Talk:Jean Shepherd

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I changed the WOR link from WOR (a disambiguation page) back to WOR-AM which is the correct link. Shepherd worked at WOR-AM. Why would we want to point to a disambiguation page instead? Bill 20:59, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Is the author sure this is the correct year of birth for Shepherd? Other biographies have it listed as 1929. As I understand it, there is some controversy on the topic.

Here in Chicago we refer to the area of the city south of Madison Street as the south side, not South Chicago. May I suggest changing the line, "Born in South Chicago, Illinois" to either, "Born in Chicago, Illinois," (accurate) or "Born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois" (meaningless to anyone who doesn't live in Chicago, but more correct).

Contents 1 1921 birth? 2 Who's Who 3 Job Description 4 Father's Occupation 5 Parent's Place of Birth

[edit] 1921 birth?

I like 1921 as his birth year. I have a recording of one of his shows from July 26, 1964 (his birthday) where he says "..by God, I made it - 23 years old today!". If he was born in 1921 he'd have been turning 43, thus the joke - User:Mcwatson 12:52, 07 Jun 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who's Who

Please don't remove signatures and time-stamps from comments. I was the one who suggested the "south side" change, and I'd like to get credit. Thank you.

BTW, here in Chicago we'd say Jean was, "born on the south side," not "in". As long as you're going to use a Chicago colloquialism, you may as well go all the way.

--AlvinMGO 14:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Job Description

"Shep" used to bristle when people called him a "comic" or "comedian". He hoped to be remembered as a humorist. 75.35.219.1 16:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Father's Occupation

I added the 1930 census information regarding his father's occupation and the makeup of the household. arkansasladybug 19:31, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parent's Place of Birth

Made correction to parent's place of birth. Should have read "Illinois" rather than "Indiana."

arkansasladybug 22:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)