Should you tuned in to late-night WOR radio in Fifties New York, you’d enter the key world of Jean Shepherd. Shepherd’s nonconformist model, off-beat humour and love of pranks gathered a small however loyal following. These “Night time Folks” cherished being in on the joke, whereas the oblivious “Day Folks” had been usually the butt of it. Shepherd’s present is lengthy gone, however his spirit lives on in corners of the web. At the moment, although, Night time Folks go by a distinct identify.
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Additional Studying
This episode relied on Eugene Bergmann’s biography Excelsior! You Fathead: The Artwork and Enigma of Jean Shepherd, the fan web site FlickLives.com, and Matthew Callan’s article in The Axe, The Man Behind The Sensible Media Hoax Of “I, Libertine”.
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