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Bad Tours - Self Improvement
Airdate: Friday - February 28, 1975

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

hey, ah, you know, speaking of thank God it's Friday. . .

Show Description

We received a note asking if Shep ever built a kit. Tels story of a friend who sends away for a kit to convert a volkswagon into a sports car. He keeps getting letters saying due to production problems the cost had to go up but because you are a current customer you get a reduced price. This goes on again and again and he's still waiting. Shep was 7 when he got 'taken' to learn how to play the piano. His friend Stanly get offered Euopean tour by his 'special credit card' Another fried gets a tour to Barbados on a luxury liner which loses power. Shep tells more 'horror' stories of bad tours Self-improvement

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  The saga of the man who bought the kit. The lure of self-improvement. "Luxury tours."      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:23	This is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:31	Broadway Play	The Lieutenant
• 15:46	Holland America
• 22:40	General Tire
• 23:50	TV Guide	Freddie Prinz

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 06:26; 21:32	Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:52	Art

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
Kazoo

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 05:55 ]	People		Ockie

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

This Show

Date	Title
February 28, 1975	Bad Tours - Self Improvement	Original Airing
April 8, 1975	Inspirational Message - Self Improvement	WETA Synd Replay

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group E	112Ba	Cassette

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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