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12 Folk Talents
Airdate: Monday - January 8, 1973

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 01-08-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Yeah, I mean you know, we gotta salute one great athelete here. . .
Show Description
Shep reads article about man who stands up from bar stool, sneezes, and falls through glass door. He then talks about the annual sneezing contest in Peru Indiana and his own embarrasing sneeze. His brother Randy could wiggle his ears. Boles was a great knuckle cracker Leigh can touch her wrist with her thumb His old man had double jointed shoulders Spitting as a talent Gum Snapping Creativity with yellow snow Boles kicks the ceiling Scut Farkas could play music using a pencil on his teeth Randy could pour an entire quart of buttermilk without swallowing until it was all down and then let out a giant belch.
News Articles Read by Shep During Show
Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans
Time Image Description
• 02:08 Bar Stool Sneeze
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:13 This is WOR New York
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 15:14 Castro Convertible
• 16:15 Veteran's Administration
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 02:48 Banjoreno
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
03:09 Ed
03:34 Leigh Brown
26:31 Liz
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
Kazoo
Rating / Review
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Category Date Title Comments Time
People Rutkowky, Boles [ 08:45 ]
People Bruner, Ralf [ 27:08 ]
People Flick [ 27:08 ]
People Schwartz, Paul [ 27:08 ]
Plots / Story Lines John's Lunch [ 27:23 ]
People Farkas, Scut [ 3611 ]
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
January 8, 1973
Recno: 1454
12 Folk Talents Original Airing
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January 08, 2025

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