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Sleeping Toll Taker, Penns Dutch Country
Airdate: March 1969

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

Hello, hello, hello, they can hear me. . .

Show Description

Coming into the city from New Jersey - the toll taker was asleep standing up. The facination of getting off the elevator to come down the hall to the studio. Decided this past weekend to visit the Pa Dutch country. Compares it to Swizerland. After watching a hailstorm pass over the farm country Shep drives onto a farm where a horse auction is taking place. He describes the 'atmosphere' of the area and the Amish hams, relishes and shoofly pie. He talks about the smell of the country - "like smelling something out of an ancient American tribal memory" (In March, the Amish are heavily fertilizing the fields - the smell he describes is manure!)

Comments

• Says he made trip "this past weekend" Went down Sunday and left there sometime after eating 10:00 Monday night - Monday show pre-recorded or re-run?

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:50	By the way, speaking of the East, this is WOR New York

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	No Commercials or Commercials Cut

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Skip
•	Walt

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		March 1969	Sleeping Toll Taker, Penns Dutch Country	Original Airing

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