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Callers Shep Spoke To

Shep did not regularly take callers on his show and often, when he did, the caller was not heard. He would usually solicit these calls with the "I'll award a brass figlagee with bronze oak leaf palm to anyone that can tell me..."

During the overnight shows in the 50's Shep would quite often talk with an unheard female on the phone. It was later revealed during an interview with Lois Nettleton, actress and Shep's wife from 1960 to 1967, that it was she who was the mystery caller.

Callers Shep spoke to during his shows

• September 10, 1960	Shep takes calls from 2 listeners
• August 20, 1965	Shep asks for a caller who was listening the night he did the famous Soap Commercial that got him fired in the 50s and receives a call .
• November 18, 1965	Shep describes a book he had to read as a kid and how horrible it was. After describing it, he offered the "Brass Figlagee" to the first caller to name the title. One caller did and he spoke to the caller asking how other books affected him.
• April 6, 1966	Shep takes callers to check out the response to the playing of the 'Dyak Curse'
• May 11, 1966	Shep requests a caller to call in and say "Shepherd, you're a legend in your own time"
• May 11, 1966	Shep asks for a second caller to call in and applaud
• May 11, 1966	Takes call from Martin Block to talk about cars
• May 13, 1966	Shep takes a call from a kid to confirm the continuing rumors about golf balls.
• May 13, 1966	Shep talks to kid abut myths of golf balls and indelible ink pencils among other things.
• May 19, 1966	Shep gets inside track from call-in Doc on what that reflector thing that Docs wear on their heads does. Answer: nothing- just makes 'em look important.
• June 29, 1966	Takes a call from a female listener who says she's a "Bronx Tomato". Shep wanted to talk to a 'bimbo'.
•	Shep talks to caller who put a Stp decal on back of his car
• January 29, 1968	Shep takes a call from someone who attended his live show for the Raritan Valley Hospital benefit at Middlesex High School on Jan 26th. He is one of the students who gave Shep a propeller.
• September 17, 1969	Shep asked listeners to call in to respond to his question "How would you describe your parents?"
• March 15, 1972	Why is Casey Stengel called "Casey"
• June 19, 1972	Shep wanted to hear from other owners of Guinea Pigs as pets. (35:34 Takes 4 calls)
• October 18, 1972	Shep asked people who were at the previous night's Carnegie Hall show to call in.
• January 30, 1973	Shep asks for a policemen to call in
• September 24, 1973	Shep asked people who were at the previous night's Carnegie Hall Show to call in.
•	Talks to man who doesn't know who Rhoda is (Sonded like Leigh)
•	Shep take a kid caller with a 'kid' joke
• August 1971	Shep asks if anyone remembers the DeCarlo Lots commercials and takes a caller.
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•	Call from a philosophy major
•	Teen caller who stands up first as soon as the place lands
•	Takes caller who saw the Fisherman's World show on Saturday
•	Takes calls from people who are 'pure in heart'
•	Shep gets a call from someone who tells him there is a Corvette buried on the beach at Asbury Park

Where Shep Made Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title


	September 10, 1960	Radio	Fidel, Ike, and Shep's Trip to Guantanamo Bay Radio
	August 20, 1965	Radio	The Edge of Nowhere - Late For Work, Peru Prep, Zambia Space Program
	November 18, 1965	Radio	Nose Flutes, Bad Books, and Radio Parts
	April 6, 1966	Radio	Curses
	April 19, 1966	Radio	A Woman's Work is Never Done
	April 21, 1966	Radio	King Levinski Meets Joe Lewis
	May 13, 1966	Radio	World War II Kitsch; Embracing Our Fears; Kid Myths
	June 29, 1966	Radio	Disorganized Baseball
	January 29, 1968	Radio	People in the News, The Drunk Test, The Lucky Lady Gambler
	September 17, 1969	Radio	NY Losers
	October 18, 1972	Radio	Last Night's Carnegie Hall Show With Clips
	January 30, 1973	Radio	Crime Night
	September 24, 1973	Radio	Reaction To Shep's 1973 Carnegie Hall Show With Clips

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975