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Burning River, Raining Silver Dollars, Revenge
Airdate: Monday - October 16, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Oh, I tell ya, you just can't - the excitement, hey listen

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - 10-16-2025 ]   
  lost JEAN SHEPHERD from Monday October 16, 1972
"Burning River, Raining Silver Dollars, Revenge' from the Kalish Collection
 
"oh I tell you, this, tell you, just can't take the excitement"
George: eng

Get's into hassle on the Joe Franklin show... about Ecology.
Reads law from 1600s against pollution.  

Gets camera as a kid - gets pictures of a fire on the Calumet River, and sells them to a newspaper.

Kazoo over??

Story from Sacramento CA - Raining Silver Dollars on Interstate 80!

Speaking of bad news, this is... [17:10]

Carnegie Hall tomorrow night!
Lufthansa, House of Chan, - 21:29

Kazoo over ?? - Some people hate the sound of a kazoo!

Cmmls - Compoz, Psorex Medicated Shampoo, Wolff's Kasha Cookbook, General Tires Pick-a-Pair - 27:01

Finding money. (Disses The NY Post - he's not listed!)

A guy makes $11 a day just looking down at the sidewalk.

Sweet Revenge at wedding in West Germany - spikes soup with castor oil, cements locks on car, stink bomb, pool of tar in front of Bride's house.  

Shep's great moment of revenge in the army chow line.
ends 43:54 plus long WOR musical ID-tone at 44:17

News - 2 Congressmen missing on flight (Hale Boggs never found), inmates escape, Bomb in Buenos Aires, cocaine smuggling
ends 46:10      
  

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 13:07		Raining Silver Dollars

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:43	Speaking of bad news this is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 17:02	Live Concert / Performance	Carnege Hall
• 18:06	Lufthansa Airlines
• 19:16	House of Chan
• 22:08	Compoz
• 22:37	Psorex
• 23:33	Wolffs Kasha
• 25:22	General Tire

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 11:57; 20:58	Sobbin' Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:53	George

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 01:56 ]	Radio	October 13, 1972	Joe Franklin Show	Ecology
• [ 17:02 ]	Live Shows	October 17, 1972	Carnegie Hall

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

	Date	Title
	October 16, 1972 Recno: 1397	Burning River, Raining Silver Dollars, Revenge	Original Airing

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