Awake Out There! - Big Brother's Cameras
Airdate:
Friday - July 22, 1966
WOR Show Original Airing
(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
You're not putting me on, that's a real question dad . . .
Show Description
1984 - The book by George Orwell
"Big Brother is Watching You"
"Now, I've had a thesis for a long time, for what it's worth, that almost anything that comes into being, that is an eventual evil, is always hailed as a new discovery in good." JS
A story about a major city that has 24 hour a day, automatic, television surveillance so the police can see what's going on.
"You know there is a peculiar, undeniable, fascination that you feel for observing other people at a distance" JS
Shep tells about his friend Jerry who has a color TV camera set up on his roof and can zoom in and pan across rooftops blocks away. And with sound!
Comments
• Shep mentions that it is Friday
Geogre Orwell Links: www.ucsolutions.com/nef/index2.htm
WOR ID
Time
Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:24
Speaking of Dogs, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .