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Last Summary Update: 05-11-2025

TV Commercials and the One He Made
Airdate: Thursday - October 8, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

No, I'm serious, I saw a movie. . .

Show Description

Shep describes making a 56 second commercial, the audio equipment fails, then the video equipment fails. He talks about how it took 3 days to shoot Next he makes a shirt commercial Commercials with kids "Cattle Calls"

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 17:06	That reminds me this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 17:13	Great Shanghai
• 18:30	Fawn Lake Forest

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 19:37	Matt

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Record: 1009 / ID: 19701008W1009

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

	Date	Title
	October 8, 1970 Recno: 1009	TV Commercials and the One He Made	Original Airing

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19701008W1009	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	05-11-2025	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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	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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Robert Yellen

Recordee:
48 - Robert Yellen

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 2137 Jean Shepherd TV Commercials & The One He Made 45 min 10/08/70
Source ref number: 2137
Station: WOR

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Gary Hines

Running Time: 41:51

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1970 10 08_W1009_097 Making TV Commercials.mp3
Source filename: 70-10-08 Making TV Commercials.mp3
Source description: 10-8-70 Making TV Commercials
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