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Summary
Last Summary Update: 10-16-2025

Burning River, Raining Silver Dollars, Revenge
Airdate: Monday - October 16, 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
Oh, I tell ya, you just can't - the excitement, hey listen
Show Description
[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - - ] lost JEAN SHEPHERD from Monday October 16, 1972 "Burning River, Raining Silver Dollars, Revenge' from the Kalish Collection "oh I tell you, this, tell you, just can't take the excitement" George: eng Get's into hassle on the Joe Franklin show... about Ecology. Reads law from 1600s against pollution. Gets camera as a kid - gets pictures of a fire on the Calumet River, and sells them to a newspaper. Kazoo over?? Story from Sacramento CA - Raining Silver Dollars on Interstate 80! Speaking of bad news, this is... [17:10] Carnegie Hall tomorrow night! Lufthansa, House of Chan, - 21:29 Kazoo over ?? - Some people hate the sound of a kazoo! Cmmls - Compoz, Psorex Medicated Shampoo, Wolff's Kasha Cookbook, General Tires Pick-a-Pair - 27:01 Finding money. (Disses The NY Post - he's not listed!) A guy makes $11 a day just looking down at the sidewalk. Sweet Revenge at wedding in West Germany - spikes soup with castor oil, cements locks on car, stink bomb, pool of tar in front of Bride's house. Shep's great moment of revenge in the army chow line. ends 43:54 plus long WOR musical ID-tone at 44:17 News - 2 Congressmen missing on flight (Hale Boggs never found), inmates escape, Bomb in Buenos Aires, cocaine smuggling ends 46:10
News Articles Read by Shep During Show
Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans
Time Image Description
13:07 Raining Silver Dollars
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
16:43 Speaking of bad news this is WOR New York
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
17:02 Live Concert / Performance Carnege Hall
18:06 Lufthansa Airlines
19:16 House of Chan
22:08 Compoz
22:37 Psorex
23:33 Wolffs Kasha
25:22 General Tire
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
11:57; 20:58 Sobbin' Blues