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Blowing Bubbles
Airdate: Saturday - March 26, 1960

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I'd say what did he do ma. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ryan Priest - 03-31-2017 ]   
  Shep's first show in the Saturday 12:15-2 pm time slot.

Reads a letter from a teen listener who noticed a sign at the Hayden Planetarium that read "Solar System & Restrooms that way".

Story about being asked to identify constellations on Boy Scout camping trips.

Shep recently missed three appointments because he was fascinated watching workers remove three giant Pepsi bottles from a billboard in Times Square.

Story about spending a quarter on "special prize grab bags" at the local dime store.

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Brass Figlagee Award

"I will award the Brass Figlagee. . ."

• Who used to say, "Youse is a viper"? And what was the name of the comic strip it appeared in?

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Ballantine Beer
•	Electronic Workshop
•	Lufthansa Airlines
•	Paperbook Gallery
•	Vegemato Juice
•	Ying and Yang

Music (All times approximate)

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Grab Bags

Links to Further Information:

• Life Magazine photo Shep refers to

Photos:

March 07, 1960
Life Magazine Photo that Shep mentions on March 26, 1960 Show (~18 min)

March 26, 1960
Answer to 3-26-1960 show Brass Figlagee Question

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

	Date	Title
	March 26, 1960 Recno: 66	Blowing Bubbles	Original Airing

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1960 Set 1	1	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