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Last Summary Update: 01-19-2017

Frogs
Airdate: Friday - January 22, 1971

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Hey, hey, you know what I feel like doing right now. . .
Show Description
[ Courtesy: Ryan Priest - 01-19-2017 ] Shep opens the program with a news story about Caesar the Starling (See clipping below). The rest of the show is dedicated to frogs. He reads the following poems about frogs: "The Frog" by Hilaire Belloc "Warty Bliggens the Toad" by Don Marquis "The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull" by Guy Wetmore Carryl Shep tells about the time in Miss Crystal Reeder's biology class when he was partnered with Pearl (Arauz) to dissect a frog. He did all of the work, but she got a better grade. He closes with a story from the Wall Street Journal detailing the shortage of frogs used for frog legs because many are being shipped to college campuses to be dissected. During the show he mentions reading a book by Thorne Smith, but can't remember the title. The book was "The Stray Lamb".
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:10 Speaking of libidinous, this is WOR
Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 16:50 Shop Rite
• 17:51 TV Guide
• 18:50 National Institute for Mental Health
Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 04:24; 20:00 Tom Hark
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
• Connie
• 13:20 Leigh Brown
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
None
Rating
None Yet
Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
• [ 07:04 ] People Reeder, Miss
• [ 07:34 ] People Arauz, Pearl
• [ 16:30 ] Short Stories and Columns by Shep February 1971 Report From Alaska - Part 1
• [ 20:15 ] General Topics Poetry
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January 07, 1970
The Burlington Times News

Courtesy: Ryan Priest
    
Record: 1074 / ID: 19710122W1074
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
January 22, 1971
Recno: 1074		 Frogs Original Airing
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Found in the following set(s)
Set Name Show # Media
Misc Set 1
 46b
 Cassette

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General Info
Database Record Status
Database ID #: 19710122W1074Sponsors up to date: Yes
Record Created: Sources up to date: Yes
Last Update: 01-19-2017
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
Notes
Dating Notes
Notes
Source: Ryan Priest

[Ryan Priest - 1/19/2017] I initially thought this show might be mis-dated because the story about the starling appears in a number of newspapers in January 1970. However, the commercials for ShopRite and TV Guide confirmed this was from 1971. ShopRite didn't begin its "Can-Can Sale" until 1971. Also, the TV Guide issue being advertised mentioned Flip Wilson on the cover, which indeed was from this week in 1971. I also noticed that the music used wasn't listed on your music page. I was able to identify one cut using a Google app on my phone. The second cut was from the same artist, but I haven't pinned down the title yet. [Jim] You may be right. If the show was re-run in 1971, the commercials would have been updated.

 
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Replays
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Synd#:
Synd#:
Schmidco Sets - 1 found
Set Name Show # Media File Name Source
Misc Set 1
 46b
 Cassette
 0
Running Time: 0
 
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6 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

Max - Everything Sets


Running Time: 43:29


Available on Internet



Inventory Name: 1971 01 22_W1074_601 Frogs.mp3
Source filename: 1971_01_22_Frogs.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 15
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org


Running Time: 43:29


Available on Internet



Inventory Name: 1971 01 22_W1074_995 Frogs.mp3
Source filename: 1971_01_22_Frogs.mp3
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP


Running Time: 43:29


Available on Internet



Inventory Name: 1971 01 22_W1074_030 Frogs WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1971 01 22 Frogs WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 14
Station: WOR

Schmidco


Running Time: 39:48



Inventory Name: 1971 01 22_1074_022-600_Misc_Set_1-46b Frogs.mp3
Source set: Misc Set 1
Source ref number: 46b
Station: WOR
Images

Robert Yellen


Recordee:
48 - Robert Yellen
NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 2261 Jean Shepherd Dissecting Frogs/Frogs in Outfield 45 min 01/22/71
Source ref number: 2261
Station: WOR
Images

Gary Hines


Running Time: 43:29


Timing Reference     
Inventory Name: 1971 01 22_W1074_097 Frogs.mp3
Source filename: 71-01-22 Frogs.mp3
Source description: 1-22-71 04 Frogs
Station: WOR
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