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Hobson's Choice, Do people see dreams in focus without their glasses on
Airdate: Friday - February 21, 1969

WOR Show
Original Airing

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Show Description

Hobson's Choice, Glasses - do people see dreams in focus without their glasses? Adjusting the color TV set at mom's house - everyone is green, but she likes it that way! Stamp collecting, Andoren stamps.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:30	This is WOR friends. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 05:17	Miller Beer
• 12:55	Rosetta
• 15:04	Eveready
• 22:54	Mandarin House	Year of the rooster
• 24:55	Magnavox
• 28:47	Sears
• 37:41	Electronic Workshop

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 24:29	Tiger Rag
• 27:13	Shiek of Araby (3)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 03:23	Herb Squire
• 03:22	Leigh Brown

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Record: 1080 / ID: 19690221W1080

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

	Date	Title
	February 21, 1969 Recno: 1080	Hobson's Choice, Do people see dreams in focus without their glasses on	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19690221W1080	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	04-18-2025	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

Known Recordees

Jim Clavin

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Dating Notes

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Source: Jim Clavin

Possibly 2-14 or 21-1969 (See notes from 2506 Getting sick in Army) Talks about being on Joe Franklin TV show - Date??

Time: 12:42 Source: Jim Clavin

"It's Friday night"

Time: 15:05 Source: Jim Clavin

Eveready commercial mentions "when man lands on the moon" - 7-20-1969

Time: 22:54 Source: Jim Clavin

Mentions it is year of the rooster during Mandarin House commercial - The Years of the Rooster include 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029. . .

Time: 28:47 Source: Jim Clavin

Mentions it is February 'around' Washington's birthday

Time: 31:50 Source: Jim Clavin

Refers to 1-30-1969 article about the Andorran Military

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Technical Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
"Hobson's choice" and "Getting sick in army" were back to back Fri/Sat shows)
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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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Jim Clavin

Running Time: 44:32

Recordee:
22 - Jim Clavin

Inventory Name: 1969 02 dd_W1080_022 Hobsons Choice - Glasses.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: From reel to reel

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 44:32

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1969 02 dd_W1080_601 Glasses.mp3
Source filename: 1971_02_19_Glasses.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 15
Station: WOR

Comments: See dating notes

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 44:32

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1969 02 dd_W1080_995 Glasses.mp3
Source filename: 1971_02_19_Glasses.mp3
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:32

Inventory Name: 1969 02 21_W1080_097 Glasses - WAS 71 02 19 .mp3
Source filename: 71 02 19 Glasses.mp3
Source description: 2-19-71 dl Glasses Poss.4-10-?1
Station: WOR

Comments: Misdated

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