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Last Summary Update: 04-20-2010

Comb Mystery, Commercial Characters
Airdate: Tuesday - March 9, 1976

WOR Show

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Yes, the great mysteries, I mean the GREAT mysteries. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - 04-20-2010 ]   
  Where do all the combs go? The Great mystery.
Who are these pollsters, and who do they call? Another mystery.
Shep demonstrates how he would handle a pollster.
Wonders of the 20th century . . . Commercial nostalgia      
  

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Backpacker Magazine
•	General Tire
•	National Airlines
•	National Observer
•	TV Guide
•	WOR Radio Promo	plug for Walter Spenser's reviews

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 00:58	Also Sprach Zarathustra

Needs to be ID'd
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Al
•	Jerry Lambert
•	Joe

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Rating

None Yet

Record: 2158 / ID: 19760309W2158

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

	Date	Title
	March 9, 1976 Recno: 2158	Comb Mystery, Commercial Characters

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	March 09, 2010

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19760309W2158	Sponsors up to date:	No
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	04-20-2010	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

None Known

Notes

Dating Notes

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General Notes

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Technical Notes

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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

Max's super secret page of shows never played and not on internet - maybe. . .

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

March 09, 2010

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

NONE

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

References:

Synd#:
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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)

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

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 44:45

Available on Internet

²Audibly Dated
Inventory Name: 1976 03 09_W2158_500_M2010-03-09_Commercial_Characters.mp3
Source description: Mass Backwards recording
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording - Also has Lester Smith at beg with news (Max skips ahead past theme to save time)

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 30:08

Available on Internet

¹Shortened Theme ²Audibly Dated
Inventory Name: 1976 03 09_W2158_030 Commercials edit WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1976 03 09 Commercials edit WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 10e
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 3-9-76 RR-33 Comb Mystery

Images

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 30:08

¹Shortened Theme ²Audibly Dated
Inventory Name: 1976 03 09_W2158_995 Commercials edit.mp3
Source filename: 1976_03_09_Commercials_edit.mp3

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 30:08

¹Shortened Theme ²Audibly Dated
Inventory Name: 1976 03 09_W2158_601 Commercials edit.mp3
Source filename: 1976_03_09_Commercials_edit.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 26

"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