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Slobus Americanus
Airdate: Tuesday - August 4, 1964

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

You always have this dilusion. . .

Show Description

Shep discusses slobism. Some of the topics he talks about: The turtle with the plastic shell. Life is like silly putty because it assumes any shape you want, but it always returns to the original lumpy shape. A barber in Texas refuses to give crew cuts to men unless they have a note from their wives. The Sultan of Zanzibar fails his drivers test. Favorite words and expressions of the slob Slobs at the 1963-64 New York Worlds Fair And more slobism - Shep moves quickly from one slob topic to another.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Speaking of slobs, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Ballantine Beer
•	Movie Promotion	"The Night of the Iguana"

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Skip

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		N.Y. World's Fair
•	General Topics		Culture

Record: 265 / ID: 19640804W0265

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

	Date	Title
	August 4, 1964 Recno: 265	Slobus Americanus	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	November 21, 2000

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1964 MP3 Set 3	MP364-3	MP3
Summer 1964 Set	88a	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19640804W0265	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

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Notes

Dating Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin

Shep says it's Monday night right at the closing of the opening theme

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Technical Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
Not the same show as 1-9-76
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Replays

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Replay Date

November 21, 2000

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Schmidco Sets - 2 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1964 MP3 Set 3	MP364-3	MP3	64-08-04 (but says MON) Slobus Americanus at World's Fair.mp3 Running Time: 0
Summer 1964 Set	88a	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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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
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

Source Name

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David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. August 4, 1964. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. The Sultan of Zanzibar has failed his driver's license test. The characteristics of the "Slobbus Americanus," a portrait in great detail. Jean Shepherd, Jackson Beck (commercial spokesman). 44:44. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 77215
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:38

Inventory Name: 1964 08 04_W0265_097 Slobus Americanas.mp3
Source filename: 64-08-04 Slobus Americanas.mp3
Source description: 8-4-64 0223 Slobus Americanus
Station: WOR

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Mass Backwards

Running Time: 45:16

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1964 08 04_W0265_500_M2000-11-21 Slobus Americanus.mp3
Source filename: 1964-08-04_M2000-11-21_Slobus_Americanus.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

Schmidco

Running Time: 44:52

Inventory Name: 1964 08 04_W0265_600-041 (but says MON) Slobus Americanus at World's Fair.mp3
Source filename: 64-08-04 (but says MON) Slobus Americanus at World's Fair.mp3
Source set: 1964 MP3 Set 3
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 44:38

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1964 08 04_W0265_995 Slobs.mp3
Source filename: 1964_08_04_Slobs.mp3
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 44:38

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1964 08 04_W0265_601 Slobs.mp3
Source filename: 1964_08_04_Slobs.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 06
Station: WOR

Schmidco

Running Time: 43:18

Inventory Name: 1964 08 04_W0265_022-600_Summer_1964_Set-88a Slobus Americanus.mp3
Source set: Summer 1964 Set
Source ref number: 88a
Station: WOR

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