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Cockroach Racing
Airdate: Thursday - May 29, 1969

WOR Show
Original Airing

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Last Update: 05-29-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
And to paraphrase our stalwart producer, Miss Leigh Brown, "Ain't life grand?"
Show Description
[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - 05-29-2025 ] end news Lester Smith Rockerfeller protest Columbia, Penn Central buys New Haven Tomorrow Memorial Day ID 3:05 Pol. message - dem for NJ Gov - Lou Tonti Theme starts 4:13 (Shep sings over - Spring madness starts to seep into my bones Corny Eng First line: to paraphrase our stalwart producer Leigh Brown "Ain't life grand?" music: Good Old Summertime A good 5-cent cigar kid letter - Mets 0-8 record, not lost a game by less than 9 runs. Hopes to get down to 5 to 1 by end of season. (The 1969 New York Mets had a record of 100-62. They finished first in the NL Eastern Division. They won the National League Championship Series and the World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves and Baltimore Orioles, respectively.) Chick letter - athletic fiasco in very girly handwriting music: Rustle of Spring She plays varsity school hockey - They kick the puck - she gets penalty kick - into wrong end! 16:59 Miller HL ID @ 18:10 "Speaking of stumblebums, this is WOR... Pontiac Grand Prix dealer, Mandarin Charlie Chan dialect-Great Shanghai - Chinese gluttony! 21:18 Archie the Cockroach complains when people squirt stuff on them! Boys dig cockroaches - they had races How to catch them. Cockroach Safari. They are very sociable, like a dog. Let's listen to the termites! Turn up the gain, Corny! Buster Keaton & Aristotle Onasis joke. Cockroach personalities. Instant coffee jar perfect for keeping your stable. How to race roaches - practice! Train the fast ones! Draw a chalk circle with 3 inch circle in the middle. You need an audience to show off your champion! No more than ten, no less than five in a race. It's a major sport in many countries! 48:05 ID - Sen Harry Sears for NJ Gov PSA-Heart Assoc - Do You smoke? 49:46 34 sec gap to 9 1/2 min end of another show 5 min frag-end of show In Tropics - sucked at our bottles - a kind of tiredness. Vulture comes down. with Friend Paul & Indian. Is it the beginning or the end? to ID 11PM news with Bruce Elliott Apollo 10 returning, Apollo 11 may be put off until Aug (Apollo 10 orbit moon May 21, returned to Earth on May 26, 1969) Where is Eldritch Cleaver? Havana Cuba Fire on USS King Viet Nam - May 23, 1969 Flier steals plane in England - dead ends 59:53
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:53 Speaking of stumblebums, this is WOR friends
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 12:46 Miller Beer
• 14:05 Pontiac
• 15:07 Great Shanghai
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 02:21 In The Good Old Summertime (2)
• 06:16; 09:24; 10:49 Rustle of Spring "Sappy Spring Music"
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 06:14 'Corny' - Elga Cornell Brown
• 04:19 George
• 02:07 Leigh Brown
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
None
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Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
May 29, 1969
Recno: 3142
Cockroach Racing Original Airing
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