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Camel and Coat
Airdate: Wednesday - August 9, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

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

Hello Gang, Ha Ha, by George, just lucky I wasn't on the air there. . .

Show Description

Getting letter latelt requesting Aunt Clara's tape playing Mozart on a tin whistle I'm the only person in the world to beat Bobby Fisher playing checkers! Toilets blowing up Hooking a lie detector to Petunias Tearing Phone books inn half Witnessed one of the great moments in American sports Boles takes a hard boiled egg with the shell on and sticks itt into his mouth, Flick hits him on the back and he swallows the whole egg. Shep recounts the story he told years ago about the Camel and the Coat.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 08:22		Toilets Blow Up
• 09:55		Lie Detectors and Petunias
• 35:56		Bony Bananas

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:06	Which reminds me, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:14	ABC Television Promo	War and Peace Aug 12-15th
• 16:26	Mandarin House
• 25:57	WOR Radio Promo	Jets vs Steelers next Saturday

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Shiek of Araby (2)
• 24:17	William Tell Overture

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 12:35	Leigh Brown
• 10:14	Nick Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• 02:23	People		Clara, Aunt	Fans want to hear Aunt Clara play Mozart on her tin whistle
• 13:31	People		Carl, Uncle
• 13:57	People		Min, Aunt

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		August 9, 1972	Camel and Coat	Original Airing

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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