Radio Again is pleased to present 8 classic radio performances by raconteur Jean Shepherd on audio compact disc from the archives of Hartwest Productions.The X Random Factor contains all the classic elements of Shepherd's brilliant radio work, combining humor, story telling, kazoo playing, and general musings on everyday life the nature of man; from being yanked into the world, why every kid needs a swamp, the quicksand myth, to being left behind by the world around you. So listen and enjoy The X Random Factor. Learn why there's a turtle on the cover, and remember there are 9 to 5 odds against anything in life. Keep your knees loose! Includes liner notes with excerpts from the biography EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! The Art and Enigma of JEAN SHEPHERD By Eugene B. Bergmann.8 Audio CDs - Digitally remastered and restored. Each program is approximately 44 minutes. Total running time approximately 6 hours.Programs in this collection:CD 1 Yanked Into the World CD 5 What Man IsCD 2 Receptacles of Uncharted Passions CD 6 Living in CirclevilleCD 3 Commitment to Adulthood CD 7 Gradually Being Phased OutCD 4 The Grandstand Syndrome CD 8 The X Random FactorHumorist Jean Shepherd (1921-1999), creator/narrator of the holiday movie favorite A Christmas Story and author of numerous other works of fiction and television, had a long and stellar career on radio and was heard most days during the period of 1955-1977 on WOR radio in New York, a clear-channel station heard along the Eastern seaboard and points west. Shepherd's radio work was both unique and transitional in the development of today's talk radio. Shepherd could talk, and talk he did, touching his listeners intimately as if speaking to an audience of one. Shepherd was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2005.The radio programs in this collection, long lost and forgotten, were created in the mid 1960?s by Shepherd for radio and television syndicator Hartwest Productions in the format heard on Shepherd's WOR shows of the day, right down to his familiar Bahn Frei theme music.