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How to Taste a Pickle
Airdate: Monday - January 20, 1975

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

Is it my imagination or is Shepherd getting Suaver. . .

Show Description

[05:17] News break to announce passing of police officer who was shot earlier in the day. Cut segment with Shep was recovered from 4-23-75 WBJC replay. [22:20] Shep reads article sent in by listener - "How to Taste a Pickle"

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  "Elegance is elegance." A plan for a "national cabal of DJ's." Shep plays the kazoo along with a record of, "Oh, Susannha." He editorializes on, "How To Taste A Pickle" and extols the virtues of pickles. The program is interrupted for a news bulletin: Policeman Garcia has just died of his wounds. He was shot while chasing a burglar.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:14	This is WOR New York, the Tiffany Lamp station. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 08:22	General Tire
• 09:20	John Barleycorn Pub
• 10:24	New York Magazine
• 11:21	Community Service Society
• 17:51	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 18:55	Blue Ribbon Restaurant
• 20:25	Consumer Affairs of NYC
• 32:18	Time Magazine
• 33:20	Royal Biscayne Hotel
• 34:24	Public Service Announcement (PSA)	School Volunteer Program

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 11:39	Outside
• 16:18	Dust Off That Old Pianna

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 22:26	Art

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Photos:

October 14, 1974
The Bridgeport Post

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

This Show

Date	Title
January 20, 1975	How to Taste a Pickle	Original Airing
April 23, 1975	How to Taste a Pickle	WBJC Synd Replay

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group C	108Db	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