Episode 109, February 1, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 3

In this Jean Shepherd episode:The recording begins with Dwight Weist reading the WOR News. Grand Prix auto racing, fishing, air races, dance marathons. (June 25, 1960)The July 4th weekend, old Wallace Beery movies, Druids at Stonehenge, "We are being inundated by a wave of creeping meatballism." Shep asks all listeners who are using a portable radio to wave a white handkerchief or towel in the air. Shep refers to Del Sharbutt as "a human pipe organ." He awards a "brass figmagee" and recalls his mother's "rump sprung chenille bathrobe." Shep plays, "When The Bloom Is On The Sage" on his nose flute. Riding buses in New York. A good show! (July 2, 1960)Summer madness and "The Great  Ice Cream War." A real ingredient in bowling balls is cheese! (July 4, 1960)