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Last Summary Update: 01-12-2025

Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test
Airdate: Wednesday - June 18, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

(Syndicated Release)

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

Here we go here, here we go. . .

Show Description

Shep opens by acknowledging that he was the voice on the commercials shown during the TV series "The Deputy" starring Henry Fonda. In a "Straws in the Wind" classic, as described by Shep, he talks of 'professional journals' and reads brief descriptions from one called "Soldier of Fortune" dealing with the testing of new rifles, night fighting, freelance paramedics and others. He then talks about a comedy bit he did about 10 years ago on an LP (1961 - Will Failure Spoil Jean Shepherd) regarding a fictitious new professional magazine called Guts. He re-creates a portion of this sketch. In closing he talks of the three days of V.A. aptitude testing he went through which determined that he was qualified to become a dentist and how, after a year and a half, he decided he didn't want to be looking into peoples mouths the rest of his life.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
• 25:35		Israeli Galil Assault Rifle
• 26:02		First Round Kills at 900 meters
• 26:20		Underwater Knife Fighting Techniques

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:21	This is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 14:43	East New York Savings Bank
• 15:48	Alamo Chili House
• 18:17	Dodge
• 19:28	Theragran
• 20:02	Grand Union
• 33:16	Times Square Stores	Royce Bicycles
• 34:48	National Airlines

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:58	Wonderama Kids Cheering

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 05:29	Jim

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 30:00 ]	Recording		Will Failure Spoil Jean Shepherd

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

This Show

Date	Title
June 18, 1975	Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test	Original Airing
September 9, 1975	Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test	WETA Synd Replay
1976	Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test	Syndicated Replay
Syndicated	Trade Journals	Syndicated Replay

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group G	120Aa	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