Sheplives

Last Summary Update: 12-15-2025

Guaranteed Forever
Airdate: Friday - June 19, 1964

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

I feel like doing a rotton, lousy, irritating program tonight. . .

Show Description

Shep talks about hunting bats as a kid. Being in the Army and comparing the worst places to live. The 'guaranteed forever' bicycle. Does Limelight promom mentioning he was away for two weeks and there were no shows. He talks about his early days at WOR from 5:15pm to 5:30pm The desire to be Attilla the Hun. A lake in Bovaria

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 11:23	Speaking of vampires and blood suckers, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 11:30	Movie Promotion	How the West was Won
• 13:05	Ballantine Beer
• 32:58	Limelight - Shep

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:23	Stars and Stripes

Needs to be ID'd

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:19	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Interesting Soundbites From Show:

	Time	Topic
	34:46	Early WOR shows

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 15:43 ]	Army		Army

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		June 19, 1964	Guaranteed Forever	Original Airing

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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