I cannot have him dying in San Francisco, I cannot do it.” And he said, “No he won’t, he won’t do that. That’s not gonna happen, he’s getting better now. And he’s, he just has a mild problem, it isn’t bad.” So I looked at him myself too, not that… Read More
I mean it was lucky of course, but it was great, yeah. Read More
I, boy it’s hard to remember that. I think they may have come to us, actually. Read More
So in the end with the pandas, was it worth it?… Read More
Yeah, yeah. It was a, you know it was hassles, of course there were hassles. But you know the male panda, I don’t know if a lot of people know this, the male panda of the two, it was a pair, you know, two animals. The male got sick in… Read More
Deal or relationship agreement with the Chinese?… Read More
Oh yeah. Read More
Was that something you wanted to initiate, or did they come to you?… Read More
I really need to know, because we have to get ready for them so we can treat them right, and do the right thing.” And he said in his true Chinese fashion, he said, “Well if I were you, I’d get ready.” (laughing) He did, he didn’t say yes or… Read More
And I said, “Oh, thank you.” And then i knew boy, and then the wheels started turning and it was really a, that was the one event, you know, truthfully, getting the pandas was the one event that really brought us, well it brought our attendance over a million, and… Read More
And it brought, people wanted to see them. Once they knew about them, they wanted to see them too. ‘Cause you know, they’re a striking animal, very striking animal, and it’s, and they did extremely well with us too. Was the, were the golden monkeys a separate- Yeah, agreement. Read More
And I said, “You know what?… Read More
I really have this feeling it’s gonna happen.” They all go, “Well maybe so, okay maybe so.” One day, we had gone to China, and we had talked to a number of these people, but still we weren’t given a yes and weren’t given a no. And one day I… Read More
You know, you can’t ask right outright. But I decided that I was going to do it outright, just say. You know, I said to Mr. Lee, “There’s a lot of things that we have to do for the pandas if we were to get them really, and that we… Read More
If we don’t do it, we won’t get them. But if we do get it, maybe we’ll be he able to get them, maybe.” “Oh,: he said, “oh, all right.” He said, “I’ll talk to the mayor about it.” So he went to talk to the mayor, and she thought… Read More
They paid a percentage to the city, you know, but still. So they were gonna do it though, and they thought we wouldn’t be able to do it. Read More
It’s a very good idea.” So I went to my boss, who was by that time, another, you know, Tom Malloy, his name it was, who was very, a very, a go-getter, you know?… Read More
And I said, “Tom, you know,” and I told him the story. “You know,” I said, “we can get those. I really feel we can do it. Especially with the ties that Mayor Feinstein has to China,” ’cause she did. “And with our sister city being Shanghai and this and… Read More
I said, “Look, what does it hurt?… Read More
What did you learn from that experience?… Read More