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

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

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.

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Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Rustle of Spring
•	Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Skip

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Record: 320 / ID: 19650208W0320

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

	Date	Title
	February 8, 1965 Recno: 320	Pecking Order - Protective Coloration	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	February 08, 2000

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1965 Set 1	108b	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19650208W0320	Sponsors up to date:	No
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Rudy Wirsching

A. Fratelli

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Max / Schmidco

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Open Clipped

Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

February 08, 2000

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1965 Set 1	108b	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

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Schmidco

Running Time: 42:12

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1965 02 08_W0320_022-600 Pecking Order - Protective Coloration.mp3
Source description: Pecking Order - Protective Coloration
Source set: 1965 Set 1
Source ref number: 108b
Station: WOR

Comments: Opening cut

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Max Schmid

Running Time: 45:08

Inventory Name: 1965 02 08_W0320_041 Protective Coloration.mp3
Station: WOR

Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 44:10

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 02 08_W0320_601 Protective Coloration.mp3
Source filename: 1965_02_08_Protective_Coloration.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Opening cut

FHC / JSP

Running Time: 44:10

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 02 08_W0320_030 Protective Coloration WOR Jean Shepherd.MP3
Source filename: 1965 02 08 PROTECTIVE COLORATI WOR JEAN SHEPHERD .MP3
Station: WOR

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 46:12

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1965 02 08_W0320_500_M2000-02-08_Protective_Coloration.mp3
Station: WBAI

Comments: Mass Backwards Recordiing

David Goldin

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: The Jean Shepherd Show. February 8, 1965. WOR, New York. Participating sponsors. Prison newspapers. Are animals capable of love...of courage? Chameleons. "Sweeten your personality." Learning to laugh. Jean Shepherd. 44:11. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
Source ref number: 73848
Station: WOR

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 2-8-65 108 Pecking Order, Protective Coloration
Station: WOR

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A. Fratelli

Recordee:
523 - A. Fratelli

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 8-Feb-65 Monday Pet Names and Magic Words
Source ref number: 79
Station: WOR

"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