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Why Jean Is Not A Girl's Name
Airdate: Thursday - January 17, 1974

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

And before we go any futher, I would like to say this is handy hints and kinks night. . . .

Show Description

Handy hints and kinks night for thos of you who would like to know how to live and survive in our time. Brief discussion of the Super Bowl coverage and followup "The Ms Problem" Shep reads response by Amy Vanderbilt to a writer inquiring about the use of "Ms". Amy refers to the famous writer Jean Shepherd who returns mail addressed to Ms Jean Shepherd. Ironically Amy adds a note (she first, however, extracts checks, if any) Apparently Amy was focused on the "Ms" element and didn't realize the true reason was that Ms Jean Shepherd was in fact a man. OR was Amy talking about another writer named Jean Shepherd Shep tells how Mis Meano insists on calling him 'Eugene' - He originally told this story on his October 23, 1970 show.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 26:57		"The Ms Problem"

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:50	Speaking of the annointed, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:58	American Motors	Matador
• 17:00	Frankart Furniture

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:01	When The Saints Go Marching In
• 06:58	Fanfare
• 26:52	Rustle of Spring

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 06:36	Ed Scaterday
• 03:46	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 28:06 ]	People		Shepherd, Jean
• [ 33:04 ]	People		Bundy, Miss
• [ 33:55 ]	People		Meno, Miss

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		January 17, 1974	Why Jean Is Not A Girl's Name	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