Sheplives

Last Summary Update: 07-19-2024

American Bureaucracy
Airdate: Thursday - July 24, 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've known some Barbara's I tell you. . .

Show Description

Was Shep referring to his very 1st wife Barbara Mattoon? Not anti-bureaucracy Student of the vast anthill of life Shepherd's theorum of the intricacies of secondary structure Early stamp bureaucracy Fall of the Roman Empire - money Friend in college used a fountain pen filled with "Wild Turkey" to overcome the boredom of one of the teachers. Friend get letter of violation from Connecticut Dept of Environmental Protection for his car emmiting a visible exhaust for more than 5 seconds.

Comments

• It appears Shep had multiple people in the control room, two of which were female - student engineers?

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:25	That reminds me, speaking of money, this is WOR, New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 17:35	Air Jamaca
• 22:04	Black Jack Indoor Fogger
• 23:16	General Tire
• 24:21	Business Week
• 25:25	WOR Radio Promo	"The Little Things in Life" (aug 4th)
• 25:36	Aero Mexico

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:53	Stars and Stripes Forever
• 42:49	Wonderama Kids Cheering

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 12:28	Art
• 5:31	Brenda
• 22:27	Dave
• 11:58	Veronica

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Associated Documents

Type	File Name	Description
•	1975-07-24_ct-19-508-18.pdf	Section 19-508-18. Control of Particulate Emissions

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		July 24, 1975	American Bureaucracy	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

NONE

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group H	123Ba	Cassette

Sorry, Not Available

"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