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Catches A Record Small Mouth Bass
Airdate: Monday - October 5, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 05-10-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Well, hello there fellow victims. . .
Show Description
Salute to the cuckcoo bird in every one of us Shep reads severeal news items from England (see below) How many of us, in our daily life, without knowing it, break a world record with a twistcatches a small mouth bass which turns out to be a record, with a twist. Shep wass a quarter-miler in track. He learned to Shot-Put along with Farkas and Jack Martin.Alex Josway comes along one day and wants to learn how to put a shot and throws it 43 feet! Next thing you know he is a State chapion shot putter. On the football team, one day one of the kids, Ted Bean, comes by, picks up the ball and punts it 75 yards
News Articles Read by Shep During Show
Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans
Time Image Description
• 07:12 Sweeney Todd and Pork Pies
• 09:20 Phone help line for enraged parents
• 10:48 Yorkshire Pudding
• 11:51 Unusual Garden Ornament
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:26 This is WOR New York, speaking of blast furnaces. . .
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 13:30 Heart Association
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 03:14 Narcissus
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
None Mentioned
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
Echo Chamber
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Category Date Title Comments Time
People Josway, Alex On relay team [ 33:56 ]
People Bean, Ted [ 40:59 ]
People Wilson, Mr [ 41:57 ]
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
October 5, 1970
Recno: 1008
Catches A Record Small Mouth Bass Original Airing
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