They were sort of worshiped. Anyway, Doc was sitting on my hands with his back to me and I knew the trainer. I’d met Doc once before, but I knew he was fairly young animal at that time. And he stood about that tall and he had this incredible grimace. So I was about to go out on the Carson Show and the trainer came by and said, “Jim, I hate to tell you this at this late date.” He said, “But you wanted me to bring Doc out here. “But I hate to tell you that he’s reached puberty.” And now if another male stares at him, he tends to go crazy. I said, well, thanks a lot. ‘Cause that was about two seconds away of being introduced.
