
Excelsior, You Fathead!
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What else did Shepherd do? He is considered by many to be the Mark Twain and James Thurber of his day. For many thousands of fans, for decades, "Shep" talked on the radio late at night, keeping them up way past their bedtimes. He entertained without a script, improvising like a jazz musician, on any and every subject you can imagine. He invented and remains the master of talk radio.
Shepherd perpetrated one of the great literary hoaxes of all time, promoting a nonexistent book and author, and then brought the book into existence. He wrote 23 short stories for Playboy, four times winning their humor of the year award, and also interviewed The Beatles for the magazine. He authored several popular books of humor and satire, created several television series and acted in several plays. He is the model for the character played by Jason Robards in the play and movie A Thousand Clowns, as well as the inspiration for the Shel Silverstein song made famous by Johnny Cash, "A Boy Named Sue."
Readers will learn the significance of innumerable Shepherd words and phrases, such as "Excelsior, you fathead " and observe his constant confrontations with the America he loved. They will get to know and understand this multitalented genius by peeking behind the wall he built for himself - a wall to hide a different and less agreeable persona. Through interviews with his friends, co-workers and creative associates, such as musician David Amram, cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer, publisher and broadcaster Paul Krassner, and author Norman Mailer, the book explains a complex and unique genius of our time.
"Shepherd pretty much invented talk radio ... What I got of him was a wonder at the world one man could create. I am as awed now by his achievement as I was then."
- Richard Corliss, Time magazine online
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Content
- Intro
- Part I
- Chapter 1
- Life At 2907 Cleveland Street
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Portrait Of The Artist As A Tadpole
- I Wanna Go To Alaska!
- Part II
- Chapter 4
- Storytelling
- Humor
- Radio's Good Old Days
- Chapter 5
- Trivia Is Not Trivial
- Oddball Everywhere
- Nostalgia
- Part III
- Chapter 6
- The Legendary Time
- Holding A "Mill" And Other Actions
- Monologue/dialogue
- Shep Extempore
- And All That Jazz
- Presented By Jean Shepherd's Night People
- Chapter 7
- Food And Drink
- Modes Of Transport
- Travel Broadens One
- Visual Art
- Sports And Stuff
- Chapter 8
- Misogyny? Libertinism? Marriage?
- A Man For All Ages
- Shepherd Cuckoos, Callers, And Letter Writers
- Bobby Fischer-Shep Cuckoo
- Vast Hordes
- Part IV
- Chapter 9
- Voice
- Nose Flute, Jew's Harp, Kazoo
- Other Sounds Of Shep
- Kopfspielen
- Chapter 10
- Words And Phrases
- Excelsior, "Excelsior, You Fathead," And Seltzer Bottle
- Crosswords And The Dictionary
- Part V
- Chapter 11
- Billion Shades Of Gray
- There's Only One Problem
- Dream Collection Day
- Loose Knees
- Bitter
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- New Jersey And Queens (And A Bit Of Kentucky)
- Women And Children, Etc.
- Minorities
- Slobism
- The Great New York Blackout Of 1965
- Love/hate-a Tiny Embattled Minority Of One
- Chapter 14
- Engineers
- Barry Farber
- Leigh Brown
- Chapter 15
- Speaking Of Wor
- Part VI
- Chapter 16
- I, Libertine (1956)
- The America Of George Ade, 1866-1944 (1960)
- The Village Voice Reader (1962)
- The Night People's Guide To New York (1965)
- In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash (1966)
- Think Small (1967)
- Johnson Smith & Company (1970)
- Wanda Hickey's Night Of Golden Memories-and Other Disasters (1971)
- The Ferrari In The Bedroom (1972)
- American Snapshots (1977)
- The Phantom Of The Open Hearth (1978)
- A Fistful Of Fig Newtons (1981)
- The New Jersey Restaurant Guide (1989)
- A Christmas Story (2003)
- Car And Driver
- Lots Of Miscellaneous Stuff
- Other People's Stuff
- Vibrating To Nelson Algren And Hung Up On Norman Mailer
- Patterns In Literature
- "He Was A Real Guide For Me"
- Nutty Fruitcake
- Chapter 17
- Tying It All Up As "Bahn Frei" Swells Up And Out
- Who Listens?
- An Elegy And An Excursion Into Being A Sorehead
- Later Years And Extended Stories
- Syndication Attempts And "International Jawbreaker"
- Familiar Encounters And Chance Encounters
- "You Better Get Out Of That Damn Medium"
- Chapter 18
- Commentary And Occasions
- Theatrical Performance, Etc.
- Live Concerts
- Recordings
- Television
- A Television Trilogy And Other Programs
- Movies
- That's Entertainment-remembrance Of Things Past
- Part VII
- Chapter 19
- The Many Faces Of Jean Shepherd: A Metaphor?
- More Enigmas Of Shep's Reality
- The Last Couple Of Years We Didn't Even See Him At All
- Dream Collection, Nostalgia, Truth, And Pride
- A Christmas Story-Legacy As Mixed Blessing
- Parade Of Humanity
- Not Only Praise
- And Then I Said, "Now I Will Play For You"
- Ending(S)
- I Guess Everybody Hears What He Is Hearing
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