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Last Summary Update: 11-30-2024

The Camel and the Coat
Rerun Date: Wednesday - January 26, 1972

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Oh, it's just that I'm in a contempletive mood. . .

Show Description

The lint that gathers in your naval - Grubble Edgar Kennedy - 'the slow burn' In Americus, Indiana, a kid comes home from a basketball game one night and finds a dead camel on the front lawn. The kid tells his father who accuses him of drinking and gets sent to bed. The next morning there was still a dead camel on the front lawn. "The Art of Head Thumping" - Shep demonstrates his head thumping expertise to the music of The Smith Street Society Jazz Band. Shep tells about his own experience with a camel. Coming home through the back alley that ran behind the houses, Shep discovers that in one of the garages is a camel which belongs to a magician. He starts feeding it the leftover peanut butter and jelly sandwich he had for lunch every day. After several months, one day he eats his whole sandwich and comes by empty handed. The camel is not amused and takes a big bite out of his new sheepskin coat. Shep's mother accuses him of lying when he tells her how the camel bit his coat, so he blames it on Flick. She sticks a bar of soap in Shep's mouth and calls Flick's mother. (See notes)

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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Time	Image	Description
•		Camel Dead in Yard

Comments

• Soap in mouth: This basic concept was used in A Christmas Story. In stead of getting the soap in the mouth for lying, it was because of the cursing. The phone call is made to Schwartz's mother instead of Flick's. This story was previously told at the Limelight during the 2nd hour of the June 11, 1966 show.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:32	This is WOR in New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:33	New York Institute of Technology
• 16:42	Provident Savings Bank
• 18:49	Ornithopter (Flying Bird)

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 09:53; 41:27	Ballet Mecanique

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 03:11	Al
• 09:53	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

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Record: 8086 / ID: 19720126W8086

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

Date	Title
February 6, 1970 Recno: 3129	Camel	Original Airing
January 6, 1971 Recno: 7036	Camel in Indiana, feeding, bites jacket	WOR Rerun
January 26, 1972 Recno: 8086	The Camel and the Coat Notes: 1972 show has same opening as 1971 show	WOR Rerun

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19720126W8086	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	11-30-2024	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	11-30-2024	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

Known Recordees

Kevin Zahm

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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: 45:03

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Inventory Name: 1972-01-26_W8086_097_Camel_and_Coat.mp3
Source filename: 72-01-26 Camel and Coat.mp3
Station: WOR

Kevin Zahm

Running Time: 41:33

Recordee:
208 - Kevin Zahm

Inventory Name: 1972 01 26_W8086_208-B5 Camel and Coat.mp3
Source filename: 02 Dad's tape B both sides.mp3
Station: WGBH
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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