Sheplives


Television Listing of Shows and Appearances...

Although Shep was not well known for television, except for his "Jean Shepherd's America" and "Shepherd's Pie" series for public television, he did manage quite a few other accomplishments on TV. Some were less known local shows, specials, PBS Movies, or pilots for TV. In addition Shep appeared as a guest on many talk shows or guest host on others.

Television Shows and Specials

	Date	Description
	March 23, 1953	Rear Bumper
	1955	The Tonight Show
	November 25, 1960	Inside Jean Shepherd
	June 29, 1961	Jack Paar Show
	July 30, 1961	Southern Baptist Hour
	September 5, 1962	Jean Shepherd American Humorist
	September 29, 1962	The Dissenters
	November 18, 1962	Hootenanny
	1969	Rear Bumper
	February 20, 1970	America, Inc
	April 11, 1971	Jean Shepherd's America
	June 30, 1974	The D&R Canal
	January 25, 1977	Shepherd's Pie
	October 6, 1977	Jean Shepherd in Concert
	August 12, 1978	Jean Shepherd in Concert
	1979	Phantom Of The Open Hearth
	September 15, 1981	Shepherd Strikes Again
	1983	Jean Shepherd At The Movies
	October 19, 1984	Jean Shepherd on Route 1
	April 1985	Jean Shepherd's America
	1985	The Great American Road Racing Festival
	July 20, 1985	Jean Shepherd in Concert

Television Guest Appearances

	Date	Description
	December 5, 1952	Area Teenage Band Contest
	October 20 1956	Celebrity Parade for Cerebal Palsy
	October 22, 1956	Tonight Show with Ernie Kovacs
	June 13, 1957	Night Beat
	June 1957	Made appearance on Tonight Show
	October 18 1958	Celebrity Parade for Cerebal Palsy
	April 26, 1959	Steve Allen Show
	June 14, 1959	Frontiers of Faith
	May 29, 1960	Look Up and Live
	August 31, 1960	Guest on "I've Got A Secret" - Head Thumping"
	February 15, 1961	From These Roots
	April 17, 1961	Steve Allen Show
	May 2, 1961	Jack Paar Show
	June 21, 1961	I've Got A Secret
	July 30, 1961	Look Up and Live
	September 21, 1961	At Your Beck and Call
	November 2, 1961	Jack Paar Show
	January 27, 1962	Fighting Words
	April 12, 1962	Mike Wallace - "PM"
	May 2, 1962	Mike Wallace - "PM"
	May 8, 1962	Jack Paar Show
	May 14, 1962	Today Show
	June 8, 1962	Tonight Show
	April 21, 1963	Close Up
	April 28, 1963	1963 Tony Awards
	August 27, 1963	The Pierre Berton Hour
	May 12, 1966	Merv Griffin show
	June 13, 1966	Merv Griffin show
	July 6, 1966	Merv Griffin show
	August 4, 1966	Merv Griffin show
	September 6, 1966	Merv Griffin show
	July 31, 1967	The Three Worlds of Jean Shepherd
	August 4, 1967	The Three Worlds of Jean Shepherd
	December 3, 1968	Steve Allen Show
	December 11, 1968	The 12Noon Show
	December 13, 1968	New York Night
	December 24, 1968	Steve Allen Show
	February 15, 1969	Fisherman's World
	February 19, 1969	The 11-Noon Show
	July 15, 1969	The Three Worlds of Jean Shepherd
	October 29, 1969	The 11-Noon Show
	February 12, 1970	The Steve Allen Show
	February 21, 1970	Fisherman's World
	April 1, 1970	The Steve Allen Show
	November 2, 1970	Crosstalk
	February 14, 1971	The Bill Smith Show
	February 14, 1971	The Bill Smith Show
	September 3, 1971	The Bill Smith Show
	October 9, 1971	Kup's Show
	October 19, 1971	Betty Hughes and Her Friends
	November 30, 1971	The Virginia Graham Show
	December 30, 1971	WPVI TV Channel 6 - "McLean and Company"
	January 3, 1972	The David Frost Show
	June 27, 1972	The Virginia Graham Show
	August 24, 1972	Headshop
	October 13, 1972	Joe Franklin TV Show
	December 31, 1972	New Years Eve in Times Square
	1972	Cowboy X
	January 16, 1973	Kennedy at Night
	January 29, 1973	Betty Huges and Friends
	February 15, 1973	Casper Citron Show - WNYC TV 31 New York
	February 25, 1973	Tomorrow Show
	June 25, 1973	The Bill Smith Show
	December 9, 1973	Pledge Drive WNET-TV
	March 31, 1974	Wonderama
	April 1974	Emphasis
	June 6, 1974	The National Spelling Bee
	July 23, 1974	Tomorrow Show
	July 1974	Deadwood South Dakota Rodeo
	August 12, 1974	Roasting of Bobby Riggs
	August 30, 1974	The Talkers
	June 6, 1975	Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder - WNBC-TV
	September 18, 1975	Prime Time
	September 19, 1975	Women's Way
	1976	Today Show - NBC TV
	January 11, 1977	New Jersey News: Special Report
	November 2, 1977	Tomorrow Show
	September 18, 1978	"Handle with Care"
	July 8, 1979	Pan American games
		WNYC Pledge Drive
	March 10, 1982	Late Night With David Letterman
	December 11, 1983	Wraparound
	June 5, 1985	Late Night America
	November 25, 1987	Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait
	December 14, 1991	A Bozo Christmas
	April 15, 1992	Listen Up! Voices In Celebration Of Education
	1994	Home For the Holidays
	May 15, 1995	The Tom Higgins Program
	1997	Christmas Unwrapped
	1998	Babe Ruth

"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