Bums, Fallout Shelters
Airdate: Thursday - October 19, 1961

WOR Show
Original Airing

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Last Update: 03-24-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

the trick is, of course, is to look like you have something to do. . .
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

Shep talks about the local New York Bums and Lady Bums How much is enough Letters from listeners

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:27	Talking about the steely eyeballs this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:35	TV Guide
• 16:43	WOR TV Promo	The Lawless
• 18:29	Camel Cigarettes

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 27:39		Guitar music

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
17:55	• Ed

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Category	Date	Title	Comments	Time
• People		Theresa, Aunt	Had a 'clicking jaw' and enjoyed 'tatting'	[ 13:24 ]

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

	Date	Title
	October 19, 1961 Recno: 3803	Bums, Fallout Shelters	Original Airing

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975