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Last Summary Update: 03-19-2025

Lucky Strike Green Champion Smoke Ring Blower
Airdate: Monday - March 18, 1968

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

The kind of stuff you will not hear on the human side of the news. . .
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

Eternal spring calling - are very old people aware of the onslaught of spring? Shep's own personal holiday is spring. Spring in the Army. Ft Monmouth All Stars vs NY Giants baseball game The old man takes Shep and Randy to the Irish-American Hall to see the world champion smoke ring blower.

So far there is no Description for this show

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
•		Disappearing Mini-Skirts

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:50	Speaking of disillusionment, this is WOR, radio free broadway. . . .

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 09:40	Consumer Reports

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 00:18	Numerology
• 04:07; 23:36; 33:42	Rustle of Spring
• 07:48; 12:28	Lowdown Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 07:33	Larry Londino

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 14:04 ]	Live Shows	March 22, 1968	Piscataway High School
• [ 14:58 ]	Live Shows	March 23, 1968	Fairleigh Dickinson

Record: 4657 / ID: 19680318W4657

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

	Date	Title
	March 18, 1968 Recno: 4657	Lucky Strike Green Champion Smoke Ring Blower	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	March 19, 2025

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19680318W4657	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:	04-20-2022	Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	03-19-2025	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

Dictaphone

Art Shifrin

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

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

Mass Backwards

NONE

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

Replay Date

March 19, 2025

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

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Schmidco Sets - 0 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
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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
Art Shifrin Recordee: 529 - Art Shifrin	NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source ref number: S43 Station: WOR
Max Schmid Running Time: 42:14 Recordee: 512 - Dictaphone	Inventory Name: 1968 03 18_W4657_041-512 Lucky Strike Green Champion Smoke Ring Blower.mp3 Source filename: 68-03-18 MON Lucky Strike Green Champion Smoke Ring Blower.mp3 Source description: 68-03-18 Lucky Strike Green Champion Smoke Ring Blower.mp3 68-03-18 3in s2.mp3 Station: WOR Comments: no theme - opening cut
Dustbin of History Running Time: 51:05 Recordee: 512 - Dictaphone	Inventory Name: 1968 03 18_W4657_552-512_D2025-03-19 Lucky Strike Green Champion Smoke Ring Blower.mp3 Station: WBAI Comments: 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