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Last Summary Update: 01-12-2025

Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test
Airdate: Wednesday - June 18, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

(Syndicated Release)

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

Here we go here, here we go. . .

Show Description

Shep opens by acknowledging that he was the voice on the commercials shown during the TV series "The Deputy" starring Henry Fonda. In a "Straws in the Wind" classic, as described by Shep, he talks of 'professional journals' and reads brief descriptions from one called "Soldier of Fortune" dealing with the testing of new rifles, night fighting, freelance paramedics and others. He then talks about a comedy bit he did about 10 years ago on an LP (1961 - Will Failure Spoil Jean Shepherd) regarding a fictitious new professional magazine called Guts. He re-creates a portion of this sketch. In closing he talks of the three days of V.A. aptitude testing he went through which determined that he was qualified to become a dentist and how, after a year and a half, he decided he didn't want to be looking into peoples mouths the rest of his life.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
25:35		Israeli Galil Assault Rifle
26:02		First Round Kills at 900 meters
26:20		Underwater Knife Fighting Techniques

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
14:21	This is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
14:43	East New York Savings Bank
15:48	Alamo Chili House
18:17	Dodge
19:28	Theragran
20:02	Grand Union
33:16	Times Square Stores	Royce Bicycles
34:48	National Airlines

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
05:58	Wonderama Kids Cheering