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Last Record Update: 12-23-2015
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The Leg Lamp

After filling out an endless stream of newspaper puzzle contests, the 'old man' receives news that he is the winner of a major award! His face 'lights up' when he proudly displays it in the front living room window for all to see. But does a jealous(?) mother get revenge while dusting? Can a can of glue save the day? It is uncertain where Shep first got the idea for the Leg Lamp, but on his November 22, 1961 show he mentions seeing an ad in Esquire featuring a leg lamp. The ad appeared for several years and the photo below is from the Dec 1952 issue. Shep later spoke as though it were inspired by a Nehi Ad. If you compare the two ads there is a striking resemblance between the two. Perhaps he was inspired by both! Read Steve Glazer's essay on the history of the Leg Lamp - see link below

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
•	December 23, 1976	Article	Offbeat 'Visions' Nostalgia
•	December 2016	Article	The Man Behind the LEG LAMP
•	November 18, 1983	Movies	A Christmas Story
•	July 28, 1965	Radio	Summer Festivals and the Whoopie Instinct
• 08:40	December 11, 1963	Radio	Boy Scouts, Leg Lamp ad
• 04:13	November 22, 1961	Radio	Leg Lamp Ad

Links to Further Information:

• "In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash"

• A Christmas Story

• Buy a Leglamp

• Phantom of the Open Hearth

• The History of the Leg Lamp by Steve Glazer

TBS Marathons:

Every Christmas since 1997 the TBS cable network has shown a 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"

Date	Description
December 24, 1997	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 1998	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 1999	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2000	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2001	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2002	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2003	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2004	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2005	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2006	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2007	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2008	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2009	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2010	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2011	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2012	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2013	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2014	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2015	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2016	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2017	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2018	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2019	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2020	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2021	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2022	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2023	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2024	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"
December 24, 2025	TBS shows 24 hour marathon of "A Christmas Story"

Photos:

Leg Lamp waiting to be sold outside the gift shop at the Steamboat Inn in Lancaster Pa. heart of the Amish country!

Studs N' Skins leg lamp sold by Spencer gifts

Nehi Ad

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

December 1952
Leg Lamp Ad - Dec 1952 Esquire Magazine

November 18, 1983
"It's a Lamp"

"FRA-GEE-LEE"

"Isn't She Beautiful!"

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975