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The Moment of Lucidity - Circus of Humanity
Airdate: Saturday - September 3, 1960

WOR Show
Original Airing

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Show Description

The Moment of Lucidity; Circus of Life; MONY Sign; Remembering overnight shows from NJ transmitter; Making first purchase at new Paperbook Gallery (300 copies of "I Libertine" found!); more

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - - ]   
  The Jean Shepherd Show. September 03, 1960. WOR, New York City. Participating sponsors. A moment of lucidity at the "Agressive Cab Company," a visit to "The Circus Of Life." The MONY sign, Shep plans to make the first purchase at the new Paperbook Gallery. Three hundred copies of "I Libertine" will be given away. Og and Charlie on the shore of Lake Titicaca: the first clam is eaten. The commercial for "The Electronic Workshop" (one of the sponsors) features a monaural component system for $150!. Jean Shepherd, James McCarthy (Mutual news: from Washington, D. C.), Frank Singiser (Mutual news: commercial spokesman). 1:30:22.      
  

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Ed Scaterday
•	Jim
•	Matt

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Books		I, Libertine

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

	Date	Title
	September 3, 1960 Recno: 93	The Moment of Lucidity - Circus of Humanity	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	September 03, 2002

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Set Name	Show #	Media
1960 Set 2	22	Cassette

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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