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Last Summary Update: 08-07-2024

Jackdaw Syndrome; Doppler's House of Junk, 'Junking'
Airdate: Thursday - February 6, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Madness, all this madness. . .

Show Description

A salute to madness tonight Shep reads an article about Willie J Hill of Atlanta Georgia who has 4 garbage trucks come and clean out his house (See article below) True madness is merely an extension of something that lies in each one of us. The Jackdaw Syndrome Shep relates a memory from when he was 2 years old and another from when he was 10, visiting Dopler's basement, filled with junk.

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 08-07-2024 ]   
  "An Adventure In Madness" is read to a Rudy Vallee record. A "kid story": "The Jackdaw Syndrome." Collecting junk.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	None

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 10:36	The Trenton Times
• 11:40	Hanover Trail Steak House
• 13:14	General Tire
• 14:18	Smithsonian Magazine
• 18:14	Broadway Play	"Dance With Me"
• 43:37	Village Voice
• 43:57	Viking Press	"All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo"

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:23	Outside

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 3121 ]	People		Doppler, Jake

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January 17, 1975
The Atlanta Journal

Record: 1851 / ID: 19750206W1851

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

Date	Title
February 6, 1975 Recno: 1851	Jackdaw Syndrome; Doppler's House of Junk, 'Junking'	Original Airing
March 20, 1975 Recno: 6853	Junking as a Kid, Jackdaw Syndrome	WETA Synd Replay

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	110Bb	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19750206W1851	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	08-07-2024	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

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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 D	110Bb	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic

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	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
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David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. February 6, 1975. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. "An Adventure In Madness" is read to a Rudy Vallee record. A "kid story": "The Jackdaw Syndrome." Collecting junk. Jean Shepherd, Lester Smith (announcer), Mason Adams (commercial spokesman for The Trenton Times). 45:33. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 73140
Station: WOR

Schmidco

Running Time: 44:01

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1975 02 07_W1852_022-600-506_Series_100D-110Ca Aeroplanes and Flying.mp3
Source set: Series 100 Group D
Source ref number: 110Bb
Station: WOR

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Running Time: 36:13

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1975 02 06_W1851_030 Jackdaw Syndrome WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3
Source filename: 1975 02 06 Jackdaw Syndrome WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3
Source ref number: 6
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 36:13

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1975 02 06_W1851_601 Jackdaw Syndrome.mp3
Source filename: 1975_02_06_Jackdaw_Syndrome.mp3
Station: WOR

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 51:19

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

Inventory Name: 1975 02 07_W1852_552-506_D2024-02-07 Aroplanes and Flying.mp3
Station: WOR

Ken Piletic

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Station: WOR

Max Schmid

Running Time: 46:42

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

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Inventory Name: 1975 02 06_W1851_041-506 Jackdaw Syndrome.wav
Source filename: 75-02-06 Jackdaw Syndrome.wav
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 36:13

Inventory Name: 1975 02 06_W1851_995 Jackdaw Syndrome.mp3
Source filename: 1975_02_06_Jackdaw_Syndrome.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