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That Night With The Old Man's Pontiac
Airdate: Friday - June 30, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

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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

I can't understand that. . .

Show Description

The summer - the time of the year when everyone gets in trouble. Especially on the weekends. A salute to the American Men - Stars and Stripes "Under no circumstances does Shepherd feels that when he was a kid things were better than they are now." and He does not feel that being a child is the best of all possible worlds and things were better than they are now. Along with Flick and Schwartz, Shep "borrows" the old man's Pontiac and the go to the drive-in for a hamburger and a drunken truck driver plows right into the back end of the car while they are parked.

Comments

• Shep mentions that the re-runs of J.S. America will start on Saturday July 8th at 7pm on Channel 13. (24:48)

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Newsday - L.I. Newspaper
•	Shoetown	Converse Sneakers
•	US Marine Corps

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 15:52	Washington Post March

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		June 30, 1972	That Night With The Old Man's Pontiac	Original Airing

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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