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Truck Accidents - Banana Oil
Airdate: Monday - January 10, 1972

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

all right city father, here's a suggestion. . . .
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

Thieves stealing from church in Sweden suddenly hear "Thow shalt no steal" and then "Repen of thy sins" 1,000 cases of whiskey spilled when truck overturns on exit 13 of the NJ Turnpike Playboy centerfolds spill over highway in Indiana Nickels spilled on turnpike Truck loses his brakes going down hill and jackknifes to stop, dumping his load of millions of paper cups. Shep is driving his first car one night across a hugh viaduct. A car roars past with 2 guys doing about 70 heading for a big tanker. They see it at the last minute and swerve to the left glancing off the truck and straight into a hot dog stand. The trailer flips over on its side and stops. It was loaded with banana oil which spilled all over. People were scooping it up and Shep scoops up a pail full and puts it in the back of the car and it spills, forever making his car smell like banana oil. Reminder to pick up "Declassified Jean Shepherd"

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:35	Which reminds me this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 12:40	Ornithopter (Flying Bird)

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:26	Unknown Music	die Wiener

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 03:10	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• 42:00	Recording		The Declassified Jean Shepherd

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		January 10, 1972	Truck Accidents - Banana Oil	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