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Old Drunk Alaskan Parrot
Airdate: Friday - September 15, 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

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

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

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)

This Show

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

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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