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Pecking Order - Protective Coloration
Airdate: Monday - February 8, 1965

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
Kill it there, we don't have enough time, life is going by, what a fantastic day
Show Description
Shep receives all sorts of prison newspaper from all around the country and reads a poem from one of these about a little bird - "I gently closed the window down and crushed his stupid skull." The pecking order of animals. Put a group of chickens together and within 5 minutes there is a head hen and a number two hed and so on down the order. Does Charlie the dog really know what a car is, does he know the scenery is moving past him. Is he aware the vehicle is moving? Does a horse have a concept of winning? Does the cat show independence because it is so smart or because it is dumb? We are the only animals that get hung up on other animals. Have you ever run across a chipmunk that has a turtle as a pet. One thing that man shares with other animals is protectice coloration. He assumes the color of the atmosphere he lives in. Like a chameleon. Shep decribes having chameleons as pets when he was a kid, pinning them on the curtains and scaring girls. Man changes his 'color' to adapt the the surroundings. Using pet names, smoothing your way with magic words, being utterly helpless, sloppy natural emotions, are all examples of protective coloration.
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
13:56 Speaking of myths, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
No Commercials or Commercials Cut
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
04:14 Rustle of Spring