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More New Jersey Slob Art, Salute to Margate Elephant Hotel, Learn Anything from Books!
Airdate: Friday - March 28, 1969

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

Hello, test, hello, oh we got some bad news for you tonight. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - - ]   
  Shep opens show with a salute to the Margate Elephant. A classic example of NJ slob art. 

Last Sunday's Times Newspaper report that the Margate Elephant is dying at the age of 87 years. 

Miniature Golf cuckoo's 

We are the only country in the world that believes you can buy a book to teach you anything 

The Karate poster 

Gadget Cuckoo's (a busy box for geeks is described in detail) 

April is the cruelest month

Comments

• In the bit on the Gadget Cuckoo's, Shep is appears to be predicting the success of digital games years ahead of the success we see today. Complete with his description of the surrounding marketing events as we now know them.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:57	You can always tell the dissolute, which reminds me this is WOR AM & FM New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 03:55	Miller Beer
• 15:05	The Intimate Enemy
• 21:29	Eveready
• 36:20	Electronic Workshop
• 38:06	Palisades Amuesment Park
• 5:03	Pontiac

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:05	Yellow Dog Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 03:51	Ed
• 03:54	Herb Squire
• 01:42	Larry Londino

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		March 28, 1969	More New Jersey Slob Art, Salute to Margate Elephant Hotel, Learn Anything from Books!	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	March 29, 2005

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Jean Shepherd Set 2	JS-20a	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