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Summary

Hot Air Balloon Story
Airdate: Tuesday - February 6, 1973

WOR Show

(Syndicated Release)

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
You might have been scared by Boston Blackie. . .
Show Description
The scrambled egg theory of the brain - up to 16 years old the brain is not solidified yet. Shep is in the Boy Scouts, the Moose Patrol, and the Jamboree is coming up. Shep was a junior patrol leader in Troop 41 Martin, Howard Emde, Shep, and Flick decide to build a Hot Air Balloon for their project. He describes how they made it from plans found in a magazine. Making Kerosene, Parafin, and Excelsior mix for fuel. Shep hesitates for a while about telling the rest of the story which he eventually does tell. It seems they underestimated the effects of the fuel. Martin lites it and there was a great cloud of smoke and the heat rose the balloon high up into the air in a ball of flame. It comes down and burns down 1/3 of Warren G Harding School.
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
Americana Hotel
Backpacker Magazine
Holland America
John Barleycorn Pub
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
Ballet Mecanique
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
Nick
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
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Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
February 6, 1973
Recno: 1483
Hot Air Balloon Story
February 5, 1976
Recno: 2137
Hot Air Balloon Project
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