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The Life That We Live
Airdate: Wednesday - July 31, 1968

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Quack, quack, oh, wait, wait this is part of an experiment
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

Shep talks about the apartments he had in Covington, Kentucky and New York. He goes off on various tangents. He then talks about various television commercials and the people in them.

So far there is no Description for this show

Comments

• Based on Shep's comments, "Almost August" and "what's today? July 31st?" this show is dated as 7-31-68. (Approx 5 min into show)

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Didn't know I had such a checkered past, did you - which reminds me this is WOR

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Great Shanghai
• 14:51	Miller Beer

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 09:56	Yellow Dog Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	'Corny' - Elga Cornell Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Rating

None Yet

Record: 850 / ID: 19680731W0850

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

	Date	Title
	July 31, 1968 Recno: 850	The Life That We Live	Original Airing

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1968 Shows	MP3-5	MP3

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19680731W0850	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

Gregg Motyka

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Dating Notes

Notes

Time: 04:56 Source: Jim Clavin

Based on Shep's comments, "Almost August" and "what's today? July 31st?" this show is dated as 7-31-68. (Approx 5 min into show)

General Notes

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Technical Notes

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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
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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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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1968 Shows	MP3-5	MP3	0 Running Time: 0

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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
Gregg Motyka Running Time: 42:44 Recordee: 54 - Gregg Motyka	Inventory Name: 1968 07 31_W0850_054 Life We Live.mp3 Station: WOR Comments: From reel to reel
Schmidco Recordee: 54 - Gregg Motyka	NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source set: 1968 Shows Source ref number: MP3-5 Station: WOR
Max - Everything Sets Running Time: 41:59 Available on Internet	Inventory Name: 1968 07 31_W0850_601 The Life That We Live.mp3 Source filename: 1968_07_31_The_Life_That_We_Live.mp3 Source set: Everything Set Vol 12 Station: WOR
Brass Figlagee - Archive.org Running Time: 41:59 Available on Internet	Inventory Name: 1968 07 31_W0850_995 The Life That We Live.mp3 Source filename: 1968_07_31_The_Life_That_We_Live.mp3 Station: WOR
Gary Hines Running Time: 43:54	Inventory Name: 1968 07 31_W0850_097 The Life That We Live.mp3 Source filename: 1968_07_31_The_Life_That_We_Live.mp3 Station: WOR

"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