Very good. There are some people in the zoological world of captive animals. We call them capt… I don’t call animals captive, by the way. I call them out of the wild. Because, and I don’t, by the way, I know this a little off the subject, but I don’t… Read More
The USDA now thinks that animals are dangerous to people and all like that. But that’s a little bit off the subject. I think the ZAA started. I was with Pat Quinn and some of the original people. And one of the reasons is that it seemed to some people… Read More
It’s better for the AZA if they controlled everybody with animals, then they could sort of regulate the whole thing. But there were some people like Saulsbury and Pat Quinn and quite a few. Read More
Tell us about the ZAA, the Zoological Association of America when?… Read More
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And why did it begin?… Read More
Boy, what a come on?… Read More
Huh?… Read More
And I was too dumb to take her up on it. And she went out. This was her first appearance, I think on television. And my God, I had her name in mind. And now you gotta help me on this and I’ll come back to it. Well, let’s have… Read More
What?… Read More
After lunch we’re gonna talk about (indistinct). Okay. Well, let me just finish off one thing about Johnny. Read More
Okay, because you asked me how I got started?… Read More
The first time I was on Johnny Carson, there was a very vivacious woman that was gonna be on, and Oh, God! I had her name all in mind. Wait a minute. First time (laughs) I did Johnny Carson, there was a vivacious woman who was a singer and she… Read More
And so that’s one way, I think I got involved through NBC and you know, it was because I was able. And I had also had experienced being on television and lecturing and showing wildlife in a serious way. I wasn’t the kind of guy that just threw something out… Read More
So I had to cut down a little bit, but Johnny being from Nebraska, he had a basic interest in the natural world. And Johnny Carson’s talent was that he didn’t ever try to be funny. Johnny knew what television was all about. Some of the guys on now who… Read More
The funny things are things that happen unpredictably. And after lunch we’re gonna about that. Read More
Interesting. Yeah. Read More
How did I get involved on Johnny Carson show?… Read More
I’ll think back on that a little bit, but one of the first times, I think that it was when Wild Kingdom was just beginning and the Johnny Carson show was in New York. And I had met somebody from NBC because they were interested in promoting Wild Kingdom and… Read More
But so I actually got to know one of the, what do you call on the, not the, well, the talent coordinators. Yeah. And I met her and she realized that when I came out with some of the animals, the ratings went up. People loved that. According to Ed… Read More