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Friend Works at IBM
Airdate: Friday - July 12, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Let us, if we can, if we have the guts to do it.. .

Show Description

Man sets fire to his Taxi Cab Mr Chuckies with handy hints for a fun summer: Martini stones Revenge on a Hornblower Disguntled about Pizza 86 Vienamese Love Songs banned Uncle Carl chopped up hi Essex The Bughatti A friend of his gets out of the Army and applies for a job at a big corporation in NYC. He discovers the insanities of big companies.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 03:49		Hornblower
• 04:26		Doughy Pizza
• 05:05		86 Banned Vietnames Love Songs

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 11:51	That reminds me this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 38:08	Paperbook Gallery
• 40:09	Mandarin House

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 00:17	Gesang Der Junglinge
• 06:40	The Okeh Laughing Record
• 07:17	Thats My Weakness Now
• 36:49	Dayung Kihan

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 40:08	Don

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 02:54 ]	People		Mr Chuckie
• [ 09:14 ]	People		Carl, Uncle	Chopped up his Essex

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

	Date	Title
	July 12, 1963 Recno: 3494	Friend Works at IBM	Original Airing

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