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Old Drunk Alaskan Parrot
Airdate: Friday - September 15, 1972

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Tonight we'd like to salute the graduate center of city university. . .

Show Description

The Graduate Center of City University has no 13th floor Who coined the phrase "Night People"? Shep talks about being in Nome to film his Show. He was sitting in the Polar Bar with Albro B. Gregory (editor of the Nome Nugget) and Albro tells him a story about a famous Alaskan parrot. A fan sends Shep an article about the very parrot and Shep reads it

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
• 27:44		Jay Sharbutt - Jean Shepherd's America review
• 35:07		The Carcross Parrot

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:32	This is WOR, big old friendly New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:36	Shoetown
• 14:58	King Karol Music
• 16:32	Compoz
• 17:00	Psorex
• 17:32	General Tire
• 19:52	Les Champs Restaurant
• 22:18	New York Times

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:02; 42:37	The Bear Missed the Train
• 11:20	Shiek of Araby (3)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 01:26; 08:30	Herb Squire

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• [ 19:15 ]	General Topics		Night People

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

	Date	Title
	September 15, 1972 Recno: 7403	Old Drunk Alaskan Parrot	Original Airing

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