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Last Summary Update: 03-15-2025

Cemetary For The Living
Airdate: Monday - May 14, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I've been trying to figure that out for 400 years myself. . .

Show Description

Shep says he's been up for 400 straight hours. Hasn't slept since last show, 2 weeks ago Tuesday. (5/1?) Later he says he hasn't slept for 36 hours. "The Cemetary for the Living" Shep is going to be in Brigadoon

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:24	Speaking of the sleepy this is WOR AM and FM New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:13; 07:52; 10:23	Frog Bog
• 07:38	Southern Shout
• 12:56; 20:55	Banjoreno
• 25:07	Death- When You Come To Me
• 26:04; 32:21	Washington Wabble
• 30:33	Sun Brimmers Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 25:07	Ed Scaterday

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Travel	March 1962	Trip To Nigeria

Record: 3257 / ID: 19620514W3257

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

	Date	Title
	May 14, 1962 Recno: 3257	Cemetary For The Living	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19620514W3257	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	12-30-2007	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	03-15-2025	Station ID up to date:	Yes
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	Yes
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	Yes

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	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

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Gary Hines

Running Time: 43:11

Inventory Name: 1962 05 14_W3257_097 Cemetery for the Living.mp3
Source filename: 62-05-14 Cemetery for the Living.mp3
Source description: 5-14-62 Cemetery for the Living, Flying-turboprop, perpetual care, no sleep, brigadoon play, musical, city central, NYT Amusement section- Name blotted out, Egypt Trip- pyramids
Station: WOR

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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