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Last Summary Update: 01-18-2020

Unusual Thefts, Ripoffs
Airdate: Monday - January 29, 1973

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hey, ah, speaking of - everybodies talking you know the whole women bit. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Pete Delaney - 01-18-2020 ]   
  Turkish prostitutes form union
How much a woman costs in Port Moresby
When women get equal pay with men they get equally drunk
TV's obsession with lions
Guinea Pigs, Hamsters and Gerbils
Deadly Birds
VISTA PSA
Theft of all the furniture at a radio station
The theft of radio station equipment by 3 guys desperate to be on the air
Theft of a Broadway show prop
Theft of a TV show microphone      
  

[ Courtesy: Lowell Thelin - 01-18-2020 ]   
  Personal Service Workers trade union formation by Turkish prostitutes

Kindness to criminals at a peak

Theft of 5' stuffed penguin from a bar and 17' canoe from a department store

Weekend theft of entire office equipment stock from radio station by guys disguised as lease company personnel doing routine equipment exchange

Theft of radio equipment including transmitter, mixers,  tape machines and mikes - although never placed "on the air," a year later three guys were found "playing radio" with a complete ersatz station setup at a remote site

Theft of essential typewriter prop during "live" Broadway theater production

Theft of microphone during "live network TV" production causing important Ritz Crackers commercial to "boot"

Comments

• No WOR station identification for this show!

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	None

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	ACTION - Washington DC

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Fidgety Feet
•	Stars and Stripes Forever

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Earl Doude
•	George
•	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Rating

None Yet

Record: 1470 / ID: 19730129W1470

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

	Date	Title
	January 29, 1973 Recno: 1470	Unusual Thefts, Ripoffs	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	June 05, 2001

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19730129W1470	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	01-18-2020	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

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None Known

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Max / Schmidco

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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

June 05, 2001

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

NONE

Max / Schmidco Notes
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Other

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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
None Found

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)

7 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

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Lowell Thelin

Running Time: 44:37

Inventory Name: 1973 01 29_W1470_045 Unusual Thefts - 1-29-73scf.mp3
Source filename: 1-29-73scf.mp3
Source ref number: 42
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 44:30

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1973 01 29_W1470_030 Ripoffs WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3
Source filename: 1973 01 29 Ripoffs WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3
Source ref number: 5, 4c
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 44:37

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1973 01 29_W1470_030 Unusual Thefts.mp3
Source filename: 1973 01 29 Unusual Thefts.mp3
Source ref number: 5, 4c
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 1-29-73 FH UnusualThefts
Station: WOR

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Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 44:37

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1973 01 29_W1470_601 Unusual Thefts aka Ripoffs.mp3
Source filename: 1973_01_29_Unusual_Thefts_aka_Ripoffs.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 21
Station: WOR

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 44:40

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1973 01 29_W1470_500 M2001-06-05 Unusual Thefts.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 44:37

Inventory Name: 1973 01 29_W1470_995 Unusual Thefts aka Ripoffs.mp3
Source filename: 1973_01_29_Unusual_Thefts_aka_Ripoffs.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