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Last Summary Update: 12-09-2019

The Exploding Streetlight Mystery
Airdate: Friday - December 8, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

(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, this is a sad day here at WOR. . .

Show Description

Woman in England goes to the dentist and when he pulls one of her teeth, a centipede crawls out of the tooth. Leigh does her Yogi impersonation Kid from Denville NJ takes out a helicopter with a baseball. Shep tells about the time he was ten and shoots down the street light with his BB gun.

[ Courtesy: Pete Delaney - 12-09-2019 ]   
  Centipede in tooth
Malfunctioning dentist  chair
1969 Giants sing Jingle Bells
:Sheik of Araby (1 Man Band) : 
Christmas is coming
When foreign recipes shouldn't be allowed in the USA
38 foot tapeworm
Baseball downs helicopter
How Shep's BB gunshot destroyed a streetlight and caused a commotion on Cleveland Street.
Flick's rock throwing destroys a fire alarm box      
    
      
      Notes:

    NOTE:  As the show starts Jean mentions the death of long time WOR
personality Al McCann and gave a humorous 4 minute eulogy. This is cut
from this version.

Comments

• He will be at Wanemakers in Philadelphia 12 noon on Saturday (12/9)

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	This is WOR New York speaking of singing chickens

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Alexis Lichine Beau-Jolais Wine
•	General Tire
•	Gramercy Park Clothes
•	House of Chan
•	Shoetown

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Shiek of Araby (3)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 8, 1972	The Exploding Streetlight Mystery	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	December 06, 2005

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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