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Food Surprise; Restaurant and Pousse Café
Rerun Date: May 1974

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
I was at a party the other night. . .
Show Description

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WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:32 by the way, that reminds me, this is WOR New York
Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 03:42 Broadway Play Bad Habits - Booth Theatre
• 04:11; 19:16 Chase Manhatten Bank
• 04:50 TV Guide
• 17:08 Alexis Lichine Beau-Jolais Wine
• 18:20 Newsday - L.I. Newspaper
• 19:50 National Enquirer National Enquirer
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 05:47 All right everybody, let's dance
• 07:14 Unknown - William Tell Overture Crazy William Tell Overture
• 10:18 Three Mexican Songs Guitar Music
Needs to be ID'd
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
• Jerry Lambert
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
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Rating
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Record: 1715 / ID: 197405ddW1715
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
May 8, 1972
Recno: 1290		 Lobsters, Restaurants Original Airing
May 1974
Recno: 1715		 Food Surprise; Restaurant and Pousse Café WOR Rerun
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General Info
Database Record Status
Database ID #: 197405ddW1715Sponsors up to date: Yes
Record Created: Sources up to date: Yes
Last Update: None
Station ID up to date: No
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Music up to date: No Instruments up to date: No
Description up to date: Yes    
Known Recordees
Alan Kalish
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Dating Notes
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Source: Ryan Priest

[5/10/17 - Ryan Priest - w/o May 6-11] I tried to do some sleuthing on the exact date of this program. I was able to determine it was a repeat of Shep's May 8, 1972 show. The commercial for TV Guide referenced an issue that is listed as May 11-18. Also, the recording I heard has a snippet of John Wingate's news at the tail end. It features a commercial for an event that will take place Monday, May 13. Wingate also teases a story about an 87-year-old man who rides his motorcycle daily. I've found some articles in newspaper archives that feature 87-year-old Earl Gregg of Ohio who rides his motorcycle around a dirt track at his home. Most papers feature it on May 7, 1974. While I can't garner an exact date from this, it can probably be narrowed to sometime during the week of May 6-11.

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TV Guide Cover Week of May 11 to 17 1974
Time: 03:42 Source: Jim Clavin

"Bad Habits" opened at the Booth Theatre on May 5th

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Daily News 5-6-74
 
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Source: Jim Clavin
[4/10/17 - Ryan Priest] I was also able to identify one of the songs used in the show as "Bahnfarht" (links in the summary attached), however the third piece used remains a mystery to me. It sounds like the Dixieland Jug Blowers, but I couldn't match it with anything available online, including the already identified pieces on your page.
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(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)
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

Alan Kalish


Running Time: 44:44

Recordee:
55 - Alan Kalish
Inventory Name: 1974 05 dd_W1715_055-099b Restaurant and Pousse Cafe.mp3
Source filename: Shep 099B.mp3
Source description: RESTAURANT & POUSSE CAFÉ
Source ref number: 99B
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets


Running Time: 46:39



Inventory Name: 1974 05 dd_W1715_601 Food Surprise.mp3
Source filename: 1974_05_xx_Food_Surprise.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 24
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org


Running Time: 46:39



Inventory Name: 1974 05 dd_W1715_995 Food Surprise.mp3
Source filename: 1974_05_xx_Food_Surprise.mp3
Station: WOR

David Goldin




NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. May, 1974. WOR, New York. Food surprise. Jean Shepherd. 46:39
Source ref number: 89716
Station: WOR

Gary Hines




NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 5-74 dl Food Surprise
Station: WOR
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