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Summary

Rat Trapping
Airdate: Thursday - January 18, 1973

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
By God the wind is in the right direction
Show Description
The rehashing of TV shows, Adam 12 is rehash of Dragnet and Canon is a rehash of The Fat Man. Salute to Philadelphia's Rat Catcher Sam Micelli who refuses to get a haircut and is fired. Zoos should have rats on exhibit A short course on the fundimentals of tin plated cans used for food. Why there are different costs due to the thickness of the plating and the contents. Shep was a 'professional rat catcher' at the tin mill, succeeding Clarence who was a legend. Chester Gooch was the boss and assigned Shep to the duty of setting the traps, catching anwhere from 50 to 100 a day.
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Music (All times approximate)
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Cheers from Holiday Halftime Xmas album
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
George
Herb Squire
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Category Date Title Comments Time
Plots / Story Lines Rat Catcher
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
January 18, 1973
Recno: 1460
Rat Trapping Original Airing
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January 16, 2007
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January 19, 2022

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