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Family Theater: Survival Mechanism

Family Theater · January 4, 1956 · 29 min · 4,451 words

The transcript of “Survival Mechanism”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast January 4, 1956. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Family Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Family Theater presents Cameron Mitchell and Gigi Perot. The mutual network in cooperation with Family Theater presents survival mechanisms starring Cameron Mitchell. And now, here is your hostess, Gigi Perot. Thank you, George Crow.

Family Theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives. If we are to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families and peace for the world.

theater urges you to pray, pray together as a family. And now do I transcribe drama, survival mechanism, starring Cameron Mitchell as Russell. The Captain, there's nothing, nothing I can think of as gives me quite as much as the idea of being down in the sea.

One man down in all that ocean. And he might not be, that's what gets me. I mean his last call? Yeah, that's exactly what I mean, that last call. He said he saw an island, he was gonna try and make it, didn't he?

That's what he said, but well the mind plays tricks in the man, you know that. Yeah sure, but for a reason usually. How could I? Sometimes you see what you want to see, Gil, what you think you need to see.

I mean a guy could be saying to himself what I need is an island that means it's so much you'd see it, and knock it up, will you? Never spend a day thirsty and dream about water that night.

Yeah, what you're talking about is, well, it's a subconscious defense mechanism. Like you use, well, to keep your sanity. That part of your being consider most important well, there's no island in these waters And you got something there Let's see how long it's been since Russell's left. Hey, what's up? Thank the starboard. Oh, you see something bank. What you I?

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