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Summer Madness Hits World's Fair, Macy's Barge
Airdate: Tuesday - June 23, 1964

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, do I sound allright. . .

Show Description

Shep checks his voluminous files to see what he talked about on the show from a year ago. He spoke of Summer Madness. World of communication - never knowing what's next in the news. The Worlds Fair - The Bell Telephone exhibit where none of the phones worked. And there was no one to complain to. The GE exhibit - Carousel of Progress - breaks down. Labor disputes at the Fair. Excessive charges for small repairs.

Comments

• The show is interrupted in the first few minutes by a news bulletin regarding the exploding of the Macy's barge during the annual fireworks display.

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Ballantine Beer

Music (All times approximate)

Not Determined yet

Needs to be ID'd

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Ed Scaterday
•	Walt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		N.Y. World's Fair
•	General Topics		Carousel of Progress

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		June 23, 1964	Summer Madness Hits World's Fair, Macy's Barge	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	June 25, 2002

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1963/64 Series	81b	Cassette
1964 MP3 Set 2	MP364-2	MP3

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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