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Last Summary Update: 05-04-2025

Friend Loses Job- Mixed-up paycheck
Airdate: Friday - April 3, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

and we're going to improve the breed tonight. . .

Show Description

We have to improve our own breed. Does a milk truck horse know it is different from a thoroughbred? Shep passes black man in the street who was whistling Dixie! Human being status The "Mad Bomber" of NY - discussion of bomb making Bruner builds a Carbide Canon Friday is payday! His friend Jim has been fired. Shep gets wrong paycheck when working at the Steel Mill. Accidentally gets one of the bosses pay checks.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:05	Speaking of Pigs, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:12	Movie Promotion	The Adventurers
• 26:56	Miller Beer
• 28:17	Shep Promo - Live Appearance	Coucil Rocks High School

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:28	Gettysburg March

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 25:14	Keith
• 05:24	Matt

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 28:17 ]	Live Shows	April 11, 1970	Council Rock High School

Record: 972 / ID: 19700403W0972

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

	Date	Title
	April 3, 1970 Recno: 972	Friend Loses Job- Mixed-up paycheck	Original Airing

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Database ID #:	19700403W0972	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	05-04-2025	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

Robert Yellen

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Source: Jim Clavin
Shep appeared at Princeton this night. This show was either pre-recorded or a rerun from and earlier date?
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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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Gary Hines

Running Time: 43:53

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Inventory Name: 1970 04 03_W0972_097 Improving the Breed.mp3
Source filename: 70-04-03 Improving the Breed.mp3
Source description: 4-3-70 68 lmproving the Breed, Paycheck Mix-up (5-7-71)
Station: WOR

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Robert Yellen

Recordee:
48 - Robert Yellen

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 2253 Jean Shepherd Friend Loses Job/Paycheck Mix-Up 45 min 04/03/70
Source ref number: 2253
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