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Food-Shaped Stands; Elephants Graveyard; Flagship
Airdate: Thursday - August 19, 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

Have to do a terrible thing tonight. . .

Show Description

The Flagship on Route 22 in Union, NJ is empty and for sale or rent. Shep wonders what kind of a pad it would make. He imagines inviding Mr. Leder there. Gasoline Alley and the Corky doll that Aunt Glenn gave him when he was 6 Indelible pencils, golf ball centers, swallowing gum, quicksand and other kid myths. Shep describes various food stands he's encountered. One shaped like a DC-3, one shaped like a giant hot dog serving foot long Colombian hot dogs. The elephant graveyard myth - Shep finds a book in the basement about them that the old man has stashed.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Speaking of Old Grandad - this is WOR AM and FM in New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Happiness Chinese Restaurant
•	Miller Beer

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Shiek of Araby (1)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Matt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		August 19, 1965	Food-Shaped Stands; Elephants Graveyard; Flagship	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	August 17, 2004

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 4	149b	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