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Memorial Day - Indy 500
Airdate: Monday - May 31, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

That's enough of that stuff. . .

Show Description

Shep talks about the classic race on Memorial Day weekend and what it means to Mid-Westerners

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• Could this be 5/31/65 show?

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Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Culture

Record: 364 / ID: 19650531W0364

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

	Date	Title
	May 31, 1965 Recno: 364	Memorial Day - Indy 500	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	June 08, 2010
YesterdayUSA	May 24, 2014
Golden Age of Radio	May 26, 2019

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 3	129a	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19650531W0364	Sponsors up to date:	No
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:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Rudy Wirsching

A. Fratelli

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Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
[jim] Golindex description is for Memorial Day Show which supports theory that this is a 5/31/65 show. Goldindex also dates it 5/31.
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Max / Schmidco

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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

June 08, 2010

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

Replay date

May 26, 2019

Yesterday USA

Show #
0320	May 24, 2014

Dustbin of History!

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1965 Set 3	129a	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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7 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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Schmidco

Running Time: 40:35

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1965 05 31_W0364_022-600_1965_Set_3-129a Memorial Day.mp3
Source description: Memorial Day
Source set: 1965 Set 3
Source ref number: 129a
Station: WOR

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David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 74367. The Jean Shepherd Show. May 31, 1965. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. A look at Memorial Day. A celebration of the automobile in the Mid-west. The Indianapolis 500 race and the "nuts" who visit it every year. A good show! Jean Shepherd. 41:50. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
Source ref number: 74367
Station: WOR

A. Fratelli

Recordee:
523 - A. Fratelli

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 30-May-65 Saturday Memorial Day Car Races, Indianapolis
Source ref number: 22

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 5-31-65 129 Memorial Day
Station: WOR

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Mass Backwards

Running Time: 42:21

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 05 31_W0364_500 M2010-06-08_Memorial Day - Indy 500.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

GoldenAge of Radio

Running Time: 41:47

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 05 31_W0364_550 G2019-05-26_Memorial Day - Indy 500.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: GAR recording

YesterdayUSA

Running Time: 43:59

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 05 31_W0364_551 Y320-2014-05-24_Memorial_Day_Indy_500.mp3
Station: YUSA

Comments: YUSA 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