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Shooting Craps in Company K
Airdate: Friday - November 22, 1968

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 02-03-2024

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Good evening friends, good evening. . .
Show Description
A Christmas gift suggestion - Wheeler Dealer marked cards. "Anyone who has lived in this world has run up against the sharpsters. Shep goes on to tell the story about him, Gassor, and Zinsmeister getting caught up in shooting craps in the Army. They were walking along the company street one night after seeing an Army flick about some disease, and having stopped for a few 3.2 beers. When they get into the company area they notice the Day Room lights are still on and check it out. They go in and there is a crap game going on being run by Sgt Kowalski. They join in and 35 seconds later the are out on the company street - flat broke, busted! They vow to learn the game better and spend the next 17 days, waiting for payday to come, learning the game. Shep talks for a while about payday in the Army and the various phrases used to describe it and invites callers to guess the bugle call for pay. Payday finally arrives and they wait through the day for nightfall for the crap game to begin. Five minutes later they are out on the company street - plucked clean!
Comments
• Shep makes a comment during the commercials "Don't make any plans for New Year's Eve" (He was referring to the 2 shows at Town Hall that night)
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:38 That reminds me this is WOR, WOR in friendly New York
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 17:48 Siglo Wine
• 18:57 Les Champs Restaurant
• 20:15 Bless This Car Keychain
• 21:00 Miller Beer
• 22:21 Shep - Live Appearance Fordham University - Rosehill Campus
• 41:12 BWIA Airlines
Music (All times approximate)
Not Determined yet
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
'Corny' - Elga Cornell Brown
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
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Rating / Review
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Category Date Title Comments Time
Army Army
Live Shows Town Hall Show During the Fordham commercial he says make no plans for New Years Eve [ 23:09 ]
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
November 22, 1968
Recno: 858
Shooting Craps in Company K Original Airing
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