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Robert Service - Cremation of Sam McGee
Airdate: Friday - December 17, 1965

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

Oh boy, oh boy, am I . . .

Show Description

New Haven - some 10 and 11 year old kids set a bulldozer in gear down the street. After climbing over a Cadillac, it goes halfway into a variety store. This leads to a discussion about loose canons, rolling pianos and kid story about the time he was working at the steel mill and a freight car got out of control and crashed through a warehouse door. 'The railroad hods the steel mill together like a skeleton hold the body together. Shep talks about 'style'. Most people have a certain style which seperates them from the rest. Writers have style which makes them recognizable after reading only a few lines. Robert Service - Shep reads "The Cremation of Sam McGee"

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
• 02:40		Kid's start Bulldozer

Comments

• No Limelight show on Christmas - there will be a studio show (Pre-recorded? Rerun?)

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:58	which reminds me this is WOR AM and FM New Yorkee. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 16:02	Miller Beer
• 17:03	Movie Promotion	"Viva Maria" - United Artists
• 18:24	Coty Perfume - Imprevu
• 19:34	Limelight - Shep	No broadcast on Chrismas Night
• 21:42	Rover 2000

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:12:30:18	Unknown - "Draggin Blues"	Blues - Piano Music
• 35:35	Ballet Mecanique

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 07:03 ]	Plots / Story Lines		Steel Mill
• [ 30:20 ]	General Topics		Robert W. Service

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 17, 1965	Robert Service - Cremation of Sam McGee	Original Airing

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The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 7	173a	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