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Superstition, Friday the 13th
Airdate: Friday - October 13, 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

Okay, Herb, one, two, three, four. . .

Show Description

The Bear Missed the Train I've had the feeling for quite some time to shoot a machine. "It's Friday the 13th!!!" The voice of reason Pompei Why Shep is a superstitious phanatic 3rd Grade - Miss Robinette films the class one day and it is discovered years later Stepping on a crack - Shep steps on the cracks on the way home from school and after a couple of days he come home to find his mother had fallen down the stairs and was in bed with ice packs on her back.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
08:03		2 killers forced to dig up body

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
14:12	Speaking of Archie Bunker, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
14:15	Live Concert / Performance	Carnegie Hall Oct 17th
15:36	American Motors
16:48	Shoetown
18:04	Marcus Jewelers
27:12	General Tire
29:17	Compoz
29:45	Psorex

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
02:54	The Bear Missed the Train
08:03	Unknown - Scary Music	Scary Music

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
02:51	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
14:15	Live Shows		Carnegie Hall
31:12	People		Robinette, Miss
36:23	People		Josway, Alex
36:27	People		Farkas, Scut (Albert)
36:29	People		Doppler, George
36:32	People		Albery, Esther Jane

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		October 13, 1972	Superstition, Friday the 13th	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	October 26, 2022

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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