Interview 6125 – Caption Index: 407
At that time, he probably wondered, who is this guy up here in Columbus, Ohio?… Read More
At that time, he probably wondered, who is this guy up here in Columbus, Ohio?… Read More
Were you getting advice from any others zoo directors?… Read More
Yup. Read More
When you started here at Columbus?… Read More
A lot of guys in the zoo business, they might not tell you, I don’t, you know me, I’ll tell you. A lot of them they go, “Oh my God. “Don’t let anybody know I like the circus.” I don’t give a, whatever, anyway. Read More
So, yes I do, you wanna get into the what, some of the promotions I did?… Read More
Because I’m not proud of it, but I did it. We’ll talk those. I want to just ask a quick question about when you were the directors. Read More
Only me, Joel Olsteen, the minister, were allowed with his family, ’cause I’ve just been fascinated by the Wallendas, you know. That had nothing to do the animals. Just I’m bad as anybody by that kind of circus stuff. That’s all. And so was, by the way. So was my… Read More
Clayton?… Read More
So, you know, the answer to your question is I think, you know, when did I know that I was accepted?… Read More
When the employee started working with me, when the trustees said, “Jack, what do you think we should do up here?” Well, we gotta do a lot of stuff up here. You know, we’re gonna get people, that get in the place first to believe in their zoo. I’d go… Read More
But Ringling is a circus that has progressed. It gotten better, just like I told you, zoos had gotten better. If anybody knows anything about Ringling, by the way, I’ll just throw these in, throw it away if you don’t wanna use it. Look at their Asian elephant research, just… Read More
Nothing, I don’t care the president, I don’t care if anybody gave me the Nobel peace prize, forget it, you know?… Read More
The point is that Marlin Perkins Award. That’s my life, that’s all. Not because I went out and, I did terrible things, no doubt about that. I think Lee and I were the only ones that got kicked out of the place. I mind because of they were paying us,… Read More
And you know, guys you talked about with me today. And that’s how they started here. Read More
Yeah, he was here. So this zoo was pouring out, Warren Thomas. He was here head of LA. All these guys started in Columbus at vet school. And some of them worked, even went around the country, to be the directors of the biggest zoos in the country. They didn’t… Read More
Those guys helped keep it alive. Just Lee kept it alive. They had no money. I don’t know how they even did it. But then they all took off as they progressed in life and met other zoo people and left here. But I just happened to just stay here. Read More
Look at, look at Lee Simmons, look what he did. Look what he did. I think he got kicked out. He and I were the ones got kicked out of AZA, and I must say the biggest honor I’ve ever had in my life, was winning my Marlin Perkins award. Read More
Golly, they had. Read More
Sparks?… Read More