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Last Summary Update: 07-27-2024

Dial-A-Boss
Airdate: Thursday - January 23, 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

Before we go into the land of excitement and laughs a minute here . . .

Show Description

Salute to Philadelphia's new "Dial A Bird" phone service. A bulldozer operator leaves a sign in the sand for landing flights to see at Jacksonville, Florida airport.

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  "The Shepherd One Hundred and Eighty Degree Phase Shift Theory." A salute to Philadelphia's "Dial-A-Bird." Shepherd announces that he will be reading his works at The American Place Theatre. Shep suggests telephone "Dial-A-Boss," for the unemployed. Memories of Ratner's. An embarassing sign, bulldozed in Florida.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:35	Shep plays an old WOR Jingle

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 16:35	WOR Radio Promo
• 19:35; 33:34	Broadway Play	The Ritz
• 20:02	Royal Biscayne Hotel
• 21:05	Kleinsleep
• 22:05	General Tire
• 32:20	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 34:13	WOR Radio Promo	Sherrye Henry show

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 02:28 ]	Short Stories and Columns by Shep		If Catfish Is Worth So Much, What Would Ted Williams Get?
• [ 16:28 ]	People		Ockie
• [ 23:06 ]	Live Shows		Sub Plot Cafe - American Place Theatre

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		January 23, 1975	Dial-A-Boss	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

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The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	109Ba	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