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Halftime Sousaphone
Airdate: Saturday - October 4, 1969

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

Don't worry there ain't nobody listening. . . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - - ]   
  Shep watches very bad football game, watches for halftime show for a selfish reason.

"You are listening to one of the all-time great double b flat sousaphone players from Indiana"

You have to learn to buck the cross-winds.

Marching Bands Vs Show Bands

They had a great Drum Major - Stinky Davis
"El Capitan" (Ed: Eng)

Stinky had a massive ego - was fanatical - fired a trumpet player for being late, wore a monocle to school!

Shep and his pal Pete play hooky from band practice to eat cheeseburgers.

Playing "Semper Fidelis" on the 30-yard line - Stinky blows a whistle, but Shep doesn't know the new formation! Picture of the routine makes the front page of the school paper.

Mr Wilson thinks it was a brilliant comedy routine!

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	None

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:57; 06:17; 09:10	Semper Fidelis
• 27:35	El Capitan
• 33:37; 41:00	On the Mall

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 29:17	Ed Beaty
• 29:27	Herb Squire
• 31:47	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 06:11 ]	General Topics		Sousaphone
• [ 08:08 ]	General Topics		School Band
• [ 08:44 ]	People		Davis, Stinky
• [ 42:30 ]	General Topics		John's Restaurant
• [ 43:17 ]	People		Wilson, Mr
• [ 43:33 ]	Plots / Story Lines		Red Rooster

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

This Show

Date	Title
October 4, 1969	Halftime Sousaphone	Original Airing
October 12, 1969	Halftime Sousaphone	WGBH Boston Replay

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