Jean Shepherd's America

Season 1, Episode 5: There's More to Life Than a Hostess Twinkie

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While he cracks lobster claws, Shep cracks jokes and stories about his crazy love affair with all manner of delicacies, from rainbow trout to pecan pie.

All Episodes - Season 1

The Phantom of the Open Hearth Lives -- Somewhere in Indiana
Episode 1
The Phantom of the Open Hearth Lives -- Somewhere in Indiana
 ...One Man's Version of Heaven Is a Super Howard Johnson's with 28 Flavors and No Lines for the Rest Room
Episode 2
...One Man's Version of Heaven Is a Super Howard Johnson's with 28 Flavors and No Lines for the Rest Room
 ...The End of an Era -- Riding the 'City of Los Angeles' on Its Last Journey Across the American West
Episode 3
...The End of an Era -- Riding the 'City of Los Angeles' on Its Last Journey Across the American West
 A Bunch of the Boys Were Whooping It Up at the Malamute Saloon
Episode 4
A Bunch of the Boys Were Whooping It Up at the Malamute Saloon
 There's More to Life Than a Hostess Twinkie
Episode 5
There's More to Life Than a Hostess Twinkie
 And the Bad Guys Are Back on the Shore, Shaking Their Fists
Episode 6
And the Bad Guys Are Back on the Shore, Shaking Their Fists
 The Perpetual Swish of Windshield Wipers Is the Soundtrack of Our Lives
Episode 7
The Perpetual Swish of Windshield Wipers Is the Soundtrack of Our Lives
 It Won't Always Be This Way
Episode 8
It Won't Always Be This Way
 ...From Its Golden, Ice-cold Depths Come the Echos of Lost Battles, the Sound of Ancient Victories, the Noise of a Million Ball Games
Episode 9
...From Its Golden, Ice-cold Depths Come the Echos of Lost Battles, the Sound of Ancient Victories, the Noise of a Million Ball Games
 I Might Even Snag One for Old Ahab Himself
Episode 10
I Might Even Snag One for Old Ahab Himself
 When There's No Place to Go But Up
Episode 11
When There's No Place to Go But Up
 Like All Great Inner-Tube Specialists, He Finally Made the Classic Mistake
Episode 12
Like All Great Inner-Tube Specialists, He Finally Made the Classic Mistake
 Make School or Die
Episode 13
Make School or Die
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