Jean Shepherd — American Writer born on July 26, 1921, died on October 16, 1999

Jean Parker Shepherd was an American storyteller, radio and TV personality, writer and actor who was often referred to by the nickname Shep... (wikipedia)

I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.
I had been an eyewitness to a truly historic moment in American pop culture.
That reminds me of something that happened to me when I was a kid.
The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.