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Flemings James Bond and God's Bowling Ball
Airdate: Wednesday - June 11, 1975

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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.)

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And now ladies and gentlemen, fellow victims of our time. . .

Show Description

Shep gets a chain letter - breaking the chain Sounds of charging elephants James Bond and the significance of the 00 number. Ian Fleming's popularity rose in the early 60's due to JFK liking to read his books As a kid Shep liked to read - was not hung up on movies. At age 10 he was reading P.G. Wodehouse and Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz) They were the 2 greatest influences on him God's bowling balls The oak desk and setting up his ham radio on it - then one day the lightning struck!

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Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Lightning	Lighning hits ham radio

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This Show

Date	Title
June 11, 1975	Flemings James Bond and God's Bowling Ball
August 19, 1975	Salute to bad taste - James Bond - Lightning	WETA Synd Replay

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group G	119Ab	Cassette
SyndicatedHalf Hours Vol 2	MP3-2	MP3

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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