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Last Summary Update: 05-31-2021

Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test
Airdate: 1976

WOR Show
Syndicated Replay

(Syndicated Release)

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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

Here we go here, here we go. . .

Show Description

Shep opens by acknowledging that he was the voice on the commercials shown during the TV series "The Deputy" starring Henry Fonda. In a "Straws in the Wind" classic, as described by Shep, he talks of 'professional journals' and reads brief descriptions from one called "Soldier of Fortune" dealing with the testing of new rifles, night fighting, freelance paramedics and others. He then talks about a comedy bit he did about 10 years ago on an LP (1961 - Will Failure Spoil Jean Shepherd) regarding a fictitious new professional magazine called Guts. He re-creates a portion of this sketch. In closing he talks of the three days of V.A. aptitude testing he went through which determined that he was qualified to become a dentist and how, after a year and a half, he decided he didn't want to be looking into peoples mouths the rest of his life.

Commercials (All times approximate)

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Music (All times approximate)

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Jim

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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

This Show

Date	Title
June 18, 1975	Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test	Original Airing
September 9, 1975	Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test	WETA Synd Replay
1976	Soldier of Fortune; Army Aptitude Test	Syndicated Replay
Syndicated	Trade Journals	Syndicated Replay

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	April 24, 2001

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Jean Shepherd Set 2	JS-14b	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