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Boles The Pin Ball Hustler
Airdate: Monday - October 23, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

(Redated from: 10/dd)

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 know you do occasionally, Don, some nights you just got to wear your shades

Show Description

Professor of entomology at the University of Arizona counts ants Man is the only creature that plays games - with rules Professional scrabble Hanging out at George's

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
02:00		Ant counting
20:51		George's Confectionary

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
16:16	Which reminds me, this is WOR, New York . . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
07:47	Lufthansa Airlines
08:47	House of Chan
16:21	Gramercy Park Clothes
17:17	Alexis Lichine Beau-Jolais Wine
18:18	General Tire
19:04	Downingtown Inn

Music (All times approximate)

Not Determined yet

Needs to be ID'd

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
01:15	Don McClean
21:21	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
14:12	People		Rutkowky, Boles

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		October 23, 1972	Boles The Pin Ball Hustler	WOR Rerun

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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