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Cigar Practical Joke, Robert Service Smoking Poem
Airdate: Monday - February 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

Oh, yeah this is pure George Orwell. . .

Show Description

Shep dispute celebrating George Washington's birthday on the 18th! Salute to the post office The art of pipe smoking Shep reads "The Ballad of Salvation Bill

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:39	it's all hocu-pocus, which reminds me this is WOR New York . . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:47	American Motors	Matador
• 14:49	Broadway Play	Palace Theatre - Carol Channing in "Lorelei"
• 15:18	Federal Trade Commision	Federal Trade Commision

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 32:24; 35:45	Unknown Music	Piano

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 03:00	Jim
• 09:38	Joe
• 15:59	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		February 18, 1974	Cigar Practical Joke, Robert Service Smoking Poem	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