Jean Shepherd - Leg Lamp (The Nehi Orange Company: Sports Heroes of the Past Contest) 1976
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2019
- Shep tells the story of his old man's infamous Leg Lamp on WMCA in 1976.
[Audio is public domain, Photo © by Roy Schatt] - Zábava
The Leg Lamp scene was a highlight in "A Christmas Story," and this monologue is beautifully done. If nothing else, Shep is responsible for the success of the leg lamp industry which to this day continues to sell the novelty every Christmas. You, too, can be the talk of the town by placing a leg lamp in your picture window and perhaps accessorizing with a red light on your porch. Hahahaha!
LEGEND ❤
Love those leg lamps! Got one in my front window. Thanks for posting this.
Me too.
You two have excellent taste!
@@lazlow8788 Me three.
ME (whatever number I am). I wanted to buy a big one but husband objected. I bought a small oe and put it in a guest bedroom. That purchase was years ago. Not one guest has slept in that bedroom and not been curious about the lamp or knowing exactly what the lamp ws about. I actually realized I had friend who listened to Shep and were fans just like I was but I never knew!!
Who are there in the studio besides Shep? :)
I enjoyed Shep for many years. His stories were the highlight of my childhood into my young adulthood. 😊
The leg was the motto of Nehi Orange Drink....The leg lamp had a garter above the knee, hence the name Nehi...For MASH fans, this was the favorite drink of Radar O'Reilly.
Grape nehi
The movie Shep talks about is "The Phantom of the Open Hearth" (1976), made by WGBH, for PBS' "Visions".
Can be seen at this link:
czcams.com/video/HVCfWbSs6O0/video.html
The lamp and the ensuing battle are great, but I think my personal highlight is what happened to Uncle Fred. If it's good enough to crack up the interviewer, _twice..._
SO this is where the Leg lamp originated from.
Yup!
Wasn't Zudoc the guy who ordered the house from Sears? it rained and all his friends who gathered to help him assemble it rain away! 21:34 "Some men marry the first skirt they see.....and they regret it for the rest of their lives" (Open Hearth)
Phantom of the Open Hearth is a great. Flick lives!
I was I could tell stories on the radio like Jean shepherd. He’s my idol.
I think Darren MacGavin really nailed the lamp story...as he had to top the earlier performance on PBS which was very good.
I had watched the Visions and American Playhouse series of the Jean Shephard short films in the 70s and rebroadcast in the 80s. Phantom of the Open Hearth
The Great American 4th of July and other disasters...and
Ollie Hoops..whatever...the lake vacation story.
I had read A Christmas Story which is mostly just the BB gun mania chapter in his 1st book.
So when I went to see "A Christmas Story" in theater in the 80s, I knew the screenplay had pulled in several stories from different chapters and books to flesh out a 2 hr movie as I saw the pieces coming, digested into the movie.
The Leg Lamp
The tire incident
The Bumpkis dogs
Scott Farkus
Flick's tongue
All came from his teen years, post war Ralphie stories.
When I saw "A Summer Story" with Charles Grodin and Mary Steenburgen...i recognized the lake fishing spot competition, the battling tops and the dish night at the Orpheum.
When Open Hearth was rebroadcast somehow controlled by Disney, they censored the intense vomiting scene after he drank the TRIPLE. But they did capture that echo sound of shoes on linoleum in a men's room.
Shep could not tolerate interruptions of any sort, not from anyone or any crowd. It is somewhat annoying.
Anyone who uses the word "annoying" in association with Shep is no fan, no friend of mine and indeed need not listen to the most amazing storyteller.