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Political Megaphone
Airdate: Monday - May 1, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
Original Airing

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(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

Hey, listen, it's just getting so bad. . . .

Show Description

Saw a piece of graffitti in the subway - "Frodo buys beer in throw away bottles" "The Thought Dial Way" Mamie Eisenhower's Praying hands Howard Cosell Playing a 1923 Saal loudspeaker Shep performs the campaign speech which he did on his "Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles" album - "Fellow Americans" Mendasity is the best policy

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 26:48	TAP Airlines - Portugal
• 33:36	Costa Del Sol Wine

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:43	Sobbin' Blues
• 19:54; 26:22	Shiek of Araby (3)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 04:37	Herb Squire
• 08:16	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo
Echo Chamber

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 17:34 ]	Recording		Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 1, 1972	Political Megaphone	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