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Guinness Records; Obscene Bath Mat
Airdate: Friday - January 14, 1966

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Would you please bring me on my pig music. . .

Show Description

Shep talks about his Uncle Carl's molar and the sounds he can make with it. This leads to a discussion about world records and he spends most of the show reading through the Guinness Book of World Records. He looks up the records of the most hamburgers eaten at a single setting, the record for potato chip eating, the fattest person, longest fresh water fish, and most prolific known murderer. He mentions that if stuck on a deserted island the four pieces of reading material he would like are Spicy Western, Q&A, the Guinness Book of Records, and a slide rule. Shep tells about going into a novelty store with a guy from the station and this guy buys an obscene bath mat. It gets rolled up and wrapped. They leave to go see a client at a restaurant and they put the mat under the chair. Just as they were about to leave Shep realizes the guy forgot his package, he picks it up and carries it to the front of the restaurant and then it opens up and unrolls in front of everyone. The guy who bought it looks at Shep and says it's not his, he never saw it in his life.

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Comments

• Refers to "The Blues I Love to Sing" as his pig music. Mentions that he was born in Chicago.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:55	This is WOR AM and FM New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 14:12	Miller Beer
• 15:39	Rover 2000
• 16:60	Limelight - Shep

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 01:19; 08:42	The Blues I Love to Sing
• 20:27	The Murmuring Sound Of The Mountain Stream

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Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp
Echo Chamber

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 34:30 ]	General Topics		Obscene Bath Mat

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

	Date	Title
	January 14, 1966 Recno: 497	Guinness Records; Obscene Bath Mat	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	January 14, 2003

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1966 Set 1	179a	Cassette
1966 Shows Volume 1	MP366-1	MP3

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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