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Paley Center Celebrates Hammerstein, Welcomes Sondheim In January

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The Paley Center for Media, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public.

Remembering Master Storyteller, Jean Shepherd: With Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Olbermann

Monday, January 23, 2012
6:00 pm ET
New York
IN PERSON
Jerry Seinfeld
Keith Olbermann

Marshall McLuhan hailed Jean Shepherd as the “first radio novelist,” but Shep was much more, notably a jazz soloist improvising irreverently on his life and times. Broadcasting on WOR from 1956 to '77, Shepherd enthralled late-night listeners on the east coast his Scheherazade-like tales with tales, all recited with exquisite detail without a script. His intimate and hilarious remembrances were also adapted into stories for Playboy, shows for public television, and the iconic A Christmas Story. One master comedian who follows in his observational tradition, Jerry Seinfeld, will talk about how Shepherd influenced his work with Keith Olbermann. Friends and colleagues will also discuss how Shepherd practically invented talk radio.

WORLD PREMIERE
Oscar Hammerstein II—Out of My Dreams
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
6:30 pm
New York
IN PERSON- Stephen Sondheim, Composer and Lyricist
Ted Chapin, President, Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company
JoAnn Young, Filmmaker

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