10-26-2005
( Reply#: 163 ) |
sheptapes |
Not to mention the burglar in the baement and the stash of girly mags under the stairs. |
11-01-2005
( Reply#: 177 ) |
murdock |
I remember reading a story by Shep where the family hid their radio down the basement for when the assesor came. Talk about how times have changed. When young audiences see A Christmas story I often tell how I've read stories and books by Shep over the years. I wonder if they could truly appreciate how things were in those days or just figure "sure Dad I know you used to walk miles to school in 4 foot snow"[8)] |
11-01-2005
( Reply#: 178 ) |
m10bob |
Even in the fifties and sixties:
1. Gas was 29.9
2. There were local "gas wars" and nobody got hurt.
3. "Lunch money" was less than a buck.
4. Kids were held accountable, and corporal punishment was a very real option.
5. Kids actually had to learn in school, and were flunked if they didn't.(Education was more important than their feelings.)
6. NO food was bad for you, just the lack of it.
7. "Fender benders" did not "bend fenders".[:D]
In Hoc Agricula Conc
In Est Spittle Louk |
11-02-2005
( Reply#: 179 ) |
murdock |
When you mentioned the local gas wars where no one was hurt I thought of a story by Shep I believe was out of Fist Full of Fig Newtons where there was an "Ice Cream war" where people got trampled on a hot summer night and one shop declared FREE! Another funny read as only Shep could tell.[:)] |
11-05-2005
( Reply#: 182 ) |
m10bob |
Murdock, IMHO, the only thing that could beat Sheps' writing of the "ice cream wars", was the (at least twicetold) programs of him relating the story, (as only he could).
One was titled the "ice cream war", the other was simply "Summer madness"..............
The tale may have been on the radio a third time (in syndication)..[:D]
In Hoc Agricula Conc
In Est Spittle Louk |
01-22-2006
( Reply#: 306 ) |
m10bob |
This is REAL tivia..
In the episode in which Shep admits to starting a fire in Hammond High, (by accident), he sez his locker was #348 on the 3rd floor, and sez Schwartz's was right next to his.
In Hoc Agricula Conc
In Est Spittle Louk |
01-22-2006
( Reply#: 309 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by m10bob
Shep reportedly also lived on Arizona street, which is the street near his home running north and south, so the family must have been pretty much bound to this same neighborhood,
In Hoc Agricula Conc
In Est Spittle Louk
Arizona is only two blocks long north of 165th St. There were a few houses facing Arizona on just the half block from the alley between Cleveland and 165th to Cleveland. Not until south of 165th did all the houses face Arizona. So, he could have lived just around the corner, or it would have been more than a couple blocks away. If he lived south of 165th, he would not have walked down Cleveland to Harding School.
Ken...
Former Hessvillite
Morton Graduate 1960 |
01-22-2006
( Reply#: 310 ) |
m10bob |
More trivia: In an episode in which Shep sez he spent moey on "grab-bags" at a downtown department store, he describes riding that Kennedy Avenue streetcar as a regular mode of transportation as a kid.
(We know he had his first car in high school.)
BTW, he said the first grab-bag he purchased turned out to be a "Shirley Temple paper cut out doll book", which he was so embarrassed to have that he left it on the streetcar.
Considering he only paid 25 cents, it would have been worth something today!
In Hoc Agricula Conc
In Est Spittle Louk |
02-22-2006
( Reply#: 340 ) |
m10bob |
In the recently re-aired Shep classic "Driving Cpt Cherry on a date", Shep mentions his army buddy was Edward G Gasser.
Shep had mentioned his entire name before, but in past I was not taking note of these "volunteered facts" of his personal life.
I did a search on the net a couple of months ago, and did locate the funeral services of another man who had been in his Signal unit, (not one he mentioned that I know of.)
As a vet, I know we all took pics, and maybe someday we can find some of the pics of his old running buddies?
In Hoc Agricula Conc
In Est Spittle Louk |
03-31-2006
( Reply#: 437 ) |
m10bob |
This has got to be "real" Shep trivia...According to his program of September 4, 1973, his mother had a Thor washing machine in the basement.
I had never heard of the brand, and doing a search, learned the Thor was actually the first washing machine made, and was at one time a household name!!
BTW, This episode is labelled "Shepherd family disasters", which recounts several incidents of his family making mistakes of judgement with electricity, "purloined property", and "what not to put in the washing machine!"..
Funny, funny episode............[:D]
http://www.thorappliances.com/aboutThor/index.php
In Hoc Agricula Conc
In Est Spittle Louk |
05-06-2006
( Reply#: 483 ) |
Ralph Zig Tyko |
When Shep died I was in Sant Rosa,California. The obit. in the local rag, "The Press Democrat", mentioned his book, "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash". They left out 'All Others Pay Cash'...I never did send a letter to the editor. Was this mistake made in other accounts accross the country?...Do I have too much time on my hands?
Ralph Zig Tyko |
05-26-2006
( Reply#: 497 ) |
ebruceb |
Several cause may apply to only giving the first (and major ) part of a book's title: The second part is of lsser import--a subtitle--and the writer may want to save space or feel it's not necessary (especially if corresponding with those in the know), or it may be ignorance or lazyness. Anyway, it's quite common practice--though not the best of practices. --Gene B. |
