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Wilbur Duckworth And The Liquid Detergent Truck
Airdate: Tuesday - November 28, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
Original Airing

(Redated from: 11-27)

audio

(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

This letter is to whom it may concern. . .

Show Description

Shep talks about Thankgiving Day parades and one made famous by Wilbur Duckworth

Comments

• Shep refers to Duckworth as 'Stinky'. In earlier stories the character of Wilbur Duckworth was called Stinky Davis.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
14:17	Yeah, this is WOR New York, it's okay. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
15:59	General Tire
16:41	House of Chan
17:54	Gramercy Park Clothes
18:45	Shep Promo - Books	Bookhouse Dec 1st - 'this Friday'
19:21	General Tire	second ad

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
00:30; 14:52; 36:57	El Capitan

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
20:21	John Gallagher

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
18:45	Books		Booksigning - "Ferrari in the Bedroom"	Bookhouse

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		November 28, 1972	Wilbur Duckworth And The Liquid Detergent Truck	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	November 28, 2006

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