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Jean Shepherd's America

May 30, 1971

Season: 1 - Episode: 8

"...IT WON'T ALWAYS BE THIS WAY" "There has always been a basic tension in the way we want to live," says Jean Shepherd. "On the one hand, we want roots, the nesting instinct. On the other, we want mobility, freedom to go anywhere." Shepherd thinks we can have both. And the time is now. He shows us this vision of the immediate future on JEAN SHEPHERD'S AMERICA. Shepherd's look at tomorrow's style of living is no documentary. It's a fast-moving collage of events, backed up by Jean's gift of gab. One place where Shepherd finds the future is in a vast crater surrounded by mountains, near Boulder, Colorado. It's the beginnings of a city called Pueblo West, and it's an island of civilization in the middle of the wilderness, not designed for completion until the 21st century. Jean Shepherd finds another kind of joy in a luxurious mobile-home. Not everybody can wheel their house around a hair-pin turn at 40 miles per hour. Shepherd does, and tells the amazing story of Gertz and his pre-fab Cape Cod Manor at the same time. Predicting the future has always been a popular spectator sport. But Jean Shepherd never could stand back and watch. He's making his version happen today.

Fan Comments

[ Courtesy: Pete Delaney - 09-18-2016 ]
           
Over 100 shows 1972-74. Also contributed photos of a Shep book signing, his Greenwich Village townhouse, and screen shots of his live show. Also he supplied a variety of radio and TV commercials that Shep did.
And much, much, much, more!

Additional Comments:

Music played during the show:
"White Line Fever" Merle Haggard
"I'm A Truck" Red Simpson
"I'm Looking At The World Through A Windshield" Del Reeves"White Line Fever" Merle Haggard
"I'm A Truck" Red Simpson
"I'm Looking At The World Through A Windshield" Del Reeves

Production Information:

Studio / Network:	WGBH - Snow Pond Productions	Exec Director:		Executive Producer:
Running Time:		Director:	Fred Barzyk	Producer:	Olivia Tappan, Leigh Brown
		Asst Director:		Asst Producer:
		Contr Director:		Contr Producer:

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Plots / Story Lines		Sears Prefab House

Associated Documents

Type	File Name	Description
•	1971-mm-dd_025_Jean_Shepherds_America-Season_1_Press_Kit.pdf	Season 1 Press Kit

"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