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Running Out Of Gas In The Lincoln Tunnel
Airdate: Friday - January 18, 1974

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

And I see them slip into the fiery furnace. . .

Show Description

Shep reads an article about a kid getting his tongue stuck to a lamp post. Shep tells about the time he was late getting to the station and he ran out of gas in the Lincoln Tunnel driving his Porsche. He announces Booksigning for 'Wanda Hickey' at Laurel Book Store and says the book is being considered for a television series. The art of gas siphoning

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 02:07		Frosty Problem

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 21:54	you can't trust anything friends, which reminds me this is WOR in New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 22:01	American Motors	Matador
• 23:15	Shep Promo - Books	Wanda Hickey in Paperback
• 28:07	Frankart Furniture
• 29:05	New York Times Sunday Magazine	Craig Claiborne

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:53	Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - "Summer"	Romantic Music

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 02:53	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 23:15 ]	Books		Booksigning - "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories..."	Laurel Book Store 16 W57th St - 1/24/1974
• [ 2:05 ]	Plots / Story Lines		Flick's Tongue	Reads story about kid frozen to sign post

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

This Show

Date	Title
January 18, 1974	Running Out Of Gas In The Lincoln Tunnel	Original Airing
February 11, 1976	Out Of Gas Inside Lincoln Tunnel	WOR Rerun

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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