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Hooked on Altered States
Airdate: Tuesday - May 31, 1966

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

Oh, yes indeed, the time has come once more. . .

Show Description

[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - - ]   
  Quotes "April is the cruelest month".

Reads article about Jersey Devil re-appearing.

DTs, seeing animals like bats and rats. Do IBM programmers see talking computers?  

The Lost Weekend is a REALLY scary movie.

Monster movies, why we like them.  Now they are all based on the atomic bomb.  

Thrill-seeking - LSD and skydiving.  

War is the ultimate fright, so mankind seeks it out.  

Mass Man versus Unit Man.  Unit Man wants peace, Mass Man wants war.  Escapism - Drugs, movies, TV. Many forms of escape.

"Great Show, a deepie" - Max

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Honda Motorcyles	Fleischman
•	Rover 2000
•	Smokey The Bear
•	Wohlmuth

Music (All times approximate)

Not Determined yet

Needs to be ID'd

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Don Williamson

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		May 31, 1966	Hooked on Altered States	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	May 27, 2003
Mass Backwards	April 07, 2009

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1966 Set 4	215a	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