Sheplives

Last Summary Update: 06-25-2026

Food Thieves
Airdate: Friday - September 21, 1973 (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

I've always had a feeling that at 3 o'clock in the morning. . .
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

Shep talks about being out on the (West) coast Watching TV at 3 in the morning - a test pattern - then Adult Theatre getting busted - shoplifting Cookie rustlers Peanut Butter scoffers 2 actor friends who lived off eating in supermarkets Pickle filching

[ Courtesy: Max Schmid - - ]   
  No op - Channel X on hotel TV

Ballentine Beer, Carnegie Hall tomorrow, Alexis Lechine, Huffman Koos furniture, WOR TV - great combo Lucy & It Takes a Thief, Denmark vacation  Scandinavian airline - Cheezo contest

First time I was busted - my life in crime
A car was involved. transportation important to criminals.

An urge for shoplifting. The Cookie Rustler at work!
The Pickle Filcher.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 04:08	This is WOR New York, an RKO General station. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 04:20	Ballantine Beer
• 05:26	Live Concert / Performance	Carnegie Hall - Tomorrow Night
• 08:04	Alexis Lichine Beau-Jolais Wine
• 09:16	Huffman Koos
• 10:43	WOR TV Promo	Channel 9
• 11:51	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Danish Cheese contest

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:23	Stars and Stripes Forever	Part of Carnegie Hall comm

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 10:34; 13:00	Jerry Lambert
• 04:20; 12:57	Joan

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Live Shows		Carnegie Hall

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		September 21, 1973	Food Thieves	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