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Laying Wire in the Swamp
Airdate: Friday - January 31, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 07-30-2024

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

You get the patsy of the week award. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 07-30-2024 ]   
  Shep plays his jew's harp along with a record of, "Oh, Susannah." A shoot-out in the Everglades. An army story: laying wires in the swamps of Georgia.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:55	This is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:04	Movie Promotion	"Nothing By Chance"
• 16:05	Viking Press	"All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo"
• 17:33	Grand Union
• 18:41	Pan Am Airlines
• 19:52	General Tire
• 20:52	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 22:12	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Bridal Fair Feb 15-16

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 06:23	Dust Off That Old Pianna

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
Kazoo

Rating / Review

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Photos:

September 1945
Popular Mechanics - Laying wire from a plane in the Army

Courtesy: John Edwards

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

Date	Title
January 31, 1975 Recno: 1846	Laying Wire in the Swamp	Original Airing
May 8, 1975 Recno: 7382	Army Signal Corps - Laying Wire	WBJC Synd Replay

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	January 31, 2024

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	109Db	Cassette

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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