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Inflatable Doll / Sings Hindustan
Airdate: Friday - March 14, 1969

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

A yard wide I say, by George. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Ken Applegate - None ]   
  Shep opens show speaking of Lee Harvey Oswald as a show business persona 

West coast spy sent Shep an LA Times advert Commentary on the moon landing and the fact that Armstrong might be the first, "How American can you get!" 

Wilmington Delaware news report a prison search for a missing library book on Houdini 

Back to the advert which Shep interprets as a commentary on the dominance of women 

Gretchen the Inflatable Doll reminds Jean of a Gretchen Shep knew 

Shep speaks of a marching horde from last year, the Woody Allen syndrome and the fact that the real thing is better than a movie

People feel anonymous and it feeding a need for recognition 
Cardboard camera's and ducks 

Shep sets up a read your name on the air lottery, you can win recognition - send in a postcard with your name and he will read them 'next Thursday' (March 20th, 1969)

Violence report: segue from the Magnavox commercial, baby baptismal violence as a result of television 

Benedict Arnold High School and how popular he would be today 

Friday horror elevator story 

The camping show in New York story

Comments

• A tongue in cheek dedication of the show to Joe Franklin Hindustan, with Shep accompaniment on Jews Harp, later again with kazoo Shep gets the words to Hindustan and sings them

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Friends your listening to your friendly spot on the dial, the concerned spot on your dial, ah this is W ... (lapse in memory) ... WOR and we're here in New York

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Electronic Workshop	Shep relates electronics to a religious experience
•	Eveready
•	Magnavox	A story about his mother which segues to the commercial
•	Miller Beer	Shep goes Miller crazy
•	Playboy Magazine	Shep plugs his piece in Playboy about the Bumpus Hounds
•	Shep - Live Appearance	Madison campus of "Fairly Ridiculous" University

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	The Chase
•	Hindustan

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Not Determined Yet

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
Kazoo

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Live Shows	March 18, 1969	Fairleigh Dickinson

Record: 868 / ID: 19690314W0868

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

	Date	Title
	March 14, 1969 Recno: 868	Inflatable Doll / Sings Hindustan	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	March 15, 2005

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Jean Shepherd Set 2	JS-21a	Cassette

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General Info

Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19690314W0868	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	Yes
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Robert Yellen

Notes

Dating Notes

No Notes Found

General Notes

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Technical Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin
Angelfire
Comments: 0

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

Replay Date

March 15, 2005

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

NONE

Yesterday USA

NONE

Dustbin of History!

NONE

Max / Schmidco Notes
No Notes Found

Other

References:

Synd#:
Synd#:

Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Jean Shepherd Set 2	JS-21a	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
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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

Schmidco

Running Time: 42:19

Inventory Name: 1969 03 14_W0868_022-600_JS_Set-221a Inflatable Doll - Hindustan.mp3
Source set: Jean Shepherd Set 2
Source ref number: JS-21a
Station: WOR

Images

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 45:00

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1969 03 14_W0868_500_M2005-03-15 Inflatable Doll-Hindustan.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

Robert Yellen

Recordee:
48 - Robert Yellen

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 2285 Jean Shepherd Inflatable Doll/Sings Hindustan 45 min 03/14/69
Source ref number: 2285
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