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Music Lessons - The Curse of the Kid World - in 2 parts
Airdate: Friday - February 1, 1974

WOR Show

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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

Hey listen, before we get going here. . .

Show Description

Selling Pianos "You too can own a piano" Shep talks about a movie with WOR stars what is the name? At 16 he had a job at a local radio station. "Uncle Jean" One of the very first shows he ever did was every Sat Morning. "Miss Dorothy's Talent Hour" Shep was the 'traffic cop' who dragged the kid's off the stage andd set up the next one. Miss McCullough gave lessons to Shep and others on the 'Strings' "The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T." starring Peter Lynd Hayes and Mary Healy

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:38	this is WOR friends. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 16:50	American Motors	Matador
• 23:59	Provident Savings Bank
• 34:26	Hollywood Bread
• 35:00	Cunard
• 36:06	Huffman Koos
• 37:37	Orville Reddenbacher Gourmet Popcorn

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:31; 16:02	Harlem Strut	'Piano Music'
• 04:49; 27:51	Mama's Got the Blues
• 08:13; 33:48	Hock Shop Blues

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 17:51	Dan
• 02:27	Ed Scaterday
• 36:14	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	People		McCullough, Miss

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		February 1, 1974	Music Lessons - The Curse of the Kid World - in 2 parts

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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