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The Turn of the Last Century, New Years Literature
Airdate: Friday - December 31, 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

Yes, and there's no question about it. . .

Show Description

"Applauding the New Year and weeping the old year as it quietly disappears... It will take me well into July to stop writing 1965 on my checks." Shep talks about the turn of the last century, writing 1900 for the first time. Predictions by prophets. "Ultimately the 20th century will go down as the century of great wars." A discussion of Literature on New Year's and the year coming in leads Shep to read several poems and fables: 2 poems by Robert Service - "The Passing of the Year" from 1903 and "New Years Eve" from 1897. George Ade's "The Fable Of Successful Tobias And Some Of His Happy New Years" "Archie the Cockroach" by Don Marquis "Keep your knees loose..."

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Limelight - Shep
•	Miller Beer
•	Rover 2000

Music (All times approximate)

Not Determined yet

Needs to be ID'd
[20:07, 24:23, 31:16, 39:01] Unknown Piano Ragtime (Same album as "Archie" music?)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Not Determined Yet

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	People		Service, Robert
•	General Topics		Robert W. Service

Links to Further Information:

• Robert Service Read by Shep

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 31, 1965	The Turn of the Last Century, New Years Literature	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	January 04, 2000

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 7	177a	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