URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/6063
Collection Structure Firing Line broadcast records >  Episode guide >  The Uses of Animals
Item Title The Uses of Animals
Collection Title Firing Line broadcast records
Guest Amory, Cleveland
Guest Conrad, Barnaby (1922-2013)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date Created December 12, 1968
Description Our guests are diametrically opposed on the subject of, as WFB puts it, "the role of the animal on earth." Mr. Conrad is a bullfighting enthusiast, the author of several books on the subject, of which Matador is the latest; Mr. Amory's club advises its members, WFB tells us, "After you have bagged your hunter do not drape him on the automobile or mount him when you get home. Merely the cap or the jacket will suffice." A brilliant three-way duel on a subject where Mr. Amory would challenge many Western traditions, as in this comment after quoting James Michener's account of a bull killed in the ring: "Well, I'm just surprised that Michener could write so feelingly of that animal in its last throes, and yet not feel the way I feel about the animal, which is, Why do it to him? What did he ever do to deserve it? He didn't decide it was an art."
Subject(s) Animal welfare Moral and ethical aspects
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded New York City, New York, United States
Dimensions Duration: 50 minutes
Format Text
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio 4:3
Aspect Ratio 4:3
Color color
Color color
Soundtrack sound
Soundtrack sound
Hoover ID Program 129
Record Number 80040.129
Notes Video available through special order.
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6m3nc88c
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