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Kid Jokes
Airdate: Wednesday - May 7, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

(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

I tell ya I'm a little worried. I'm beginning to see signs and omens everywhere. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - - ]   
  First line: Tell ya I'm a little worried, beginning to see signs & omens everywhere

Omens:
Obscene Clouds! Cock Full of Nuts-ketchup squirt
Chinese restaurants-desert? cookie sez: Glib Talker Seldom Honest - hits home before show - another sez "Have Something to Say before Open mouth"

Kid jokes (not funny)
Wants Authentic Kid to call in with jokes - 19:17
Herb:Eng
Cmmls: Schraffts candy for Mother's Day, Rogers & Hart musical, Grand Union coupons, Iran Air 22:52

Kid calls in: Why did the Elephant paint his toenails red?
Working on movie "In God We Trust"

25:00 NY Mag, John Barleycorn, Irena Valenti at Avery Fisher Hall
27:17

Moron Jokes -  The Foxfire Book - hillbilly wisdom - weather, snakes 36:30

more cmmls!!!: Village Voice, Hills Supermarket, PLH & MH for Finn-Air - 39:05

Kid trick in Siberia - frozen spit balls!

Cmml: Stillman Diet Book.

Living in KY - Gallon jug of Kentucky Smoke Whiskey hidden inside tree stump - only $5!
ends 45:11      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:50	Speaking of kid jokes this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 18:46	Schrafts Candy's
• 19:46	Live Concert / Performance	Rodgers and Hart - Helen Hayes Theatre
• 20:17	Grand Union
• 21:16	Iran Airlines
• 24:22	New York Magazine
• 25:03	John Barleycorn Pub
• 26:05	Live Concert / Performance	Katarina Valente - Avery Fisher Hall
• 35:33	Village Voice
• 35:59	Hills Supermarket
• 36:57	FinnAir
• 38:52	Dell Books

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 13:00; 14:58	The Okeh Laughing Record
• 14:17	Unknown - William Tell Overture

Callers

Time	Caller	Notes
22:28	• Shep take a kid caller with a 'kid' joke

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 23:27 ]	Books		In God We Trust - All Others Pay Cash	Working on movie 'In God We Trust'
• [ 23:27 ]	Movies		A Christmas Story

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

This Show

Date	Title
May 7, 1975	Kid Jokes	Original Airing
July 10, 1975	Omens - Kid Jokes - Hillbilly Wisdom - Hillbilly Snake Lore	WETA Synd Replay

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The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group F	117Aa	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