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Summary

Second Bananas in Politics, Age of Total Showbiz
Airdate: Thursday - November 10, 1966

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
All right, thank you very much Skip. . .
Show Description
"Tonight we may very well give you the clue as to who you are, why you are and what you are." A salute to America in the 20th Century: - the 20th century will go down as the age of total show biz - Efrem Zimbalist Jr addresses the graduating class of FBI men. - Graduating class of nurses is addressed on the responsibility of nursing by an actress who played a nurse on the TV show 'The Nurses' Playing a leading man or the hero are two totally different roles. Second bananas in movies never get the girl. A discussion about Barbie and Ken and Midge. Did commercials for an undertaking parlor. Shep tells how his mother was a great whistler. She used to hang over the sink whistling Ragtime Cowboy Joe. Good guys and bad guys in movies and politics. It's always the good looking guy who is the good guy in the movies and the same thing with politics - the good looking guy always wins.
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
Is it because he looks like a thug? Which reminds me by the way - this is WOR New York
Salutes
A Salute to. . .
• A salute to America in the 20th Century
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
Cinzano
Create A Card
Miller Beer
Rover 2000
Tar Gard
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
Stars and Stripes
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
Matt
Skip
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Not Determined
Rating / Review
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
General Topics Culture
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
November 10, 1966
Recno: 668
Second Bananas in Politics, Age of Total Showbiz Original Airing
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Show Replay Date
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November 05, 2002

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Set Name Show # Media
WOR Master Tape Set
MAST-03a
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