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Fun While it Lasted
Airdate: Thursday - May 28, 1964

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

I read this story where this guy is sitting in front of a big IBM machine. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ]   
  Fun While It Lasted
IBM, Pirate radio
slobs
total demonstration
real medicine
friends new car
beer bottle vs can      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:11	Speaking of sensuality, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 14:38	Japan Airlines
• 36:40	Pottery of All Nations

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 10:26		Changing of the rolls music
• 12:10; 13:44	The Blues I Love to Sing

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 07:11	Don MacClean

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 18:04 ]	Live Shows		Princeton University

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 28, 1964	Fun While it Lasted	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