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Last Summary Update: 11-29-2024

Camel
Airdate: Friday - February 6, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

All of a sudden people are discoveering Edga Kennedy. . .

Show Description

Edgar Kennedy - 'the slow burn' In Americus, Indiana, a kid comes home from a basketball game one night and finds a dead camel on the front lawn. The kid tells his father who accuses him of drinking and gets sent to bed. The next morning there was still a dead camel on the front lawn. "The Art of Head Thumping" - Shep demonstrates his head thumping expertise to the music of The Smith Street Society Jazz Band. Shep tells about his own experience with a camel. Coming home through the back alley that ran behind the houses, Shep discovers that in one of the garages is a camel which belongs to a magician. He starts feeding it the leftover peanut butter and jelly sandwich he had for lunch every day. After several months, one day he eats his whole sandwich and comes by empty handed. The camel is not amused and takes a big bite out of his new sheepskin coat. Shep's mother accuses him of lying when he tells her how the camel bit his coat, so he blames it on Flick. She sticks a bar of soap in Shep's mouth and calls Flick's mother. (See notes)

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
•		Camel Dead in Yard

Comments

• Soap in mouth: This basic concept was used in A Christmas Story. In stead of getting the soap in the mouth for lying, it was because of the cursing. The phone call is made to Schwartz's mother instead of Flick's. This story was previously told at the Limelight during the 2nd hour of the June 11, 1966 show.

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:51	Rosetta
• 15:58	Miller Beer
• 17:39	Chevrolet

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 06:45; 42:28	Ballet Mecanique
• 12:47	Some of These Days (1)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:29	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kopfspeilen

Rating

None Yet

Record: 3129 / ID: 19700206W3129

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

Date	Title
February 6, 1970 Recno: 3129	Camel	Original Airing
January 6, 1971 Recno: 7036	Camel in Indiana, feeding, bites jacket	WOR Rerun
January 26, 1972 Recno: 8086	The Camel and the Coat Notes: 1972 show has same opening as 1971 show	WOR Rerun

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	February 08, 2023

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19700206W3129	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	11-29-2024	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

Zirul

Notes

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Notes

Source: Max Schmid
Zirul - Camel
Comments: 0

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Replays

Mass Backwards

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

February 08, 2023

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4 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

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Zirul

Recordee:
513 - Zirul

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source filename: 70-02-06 Camel.wav
Source description: 70-02-06 Camel.wav
Station: WOR

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Dustbin of History

Running Time: 1:06:51

Recordee:
513 - Zirul

Inventory Name: 1970 02 06_W3129_552-513_D2023-02-08 Camel.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

Jim Clavin

Running Time: 45:52

Recordee:
513 - Zirul

Inventory Name: 1970 02 06_W3129_022_552-513_D2023-02-08 Camel.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Ripped from Dustbin of History recording

Gary Hines

Running Time: 45:11

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1970 02 06_W3129_097 Camel and the Coat og.mp3
Source filename: 70-02-06 Camel and the Coat og.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