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The Specialist Part 2
Airdate: Wednesday - August 30, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
Original Airing

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hey, listen, I've been getting a lot of letters from people on 2 subjects. . .

Show Description

By popular demand Shep reads for a second time "The Specialist"

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:54	Speaking of the highly susseptible, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 04:49	ABC Television Promo	The Men
• 05:57	McGovern - Eagleton Button	McGovern - Eagleton Button
• 09:23	Compoz
• 09:54	Psorex
• 10:37	Mandarin House
• 12:21	Shoetown
• 13:37	Book Find Club

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 19:52	Yellow Dog Blues (2)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 04:49	Nick Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• 02:23	Television		Jean Shepherd's America
• 03:15	Books		In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		August 30, 1972	The Specialist Part 2	Original Airing

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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