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Worst Job in the Steel Mill
Airdate: Tuesday - March 2, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

Show Description
"This is a good studio" "First studio in 3 weeks where we are on the air" Popular Mechanics - System to flavor turkeys and chichens before they are killed. The Old Man's scorn when behind a car that smokes Board games that popularize the services of selected companies like banks and ad gencies. Rotton jobs - cleaning 400 chickens in Ft Monmouth in the Army. Working at the Sinclair gas station for $3 a week. Shep talks about working in the steel mill and being on the various shifts, eating there, Polish food, 'fish fry night' on Fridays. One day he is called to J.M. Snyder's office. He is the chief clerk and assigns Shep the position of "Rat Killer" handing hin a big can of rat poison and telling him to go out and kill all the rats.
Notes
Some names he mentions - Hermie, Chuck, Chester Gooch
WOR ID
an unbelievably crummy - that reminds me, this is WOR AM and FM
Salutes
Commercials (All times approximate)
Sponsor Time Notes
American Heritage Magazine
Braniff International
Prestone Oil Miser
Music (All times approximate)
High Noon (18:50)
Engineer and Staff in Booth
Don
Summary/Rating Credit
By: Jim Clavin
Date:
Rating: Not Rated
Instruments Played

Unknown

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