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Fail Safe Education
Airdate: Thursday - November 14, 1974

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Well, as a matter of fact you've probably been reading the big furer . . .

Show Description

If you're walking and breathing, it's impossible to fail out of a university. "The Fail-Safe Principle." The progam is interrupted for a news bulletin that an arrest has been made in the case of the six family members murdered in Amityville, New York. Bert Wilson reports from Amityville, Lester Smith is heard from the studio. Shep bemoans the state of literature and literacy in America.

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - None ]   
  If you're walking and breathing, it's impossible to fail out of a university. "The Fail-Safe Principle." The progam is interrupted for a news bulletin that an arrest has been made in the case of the six family members murdered in Amityville, New York. Bert Wilson reports from Amityville, Lester Smith is heard from the studio. Shep bemoans the state of literature and literacy in America.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:18	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:36	Broadway Play	Sherlock Holmes (Already in progress after news flash)
• 15:50	Dodge	Colt
• 24:04	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 25:03	Alfa Romeo
• 26:04	Compoz
• 27:05	Promenade Cafe - Rockefeller Center
• 36:17	Datsun	610
• 37:23	TV Guide	Godfather Cover
• 38:23	General Tire
• 39:36	Herr's
• 40:05	Dodge	Colt
• 41:21	Grand Union

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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•	None Mentioned

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Record: 1780 / ID: 19741114W1780

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

	Date	Title
	November 14, 1974 Recno: 1780	Fail Safe Education	Original Airing

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group B	103Da	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19741114W1780	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	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

Pete Delaney

Ken Piletic

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group B	103Da	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

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Schmidco

Running Time: 43:32

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1974 11 14_W1780_022-600_Series_100-103Da Fail Safe Education.mp3
Source set: Series 100 Group B
Source ref number: 103Da
Station: WOR

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David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. November 14, 1974. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. If you're walking and breathing, it's impossible to fail out of a university. "The Fail-Safe Principle." The progam is interrupted for a news bulletin that an arrest has been made in the case of the six family members murdered in Amityville, New York. Bert Wilson reports from Amityville, Lester Smith is heard from the studio. Shep bemoans the state of literature and literacy in America. Jean Shepherd, Bert Wilson, Lester Smith. 44:45. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 72270
Station: WOR

Pete Delaney

Recordee:
25 - Pete Delaney

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 11 14 Rise Of Illiteracy
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 11-14-74 RR-02 Student Grading, outcome based education
Station: WOR

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Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 45:22

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1974 11 14_W1780_041-506 'Fail Safe' Education [DeFeo bulletin].wav
Source filename: 74-11-14 'Fail Safe' Education [DeFeo bulletin].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