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Last Summary Update: 11-02-2025

The Rooster is Loose
Airdate: Monday - November 5, 1962

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Of Washington Square, oh I know she was there. . .

Show Description

Walking along an alley and seeing what is in an alley at a very formative part of your life going from one pile of garbage to the next. I remember one time Flick running for two and a half blocks with an old rumb-sprung girdle on. It was one of the few times Flick got a laugh. The whole alley was alive Dopler's had cockroaches the size of a fielder's mit Why am I so rotten? Shep teases a rooster eveery day on his way home through the alley until one day it gets loose and chases him all the way home.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:36	speaking of garbage, 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
• 02:04; 06:11; 29:16; 38:33	Rose Of Washington Square

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 14:39	Carl
• 03:00	Don MacClean
• 30:04	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

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Rating

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Record: 3353 / ID: 19621105W3353

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

	Date	Title
	November 5, 1962 Recno: 3353	The Rooster is Loose	Original Airing

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19621105W3353	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	01-19-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	11-02-2025	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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Dating Notes

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Time: 05:11 Source: Jim Clavin

"this is Monday"

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Dustbin of History!

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2 Known copies from various Sources and Lists (Up to date)

	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

Source Name

Information

Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:18

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1962 11 05_W3353_097_mod The Rooster is Loose.mp3
Source filename: 62-11-05_mod The Rooster is Loose.mp3
Source description: 11-5-62 The Rooster is Loose, is everybody happy, the Rose of Washington Square, chased by animals-teases rooster, kid alley collecting wheels, friend goes to Broadway play by himself-laughs at play.
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

Running Time: 42:28

Inventory Name: 1962 11 05_W3353_097_orig The Rooster is Loose.mp3
Source filename: 62-11-05_orig The Rooster is Loose.mp3
Station: WOR

"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