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Last Summary Update: 06-30-2025

Got Rid of My Hat
Airdate: Wednesday - March 13, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

A thing to remember, is that it's happening everywhere. . .
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

While in Toronto, it was raining and Shep buys a hat. Suddenly people start treating him differently. People are constantly being upstaged by thing they don't think they're upstaged by. . .

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
•		Owley Bird

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:31	Speaking of short fat guys with cigars, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 26:05	Mandarin House	cut

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:29	Unknown Music	Honky tonk Eddie 'Pianola' Barnes?
• 09:08	Dayung

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 09:06	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Rating

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Record: 3443 / ID: 19630313W3443

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

	Date	Title
	March 13, 1963 Recno: 3443	Got Rid of My Hat	Original Airing

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19630313W3443	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	01-28-2008	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	06-30-2025	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

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Replays

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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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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

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Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
(1950 to 1974 Sources 100% Complete - 1975-1977 in process)

2 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

Gary Hines

Running Time: 36:30

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1963 03 13_W3443_orig_097 Got Rid of My Hat.mp3
Source filename: 63-03-13_orig Got Rid of My Hat.mp3
Source description: 3-13-63 gh Got Rid of My Hat
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

Running Time: 38:30

Inventory Name: 1963 03 13_W3443_097_mod Got Rid of My Hat.mp3
Source filename: 63-03-13_mod Got Rid of My Hat.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