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Mondo Cane
Airdate: Monday - May 27, 1963

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

Shepherd, you are a living signof a decadent society. . .

Show Description

A decadent is a decadent is a decadent. . . How much of the world is civilized in the 20th century sense? Most people in their lives spend a good deal of time hiding from things of one kind or another. . . He spend the show analyzing "Mondo Cane"

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:51	Speaking of nuttiness, this is WOR AM and FM New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 40:09	Show Magazine

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:14	Stars and Stripes
• 08:20	I'm Sitting on Top of the World

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 07:25	Jack

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 27, 1963	Mondo Cane	Original Airing

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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