Flicklives

Washrag Story
Airdate: Wednesday - March 5, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Thank you, thank you., gee that's nice. . .

Show Description

Chain letters Shep tells early veersion of the sotry of the Wash Rag chain letter that was used in "Great American Fourth of July" Shep's favorite underground magazine - "Lithopinion" (Shep wrote an article "The Dollar" for the magazine's Winter 1966 issue)

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:34	Wor New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:41	General Tire
• 14:41	Shopwell Supermarkets
• 15:41	Broadway Play	God's Favorite
• 16:41		Lung Association
• 16:59	Herr's
• 33:00	Hills Supermarket
• 33:59	Broadway Play	Dance With Me
• 34:57	New York Magazine
• 35:56	Theragran
• 36:52	Cerromar Beach Hotel

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:02	Tiger Rag

Misc

Engineer and Staff in Booth

• None Mentioned

Instruments Played

None

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Category	Date	Title	Comments	Time
• Plots / Story Lines		Dish Rag Chain Letter		[ 08:32 ]
• Movies		The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters		[ 08:32 ]

Photos:

1966
Lithopinion Magazine - cover

Courtesy: Max Schmid

March 16,1982
"Great American 4th of July" Washrag story

March 16,1983
"Great American 4th of July" Washrag story

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

Date	Title
March 5, 1975 Recno: 1870	Washrag Story Notes:	Original Airing
May 28, 1975 Recno: 7339	Chain dish rag adventure & underground magazine Notes:	WBJC Synd Replay

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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