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Playing A Game
Airdate: Thursday - April 27, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

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, listen, before we get under way here tonight, I would like to salute the natives of Saipan

Show Description

What differs us from the animal kingdom is that we play games.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 16:15	Speaking of heavyweights, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 04:43	Smithsonian Magazine
• 05:59	Movie Promotion	"Fritz the Cat"
• 16:35	TAP Airlines - Portugal
• 19:04	King Karol Music
• 20:12	Ornithopter (Flying Bird)
• 21:32	Great Shanghai
• 23:53	Les Champs Restaurant

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 03:34	Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:00	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		April 27, 1972	Playing A Game	Original Airing

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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