Stasia Shepard

Your father is a crook.

The Cosmopolitan Church presents Dr. Richard Riley Shepard.

Dr. Richard Riley Shepard, author, historian, world traveler, philosopher, in a series of educational lectures.

Even as he sought to make a name for himself with his educational lectures, Riley was still churning out songs at a frenzied pace, often releasing a new record every month.

Your father is a crook.

Right when he walked in the door, I was like, you know, screaming at him, you're a crook, you're a crook.

And he looked at me like...

He turned white and he was shocked.

And we argued, we fought.

I don't remember the exact words, but I remember he stormed out and he went out to his car and he sat there and smoked and he didn't come back inside for a long time.

That's what he would do when he was mad.

He would go out into his car and pout.

Well, you know, I loved my dad and he was very apologetic and sweet and you want to believe your parents.

And also he was very good at convincing.

And when my dad picked up the phone, he was pretending to be a Chinese man.

He was pretending to be, use this accent that, like from Breakfast at Tiffany's, that horrible, you know,

Was I Mickey Rooney?

Anyway, terrible.

But I knew it was him.

You know your father's voice.