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Bit Players of Life
Airdate: Friday - September 10, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Can you all hear me out there?. . .

Show Description

Shep warms up singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" and "In The Good Old Summertime" as well as tuning up his Jews Harp, Kazoo, and Nose Flute. Shep examine the different factions of life "Life is a private situation" "How do you see life gang?" "Do you see life as a vast rhapsody of emotion and passion?" "Do you drop the ball in a tie game or get pinch hit for?" Life as exemplified by Playboy The whoopie faction Friday is the crossroads of all the factions. There are those who look forward to the weekends and going to church, there are those who look at the weekends as an interruption and can't wait for Monday, and then there's the whoopie crowd looking to live it up. Do you feel that you're not succesful because of your breath or because you're fat? Shep talks about life's portratals in commercials, movies and TV. There are lovers and bufoons in the movies. How many of us are affected like this. Real attitudes vs fictional attitudes. The more a performer makes himeself inaccessable, the greater his following.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	This exciting expose' of life is coming to you from this, your life station, your live station, WOR an and fm New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Miller Beer

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	After You're Gone
•	The Chase
•	First Film Music
•	Spellbound
•	In The Good Old Summertime (2)
•	Take Me Out to the Ballgame

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Record: 426 / ID: 19650910W0426

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

	Date	Title
	September 10, 1965 Recno: 426	Bit Players of Life	Original Airing

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 5	154b	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19650910W0426	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Rudy Wirsching

Art Shifrin

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1965 Set 5	154b	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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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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FHC / JSP

Running Time: 43:56

Available on Internet

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 1965 09 10 Bit Players
Source ref number: 13
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 9-10-65 154 Bit Players of Life
Station: WOR

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Running Time: 43:56

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 09 10_W0426_601 Bit Players.mp3
Source filename: 1965_09_10__Bit_Players.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 09
Station: WOR

Art Shifrin

Recordee:
529 - Art Shifrin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source ref number: S4

Schmidco

Running Time: 45:11

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1965 09 10_W0426_022_600_1965_Set_5-154b Bit Players of Life.mp3
Source description: Bit Players of Life
Source set: 1965 Set 5
Source ref number: 154b
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