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Mondo Cane
Airdate: Monday - May 27, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Shepherd, you are a living signof a decadent society. . .

Show Description

A decadent is a decadent is a decadent. . . How much of the world is civilized in the 20th century sense? Most people in their lives spend a good deal of time hiding from things of one kind or another. . . He spend the show analyzing "Mondo Cane"

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:51	Speaking of nuttiness, this is WOR AM and FM New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 40:09	Show Magazine

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:14	Stars and Stripes
• 08:20	I'm Sitting on Top of the World

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 07:25	Jack

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Record: 3481 / ID: 19630527W3481

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

	Date	Title
	May 27, 1963 Recno: 3481	Mondo Cane	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19630527W3481	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	02-02-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	07-16-2025	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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Time: 16:66 Source: Jim Clavin

It's Monday night and it's 1963

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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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: 43:54

Inventory Name: 1963 05 27_W3481_097 Mondo Cane.mp3
Source filename: 63-05-27 Mondo Cane.mp3
Source description: 5-27-63 gh Mondo Cane
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