Worst Job in the Steel Mill
Airdate:
Tuesday - March 2, 1965
WOR Show Original Airing
First Line After Theme Ends
Oh boy I tell you, I'm sorry, I feel very sneaky tonight. . .
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
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an unbelievably crummy - that reminds me, this is WOR AM and FM