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Ireland - Pub Singing
Airdate: Tuesday - August 20, 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

All right, just keep it behind me. . .

Show Description

Shep has just returned from a trip to Ireland and spends the entire show playing a recording he made in an Irish 'Singing Pub'. He describes the people that are there, what they are singing and the general culture of the pub life. It is near closing time and he points out how the bartender announces the closing by telling everyone to 'go to their places' He describes the various beers that are found in the pubs and how they differ from the beers in America.

Comments

• Shep plugs the 3rd Carnegie Hall show 9-14-74

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Ballantine Beer
•	General Tire
•	Miller Beer
•	R.E.A. Express

Music (All times approximate)

Not Determined yet

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Joe

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Travel		Ireland
•	General Topics		Travel

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		August 20, 1974	Ireland - Pub Singing	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	March 16, 2004

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
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