Sheplives

Last Summary Update: 02-04-2026

Bad Radiator - Brit Spirit - Lost Dog - Flies
Airdate: Friday - July 30, 1971

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 have here a letter that says Shepherd, for crying out loud. . .

Show Description

Salute to Three elderly English citizens who thwarted a postal holdup 15 year old boy attacked by alligator - "All I could see was teeth" Friend has a place in Florida on a canal. One night he's sitting in back yard and the neighbors dachshund wandered over by the edge of the water. There was movement in the water, a gleaming eye, and the dachshund was gone!

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 09:06		"All I could see was teeth"

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:48	Which reminds me, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:41	Palisades Amuesment Park

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:29	Coronation March
• 11:42	Slapstix

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 03:34 ]	People		Grubbage, H.G.
• [ 24:27 ]	Plots / Story Lines		Flys in the soda bottle

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		July 30, 1971	Bad Radiator - Brit Spirit - Lost Dog - Flies	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	August 15, 2006
Dustbin of History	March 18, 2020

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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