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Bullets, Xrays, and a Corkscrew
Airdate: Thursday - April 10, 1969

WOR Show
Original Airing

Show Description
Kid brings marijuana seeds to school for "Show and Tell" President Nixon's sense of humor Lack of humor noted among technical people Doctors' sense of humor based on real world - man's x-ray shows swallowed stainless steel corkscrew ( "It's a good one, too - Hoffritz!") 30 caliber bullet on x-ray of guy's shoulder - origin unknown Man deaf for 20 years - full hearing restored after cork pops out during ear cleaning Unknown origin of bullet holes in Shep's gas tank Jet forced to land due to 22 caliber bullet "winged" by guy in cornfield Guy in Jersey finds finger in bag of grass seed Evil Knieval's planned motorcycle jump across Grand Canyon
Salutes
Commercials (All times approximate)
Sponsor Time Notes
Air Jamaca
Eveready
Miller Beer
New York Coliseum Automobile Show
Pontiac
Great Shanghai 34:30
Shep - Live Appearance 36:04 Princeton University (April 17th)
Music (All times approximate)
None Listed
Engineer and Staff in Booth
Not Determined
Summary/Rating Credit
By: Lowell Thelin
Date:
Rating: 4
Instruments Played

Unknown

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