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Last Summary Update: 03-05-2025

Hole in the Floor - Michigan Sand Dunes - Underground Fire
Airdate: Saturday - September 18, 1971

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hello, hello, hello, yeah it's working

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - 03-05-2025 ]   
  Sez he was in Paramus "today" on this show, likely to be aired tomorrow. Early Xmas presents? Nov? Earlier??  

71-XX-XX (55 Sat KPFK synd) no cmmls
"Michigan Sand Dune Disaster"

Hello test...

First line: hello hello yeah it's working. Happy Sat to you!

(strange kazoo music with laughing chipmunks) Shep sez it's Hammond Hight Fight Song!

Sat Salute - scariest experience of the week: Edward Stainer in England lifts floorboards to find draft (static in here)
Finds hole 1000 feet deep! 200-yr-old mine shaft! (bad tuning here)
(noise ends around 7 1/2" in)

Fear of flying, but he grew up where earth attacks people.

Endless prairies of Wyoming, eastern Indiana like that.
Can you name all the Great Lakes?
Michigan is a deep lake. It has nasty waves. Has sandy bottom.
75 meter band work all the local guys-meets Roy
Cactus grows at Lake M, very painful spines. Tumbleweeds would collect. Milkweeds, moths. Miller, Indiana.

Had book signing today in Paramus for Wanda H. 2 more coming up. Bought as EARLY xmas gifts.

Hollow earth cult. Religion grows by fear.

Rare geological phenomenon - Sand Dunes
North Woods - Indian country. Wild rice grows there.

The dunes are moving, destroying landscape. Roy's house destroyed.
He goes with Flick to see the house. They climb the dune. See pieces of the house scattered. Sand will preserve it forever. (over gesang)

Jersey Barrens-J Devil. Underground fire in peat bed. It burned for years! Who knows what evil lurks!!      
  

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
•		House Perched Atop Deep Hole

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	None

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:50	Unknown - Flea Band March	Shep calls it the "Hammond High fight song"
• 04:37; 39:22	Gesang Der Junglinge

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 14:35	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Rating

None Yet

Photos:

September 17, 1971
Bambergers Paramus Booksigning

Record: 1104 / ID: 19710918W1104

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

	Date	Title
	September 18, 1971 Recno: 1104	Hole in the Floor - Michigan Sand Dunes - Underground Fire	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	March 05, 2025

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19710918W1104	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	03-05-2025	Station ID up to date:	Yes
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	Yes
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Bob the "Lurker"

Notes

Dating Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin

Not same show as 1-22-74

General Notes

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Technical Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

Max's super secret page of shows never played and not on internet - maybe. . .

Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

Mass Backwards

NONE

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

March 05, 2025

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

References:

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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
None Found

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)

6 Known copies from various Sources and Lists (Up to date)

	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

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Gary Hines

Running Time: 55:19

Inventory Name: 1971 09 18_W1104_097 Underground Fires Sat Show.mp3
Source filename: 71-09-18 Underground Fires Sat Show.mp3
Source description: 9-18-71 Underground Fires
Station: WOR

Images

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 55:19

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1971 09 18_W1104_030 Underground Fire WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1971 09 18 Underground Fire WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 7f
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 55:19

Available on Internet

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1971 09 18_W1104_601 Underground Fire.mp3
Source filename: 1971_09_18_Underground_Fire.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 15
Station: WOR

Bob the "Lurker"

Running Time: 52:42

Recordee:
34 - Bob the "Lurker"

Inventory Name: 1971 09 18_W1104_034 Underground Fire - from Shepfest4.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Donated at Shepfest 4

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 55:19

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1971 09 18_W1104_995 Underground Fire.mp3
Source filename: 1971_09_18_Underground_Fire.mp3
Station: WOR

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 58:27

Inventory Name: 1971 03 05_W1104_552_D2025-03-05 Michigan Sand Dunes.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording - (KPFA rebroadcst)

"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