Interview 26791 – Caption Index: 188
I’m just Larry, you know, I never felt, A, that anybody had to do that. That was way too much. I’m just, Larry, just treat me as Larry. Now, you’re director of the zoo. Some questions. Read More
I’m just Larry, you know, I never felt, A, that anybody had to do that. That was way too much. I’m just, Larry, just treat me as Larry. Now, you’re director of the zoo. Some questions. Read More
What were your priorities, did you want to accomplish first?… Read More
How important are amenities at the zoo?… Read More
Some people still refer to me as doctor, you know?… Read More
Did you encourage that?… Read More
No, I didn’t encourage it. I said I’m Larry, you know. Now, I said I’ll be honest with you, formal introduction at an event or, you know, something to that effect, absolutely. But just call me Larry. And today, when I go to the zoo, I’m down there three or… Read More
Just because you’ve said that, did people call you Dr. Killmar?… Read More
‘Cause it’s like, you know, you need to take the hat off, and get down in the mud with the rest of us, and have fun. So yeah, whatever it may be, you know, whether it’s going to a hockey game or going to a football game or whatever, it’s… Read More
In some cases, you know, I wasn’t in their class at all, but I was just there, you know?… Read More
And a couple of ’em came up to me and said, this has been great, you know, learning you in this different environment. And I said I’m no different, you know, I’m still the same guy. But I think people have a tendency to take a title and push it… Read More
And I had a couple people tell me, I have to work at that, you know?… Read More
Now, sometimes it’s an hour, sometimes it’s a couple days, but I’ll eventually figure it out and then I’m gonna come back to you and say, why, why did you not give me the whole story?… Read More
And they admit it, you know, they just didn’t want to talk to me about it. They were afraid, you know. So what I had to do, Mark, is I had to, you know, there’s the off-work Larry, and then there’s the on-work Larry, that I had to bridge those… Read More
I’m in a different, I have a different hat on. Read More
You know, as I told one staff member one day, I said did you think I wouldn’t have figured this out?… Read More
If you told me one thing and something else happened that I wouldn’t eventually figure it out?… Read More
So I think they would say I was fair, that I was tough. Read More
It’s like, no, I’m just a regular guy, you know?… Read More
And I had to work at that a lot because people just, you know, ooh, it’s Dr. Killmar, you know?… Read More
I’ll underline some, some people miss me, but the operation didn’t come to a halt. You know, the gentleman that took my spot, he’s still working into it. He’s doing a great job, he’s achieving great things, but the place just didn’t, you know, crumble. Not that I’m anybody special… Read More