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Frustration Room
Airdate: Wednesday - May 30, 1962

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

Oh, you can almost feel the dust beginning to settle. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ]   
  Frustration Room
Memorial Day
Mets Ballgame sold out
Indy 500      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 11:55	Speaking of wastelands this is WOR AM and FM New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 12:07	TV Guide

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 20:30; 38:18	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 21:31	Ed Scaterday

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Baseball
•	General Topics		Indianapolis 500

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 30, 1962	Frustration Room	Original Airing

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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