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Steel Rhino, Battle Over A Board Game, Half Track
Airdate: Friday - December 15, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show

(Redated from: 12/18/1972 and 12/21/72)

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

Listen, it's time now once again to take the bull by the horns. . .

Show Description

Chrisrtmas News: Steel Rhino Santa has a Bad Week 36,000 toans of Fat Christmas Tree Rustling Shep read a letter from a 13 year old spy complaining about kids games Shep gets a Christmas gift from hiss Uncle Tom, the bootlegger.- Cribbage! Shep, Schwartz, Bruner, and Flick play Indy 500 a board game breaking out in a fight with the game ending up in the furnace. Army story - Going to town for drinks in a half-track

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
04:47		Steel Rhino
05:15		Santa has a Bad Week
06:32		36,000 toans of Fat
07:19		Christmas Tree Rustling

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
14:40	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
09:06	Shep Promo - Books	Ferrari
10:19	New York Times
31;35	Shoetown
32:36	New York Magazine
33:26	Gramercy Park Clothes
34:09	Alexis Lichine Beau-Jolais Wine
35:13	Mama Leone's
36:13	General Tire

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
03:19	Jingle Bells (2)
08:50	When The Saints Go Marching In

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
02:11	Ed Beaty
03:00	George
19:29	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
09:06	Books		The Ferrari in the Bedroom
21:10	People		Tom, Uncle
28:38	People		Flick
28:56	People		Schwartz, Paul
29:02	People		Bruner, Ralf

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 15, 1972	Steel Rhino, Battle Over A Board Game, Half Track

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"Imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're no longer a memory - Does it seem possible to you?
You better believe it's possible, not only possible but certainty." - Jean Shepherd - October 7, 1971