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NAB Convention: Biting the Hand
Airdate: Tuesday - March 23, 1965

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

Ah, yes, the human comedy. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - - ]   
  Beards and problems it creates
The Human Comedy Hour
National Association of Broadcasters compared everything from the Mafia to garbage
Demo of the all automatic radio station, untouched by human hands
Artificial broadcasting emotionalism
The more trivial the product the more bombastic the advertisement
The Philadelphia Bulletin bombastic advertisement for . . . Scott Tissue
N.A.B. Broadcasters Prayer (as a measure of the self importance of broadcasting)
N.A.B. Seminar on the 30 second commercial
The big speaker of the day - The Weatherman

Religious Kazoo music by Shep      
  

Comments

• In a day when audio recording was rather crude, Shep predicts the ability to record radio stations with out actually having to listen to them! [Rich B] Shep says he owned a Peugeot 403

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 18:08	Speaking of a Soundless Mindless Cacophony this is WOR!

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 18:17	Prestone
• 22:01	Peugeot	(404 or 403) - a one year purchase waiting list in France, Shep
• 36:00	Leather Guild Warehouse	where they sell vinyl
• 38:23	American Heritage Magazine	a handy magazine to throw at people because it hard covered segway into American Heritage of sneakiness

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Important Music
• 03:16; 10:39	Slapstix
• 24:24	Les Preludes
• 32:37	Oh Marie
• 34:46	Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		March 23, 1965	NAB Convention: Biting the Hand	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	March 23, 2004
YesterdayUSA	May 16, 2015

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 2	115b	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