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Head Lice Invades Shep's Class
Airdate: Monday - November 6, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
Original Airing

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

A special news bulletin from Chelsea Oklahoma. . .

Show Description

Granny Sapwell stops a thief kicking him 'where it hurts' The resugence of lice in the classrooms Shep talks about the time Doloris Smith sat in front of him and suddenly her hair came alive with LICE

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
04:51		Granny Sapwell

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
14:31	Oh yeah, this is WOR in New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
03:14	General Tire
03:55	Political Ad	Leonard Skulnik for State Supreme Ct
09:31	Alexis Lichine Beau-Jolais Wine
14:35	Lufthansa Airlines
15:51	General Tire
16:39	Greater NY Auto Show
28:39	Gramercy Park Clothes
41:12	General Tire

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
02:47; 06:15; 39:39	The Bear Missed the Train

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
28:20	Jerry Lambert
03:10	Nick

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
18:27	People		Robinette, Miss
19:11	People		Schwartz, Paul
19:16	People		Weathers, Helen
19:20	People		Simonson, Scut
24:40	People		Smith, Dorothy
25:02	People		Remaley, Patty
35:03	People		Ackers, Eileen

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		November 6, 1972	Head Lice Invades Shep's Class	Original Airing

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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