Jean Shepherd - Life of Man, The Future, & 4th of July Weekend 1960/07/02

Jean serenades us at the beginning of the broadcast
Starts at: 0:41
Some people dedicate their whole weekend to the 4th of July
Starts at: 1:37
The more we plan to be in the future the more we feel that we will be around in that time
Starts at: 4:29
The world is not the way anyone tells you it is, it varies person to person
Starts at: 5:30
Last night, Jean was watching a late-night movie about a Sgt in the Philippines. Shep then hypothesizes that we, as Americans, live in a dream state. What is normalcy: peace or war?
Starts at: 7:23
It seems there is a fuze that is already lighted on all sides of the aisle.....
Starts at: 10:44
Commerical Break
- Grand Union Supermarket: 13:52
Any 30 seconds of a life of a person can be used to describe the life of man. As long as one guy is interfering with another guy a fist fight will ensure unless neither one needs something from the other guy. We hear several examples of this
Starts at: 17:00
Commerical Break
- Lufthansa Airlines: 25:12
The very young are showing a surprisingly amount political awareness. When Shep was a kid, he had no awareness of anything political other than his father was a Democrat and his mother was a Republican
Starts at: 25:46
Jean also tells us about the last of the druids and people making fun of them while they perform their rituals
Starts at: 30:44
News with James McCarthy
- Last Congressional Session & President Ike: 39:49
- British Foreign office takes on Cuba/Castro: 40:31
- US looking for a missing reconnaissance plane 42:46
Commerical Break
- L&M Cigarette: 40:26
- Pepsi (cutoff): 43:20
- Schafer Beer: 43:28
There are millions of things that only Americans would know. A prime example are commercials.
Starts at: 45:40
We are prompted to wave our towels in the air
Story Starts at: 50:32
A councilman has a 21ft long car and he keeps getting turned away at garages
Starts at: 56:04
Commerical Break
- Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho": 57:48
- Sunoco Blend 200-X: 58:20
Jean thinks there are very few true Americans left (we are offered the brass figlagee with aluminum oak-leaf palm)
Starts at: 59:28
At The Village, Jean was at the Paperbook Gallery and there is an outdoor Skittles game that anyone can play. Jean found a boxed set "The world of Mathematics" as a pre-publication set
Story Starts at: 1:01:17
Shep plugs his movie that will be on NBC called "Summer Incident" about the 6th fleet in the Mitterrandian
Starts at: 1:10:24
Shep's mother called herself a rubberneck and Jean realizes that he is one too
Story Starts at: 1:11:37
Jean loves riding busses. He compares traveling on busses/streetcars around the USA to other countries. We also hear a fun story of a bus trip he experienced in NYC
Starts at: 1:14:05
[Audio is public domain, Song Savoy Brown Boogie © by BMG Rights Management, UMG, Photo © by Roy Schatt]