This tape contains nine episodes of Over My Shoulder produced throughout 1990 and 1991 by Alwyn Owen. The episode synopsis are as follows:
1. The Incredible Journey - Hop talks about the incredible life cycle
of the whitebait. 2.8.90; 5'12"
2. Whangarei at War - Talks about his high school days when they were
expecting an invasion by the Japanese. 11.9.90; 7'30'
3. Requiem for a Possum - Hop talks about a couple of possum trapping
incidents. 9.11.90; 6'41"
4. The Mohawk Christmas - A story about a young boy who had been very
sick and whose parents offered him anything he wanted for Christmas. The boy decided on a mohawk haircut and the story looks at the consequences. 7.12.90; 5'50"
5. Goodbye, Boomerang - Hop recalls the days of his youth when
everyone had a "Boomerang" mouth organ. He plays a small piece and
mentions the Whangarei Mouth Organ Band. 28.2.91; 8'45"
6. Easter Confessional - Hop Owen admits to a "crime" of 20 years ago
when they fooled Spectrum listeners that Jack Perkins had caught a
trout on a fishing expedition when in fact none had been caught.
28.3.91; 8'15"
7. Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do - Hop gives some examples of false
starts, break ups and bloopers. 4.4.91; 7'10"
8. Redundancies - Hop offers condolences to 20 colleagues who were
made redundant and talks about the general state of the economy. 6.6.91,
5'05"
9. Two Poppies - Hop talks about a trip to Italy and Crete with some
old soldiers who fought there, including Cliff Hawkins. 20.6.91; 5'40"