Heritage
November / December, 2018
Shep and the Fab FourWhen PLAYBOY sent humorist Jean Shepherd to interview the Beatles, he walked away unimpressed. As this never-before-seen conversation shows, time did not dilute his viewsTucked among the considerable credits of the late and legendary writer Jean Shepherd—radio shows, TV programs, short stories, books, perennial film favorite A Christmas Story—sits one entry that has remained largely overlooked: his February 1965 Playboy Interview with the Beatles. The writer-storyteller-broa...