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Last Summary Update: 03-31-2017

Blowing Bubbles
Airdate: Saturday - March 26, 1960

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I'd say what did he do ma. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ryan Priest - 03-31-2017 ]   
  Shep's first show in the Saturday 12:15-2 pm time slot.

Reads a letter from a teen listener who noticed a sign at the Hayden Planetarium that read "Solar System & Restrooms that way".

Story about being asked to identify constellations on Boy Scout camping trips.

Shep recently missed three appointments because he was fascinated watching workers remove three giant Pepsi bottles from a billboard in Times Square.

Story about spending a quarter on "special prize grab bags" at the local dime store.

Brass Figlagee Award

"I will award the Brass Figlagee. . ."

• Who used to say, "Youse is a viper"? And what was the name of the comic strip it appeared in?

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Ballantine Beer
•	Electronic Workshop
•	Lufthansa Airlines
•	Paperbook Gallery
•	Vegemato Juice
•	Ying and Yang

Music (All times approximate)

Not Determined yet

Needs to be ID'd

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Grab Bags

Links to Further Information:

• Life Magazine photo Shep refers to

Photos:

March 07, 1960
Life Magazine Photo that Shep mentions on March 26, 1960 Show (~18 min)

March 26, 1960
Answer to 3-26-1960 show Brass Figlagee Question

Record: 66 / ID: 19600326W0066

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

	Date	Title
	March 26, 1960 Recno: 66	Blowing Bubbles	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

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The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1960 Set 1	1	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19600326W0066	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	03-31-2017	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Howie Mann

Notes

Dating Notes

No Notes Found

General Notes

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Technical Notes

Notes

Source: Gene Bergmann
[Gene B] Just listening to Shep Jeff's 4/2002 CD set, WOR 11C, dated 3/26/60 (about the 11th one on the disc.). About 36 minutes in. Shep says he was in the radar camp located next to West Palm Beach. I just checked my printout of Camp Murphy (radar camp, now Jonathan Dickinson State Park) web page, which says, "...located twelve miles south of Stuart on U.S 1 HWY." The google map for West Palm Beach shows Stuart just to the north of West Palm Beach. (Atlantic coast just east of Lake Okeechobee) For me this pretty well confirms that Shep was indeed at Camp Murphy.
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Research Notes

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Max / Schmidco

Max's super secret page of shows never played and not on internet - maybe. . .

Max / Schmidco Notes

Notes

Last 65 minutes Also Boxing: Patterson vs. Johansen with Howard Cosell

Replays

Mass Backwards

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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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References:

Synd#:
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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1960 Set 1	1	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Howie Mann

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

5 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

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 1:06:56

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1960 03 26_W0066_030 Blowing Bubbles.mp3
Source filename: 1960 03 26 WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3
Source ref number: 1d
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 1:02:35

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1960 03 26_W0066_601 1st_Sat_Show_Last_65_min.mp3
Source filename: 1960_03_26_1st_Sat_Show_Last_65_min.mp3
Source set: Everything Set 03
Station: WOR

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. March 26, 1960. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. 12:15 P. M. to 2:00 P. M. The first Jean Shepherd show on a Saturday afternoon. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles," two letters from kid listeners are read, the solar system and restrooms. A five-and-dime grab bag. Shep complains about American radio and compares it to radio services around the world. The Mutual net news at 1:00 P. M. has been deleted. Jean Shepherd. 64:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
Source ref number: 70334
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 3-26-60 0204 Bubbles, Solar, Rest Rooms, Scoutsi(1st Sat Show)
Station: WOR

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Schmidco

Running Time: 1:02:23

Recordee:
535 - Howie Mann

Inventory Name: 1960 03 26_W0066_022_600 Blowing Bubbles.mp3
Source set: 1960 Set 1
Source ref number: 1a
Station: WOR

Comments: Last 65 minutes

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"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