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The Importance of Being Important, Radio/TV, Story of Guy Grand, Maris Gets a Single, Mr Chips
Airdate: Sunday - August 14, 1960

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Being on the book was like having an upside down inverted pyramid on top of your head. . .

Show Description

The Importance of Being Important Radio/TV Story of Guy Grand Maris Gets a Single Mr Chips Jean Retires as Mr Chips Fertilizer Beauty Mark Locked in Closet Death Flute Animal Stories

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - None ]   
  The Jean Shepherd Show. August 14, 1960. WOR, New York City. Participating sponsors. Important people, radio/television and the business of communications, you can't go too far, the story of Guy Grand on a slow trip from Portland Oregon to New York. Great Shepherd! Guy Grand and the traffic ticket (read from "The Magic Christian" by Terry Southern). Following drunks in Chicago, Listen Baby, Jean Shepherd fantasizes himself as "Mr. Chips," bowling balls hanging from the ceiling, the man in the closet, Borneo killing flute music, the early days of "The Village Voice.".      
  

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Record: 87 / ID: 19600814W0087

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	Date	Title
	August 14, 1960 Recno: 87	The Importance of Being Important, Radio/TV, Story of Guy Grand, Maris Gets a Single, Mr Chips	Original Airing

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Set Name	Show #	Media
1960 Set 1	6	Cassette

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Database ID #:	19600814W0087	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

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Source: Jim Clavin
1960_08_14_1 Radio & TV.mp3 1960_08_14_2 Fertilizer.mp3
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Jean Shepherd Show_-_Volume 03_73_08-18-10\1960_08_14_1 Radio & TV.mp3

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1960 Set 1	6	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Howie Mann

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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
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FHC / JSP

Running Time: 1:14:15

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1960 08 14_W0087_030 1 WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1960 08 14 1 WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 11
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 1:45:26

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1960 08 14_W0087_030 2 WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1960 08 14 2 WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 11
Station: WOR

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. August 14, 1960. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Important people, radio/television and the business of communications, you can't go too far, the story of Guy Grand on a slow trip from Portland Oregon to New York. Great Shepherd! Guy Grand and the traffic ticket (read from "The Magic Christian" by Terry Southern). Following drunks in Chicago, Listen Baby, Jean Shepherd fantasizes himself as "Mr. Chips," bowling balls hanging from the ceiling, the man in the closet, Borneo killing flute music, the early days of "The Village Voice." Jean Shepherd. 2:57:39. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Incomplete.
Source ref number: 70339
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 1:14:15

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1960 08 14_W0087_601 1 Radio & TV.mp3
Source filename: 1960_08_14_1 Radio & TV.mp3
Source set: Everything Set 03
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 1:45:26

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1960 08 14_W0087_601 2 Fertilizer.mp3
Source filename: 1960_08_14_2 Fertilizer.mp3
Source set: Everything Set 03
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 8-14-60 0252 Sunday - First Half 8-14-60 0253 Sunday Part2
Station: WOR

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Schmidco

Running Time: 2:52:32

Inventory Name: 1960 08 14_W0087_022_600 Importance - Mr Chips - Death Flute.mp3
Source set: 1960 Set 1
Source ref number: 6, 7
Station: WOR

Comments: Cassette transfer

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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