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Summary

The Learned Phrenologist
Airdate: Tuesday - November 26, 1974

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 05-22-2024

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Hello, hello, hello. . .
Show Description
Shep tells about having to learn a Oliver Wendell Holmes poem (Old Ironsides) for Miss Robinette. The Fable of the Visitor Who Got A Lot for Three Dollars" (From "The America of George Ade" - paperback pg. 25)
[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 05-22-2024 ] Shepherd plays the jew's harp to a record of, "Yakety Sax." He reads George Ade's, "Fable Of The Visitor Who Got A Lot For $3."
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:57 Okay, this is WOR New York
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 06:22 Hillman-Kohan Vision Center
• 07:11 John Barleycorn Pub
• 08:15 Carolina Rice
• 24:54 Datsun 710
• 25:59 Gramercy Park Clothes
• 28:56 New York Magazine
• 32:43 General Tire
• 38:36 Compoz
• 39:43 Press Box Steak House
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 03:34 Yakety Sax
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
'Corny' - Elga Cornell Brown
Al
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
Jews Harp
Rating / Review
None Yet
Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
• [ 02:30 ] General Topics George Ade
• [ 09:45 ] People Robinette, Miss
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
November 26, 1974
Recno: 1789
The Learned Phrenologist Original Airing
February 26, 1975
Recno: 7011
The Learned Phrenologist WBJC Synd Replay
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Found in the following set(s)
Set Name Show # Media
Series 100 Group B
104Da
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