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

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken 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.
Comments
• Some names he mentions - Hermie, Chuck, Chester Gooch
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
an unbelievably crummy - that reminds me, this is WOR AM and FM
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
American Heritage Magazine
Braniff International
Prestone Oil Miser
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 18:50 High Noon
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
Don
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Not Determined
Rating / Review
None Yet
Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
Plots / Story Lines Rat Catcher
Army Army
People Shepherd, Jean P
Army Fort Monmouth
Plots / Story Lines Steel Mill
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
March 2, 1965
Recno: 326
Worst Job in the Steel Mill Original Airing
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March 09, 1999
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March 02, 2004

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Found in the following set(s)
Set Name Show # Media
1965 Set 1
111b
Cassette

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