Episode 1
Mosquitoes and Moon Pies
1985-04-16 • 28 min
Shep assumes the role of Swamp Man, searching for his roots -- and a pickerel "so big you don't dare look it in the eye" -- as he visits the Okefenokee Swamp.
TV season
1985-04-16
Episode 1
1985-04-16 • 28 min
Shep assumes the role of Swamp Man, searching for his roots -- and a pickerel "so big you don't dare look it in the eye" -- as he visits the Okefenokee Swamp.
Episode 2
1985-04-30 • 28 min
Shep enjoys a leisurely cruise on a yacht -- or as the old man would say, "a boat that doesn't do anything."
Episode 3
1985-05-07 • 28 min
Spanish moss...stately mansions...a mint julep, fine cigar and the rocking chair on the veranda...the best of the Old South comes to life when Shep pays a visit.
Episode 4
1985-05-21 • 28 min
Shep poses as an American tourist in order to learn more about the more popular vacation spots.
Episode 5
1985-05-28 • 28 min
Shep boards the S.S. Emerald Sea in Miami in search of true romance.
Episode 6
1985-06-04 • 28 min
Shep and his trusty burro, Flower, wander among mirages and cacti as they follow the trail of the 49ers.
Episode 7
1985-06-11 • 28 min
Shep -- as the devil -- spends a weekend in New Orleans. You can see him playing chess...slurping oysters...or accompanying the Olympia Brass Marching Band on kazoo.
Episode 8
1985-06-25 • 28 min
Shep supervises the assembly of his own Ford Mustang, then takes a lap around Indianapolis Speedway in a 1924 Dusenberg against racing great "Duke" Nalon.
Episode 9
1985-07-02 • 28 min
What's Chicago? It's the White Sox; Dave Garroway; the White Sox; Kukla, Fran and Ollie -- and of course, the White Sox. Chicagoan Studs Terkel joins Shep in a celebration of The Windy City.
Episode 10
1985-07-09 • 28 min
Shep examines the life of a remittance man living off government stipend on the island of Guam, the island's local legends, its most scenic places, and the importance of family life to its residents.