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Environmental Bivouac
Airdate: Tuesday - May 8, 1973

WOR Show
Original Airing

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Last Update: 10-05-2023

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
And tonight we'd like to take this opportunity to salute 20th century culture. . .
Show Description
[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - 10-05-2023 ] Shep salutes the march of culture as represented by a television movie (Chant of Silence). Taking things for grantted in life that are not available in the Army and what it is like on an Environmental Bivouac.
[ Courtesy: Pete Delaney - 10-05-2023 ] The $50,000 mystery sound makes Shep cry Jean reviews the 1972 TV movie "Chant of Silence Shep recreates the Chant of Silence pitch meeting Mountain Valley Water commercial Differing conceptions of "The Country" CO. K goes on a Special Environment All Bivouac where the troops encounter berry swamps, Sub-human hillbillies who change road signs to cause car accidents, houses made of tin advertising signs and a good ol' boy on his porch who lets his shotgun do the talkin' when CO. K shloggs by. Forced to drink swamp water with 2 tablets in it Shep bravely is the first to drink the slop and informs his fellow yardbirds about this in a non-verbal way
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
This is WOR New York
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
Expo 67 Montreal
Mountain Valley Water
Swissair
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 02:33; 09:20 Les Preludes
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
Jerry Lambert
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
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Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
May 8, 1973
Recno: 801
Environmental Bivouac Original Airing
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