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The Underground Fire
Airdate: Tuesday - January 22, 1974

WOR Show

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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

I do that, just sneaky. . .

Show Description

Putting a penny on the RR track, trying to out flank the trains back in Indiana. Shep reads an article about an underground fire that has been finally put out after 40 years. He goes on to tell about growing up as a kid exploring swamps and building caves. He describes an underground fire that mysteriously appears in a vacant lot down the street. Little wifts of smoke rising from the ground. It burned for years until one Sarturday afternoon during late winter there was a tremor followed by a mushroom shaped cloud. The entire field had been replaced by a hole.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
• 06:59		40 year fire put out in Poland

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	None

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:42	When The Saints Go Marching In

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 05:41	Herb Squire
• 05:32	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Jews Harp

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 02:18 ]	Plots / Story Lines		Flick's Tongue

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		January 22, 1974	The Underground Fire

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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