Sheplives

Last Summary Update: 06-11-2025

Odds and Ends, Uncle Carl, Newsreel Schtick
Airdate: Monday - June 15, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hello, hello, - - - oh how sad. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - 06-11-2025 ]   
   First line: Hello, hello? Ladada dititti!

Eng: Marty

Baird Scientific Study - Thesis missing, taken to the city dump.

Wouldn't you like to live in a commercial??

Shep mentioned in an ad for... he won't say!

Ad: Movie - A Walk in the Spring Rain

City Employee refuses to stop work after being fired.

Mayor Lindsay goes to the airport to go to a conference, but bumped for non-payment.

Shep gets his hair styled at Antione's

Ad: Year One

Shep's Uncle Carl, the experimental drunk.

Shep's newsreel with G Grubbage.

The language of movie music.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
•		PhD in the dumps

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	None

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 07:58	Movie Promotion	A Walk in the Spring Rain
• 11:35	Schrafts Candy's
• 20:00	Year One Poster

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 30:50	Newsreel in Melody
• 38:36	Slapstix
• 39:56	Blues in the Night
• 40:33	The Informer
• 41:42	High Noon

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 07:47	Martin A Hurley

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
Echo Chamber

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 31:29 ]	People		Grubbage, H.G.

Record: 4409 / ID: 19700615W4409

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

	Date	Title
	June 15, 1970 Recno: 4409	Odds and Ends, Uncle Carl, Newsreel Schtick	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	June 12, 2025

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Sorry, Not Available

General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19700615W4409	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	02-07-2012	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	06-11-2025	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

Brian Gelber

Notes

Dating Notes

No Notes Found

General Notes

No Notes Found

Technical Notes

No Notes Found

Research Notes

No Notes Found

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

NONE

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

June 12, 2025

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

References:

Synd#:
Synd#:

Schmidco Sets - 0 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
None Found

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

3 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

Brian Gelber

Running Time: 44:09

Recordee:
135 - Brian Gelber

Inventory Name: 1970 06 15_W4409_135 Asst, Uncle Carl, Newsreel Schtick.mp3
Source filename: 70-06-15 MON Asst, Uncle Carl, Newsreel Schtick.mp3
Source description: Old Music and Movies
Station: WOR

Images

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 51:05

Recordee:
135 - Brian Gelber

Inventory Name: 1970 06 15_W4409_552-135_D2025-06-12 newsreel schtick.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

Jim Clavin

Running Time: 44:09

Recordee:
135 - Brian Gelber

Inventory Name: 1970 06 15_W4409_022-552-135 Newsreel Schtick.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Ripped from Dustbin of History 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