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Last Summary Update: 04-22-2024

Mugging of Moog
Airdate: Monday - October 28, 1974

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

There we are, there we are, just be calm. . .

Show Description

A show full of commercials, Shep rambles along playing the Jews Harp to Yakety Sax, telling about someone who mugged a Moog synthesizer at a rock concert, and talking about the devil in the cockpit of mankind. He claims he has the temptation to tell a dirty joke and several times during the show begins to tell it and then sidetracks away from it. The third attempt is aborted as the theme comes to an end, "We're out of time"

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 04-22-2024 ]   
  The first known mugging of a computer! This momentous news is preceded by a jew's harp performance to a record of, "Yakety Sax." Shep starts to tell a dirty joke (not completed, of course) about three monks and a dachshound in an Irish bar.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:09	And this is WOR New York, we're giving the station breaks early tonight

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 04:29	Datsun
• 12:25	Madison Square Garden	Ali - Foreman fight
• 15:27	Air Italia
• 16:29	Alfa Romeo
• 31:20	Barnes and Noble
• 32:20	Grand Union
• 33:50	Uris Theatre	Uris Theatre - Henry Mancini
• 35:00	E. J. Korvette
• 38:06	Waldorf-Astoria	Ali - Foreman Fight - Big Screen TV
• 39:39	Political Ad	Lefkowitz
• 40:39	Political Ad	Grasso
• 41:39	Political Ad	Koch

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:35	Carnegie Hall Conclusion Cheers
• 07:15	Yakety Sax
• 23:49	Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major- K. 467 - Andante

Callers

Time	Caller	Notes
14:40	• Talks to man who doesn't know who Rhoda is (Sonded like Leigh)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

Rating

None Yet

Record: 1761 / ID: 19741028W1761

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

	Date	Title
	October 28, 1974 Recno: 1761	Mugging of Moog	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	August 23, 2005

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group A	102Bb	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19741028W1761	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	04-22-2024	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

Ken Piletic

Notes

Dating Notes

No Notes Found

General Notes

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Technical Notes

Notes

Source: Pete Delaney
[Pete D] Another little white lie from Shep. The cheer was not from the finale of the 3rd Carnegie Hall show, but from the last moments of side one of the album "TIGER TIME" by the Grambling College Marching Band RHODA WHO? Refers to the special CBS one hour episode of "RHODA," the Mary Tyler Moore spinoff broadcast on 10/28 from 9PM to 10PM, where Rhoda marries her boyfriend Joe. Typical sitcom "hijinks" had Rhoda ending up on the subway in her wedding gown. ALI/FOREMAN 2 Ali knocked out Forman in the 8th round. POLITICAL ADS Lefkowitz, Grasso and Koch all won. DATSUN SAVES Datsun changed it's name to NISSAN in 1982. In the late 50's the company chose the name DATSUN instead of NISSAN as to not offend Americans who knew that NISSAN manufactured World War Two armaments.
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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

August 23, 2005

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group A	102Bb	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic

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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

Schmidco

Running Time: 43:09

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1974 10 28_W1761_022-600_Series_100A-102Bb Mugging of Moog.mp3
Source set: Series 100 Group A
Source ref number: 102Bb
Station: WOR

Images

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 46:35

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1974 10 28_W1760_500_M2005-08-23 Mugging the Moog.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. October 28, 1974. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. The first known mugging of a computer! This momentous news is preceded by a jew's harp performance to a record of, "Yakety Sax." Shep starts to tell a dirty joke (not completed, of course) about three monks and a dachshound in an Irish bar. The recording includes the start of, "In Conversation" following. Jean Shepherd. 44:21. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 72214
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 1O-28-74 dl Mugging the Moog
Station: WOR

Images

Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 44:58

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1974 10 28_W1761_041-506 SC Mugging of Moog.wav
Source filename: 74-10-28 SC Mugging of Moog.wav
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