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Last Summary Update: 05-22-2024

The Learned Phrenologist
Airdate: Tuesday - November 26, 1974

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hello, hello, hello. . .

Show Description

Shep tells about having to learn a Oliver Wendell Holmes poem (Old Ironsides) for Miss Robinette. The Fable of the Visitor Who Got A Lot for Three Dollars" (From "The America of George Ade" - paperback pg. 25)

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 05-22-2024 ]   
  Shepherd plays the jew's harp to a record of, "Yakety Sax." He reads George Ade's, "Fable Of The Visitor Who Got A Lot For $3."      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:57	Okay, this is WOR New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 06:22	Hillman-Kohan Vision Center
• 07:11	John Barleycorn Pub
• 08:15	Carolina Rice
• 24:54	Datsun	710
• 25:59	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 28:56	New York Magazine
• 32:43	General Tire
• 38:36	Compoz
• 39:43	Press Box Steak House

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:34	Yakety Sax

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	'Corny' - Elga Cornell Brown
•	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 02:30 ]	General Topics		George Ade
• [ 09:45 ]	People		Robinette, Miss

Record: 1789 / ID: 19741126W1789

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

Date	Title
November 26, 1974 Recno: 1789	The Learned Phrenologist	Original Airing
February 26, 1975 Recno: 7011	The Learned Phrenologist	WBJC Synd Replay

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group B	104Da	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19741126W1789	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	05-22-2024	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

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group B	104Da	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic

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5 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

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. November 26, 1974. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Shepherd plays the jew's harp to a record of, "Yakety Sax." He reads George Ade's, "Fable Of The Visitor Who Got A Lot For $3." Jean Shepherd. 44:37. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 72312
Station: WOR

Schmidco

Running Time: 43:53

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1974 11 26_W1789_022-600_Series_100B-104Da The Learned Phrenologist.mp3
Source set: Series 100 Group B
Source ref number: 104Da
Station: WOR

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Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 11-26-74 RR-03 Humorists, memorizing poetrry
Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 44:16

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1974 11 26_W1789_041-506 Learned Phrenologist.wav
Source filename: 74-11-26 Learned Phrenologist.wav
Station: WOR

Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING 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