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NAB Convention: Biting the Hand
Airdate: Tuesday - March 23, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Ah, yes, the human comedy. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - None ]   
  Beards and problems it creates
The Human Comedy Hour
National Association of Broadcasters compared everything from the Mafia to garbage
Demo of the all automatic radio station, untouched by human hands
Artificial broadcasting emotionalism
The more trivial the product the more bombastic the advertisement
The Philadelphia Bulletin bombastic advertisement for . . . Scott Tissue
N.A.B. Broadcasters Prayer (as a measure of the self importance of broadcasting)
N.A.B. Seminar on the 30 second commercial
The big speaker of the day - The Weatherman

Religious Kazoo music by Shep      
  

Comments

• In a day when audio recording was rather crude, Shep predicts the ability to record radio stations with out actually having to listen to them! [Rich B] Shep says he owned a Peugeot 403

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 18:08	Speaking of a Soundless Mindless Cacophony this is WOR!

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 18:17	Prestone
• 22:01	Peugeot	(404 or 403) - a one year purchase waiting list in France, Shep
• 36:00	Leather Guild Warehouse	where they sell vinyl
• 38:23	American Heritage Magazine	a handy magazine to throw at people because it hard covered segway into American Heritage of sneakiness

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Important Music
• 03:16; 10:39	Slapstix
• 24:24	Les Preludes
• 32:37	Oh Marie
• 34:46	Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Rating

None Yet

Record: 333 / ID: 19650323W0333

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

	Date	Title
	March 23, 1965 Recno: 333	NAB Convention: Biting the Hand	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	March 23, 2004
YesterdayUSA	May 16, 2015

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 2	115b	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19650323W0333	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

Rudy Wirsching

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 23, 2004

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

Show #
0369	May 16, 2015

Dustbin of History!

NONE

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1965 Set 2	115b	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
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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

Schmidco

Running Time: 43:41

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1965 03 23_W0333_022-600_1965_Set_2-115b NAB Convention - Biting the Hand.mp3
Source set: 1965 Set 2
Source ref number: 115b
Station: WOR

Images

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. March 23, 1965. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Shepherd has just attended the N. A. B. Convention. "You've never heard such kvetching in your life." "Don't bite the claw that feeds you." Shep isn't very pleased with "today's" radio, calling it, "the static of our day." He also reads a toilet paper ad, with portentious musical accompaniment. Part of the opening theme has been deleted. Jean Shepherd. 44:57. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
Source ref number: 76679
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 3-23-65 115 NAB Convention: Biting the Hand
Station: WOR

Images

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 46:32

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 03 23_W0333_500_M2004-03-23_NAB_Convention-Biting_the_Hand.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

YesterdayUSA

Running Time: 50:12

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 03 23_W0333_551_Y369-2015-05-16_Shep-NAB-1965-03-23.mp3
Station: YUSA

Comments: YesterdayUSA recording

"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