Sheptest REMOTE TEST SITE

Last Summary Update: 08-03-2026

Camel and Coat
Airdate: Wednesday - August 9, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Hello Gang, Ha Ha, by George, just lucky I wasn't on the air there. . .

Show Description

Getting letter latelt requesting Aunt Clara's tape playing Mozart on a tin whistle I'm the only person in the world to beat Bobby Fisher playing checkers! Toilets blowing up Hooking a lie detector to Petunias Tearing Phone books inn half Witnessed one of the great moments in American sports Boles takes a hard boiled egg with the shell on and sticks itt into his mouth, Flick hits him on the back and he swallows the whole egg. Shep recounts the story he told years ago about the Camel and the Coat.

So far there is no Description for this show

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
• 08:22		Toilets Blow Up
• 09:55		Lie Detectors and Petunias
• 35:56		Bony Bananas

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:06	Which reminds me, this is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:14	ABC Television Promo	War and Peace Aug 12-15th
• 16:26	Mandarin House
• 25:57	WOR Radio Promo	Jets vs Steelers next Saturday

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Shiek of Araby (2)
• 24:17	William Tell Overture

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 12:35	Leigh Brown
• 10:14	Nick Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 02:23 ]	People		Clara, Aunt	Fans want to hear Aunt Clara play Mozart on her tin whistle
• [ 13:31 ]	People		Carl, Uncle
• [ 13:57 ]	People		Min, Aunt

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

	Date	Title
	August 9, 1972 Recno: 1361	Camel and Coat	Original Airing

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

NONE

The Best Source for Quality Jean Shepherd Audio

Sorry, Not Available

"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