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Worm Business
Airdate: Wednesday - October 11, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Yes, it's casting swine before pearls. . .

Show Description

Vacaction in Michigan at Clear Lake 2AM they hear a crackling in the woods. The old man gets out of bet and goes outside to check it out. A pig attacks the house. Shep reads article from England where 1000 pigs attack and eat an airplane along with other farm equipment (He read this same story on his 4/18/1972 show. Raymond Mayo is retiring -worm farmer Shep recounts his own tale of harvesting worms

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
		Raymond Mayo retires
11:50		1000 pigs eat airplane

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
13:20	That reminds me, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
01:25	Live Concert / Performance	Carnegie hall this Tuesday Oct 17th
13:29	Lufthansa Airlines
14:56	House of Chan
16:57	New York Magazine
17:41		AM New York
17:56	American National Bank
19:17		Marcus Jewelers
21:04	General Tire

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
02:37; 08:56	Gesang Der Junglinge

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
03:55	Al Aprile
03:49	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
01:25	Live Shows		Carnegie Hall

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

This Show

		Date	Title
		October 11, 1972	Worm Business	WOR Rerun

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"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