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Sweetheart Soap Commercial

In 1956, Shep was fired for doing a commercial promoting a soap product. Trouble is the station was not paid for the comercial nor did the Sweetheart Soap company seek to sponsor his show - until. . .

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Article		Shepherd in Soup Over Soap As WOR Fires Him All Over Again
•	Article		WOR SAYS NO SOAP TO SHEPHERD 'AD'
•	Article		NIGHT PEOPLE'S' FRIEND
•	Article		Slipped on Soap
•	Article		Shepherd Gets A Soap Sponsor
•	Article		DISC JOCKEY SLIPS FROM VIEW AS SOAP COMPANY SEEKS HIM
•	Article		Shepherd, WOR May Again Be Sweethearts

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
•	August 28, 1956	Article	Shepherd Gets A Soap Sponsor
•	August 18, 1956	Article	WOR SAYS NO SOAP TO SHEPHERD 'AD'
•	August 19, 1956	Article	NIGHT PEOPLE'S' FRIEND
•	August 17, 1956	Article	Shepherd in Soup Over Soap As WOR Fires Him All Over Again
•	August 20, 1956	Article	Slipped on Soap
•	September 1, 1956	Article	Shepherd, WOR May Again Be Sweethearts
•	August 28, 1956	Article	DISC JOCKEY SLIPS FROM VIEW AS SOAP COMPANY SEEKS HIM

Photos:

August 20, 1956
New York Daily News

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