Season 1
13 episodes · Apr 11, 1971
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- S1E1
The Phantom of the Open Hearth Lives -- Somewhere in Indiana
Apr 11, 197129mShep recalls the sights, sounds, and experiences of working in a steel mill at age 17, as the operations of a contemporary steel mill play out on screen.
- S1E2
...One Man's Version of Heaven Is a Super Howard Johnson's with 28 Flavors and No Lines for the Rest Room
Apr 18, 197129mShep loses his bait but comes up with some tall tales on a fishing trip in Maine's backwaters on the banks of the Kennebec River, with a stop at the Skowhegan County Fair to meet Bob, champion horse weight-puller.
- S1E3
...The End of an Era -- Riding the 'City of Los Angeles' on Its Last Journey Across the American West
Apr 25, 197129mWhile rumbling across Wyoming aboard a Union Pacific railroad car, Shep recalls a previous trip during his World War II Army days when he pulled KP duty on a troop train.
- S1E4
A Bunch of the Boys Were Whooping It Up at the Malamute Saloon
May 2, 197129mRecalling the origins of his interest in Alaska in the second grade, Shep journeys through the Alaskan frontier exploring the captivating landscape, the sights and sounds of an Eskimo village, and the pervading silence.
- S1E5
There's More to Life Than a Hostess Twinkie
May 9, 197129mWhile he cracks lobster claws, Shep cracks jokes and stories about his crazy love affair with all manner of delicacies, from rainbow trout to pecan pie.
- S1E6
And the Bad Guys Are Back on the Shore, Shaking Their Fists
May 16, 197129mRecalling a comic-strip from his boyhood in which the hero escapes on a houseboat from the pursuing villains, Shep takes the helm of a houseboat and contemplates a nomadic life at sea.
- S1E7
The Perpetual Swish of Windshield Wipers Is the Soundtrack of Our Lives
May 23, 197129mShep gets behind the wheel and moves out on the turnpike of life, as he muses on the mystique of the open road.
- S1E8
It Won't Always Be This Way
May 30, 197129mShep contrasts man's "nesting" instinct with his desire for mobility in a vision of tomorrow's styles of living.
- S1E9
...From Its Golden, Ice-cold Depths Come the Echos of Lost Battles, the Sound of Ancient Victories, the Noise of a Million Ball Games
Jun 6, 197129mBeer, considered by some to be the universal language, is the focus as Shep travels to the archetypal neighborhood tavern in Milwaukee and presents a poetic pastiche of beer commercials -- "the folk music of our time."
- S1E10
I Might Even Snag One for Old Ahab Himself
Jun 13, 197129mShep talks with one of Florida's natural wonders: Sea Weed Ernie, a hermit who lives in an old wrecked boat in the middle of a watery nowhere, trades fish stories and casts a line in the fabled Black Water Bay.
- S1E11
When There's No Place to Go But Up
Jun 20, 197129mTall stories -- airborne. Shep takes off at the controls of his four-seater and visits a convention that features home-made airplanes built with some interesting components.
- S1E12
Like All Great Inner-Tube Specialists, He Finally Made the Classic Mistake
Jun 27, 197129mWhat happens when you let a guy like Jean Shepherd loose in a place like Hawaii? He has a luau, watches the surfers and talks about his old man, the All Time Inner-Tube Specialist of America.
- S1E13
Make School or Die
Jul 4, 197129mStranded during a blizzard in Wyoming, Shep and the crew romp in the snow outside the "Little America" motel while he recalls another childhood memory of cold mornings in northern Indiana, and his mother's unsympathetic reply to his plea to stay home from school.