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The Steel Mill
Airdate: Tuesday - May 2, 1967

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

Boy do I know some terrible lyrics to that . . .

Show Description

"The Human Comedy" The British Pig Club disbands - young people are just not interested in pigs any longer Reads a poem which is an ode to the midwest - specifically Indiana The New York cab driver's syndrome - an uncontrolable need to shout obscenities East Brunswick Show - South River High School delegates give Shep a 5 foot Jews Harp. Shep talks about the poster of him that just recently came out. Cheating the Coke machine, and the electronnic age. Someday people will be transistorized. Shep and Flick had a car they owned together. One day they were in the yard grinding the valves when Mr. Bruner comes staggering by. He's been drinking for about a week and a half but commences to work on the car for them. All of a sudden, out it all came - 17 gallons of used green beer, into the engine! "Salting the Slab" - Steel mill story about what happens when you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Limelight - Shep

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:41	Slapstix

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Walt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Radio		Poster by Fred McDarrah
•	Plots / Story Lines		Steel Mill
•	People		Flick
•	General Topics		Kid Stories
•	General Topics		Live Performances
•	General Topics		Jews Harp

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 2, 1967	The Steel Mill	Original Airing

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