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Last Summary Update: 06-16-2025

Shep's First Martini, Avoiding Responsibility
Airdate: Wednesday - May 27, 1964

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Yes, sometimes it maks you a little nervous. . .

Show Description

Straws in the wind - Note from Courier News in Scotch Plains Mock wedding with all female cast Dear Abby Caan Film Festival There's a first time for everything - first time you drank water, first time you put a shoe on, the first haircut. Many first time things do not work out. In the Army for several months, out in a new world. Shep has about $60 in his pocket and decides to go on a date. The cab ride costs $7.65, and he sees his money melting real quick! He picks up his date and they go to the restaurant. She orders a Manhatten, and Shep doesn't want to order the same thing so he orders the only other drink he heard of - A Dry Martini. After consuming the first, he orders a second and when he gets up to go to the can, everything was rocking! The next morning he couldn't remember anything and had $4.00 left!

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
•		Mock Wedding
•		Dear Abby

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 10:39	Speaking of credulous, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 11:00	Japan Airlines	Haiku Contest
• 13:17	The Cattleman Restaurant

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:22	Gesang Der Junglinge

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 18:29 ]	Army		Army

Record: 304 / ID: 19640527W0304

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

	Date	Title
	May 27, 1964 Recno: 304	Shep's First Martini, Avoiding Responsibility	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	September 18, 2001
Mass Backwards	April 29, 2008

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1964 MP3 Set 2	MP364-2	MP3

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19640527W0304	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	06-16-2025	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

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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

September 18, 2001

April 29, 2008

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1964 MP3 Set 2	MP364-2	MP3	64-05-27 First Martini, Avoiding Responsibility.mp3 Running Time: 0

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	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: 42:38

Inventory Name: 1964 05 27_W0304_097 First Martini.mp3
Source filename: 64-05-27 First Martini.mp3
Source description: 5-27-64 dlgh First Martini
Station: WOR

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Schmidco

Running Time: 43:00

Inventory Name: 1964 05 27_600-041 First Martini, Avoiding Responsibility.mp3
Source filename: 64-05-27 First Martini, Avoiding Responsibility.mp3
Source set: 1964 MP3 Set 2
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 43:21

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1964 05 27_W0304_030 First Martini WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1964 06 xx First Martini WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 12
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 43:21

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1964 05 27_W0304_995 First Martini.mp3
Source filename: 1964_06_xx_First_Martini.mp3
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 43:21

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1964 05 27_W0304_601 First Martini.mp3
Source filename: 1964_06_xx_First_Martini.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 06
Station: WOR

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 45:42

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1964 05 27_W0304_500_M2001-09-18_Sheps_First_Martini.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

"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