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Mice, Basements, and the Furnace
Airdate: Tuesday - November 12, 1963

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All right let's go here . . .
Show Description
Shep sings along to "She's Got Eyes of Blue" Shep has just been to a horse show at Madison Square Garden and start talking about animals and sin. The only animal that has sin is man. From Los Angeles - Mice have become addicted to pot in the basement of the Hall of Justice in the evidence room. Basements, fighting the furnace. Shep and Randy discover a mouse nest in the coal bin down in the basement. There were 7 baby mice. They take them out, put them in a ball jar with a piece of cheese, and hide them under the bed. They don't eat the cheese and Randy gets worried and starts crying. Their parents find out. They decide to put them back and "The great mouse hunter" (the old man) places them back into the coal bin and covers them. 2 weeks later the old man is chasing mice around the kitchen and Randy starts crying "It's the Mommy and Daddy" Rats in Industry. They have no natural enemy. The scrap yards in the steel mill. Shep was in charge of getting rid of the rats. On day one comes out that is a full 2-1/2 feet standing on his hind legs.
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By: Jim Clavin
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