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Code School (and meeting Fred Allen)
Airdate: Tuesday - April 13, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

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Show Description

Preparing for the trip to Austrailia Playing "Chinatown" on the Jewsharp as requested Talking with Fred Allen over coffee at the B.G.'s on Broadway in the middle of the night. The Code School Story - Shep tells how he and the rest of his army group wound up going to code school even though they were all proficient in morse code.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 11:46	Speaking of Armies and and theat peculiar onwhee that is created by, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 02:46	Prestone	Oil Miser
• 12:08	TV Guide
• 18:09	American Heritage Magazine

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 04:29	Dayung Kihan
• 08:09	Chinatown My Chinatown

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 03:57	Don MacClean

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
Nose Flute

Rating

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 10:27 ]	Army		Army

Record: 348 / ID: 19650413W0348

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

	Date	Title
	April 13, 1965 Recno: 348	Code School (and meeting Fred Allen)	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	June 20, 2000
Mass Backwards	August 19, 2008

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 2	122b	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19650413W0348	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

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Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
There were 2 shows from FHC dated 4-13-65. 1965 04 13 Fred Allen WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3 - This is the 1st 21 min of the 4-13 show as compared to the Schmidco tape 122b and Goldin desc. 1965 04 13 Code School WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3 this is a 40 min seg with the beginning missing and is not the 4-13 show. It is currently listed in the database as "19yymmdd_W4094 CW"
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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

June 20, 2000

August 19, 2008

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Dustbin of History!

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1965 Set 2	122b	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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6 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

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David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. April 13, 1965. WOR, New York. Sponsored by: Particiapting sponsors. "Why am I going to Australia? None of your business!" Shepherd plays the Jew's Harp. He tells the story of the time he met Fred Allen. Army story: how Shep was assigned to the code school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. He blows CW code on his nose flute! "I can teach code to a dog!" Good Shep. Jean Shepherd, Lester Smith (announcer). 44:28. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 76023
Station: WOR

Schmidco

Running Time: 42:58

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Timing Reference
Inventory Name: 1965 04 13_W0348_022-600_1965_Set_2-122b Code School.mp3
Source set: 1965 Set 2
Source ref number: 122b
Station: WOR

Images

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 4-13-65 122 Code School, guys from Co. K
Station: WOR

Images

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 21:00

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 04 13_W0348_995 Code School - Fred Allen 1st 21min.mp3
Source filename: 1965_04_13_Fred_Allen.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: First 21 min only

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 21:00

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 04 13_W0348_601 Code School - Fred Allen 1st 21min.mp3
Source filename: 1965_04_13_Fred_Allen.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 07
Station: WOR

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 21:00

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 04 13_W0348_030 Code School - Fred Allen WOR Jean Shepherd .mp3
Source ref number: 2g
Station: WOR

Comments: 1st 21 minutes

"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