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Summary

Martian Chronicles
Airdate: Wednesday - July 14, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Cut it, cut it, that's it Tony. . .
Show Description
[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - ] Apparently the springboard for this show is the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars that day and which sent back 21 photos of the planet. Shep knocks recording engineers. Shep fantasizes what if life is found on Mars, and the presidential announcement in his best imitation of an LBJ accent (which is none too good!). Shep relays a conversation between fellow hams, the other ham being a NY Times writer at 5 Am about life in the universe. Space being an early mankind pre-occupation that seems to be lacking in today's cities. New York is not "Big Sky Country". The northern lights with sound effects. Kite flying. The show changes midway to one about life in NY, spurred by the Orenstein ad, as Shep visits the client. Motorcycling in New York story How to connect with a New Yorker The oft-repeated theme of revisiting an old neighborhood that you used to live in and be intimate with, and how it seems new and strange after you've been away from it. The story of Hurley's Bar, that refused to sell out to Rockerfeller Center.
Comments
• Great poetic description of the city as it awakes (starting at 13:40)
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
Speaking of going from the ridiculous to the sublime this is WOR AM and FM New York
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
Ballantine Beer 2500 year old brew master Mel Brooks/Dick Cavett advert for Balentine Ale before the show
Kent
Miller Beer in pop-n-pour cans when they were first introduced obsolescing can openers referred to as church keys
Orenstein's
Peugeot
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
Ballet Mecanique
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
Tony Galano
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Not Determined
Rating / Review
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Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
July 14, 1965
Recno: 388
Martian Chronicles Original Airing
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Show Replay Date
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July 20, 2004

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Found in the following set(s)
Set Name Show # Media
1965 Set 4
139a
Cassette

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