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HG Grubbage, Greed
Airdate: Friday - September 25, 1970

WOR Show

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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

Silas Marner here. . .

Show Description

The return of H.G. Grubbage doing the news. Making Silas Marner ito a movie Greed - not just about money Visiting radio shops on "Radio Row"

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
• 05:30		Marshall University Coeds
• 06:56		$27,000 government check
• 07:33		Belly Button Landing

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:28	This is WOR friends in New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:38	Fawn Lake Forest

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:24; 08:24	Stars and Stripes
• 12:13	Shiek of Araby (3)
• 25:57; 30:43; 31:39	The Informer

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 24:55	Nick

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo
Echo Chamber

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 02:40 ]	People		Grubbage, H.G.
• [ 40:34 ]	People		Schwartz, Paul
• [ 40:34 ]	People		Anderson, Johnny
• [ 40:34 ]	People		Flick

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		September 25, 1970	HG Grubbage, Greed

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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