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Food-Shaped Stands; Elephants Graveyard; Flagship
Airdate: Thursday - August 19, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Have to do a terrible thing tonight. . .

Show Description

The Flagship on Route 22 in Union, NJ is empty and for sale or rent. Shep wonders what kind of a pad it would make. He imagines inviding Mr. Leder there. Gasoline Alley and the Corky doll that Aunt Glenn gave him when he was 6 Indelible pencils, golf ball centers, swallowing gum, quicksand and other kid myths. Shep describes various food stands he's encountered. One shaped like a DC-3, one shaped like a giant hot dog serving foot long Colombian hot dogs. The elephant graveyard myth - Shep finds a book in the basement about them that the old man has stashed.

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WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Speaking of Old Grandad - this is WOR AM and FM in New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Happiness Chinese Restaurant
•	Miller Beer

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Shiek of Araby (1)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Matt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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Record: 413 / ID: 19650819W0413

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

	Date	Title
	August 19, 1965 Recno: 413	Food-Shaped Stands; Elephants Graveyard; Flagship	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	August 17, 2004

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 4	149b	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19650819W0413	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

Rudy Wirsching

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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

August 17, 2004

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1965 Set 4	149b	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

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FHC / JSP

Running Time: 43:17

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 08 19_W0413_030 Flagship WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source filename: 1965 08 19 Flagship WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 13
Station: WOR

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. August 19, 1965. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. The Drive-In: a New Jersey invention of 1792. A salute to New Jersey and the flagship building on route 22. New Jersey and Indiana myths. Shep claims to have "discovered the new art form of trivia" in 1956 (and to have coined the term). An Indiana hot dog stand...made out of a DC-3. The myth of the Elephants' Burial Ground. Jean Shepherd. 44:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Source ref number: 78629
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

Running Time: 44:50

Inventory Name: 1965 08 19_W0413_097 Myths and Trivia.mp3
Source filename: 65-00-00 Myths and Trivia.mp3
Source description: 8-19-65 149 Food Shaped Stands; Elephant Graveyard
Station: WOR

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Schmidco

Running Time: 43:13

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1965 08 19_W0413_022-600_1965_Set_4-149b Food Shaped Stands.mp3
Source set: 1965 Set 4
Source ref number: 149b
Station: WOR

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Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 43:17

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 08 19_W0413_601 Flagship.mp3
Source filename: 1965_08_19_Flagship.mp3
Source set: Everything Set Vol 09
Station: WOR

Brass Figlagee - Archive.org

Running Time: 43:17

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 08 19_W0413_995 Flagship.mp3
Source filename: 1965_08_19_Flagship.mp3
Station: WOR

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 45:37

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 08 19_W0413_500_M2004-08-17 Flagship.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards 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