Jean Shepherd: “I will play a song with my head”
Shepard beats on his noggin and changes the shape of his mouth to control
pitch. Backed by Norman Paris and a
small ensemble, he performs “The Sheik of Araby” (1921). A clip of this
performance is featured in the 9th Anniversary show (
E438
). Shepard was a humorist, radio and television
host, and writer, but that only begins to describe a varied and unusual
career. Today, he is best known for the perennial
Christmas film A Christmas Story (1983) which he narrated and co-wrote, and
which was based on his own vaguely autobiographical stories.
Special Guest Laraine Day
As part of Day's segment, the show announces the winner of the contest to receive the cement blocks with the panel's feet. (
E390
,
E392
) The winner is Niagara Falls, Ontario. Mayor Franklin Miller and Tussaud's Wax Museum managing director JA "Bus" MacTaggart worked to have more than 10,000 tourists sign their 25-word submission. Once a semiregular panelist, with more
appearances than anyone except the six regulars, this would be Laraine Day’s
last appearance on the show. Day would continue
to act, mostly in television guest star roles, through the mid-eighties.
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