Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 641
Was there some reason?… Read More
Was there some reason?… Read More
to meet the two females. Little party. any of that, ’cause he didn’t wanna give up his star. And I don’t think, probably, Robert would either. Read More
Yes. (Janet chuckles) Tell me about it. not to like Marlin Perkins. He didn’t think he was… He wasn’t showbiz enough, or maybe, he was too showbiz. But he is like, “I wouldn’t waste my time watching that silly show,” “Zoo Parade.” Then all of a sudden, we started noticing… Read More
(Janet chuckles) But he didn’t like Marlin’s showbiz. He was too fancy-pants. So there wasn’t as much of a rivalry. No, they probably never spoke to each other during it. We just knew that he was sneaking out. He was like a kid smoking cigarettes. (Janet laughs) When I was… Read More
Was there any truth to that?… Read More
(Robert chuckles) I don’t know. How I’m remembered. That I was at least a fair person who gave a damn. That time was during my- Bob, question: I understood that there might have, at one time, been a rivalry between Marlin Perkins at Lincoln Park Zoo and your father at… Read More
Well, that’s something that Janet was saying earlier, but I don’t recall. Okay, I thought we might, but that’s okay. Maybe, over lunch, you can look at the newspaper clipping, and it might bring back memories of- Okay, okay. Which may spur a lot of things ’cause I’ve got a… Read More
How would you like to be remembered in the zoo profession?… Read More
Is there a story about your grandfather with an orangutan, bringing him back?… Read More
Had to do mouth-to-mouth?… Read More
Yeah, yeah, she was- An environmental biologist?… Read More
So in some ways, some of the family is still continuing. Yeah, the picture I’ve got of Ellen is she’s sitting around this young gorilla, about a 40-pounder, I guess. Out in the wild. Yeah. No, born Cincinnati. Oh, born in Cincinnati, okay. Yeah, actually, conceived in Louisville, not Louisville,… Read More
With the zoo field. Quick question, we just mentioned gorillas. Read More
Red Bear?… Read More
Yeah. Yeah, my son. Oh yeah, I guess you’ve talked to him. Right. Yeah, for this thing. The youngest one, let’s say, is involved in the World Wildlife Fund for a while. Read More
WCS?… Read More
(Janet laughs) Who was that?… Read More
to a zoo director. Oh yeah, her husband was a zoo director. Read More
Red Bear. Read More
She’s married to zoo directors. Read More