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Yeah, the first time. The first time, well, Jimmy Morgan. Read More

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Did being a Bean help you get the job? Or no?… Read More

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Well, it probably did, probably more often than not. You were there for a little while. And then, you left Busch Gardens. And then, you went to…… Read More

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Yeah. Read More

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Okay, and did you stay long, then?… Read More

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No, I wasn’t there all that long. Read More

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When you were at Busch Gardens, what did ya start as there?… Read More

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Well, they didn’t have… Titles didn’t seem to exist all that much. I was assistant director, I guess. Rich Naegeli was my boss, and that was it. And I had a number of other keepers and the likes under me, but I don’t think I ever had an official title. Read More

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This was the first time you were there as kind of an assistant to the director?… Read More

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Oh, everywhere I went was another kid. (laughs) And why’d you decide to leave Jimmy Morgan?… Read More

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And where’d you go from Jimmy Morgan Zoo?… Read More

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Busch Gardens. Yeah, I went Busch Gardens. That was my second trip, I believe, to Busch Gardens. So you went down to Busch Gardens from Jimmy Morgan. Yeah. Read More

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Yeah, at least that. Trying to think of how my… Base everything on my kids. Read More

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Four years was I there?… Read More

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Yeah. Read More

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And how long’d ya stay at the zoo?… Read More

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About a couple of years?… Read More

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And what kind of director was Bob Truett?… Read More

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Good director to you?… Read More

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Oh yeah, he was… You know, Bob was a nudist. Right. And he loved to take the girl out on nudist camping trips. I don’t know how he got away with it, to tell ya the truth. Different day. Yeah, different day. So you were the assistant director at the… Read More