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Opera Devil
Airdate: Tuesday - March 24, 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

And once again, we are standing on the stage oberving another act of a vast human comedy. . .

Show Description

One of the great educational things that you could ever do in your life is to stand in the wings when grand opera in being performed. You newver in you life saw more sweating and snorting. . . The devil is in all of us.

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ]   
  and once again human comedy
mephistopheles
working at opera with ego actors/singers      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:13	Speaking of the devil, this is WOR AM and FM New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 12:36	Ballantine Beer
• 13:52	Mr.Tony's Custom Tailoring

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 00:50; 05:18; 07:29; 11:16; 16:18	Slapstix

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:30	Al

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		March 24, 1964	Opera Devil	Original Airing

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