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Big Daddy is Smooth, Anglers in Stream of Life, Take the Bitter with the Butter
Airdate: Friday - June 8, 1962

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

Meditations of a tortoise. . .

Show Description

�Meditations of a Tortoise� by E.V. Rieu More peotry Sometimes you just don't know how to start Shep reads poetry to the music of "Banjoreno" Gotta

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ]   
  No Start or End, Big Daddy is Smooth, Anglers in Stream of Life, Take the Bitter with the Butter, Just the place for a Snark      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:14	Speaking of fenceless machines, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:14	Gesang Der Junglinge
• 09:13	Signs and Alarms
• 13:30	Medley 1 - Sweet Sue - If You Knew Susie	Starts midway
• 14:52	Strummin Along
• 16:45	Southern Shout
• 19:58	Medley - Susanna - Marching Home - Golden Slippers - Camptown Races
• 22:28	Medley - Chicago - Dardanella
• 29:13	Medley 2 - Railroad - Sunshime - Texas
• 34:40	Leyenda

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 33:53	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Snark Hunting

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		June 8, 1962	Big Daddy is Smooth, Anglers in Stream of Life, Take the Bitter with the Butter	Original Airing

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