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First Earth Day
Airdate: Wednesday - April 22, 1970

WOR Show
Original Airing

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You know, I feel, if I may, again I'll get pompos tonight. . . .
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Show Description

On this show Shep discusses this first 'Earth Day' He compares man to other animals and their adaptability to their environment. He tells how the Koala Bear is not adaptable, it survives on eucalyptis trees only wheras man can adapt to different foods as others become hard to find. The cockroach, a subject Shep dicusses quite often, is very adaptable. They can survive on wood, leather, leaves, and even cigar butts. Some creatures are more fertile than others, multiplying at significant rates. The elephant barely reproduces to maintain its existence, where the cockroach multiplys at an incredible rate. Man, like rats, become extremely paranoid when living in close quarters. Shep predicts that by the end of the century there will be an exodous out of the big cities. Man is a nest fowler. He fowls his nest and then moves on to another one. People will be moving to the vast open spaces out West. By the end of the 21st century Shep believes that there will be more communities living on the waterways in river houseboats, or in the middle of Lake Superior in large cities.

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Record: 979 / ID: 19700422W0979

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	Date	Title
	April 22, 1970 Recno: 979	First Earth Day	Original Airing

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Misc Set 1	39b	Cassette

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Database ID #:	19700422W0979	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
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Last 20 minutes only

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Mass Backwards

Replay Date

April 22, 2003

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Yesterday USA

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0468	April 22, 2017

Dustbin of History!

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April 22, 2020

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Misc Set 1	39b	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
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FHC / JSP

Running Time: 19:54

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1970 04 22_W0979_030 Earth_Day.mp3
Source filename: 1970 04 22 clipped_Earth_Day.mp3
Source description: clipped
Source set: 14
Source ref number: 14
Station: WOR

Comments: Last 20 minutes

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 4-22-74 dl Earth Day
Station: WOR

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Max - Everything Sets

Running Time: 20:05

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1970 04 22_W0979_601 Earth Day - clipped.mp3
Station: WOR

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 21:50

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1970 04 22_W0979_500_M2003-04-22_Earth_day.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

Dustbin of History

Running Time: 24:38

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1970 04 22_W0979_552_D_2020-04-22_First_Earth_Day.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Dustbin of History recording

YesterdayUSA

Running Time: 24:26

Available on Internet

Inventory Name: 1970 04 22_W0979_551_Y468-2017-04-22_Earth_Day.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: YesterdayUSA recording

Schmidco

Running Time: 19:24

Inventory Name: 1970 04 22_W0979_022-600_Misc_Set_1-39b First Earth Day.mp3
Source set: Misc Set 1
Source ref number: 39b
Station: WOR

Comments: Last 20 minutes

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"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