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Aggressive Nature of Man
Airdate: Friday - June 12, 1964

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

I think what I have decided to do, is perhaps a revolutionary move in a very very profound sense. . .

Show Description

"I think what I've decided to do is perhaps a revolutionary move in a very very profound sense... but I have decided to quit goofing around. I have decided that from here-on in, in my life, I am going to build a giant edifice. I am going to work with the blocks of time... of course you have to look at that symbolically. Time in this case being the raw clay of existence and I will pat each small hour, each tiny minute, each fleeting second into a thing of beauty. I will pat it together with the hands, see - and then I'll put the next second on top... of course these things often have a way of going awry." "How many movies have you seen in the last 5 years telling you war is bad? None of the movies focus on why did the war start?" Hand grenades - throwing them in the army and their use in Chicago to help collect "insurance" against their use on a business. Mr. Schwartz of Schwartz's cleaners misses a payment and ends up owning a hole in the ground. A London Times article on studies of animal aggression inspire Shep to discuss this topic. "Animals from the hippopotamus to the ant have for various reasons aggressive traits. But the species which shows up worst in biological research on animal aggression is Homo Sapiens. Only in man is aggression so uncontrolled as to lead to wholesale killing within a species." "As the animal goes higher up the scale in intelligence, he becomes more aggressive for his own sake." "Non-human animals seldom kill one another under normal conditions in the wild. Fighting is ritualized." Ritualized fighting according to strict rules... Like a boxing match... Aggression as a means of establishing social rank... Why would we kill one another, whereas the other animals don't. We share with the animal kingdom - primal fear. The ideal would probably be to copy those species which have ritualized aggression to the point of making threats without coming to blows. "What a fascinating creature we are... Keep your knees loose and occasionally sharpen your finger nails!"

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Comments

• Friday show sometime from June 1964

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Ballantine Beer

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Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Army		Army

Record: 251 / ID: 19640612W0251

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

	Date	Title
	June 12, 1964 Recno: 251	Aggressive Nature of Man	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	September 26, 2000

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1963/64 Series	79b	Cassette
1964 MP3 Set 2	MP364-2	MP3

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19640612W0251	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
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:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

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Source: Gary Hines

Gary Hines lists this as May 1964

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Max / Schmidco

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September 26, 2000

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Schmidco Sets - 2 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1963/64 Series	79b	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0
1964 MP3 Set 2	MP364-2	MP3	64-06 June FRI Agressive Nature of Man - Chicago Mob Story.mp3 Running Time: 0

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6 Known copies from various Sources and Lists (Up to date)

	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

Source Name	Information
Max - Everything Sets Running Time: 44:16 Available on Internet	Inventory Name: 1964 06 dd_W0251_601 Agressive Nature.mp3 Source filename: 1964_06_xx_Worms_clipped.mp3 Source set: Everything Set 06 Comments: The titles for this show and "Worms" were reversed on the tapes from the Everything Set and the FHC tapes
FHC / JSP Running Time: 44:16 Available on Internet	Inventory Name: 1964 06 dd_W0251_030 Agressive Nature WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3 Source filename: 1964 06 xx Worms clipped WOR Jean Shepherd.mp3 Source ref number: 12 Station: WOR Comments: The titles for this show and "Worms" were reversed on the tapes from the Everything Set and the FHC tapes
Schmidco Running Time: 42:37	Inventory Name: 1964 06 dd_W0251_022-600 Why War - Aggresive Nature of Man.mp3 Source description: Aggressive Nature of Man Source set: 1963/64 Series Source ref number: 79b
Schmidco Running Time: 43:51	Inventory Name: 1964 06 dd_W0251_600 June FRI Agressive Nature of Man - Chicago Mob Story.mp3 Source filename: 64-06 June FRI Agressive Nature of Man - Chicago Mob Story.mp3 Source set: 1964 MP3 Set 2 Source ref number: MP364-2
Mass Backwards Running Time: 45:26 Available on Internet	Inventory Name: 1964-06-dd_W0251_500_M2000-09-26_Aggressive_Nature_of_Man.mp3 Comments: Mass backwards recording
Gary Hines	Inventory Name: 64-06-12 Aggressive Nature of Man.mp3 Source description: 5-64 0220 Aggressive Nature of Man 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