Jean Shepherd - Days of Affluence and Depression, Ways to Make Money, Edgar Kennedy 1975/04/24

A salute to a great American Quality: society it believes that it can get anything out a book. You can tell what is happening to the country by what books are being published
Starts at: 0:16
Shep talks about Nevil Shute's "On the Beach"
Starts at: 5:34
Continuing with the theme of books there is a new one out talking about how to survive an economic depression
Starts at: 9:05
While rummaging through a used bookstore, Jean found books from the 1930s saying how to earn big money via _____.
Starts at: 12:40
Jean reads an advertisement from Railroad Stories Magazine (Jan 1933) about becoming a radio technician
Starts at: 14:00
This program is dedicated to those who are out of work; Jean reads off some courses that those who are unemployed can take to earn big money back in the day: metallurgy, model trains, quilting, etc. As a note: Jeans reference to "I hope, I hope, I hope" is Al Pearce (Can be heard here: • al pearce and his gang )
Starts at: 17:59 , continues at 31:50
Have you ever watched the Edgar Kennedy shorts? They were made in the height of the Depression and highlight how the world was during this time (some can be seen here: • Edgar Kennedy )
Starts at: 28:29
[Audio is public domain, Photo © by Roy Schatt]

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Brings back memories of of listening to him late night in college.

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My favorite at-home business was sharpening hand saws with the Foley Saw Sharpening machine. Yeah...that's a "game changer".

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I started listening to shep when I was 11 years old

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"Groovy" expired due to over exposure. The next will be "awesome".

[@MrShobar]

Nevil Shute wrote many books. "On the Beach" was one of them. The novel was much better than that film.