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Rattling Home for Christmas
Airdate: Friday - December 24, 1965

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

Did I ever tell you about the time. . .

Show Description

Shep reads "Rattling Home For Christmas" a poem by Grant Raynard while the sounds of a railroad play in the background for effect.

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Electronic Workshop
•	Miller Beer
•	Movie Promotion	The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
•	Rover 2000

Music (All times approximate)

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Needs to be ID'd

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Trains and Railroads
•	General Topics		Poetry

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 24, 1965	Rattling Home for Christmas	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	December 19, 2000
Mass Backwards	December 26, 2006

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 7	175a	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