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Bullets, Xrays, and a Corkscrew
Airdate: Thursday - April 10, 1969

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

The ten year old pupil proudly diplayed what he brought to school for show and tell time. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Lowell Thelin - None ]   
  Kid brings marijuana seeds to school for "Show and Tell"

President Nixon's sense of humor

Lack of humor noted among technical people

Doctors' sense of humor based on real world -  man's x-ray shows swallowed stainless steel corkscrew ( "It's a good one, too - Hoffritz!")

30 caliber bullet on x-ray of guy's shoulder - origin unknown

Man deaf for 20 years - full hearing restored after cork pops out during ear
cleaning

Unknown origin of bullet holes in Shep's gas tank

Jet forced to land due to 22 caliber bullet "winged" by guy in cornfield

Guy in Jersey finds finger in bag of grass seed

Evil Knieval's planned motorcycle jump across Grand Canyon

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Air Jamaca
•	Eveready
•	Miller Beer
•	New York Coliseum	Automobile Show
•	Pontiac
• 34:30	Great Shanghai
• 36:04	Shep - Live Appearance	Princeton University (April 17th)

Music (All times approximate)

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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Rating

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Record: 873 / ID: 19690410W0873

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

Date	Title
April 10, 1969 Recno: 873	Bullets, Xrays, and a Corkscrew	Original Airing
February 24, 1971 Recno: 2973	Bullets, X-rays, Corkscrew	WOR Rerun

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Database ID #:	19690410W0873	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:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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5 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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Lowell Thelin

Running Time: 43:24

Inventory Name: 1969 04 10_W0873_045 Bullets X-rays and a Corkscrew - APRIL69A.mp3
Source filename: APRIL69A.mp3
Source ref number: 2

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 43:24

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1969 04 10_W0873_030 Bullets Xrays Corks WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1969 04 10 Bullets Xrays Corks WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 3d
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 43:24

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1969 04 10_W0873_601 Bullets Xrays Corkscrew.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 13
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 43:24

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1969 04 10_W0873_995 Bullets Xrays Corkscrew.mp3
Source filename: 1969_04_10_Bullets_Xrays_Corkscrew.mp3
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 4-10-69 FH Bullets X-rays Corks
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