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The Learned Phrenologist
Airdate: Tuesday - November 26, 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

Hello, hello, hello. . .

Show Description

Shep tells about having to learn a Oliver Wendell Holmes poem (Old Ironsides) for Miss Robinette. The Fable of the Visitor Who Got A Lot for Three Dollars" (From "The America of George Ade" - paperback pg. 25)

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  Shepherd plays the jew's harp to a record of, "Yakety Sax." He reads George Ade's, "Fable Of The Visitor Who Got A Lot For $3."      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:57	Okay, this is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 06:22	Hillman-Kohan Vision Center
• 07:11	John Barleycorn Pub
• 08:15	Carolina Rice
• 24:54	Datsun	710
• 25:59	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 28:56	New York Magazine
• 32:43	General Tire
• 38:36	Compoz
• 39:43	Press Box Steak House

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:34	Yakety Sax

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	'Corny' - Elga Cornell Brown
•	Al

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
• [ 02:30 ]	General Topics		George Ade
• [ 09:45 ]	People		Robinette, Miss

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

This Show

Date	Title
November 26, 1974	The Learned Phrenologist	Original Airing
February 26, 1975	The Learned Phrenologist	WBJC Synd Replay

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group B	104Da	Cassette

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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