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Iconoclast - H L Mencken
Airdate: Tuesday - August 29, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

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

Hey, listen, before we get st- I''m warning you now

Show Description

Shepherd's thesis: A true iconoclast is someone who wrote something 2000 years ago - he'll make you mad. Shpe reads H.L. Mencken for about 20 min (The politician - Prejudices - a collection) Man is a strange creature

Comments

• iconoclast /?-k?n??-kl?st?/ noun One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions. One who destroys sacred religious images. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship. The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition � More at Wordnik

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:37	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 26:01	Compoz
• 27:14	New York Tech
• 28:54	WABC TV New York	Movie of the Week

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 24:30	Stars and Stripes Forever

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 46:11	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• 02:28	Article		The Swish of Windshield Wipers

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		August 29, 1972	Iconoclast - H L Mencken	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