarious ... as well as his record of a visit to hippyland at Haight-Ashbury. Both appeared in "Playboy" in the '60s (source: my personal collection. Heh, heh.) Bill Warren G. Harding Class of '63
06-20-2008 ( Reply#: 2070 )	diskojoe	One of the things that blew my mind reading the Shel biography was that he could stay in the Playboy Mansion anytime he wanted & had a special room (the Red Room)& he came and went as he pleased. I wonder if Shep had the same privilege?
06-24-2008 ( Reply#: 2078 )	m10bob	In at least one of Shep's radio programs, he details Shel as one of his childhood chums on the southside of Chicago.. In Hoc Agricula Conc In Est Spittle Louk
06-29-2008 ( Reply#: 2091 )	ebruceb	quote: Originally posted by diskojoe I'm currently reading A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein by Lisa Rogak. As many of you know Shel was a close friend of Shep & it's rumored that Shel wrote "A Boy Named Sue" based on Shep's problem w/having the name Jean. It's amazing how much they had in common. They both came from the Chicago area, they both loved to travel, they had rather interesting views on relationships, they were both published in Playboy, they both had success in different areas & finally, they died in the same year. I'm not sure how long their friendship lasted, although Shel did work w/Herb Gardner after The Thousand Clowns, so maybe Shep was ticked off w/that. Anyway, I do recommend the book. It's a short, good read. Also, I'm sort of surprised about some of the stuff that's in the Lois Nettleton estate ebay auction, especially the Valentines that she made for Shep. I would think that stuff like that woul;d have been destroyed in a fury, considering how that marriage ended. Six o' one, 1/2 doz of the other, I guess.
06-29-2008 ( Reply#: 2092 )	ebruceb	I'm interested in "how that marriage ended." I'm not aware of any info on the subject except Lois saqying that Jean carried on a secret life--and I assume that at least in part it had to do with seeing Leigh Brown--but I wonder if there's any further background on that>
07-01-2008 ( Reply#: 2093 )	diskojoe	All I know about what happened re: Shep, Lois & Leigh is what I gleamed from Mr. Bergman's book.