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Mass Backwards Broadcast Date Original
Airdate
Show Description

summary Show Summary and Notes

 

10/7/2008

06/06/73

summary Profanity, Anchovy Crisis, Youth

9/30/2008

06/29/73

summary Bolus And His Unique Vocabulary - School Film About Inflation

9/23/2008

02/64

summary Role Reversals

9/16/2008

 

summary WBAI Pledge Drive

9/9/2008

07/01/64

summary Introduction to Classical Music

9/2/2008

09/05/66

summary Labor Day Parade - Milkmen Float

8/26/2008

05/21/73

summary Exlax Competition - Water Drinking Contest

8/19/2008

04/13/65

summary Code School Show

8/5/2008

04/15/65

summary Infinite Radio Signals

7/29/2008

None

summary Commentaries and IGWT

7/22/2008

07/19/65

summary Creativity

7/15/2008

07/15/65

summary Moving Pianos

7/8/2008

07/06/64

summary Monsters in Michigan

7/1/2008

07/01/65

summary Hurling Invectives, Fire Works and War Games

6/25/2008

06/25/66

summary Custer, Graduation Day

6/17/2008

06/15/66

summary In Paris

6/17/2008

06/16/65

summary Early Morning Radio

6/10/2008

05/27/66

summary Ball Lightning

6/3/2008

05/08/73

summary Environmental Survival

5/20/2008

02/64

summary Role Reversals

5/13/2008

05/05/66

summary Go See the Chaplain / Emde's Folly

5/6/2008

05/04/66

summary Around a Kid's Neighborhood

5/6/2008

05/06/66

summary Golden Boy' Fig Leaf and Other Unveilings

4/29/2008

05/27/64

summary The First Martini

4/22/2008

04/22/66

summary Super Rats - Topless Blackjack

4/15/2008

03/09/72

summary Pickle Juice Drinkers - Calendar of Weeks

4/8/2008

04/07/66

summary Devil Bats of Lake Titicaca

4/1/2008

09/04/61

summary Square Eggs - Army Bangalor Story

3/25/2008

03/25/65

summary Pop Art - World's Fair Fool

3/18/2008

03/17/72

summary St Patrick's Day in Dublin

3/11/2008

03/13/70

summary Friday the 13th

3/4/2008

03/03/72

summary Kid Myths, Fleer Gum and Talking Bird

2/26/2008

 

summary Pledge, Pledge, Pledge!

2/19/2008

11/23/71

summary Harlem Day

2/12/2008

07/07/64

summary Smoker At The Legion Hall

2/5/2008

03/15/65

summary Indiana - Football and Trains

1/29/2008

01/29/74

summary Comet Kohoutek & The End Of The World

1/22/2008

09/29/72

summary Giants Football Game

1/22/2008

08/29/63

summary March on Washington

1/15/2008

Jan 1964

summary The Bully Farkas

1/8/2008

01/1961

summary False Spring

1/1/2008

01/01/63

summary New Years, Sparrows, and Spatsies
 2007

12/25/2007

12/24/70

summary The Borden Christmas Party

12/18/2007

12/21/70

summary Buying Randy a 25 cent Grab Bag for Christmas

12/11/2007

02/15/72

summary Phantom Chess Player, Latrine Explosion

12/4/2007

07/24/64

summary 1st Night at the Open Hearth

11/27/2007

11/13/75

summary Hero and Failure

11/20/2007

06/64

summary "Banana Oil Spill"

11/13/2007

Oct/Nov 1964

summary "What Year is This?"

11/6/2007

11/06/67

summary "TV Set Dies; The Allied Catalog"

10/30/2007

01/11/73

summary "Band Tag Day"

10/23/2007

05/13/76

summary The Shining Light

10/16/2007

04/17/61

summary "The Story of Change"

10/16/2007

08/17/61

summary "Hit On Head By 2 x 4"

10/9/2007

02/16/72

summary "Short Wave Wedding"

10/9/2007

Early 1972

summary "Rialto, Bolus' Basement, Boom Boom O'Tool"

10/2/2007

11/02/65

summary "American Dream Sales Pitch"

9/25/2007

02/04/65

summary "Pigeon Company"

9/18/2007

08/06/65

summary "The Pure Slob"

9/18/2007

08/03/70

summary "John Wayne; Art Lovers"

9/11/2007

09/09/56

summary "No Room For Heros"

9/4/2007

10/30/69

summary "The 40 Inch Soaking Pit"

8/28/2007

10/23/69

summary "The Look in The Doctor's Eyes"

8/21/2007

08/21/64

summary "Hate Groups, Hate Mail"

8/21/2007

08/24/66

summary "Steel Mill Canteen"

8/14/2007

06-1961

summary "The Smell of Homes, Indiana Dunes"

8/7/2007

07-23-1966

summary "Baseball - Army" Limelight

8/7/2007

06-06-1975

summary "Tom Snyder Show"

7/31/2007

09/04/69

summary "Fillers"

7/24/2007

07/09/66

summary "Ice Cream Riot" (Limelight)

7/17/2007

07/07/65

summary "Peanut Butter Episode"
07-10-07 07-08-1966 Summary "Winchester 66 at Abercrombie and Fitch"
07-03-07 07-07-1966 Summary "Humor vs. Comedy"
1963 Summary "Dr Fu Manchu"
06-26-07 02-17-1966 Summary "Johnson Smith Catalog"
06-19-07 12-09-1964 "Strange Moments in Sports"
06-12-07 05-25-1965 "The Theatre Mystique"
06-05-07 11-04-1963 "The Beautiful Mediterranean"
05-29-07 10-16-1961 "Ethics of the Fallout Shelter"
10-13-1961 "Working on the Radio"
05-22-07 04-18-1961 "Miss Bundy and the Projector" (Excerpt)
05-03-1961 "The Bestiary"
05-15-07 07-08-1975 "Flying Bikes"
05-08-07 05-09-1969 "Selling Beer At The Ballpark"
05-01-07 03-07-1969 "AWOL / Locked in a Department Store"
04-24-07 01-09-1975 "News From Maine"
04-17-07 04-11-1969 "Shepherd's Complaint"
04-10-07 04-22-69 "Peeling Eggs"
1968 "Uncle Tom"
04-03-07 04-01-1968 "April Fool's Day"
03-27-07 03-25-1966 "Frankie and Johnnie - Rotgut"
03-20-07 07-11-1964 "Live At The Limelight" (2hrs)
03-13-07 03-09-66 "Junking With Jean"
03-06-07 02-71 "Orson Welles, Credit Card Snafu"
02-27-07 1967 "Live At The Limelight"
02-20-07 04-14-70 "Strange Tales of New York"
02-13-07 03-28-70 "The Overseas Press Club Conference"
02-06-07 1967 "The Philadelphia Gunfight" (Pledge Drive)
01-30-07 Syndicated "Capt. Billy's Whiz-Bang" (Pledge Drive)
01-23-07 11-07-64 "Limelight Beatles" (Pledge Drive)
01-16-07 01-15-73 "Rat Catcher"
01-09-07 Unknown "Deli's"
01-02-07 1972 "Upcoming Parade of Humanity"
 
01-02-07 1972 "Upcoming Parade of Humanity"
12-26-06 12-24-65 "Rattling Home for Christmas"
12-19-06 12-21-72 "Santa Claus, The Army"
12-12-06 12-21-73 "Bunny Slippers"
12-05-06 01-11-74 "Broadcasting to other Galaxies"
11-28-06 11-27-72 "Wilbur Duckworth And The Liquid Detergent Truck"
11-21-06 11-23-72 "Thanksgiving in the Army"
11-14-06 11-13-1972 "Mrs Bailey & Figs"
11-07-06 10-71 "Devils, Mysterious Blackout in Woods"
10-31-06 10-71 "Trivia - Jersey Devil - Kentucky Devil"
10-24-06 01-15-73 "Rat Trapping, Tin Mill Rat Catcher"
10-17-06 03-10-75 "Make Big $$$ During the Depression"
09-25-69 "Da Mets"
10-10-06 10-10-72 "Farm Radio Show, Noisy Toilets, Shep's First Love"
10-03-06 04-13-72 "Around the World in a Week" Part 4
09-26-06 04-10-72 "Around the World in a Week" Part 3
09-19-06 04-05-72 "Around the World in a Week" Part 2
09-12-06 04-04-72 "Around the World in a Week" Part 1
09-05-06 09-04-65 "Harold Dill - High School Bully, Tolls and Tipping"
08-29-06 Aug -1971 "Bad Bees - Walking Catfish"
08-22-06 Aug -1971 "Collecting Commercials"
08-15-06 Aug -1971 "Salute to English Spirit, Salute to Gary Dithers, Director Loses Dog, Date With Bad Radiator"
08-08-06 Aug -1971 "Spiders, Farkas, & Cracker Jacks"
08-01-06 08-01-66 "Oh Boy, Talk About Gomorrah!"
07-25-06 07-27-65 "Personal Radio Hell"
07-18-06 07-20-64 "Uncaring Universe - Scary World"
03-02-76 "Sound Effects"
07-11-06 07-05-74 "Manhattan On A Holiday"
07-04-06 07-03-72 "The Old man In The July 4 Parade"
06-27-06 11-05-71 " Farmer who Collected Things"
06-20-06 06-20-68 "Exciting Places"
06-13-06 06-11-65 "Assorted and Sundry"
06-06-06 05-17-65 "Australia - ANZAC Day"
05-30-06   Ron Della Chiesa Interview 
05-23-06 09-08-66 "Company "K" and Separation Blues"
05-16-06 ~1965 "Gradually Being Phased Out"
05-09-06 07-30-65 "Randy and the Gar Fish"
05-02-06 05-01-68 "Anniversary of First Ham License"
04-25-06 April 24, 1962 "Darling, Let's Make a Movie"
August 1963 "I'm Here"  (Short segment)
04-18-06 1971 "...THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO BUT UP" J.S. America
04-11-06 02-14-76 " Pepito the Monkey, Hot Polish Peppers at Blue-Bird Tavern, Paper Route"
04-04-06 ~1963-66 "Nightmares of working in radio stations"
03-28-06 03-29-66 "You Get Letters"
03-21-06 03-21-69 "Spring Equinox, Salute to Chickens"
03-14-06 03-14-66 "The Circus of Life"
03-07-06 03-05-65 "The Soaking Pit and Friday Night Drinking"
02-28-06 03-01-65 "Advertising & the American Dream; Travel"
02-21-06 11-17-64 " Driving Captain Cherry on a Date"
02-14-06 ~1965 "Gradually Being Phased Out"
02-07-06 02-09-66 "Call it Style"
01-31-06 02-17-68 " Versions of Hell"
01-24-06 07-1968 "Trip to Barbados"
01-17-06 01-17-66 "Faking It"
01-10-06 01-07-65 "A Day at the Races"
01-03-06 01-01-73 "New Year's Resolutions"
 
12-27-05
12-23-74 "Pipe for the Old Man"
12-20-05 01-13-76 "Kiddie Show Elegant"
12-13-05 12-13-65 "Christmas is Coming"
12-06-05 12-08-72 "The Exploding Streetlight Mystery"
11-29-05 11-30-65 "Company K: Pole Climbing"
11-22-05 03-12-65 "The Smell of Homes"
11-15-05 08-13-66 "Buttered All Over Ernie"
07-27-72 "The Old Man vs Lou Gehrig" 
11-08-05 1964 "Live at the Limelight" album - The Chicago White Sox Story
08-27-66 Limelight - "Old Man vs Lou Gehrig"



07-16-73 "White Sox vs Tigers Rivalry"
11-01-05 10-7-05 "Monsters"
10-25-05 10-15-64 "Tuareg Culture (Troubles in Algeria)"
10-18-05 1976 Synd "The Giant Ice Cream Cone"
10-11-05 07-09-75 "Adventures in Eating (Salad Story)"
10-04-05 10-01-65 "Cars, Sex, and Shep the Football Player"
09-27-05 09-27-65 "Surrealism; First Car and License"
09-20-05 09-15-66 "State of Maine"
09-13-05 09-13-65 "Lost 3 day Pass"
09-06-05 July 1968 "Trip to Genada"
July 5, 1963 "Ice Cream War"
08-30-05 06-19-70 "Crashing Picnics"
08-23-05 10-28-74 "Mugging of the Moog"
08-16-05 08-17-65 "Blue-Nose Ladies Vs. Youth Culture"
08-09-05 06-17-68 "Sounds of WWI Planes"
08-02-05 07-29-75 "The Lister Bag Incident"
07-26-05 12-24-66 Shep on the Long John Nebel Show
07-19-05 01-13-72 "To Bra or Not To Bra"
07-12-05 07-06-66 "Beatings, Casmir Wocznowski's House"
07-05-05 1967 "Ludlow Kissel And The Dago Bomb That Struck Back"
06-28-05 06-29-68 "Uncle Carl's Trip"
06-21-05 08-13-73 "Real Life, Aunt Teresa, Witty Sayings, Shep The Druid"
06-22-64 "Big Band Remote - The Theremin"
06-14-05 Summer 1963 "The Old Man As A Pool Shark"
06-07-05 Jun/Jul 1963 "What People Do At Business Lunches"
05-31-05 05-27-05 "Tornados and Ball Lightning"
05-24-05 05-22-72 "Dirigibles and the Future"
05-17-05 12-21-76 "Pulp Magazines"
05-10-05 05-10-66 "Boredom and Kicks"
05-03-05 04-25-66 "John Dillinger"
04-26-05 07-25-75 "Flick's New Tires"
04-19-05

 

04-18-61 "Gothic remnants in NY"
04-18-69 "Python in the Toilet"
04-12-05 04-14-65 "The Return of Roswell T Edwards"
04-05-05 04-02-05 "Camp and Pop Art"
03-29-05 03-28-69 "The Margate Elephant"
03-22-05 03-17-69 "Real Smells of Springtime in the Air / Rumpelstiltskin"
03-14-05 03-14-69 "Inflatable Doll / Hindustan"
03--8-05   No Mass Backwards
03-01-05 01-12-73 "Army V.D. Story"
02-22-05 02-22-66 "Washington, By George"
02-15-05 02-18-05 "Midwestern Drugstores and Drive-Ins"
02-08-05 02-12-65 "Rude Noises in Company K; Latrine Duty"
02-01-05 02-02-66 "The World at Large - Human Panoramas"
01-25-05 01-24-73 "Radio and the Electronics Wiz"
01-18-05 01-15-76 "Robert Service Poems; Flick's Tongue"
01-11-05 01-13-65 "A Dot in the Eye of Buddha"
01-04-05 12-31-70 "New Year's Resolution; George Ade Story
 
12-28-04 ---- "Red Ryder Nails the Cleveland Street Kid"
12-21-04 12-23-63