Jean Shepherd - The Great Ice Cream War 1963/07/05

Jean wants them to run an article in the news about an Actor who thinks acting is 'nuthin'
Starts at: 0:25
NYC is a beautiful city if no one is around. Jean likes it when the locals are gone. He tells us about a drive on 6th Ave
Starts at: 1:24
Jean sings the Sheik of Araby
Starts at: 9:29
Commerical Break:
Mandarin House: 11:09
The Paper book Gallery: 12:40
The Realist Magazine: 14:00
The Opera: 14:22
The Main Story:
Jean tells us the immortal "Ice Cream War" story between "The Igloo" and "Bordens Ice Cream"
Story Starts at: 15:20
Shep also tells us about the great "used car war"
Starts at: 40:40
[Audio is public domain, Photo © by Roy Schatt]

[@TheJoshuamooney]

Thanks SO much for your GS posts. This man was a genius-the Ernie Kovacs of radio? But beyond that . He was the heart of what became “free form FM”
circa ‘66 in San Fran.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

LMAO!!!!! This is one of his all-time BEST STORIES EVER!!!!!!

[@cmans79tr7]

In Shep's written form of the "Ice Cream War," (and most all of his other short stories) there are even more hilarious vignettes that wouldn't translate well to radio narration, but are forever etched in my brain. Such as how Shep described one kid running towards the ice cream store with his knees flailing high, sobbing with each flat-footed step😂

[@cmans79tr7]

"The Great Ice Cream War" is indeed funny as Shep tells it here, but I found that reading the story as Shep actually wrote it is an order of magnitude more enjoyable to me than Shep telling it here. Because in reading it myself, I relate to the story from my own innervoice funnybone, rather than relying on Shep "cheerleading" it. Although some of the original writing does not translate well to narration, Shep did indeed expertly embellish some parts here that were not part of his original story.