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Simple-ism; or Ignorance Is Bliss
Airdate: Tuesday - March 30, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Of course they don't feed us very well. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - None ]   
  Shep sings 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'
Program designed to be a counter irritant
Simplists the types (political, religious, etc.)
Simplists are Bi-polar; everything is black or white, good or bad, left or right
Self confidence emanates from simpletons
Shep sums up the middle-east problem as both sides being confused by technology
Mankind's search for simple answers
The origin of the word Camp
The role reversal      
  

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	American Heritage Magazine
•	Peugeot
•	Prestone	Oil Miser

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 04:38	Piano Concerto #1

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 07:44	Jim

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Role Reversal

Record: 337 / ID: 19650330W0337

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

	Date	Title
	March 30, 1965 Recno: 337	Simple-ism; or Ignorance Is Bliss	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	March 30, 2004

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 2	117b	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19650330W0337	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Rudy Wirsching

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Notes

Source: Ken Applegate
Ken Applegate Interesting view on the middle east problem being two simplistic cultures clashing over religion because they don't recognize that the technology has changed. So they blame religious infringement instead! Shep could have been right!
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Max / Schmidco

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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

March 30, 2004

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
1965 Set 2	117b	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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8 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

Source Name

Information

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source ref number: 76457
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 43:34

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 03 30_W0337_601 Simpleism.mp3
Source filename: 1965_03_30_Simpleism.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 07
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 43:34

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 03 30_W0337_995 Simpleism.mp3
Source filename: 1965_03_30_Simpleism.mp3
Station: WOR

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 44:05

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 03 30_W0337_500_M2004-03-30 Simple-ism.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

Jim Clavin

Running Time: 43:02

Inventory Name: 1965 03 30_W0337_022-500_M2004-03-30 Simple-ism.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Ripped from Mass Backwards recording

Schmidco

Running Time: 42:14

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1965 03 30_W0337_022-600_1965_Set_2-117b Simple-ism or Ignorance is BLiss.mp3
Source set: 1965 Set 2
Source ref number: 117b
Station: WOR

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FHC / JSP

Available on Internet

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source ref number: 12
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 3-30-65 117 Simpleism or lgnorance is Bliss
Station: WOR

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"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