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The Steel Mill
Airdate: Tuesday - May 2, 1967

WOR Show
Original Airing

Last Update: 08-24-2023

Show Description
"The Human Comedy" The British Pig Club disbands - young people are just not interested in pigs any longer Reads a poem which is an ode to the midwest - specifically Indiana The New York cab driver's syndrome - an uncontrolable need to shout obscenities East Brunswick Show - South River High School delegates give Shep a 5 foot Jews Harp. Shep talks about the poster of him that just recently came out. Cheating the Coke machine, and the electronnic age. Someday people will be transistorized. Shep and Flick had a car they owned together. One day they were in the yard grinding the valves when Mr. Bruner comes staggering by. He's been drinking for about a week and a half but commences to work on the car for them. All of a sudden, out it all came - 17 gallons of used green beer, into the engine! "Salting the Slab" - Steel mill story about what happens when you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Limelight - Shep
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Slapstix (01:41)
Engineer and Staff in Booth
Walt
Summary/Rating Credit
By: Jim Clavin
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Rating: Not Rated
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