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Memory - Work Ethics - Light Brigade - Andy Capp
Airdate: April 3, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

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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

Just though you'd like a little classical stuff here. . .

Show Description

Andy Capp Fan Shep describes one of the cartoon strips A play by Elmer Rice (Shep calls him Andy Rice) called the adding machine. Shep reads "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  Shep reads, "The Charge Of The Light Brigade," in honor of all those who work in offices. Andy Capp as a philosopher...what his name really means. How soon we forget!      
  

Comments

• There is a promo for the Carlton Theater Red Bank, NJ show. That was on Friday, 7 April. Shep also says during this show that it's "the beginning of the week". According to the database, the only date unaccounted for at the beginning of that week is - 3 April.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:10	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:22	Shep Promo - Live Appearance	Carlton Theater - Red Bank
• 17:13	Book Find Club
• 19:00	TAP Airlines - Portugal

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:44	Gesang Der Junglinge / Song Of The Youths
• 15:22	Unknown - William Tell Overture	For Carlton Theater Ad

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 18:43	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

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

This Show

Date	Title
April 3, 1972	Memory - Work Ethics - Light Brigade - Andy Capp	Original Airing
February 6, 1974	Memory - Work Ethics - Light Brigade - Andy Capp	Original Airing
January 21, 1975	Memory - Work Ethics - Light Brigade - Andy Capp	Original Airing
March 21, 1975	Memory - Work Ethics - Light Brigade - Andy Capp	WBJC Synd Replay

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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