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Devil's Work
Airdate: Thursday - September 7, 1972

WOR Show

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hello there gang, it's okay, don't worry. . .

Show Description

For the first 15 minutes Shep plays several pieces from the "But First" album by Smith Street Society Jazz Band. Whole bunch of commercials and station ID Shep reads "Yellowstone Park and How it Was Named" written in 1894 by William Todd Helmuth Shep talks about the devil Reccommends 2 movies: Flesh and Fanstasy Tale of Manhatten

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
13:49	This is WOR New York . . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
09:19	Mandarin House
11:44	Book Find Club
13:53	Shoetown
14:57	ABC Television Promo
15:56	General Tire

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
02:18	The Bear Missed the Train
04:51	Yes Sir, That's My Baby
07:47	Borneo
18:50	Ballet Mecanique

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
28:29	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		September 7, 1972	Devil's Work

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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