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Last Summary Update: 03-18-2024

The Bumpus Hounds
Airdate: July 1968

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I couldn't believe my eyes, I thought to myself. . .

Show Description

"This is a day that will go down in infamy" Shep goes into a men's room in an exclusive Manhattan men's club and written below the mirror are the words "Flick Lives" Merry old England - An 18# ham blows out of a pressure cooker. This is an early version of the story of the Bumpus Family story that appeared in the April 1969 Issue of Playboy, as a chapter in the book "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories. . ." and the movies "A Christmas Story" and "My Summer Story". As with many of Shep's stories there was a constant evolution of the story from the first time it was told on the radio to the time it was put on film. Emil Bumpus rips the back porch off the back of the house after arguing with someone inside. This was used in "My Summer Story" only it was in response to the old man's threat to call the cops. Not certain if it was Emil or another Bumpus. The target in this story was a ham instead of the Christmas turkey and it was for no particular holiday. The dogs drag the ham out into the back yard, they don't eat it in the kitchen. Old man Bumpus see this and starts to laugh, the old man throws a beer bottle at the side of the Bumpus house. After returning to the house and surveying the mess, he tells everyone to get dressed, we're going to the Chinese joint. (This is same as "A Christmas Story") Then one day, in the middle of the night, the Bumpus family moved out - "My Summer Story"

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:08	That reminds me this is WOR friends - your beer guzzling station in the heart of Manhatten

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 12:48	Miller Beer

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:50; 36:04	Bill Baily

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Don MacClean

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 05:00 ]	Plots / Story Lines		Bumpus Family
• [ 05:00 ]	Movies	November 18, 1983	A Christmas Story
• [ 05:51 ]	People		Bumpus, Delbert

Record: 851 / ID: 196807ddW0851

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

	Date	Title
	July 1968 Recno: 851	The Bumpus Hounds	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	May 20, 2003

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1968 Audio CD Set	CD 2b	Audio CD

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	196807ddW0851	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	03-18-2024	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

Gregg Motyka

Dictaphone

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Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
Max played this show in May 2003 The show Max played had a false beginning. Right after the theme it cuts to the Bumpus show which is about 11 minutes into the actual full show. This show has the real opening and about 8-10 more minutes of Shep talking before getting to the point where Max's version cuts in. The interesting part is that the commercials are cut out EXACTLY in both shows which leads me to believe that Max's may be a copy of this one except for the opening segment.] "This is a day that will go down in infamy" Shep goes into a men's room in an exclusive Manhattan men's club and written below the mirror are the words "Flick Lives" Merry old England - An 18# ham blows out of a pressure cooker.
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Max / Schmidco

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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

May 20, 2003

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1968 Audio CD Set	CD 2b	Audio CD	0 Running Time: 0

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5 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
Gregg Motyka Running Time: 41:37 Recordee: 54 - Gregg Motyka	Inventory Name: 1968 07 dd_W0851_054 Bumpus.mp3 Station: WOR Comments: From reel to reel
Schmidco	NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source set: 1968 Audio CD Set Source ref number: MP3-5 Station: WOR
Max Schmid Running Time: 42:32 Recordee: 512 - Dictaphone	Inventory Name: 1968 07 dd_W0851_041-512 Bumpus Hounds comp w Miller ad.mp3 Source filename: 68-xx-xx Bumpus Hounds comp w Miller ad.mp3 Station: WOR
Mass Backwards Running Time: 52:05 Recordee: 54 - Gregg Motyka	Inventory Name: 1968 07 dd_W0851_500_M2003-05-20 The Bumpus Hounds.mp3 Station: WBAI Comments: Mass Backwards recording
Dictaphone Recordee: 512 - Dictaphone	NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING 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