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Radar and Practical Jokes
Airdate: Monday - September 22, 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

Hey, you wanna hear about a real total kookie. . .

Show Description

Salute to most creative criminals of the week: Chaarleston W. Virginia - man cons women out of their hair Dribble Glasses Exploding Cigars Stink Bombs set off in joke shop Shep tells a story about being in the signal corps radar outfit, the equipment they used and all about setting it up and testing it. They begin to power it up, a process involving more that flipping a switch, each man carefully watching the settings on his part of the equipment. As they get this unit almost up to max power, Gassor suddenly says he smell something. This is followed by a high pitched squeal that fills the air when suddenly - BOOOM! Everyone heads for the trees taking cover. When it's all over they find that someone had rigged it with a buzz bomb.

Comments

• Show was rerun on January 21, 1971 and again in 1976

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Department of Housing and Urban Developemet
•	Shop Rite
•	TV Guide

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Ballet Mecanique
•	Hindustan

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	People		Edwards, Roswell T

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

This Show

Date	Title
September 22, 1969	Radar and Practical Jokes	Original Airing
September 29, 1969	Radar and Practical Jokes	WGBH Boston Replay
December 1976	Practical Jokes, Army Signal Corps Oscillator Buzzbomb

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