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The Human Comedy
Airdate: Wednesday - December 15, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

All right, gang, time now for our $50,000 sports quiz. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - None ]   
  Sports quiz and time intervals

Inverse distance from the scene of the action law

New game called OFFICE

Colleges you only hear of at a certain time of year

News Items - A hell of a way to make a living

Our sue conscious society - the dynamic copout

Cab (taxi) story

Refrigerator mover story

The pool room story

The bus story

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Speaking of giant octopi this WOR New York AM & FM

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Miller Beer
•	Shep - Live Appearance	Seton Hall

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Slapstix

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Not Determined Yet

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

Rating

None Yet

Record: 472 / ID: 19651215W0472

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

	Date	Title
	December 15, 1965 Recno: 472	The Human Comedy	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	December 07, 2004

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 7	172a	Cassette

Sorry, Not Available

General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19651215W0472	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

Notes

Dating Notes

No Notes Found

General Notes

No Notes Found

Technical Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
The story of the car driving in circles was told again in Feb 1973 "Silent Film Piano" Fades in and out around 4 to 6 minutes
Comments: 0

Research Notes

No Notes Found

Max / Schmidco

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

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

December 07, 2004

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

NONE

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

References:

Synd#:
Synd#:

Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1965 Set 7	172a	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
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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

Source Name

Information

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. December 15, 1965. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. A college tune on the Jew's harp. Feeling faceteous, Shep gives the wrong time, the wrong temperature and mentions that there's only two shopping days left until Christmas. A proposal for a game called, "Office." Shepherd mentions that he will be appearing at Seton Hall University. Moving a refrigerator: a Laurel and Hardy moment. Slapstick traffic accidents. Jean Shepherd. 46:00. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 79103
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 12-15-65 172 Absurd Traffic Collision
Station: WOR

Images

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 44:38

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 12 15_W0472_030 Slapstick WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1965 12 15 Slapstick WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 13
Station: WOR

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 45:51

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 12 15_W0472_500_M2004-12-07 The Human Comedy.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

Schmidco

Running Time: 44:34

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1965 12 15_W0472_022-600_1965_Set_7-172a The Human Comedy.mp3
Source set: 1965 Set 7
Source ref number: 172a
Station: WOR

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Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 44:38

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 12 15_W0472_601 Slapstick.mp3
Source filename: 1965_12_15_Slapstick.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 09
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 44:48

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 12 15_W0472_995 Slapstick.mp3
Source filename: 1965_12_15_Slapstick.mp3
Station: WOR

"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