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Absolutely nothing. (laughs) Okay. (laughs) But it was a fun Sunday with your grandfather. As far as I… It musta been. He died from one of his Sunday car rides. He had a crash, and that ended his career, so that ended my Sunday tours as well. Read More

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You went to…… Read More

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And as you were growing up, what kinda schooling did you have?… Read More

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And you were a youngster when he did this?… Read More

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Yes. Oh, little, little. Read More

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What do you remember? What are your recollections?… Read More

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And that was Edward Bean?… Read More

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We did. We had a home on the grounds in Brookfield. But as I say, my mother and father were divorced when I was young, so I lived outside the zoo then, but I lived close enough to the zoo, for the most part or at the very beginning, so… Read More

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Edward, yes. And he was then director. Of Brookfield. Mm-hmm. Read More

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Or did you live on the grounds?… Read More

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Were you at the zoo every day?… Read More

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Did your mom take you to the zoo every day?… Read More

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Or did you wanna be a fireman?… Read More

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(laughs) No, I didn’t wanna be a fireman. As I said, I was involved, in the very beginning, as a little punk, in zoos, and my mother was involved with the zoo, as well, so I enjoyed being introduced to the zoo animals, not knowing what I was getting into… Read More

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Or was that just something that was part of what you remember?… Read More

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Well, I like ’em all, I guess, probably. I liked very much the large antelope. It always fascinated me. Beautiful animals. Read More

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Or d’ya like birds?… Read More

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And as you were growing up, did you think that you wanted to work in a zoo?… Read More

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I mean: were you a reptile guy?… Read More

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Did you have favorite animals?… Read More