Leaving for Peru
Airdate: Tuesday - September 7, 1965

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I have a letter here, it says Dear Shepherd, hello, hello, watch me. . .

Show Description

Letter from 13 year old kid that has pimples - Shep plays chant for removing them. John Lindsey is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - He has lost my vote! Heading for Lima, Peru tomorrow night at this time. Taking off from Kennedy airport and would to have at least 3 people standing there with signs that say "Shepherd if you do anything, bring your crummy head back" Forget the piranha, watch out for the amoeba in the salad. Shep discusses things he's read and heard about Peru and why he wants to go there.

Comments

• PaAm flight 81 New York to Lima Peru - 10:00 pm

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	Speaking of poisonous toads - this is WOR am and fm New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Ballantine Beer	with Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:02	Dayung Kihan
• 07:26	First Film Music
• 11:38	Thats My Weakness Now

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
	• Skip
	• Walt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Category	Date	Title	Comments	Time
• General Topics		Travel
• Travel		Trip to the Amazon

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

	Date	Title
	September 7, 1965 Recno: 425	Leaving for Peru	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	September 09, 2003

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 5	154a	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