Flicklives

That Night With The Old Man's Pontiac
Airdate: Friday - June 30, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I can't understand that. . .

Show Description

The summer - the time of the year when everyone gets in trouble. Especially on the weekends. A salute to the American Men - Stars and Stripes "Under no circumstances does Shepherd feels that when he was a kid things were better than they are now." and He does not feel that being a child is the best of all possible worlds and things were better than they are now. Along with Flick and Schwartz, Shep "borrows" the old man's Pontiac and the go to the drive-in for a hamburger and a drunken truck driver plows right into the back end of the car while they are parked.

Comments

• Shep mentions that the re-runs of J.S. America will start on Saturday July 8th at 7pm on Channel 13. (24:48)

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Newsday - L.I. Newspaper
•	Shoetown	Converse Sneakers
•	US Marine Corps

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 15:52	Washington Post March

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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

	Date	Title
	June 30, 1972 Recno: 1321	That Night With The Old Man's Pontiac	Original Airing

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Dustbin of History	June 30, 2021

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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