Yeah. She was already here, but her history was a very interesting one, I’m sure you have it all down, but she came in to Virginia I believe, in a circus, was brought by a circus from Europe I believe also, mostly animals in those days came by road, Europe,… Read More
No, no, I wasn’t, she was here when I came. Read More
I’m sure you would. Read More
When we were talking about elephants before, you talked about Judy, you were involved when Judy came to Lincoln Park?… Read More
Oh, he’s been working on it. I don’t know if I should be mad at you though, because you should have started something in the mammal section. Oh, we caught mammals too. Well, I say, see, they had that tradition of snake hunting, they’re sending Eddie out every year, but… Read More
He was spotting. Yeah, he was, the camouflage didn’t fool him because he saw it for the true thing. Well, you’ve answered a question now, I’ve been on two snake hunts with Ed Monarda, who was one of your pro. Yes, that’s right. And Eddie is colorblind. Yeah, well. And… Read More
I think, well, I don’t know, that would leave me out, I must admit I had an enjoyable. Take them. I’ll take them just. Yeah. Now, that tradition of snake hunting has continued on, you know you started. That’s good. In fact, at this September, I don’t know if I… Read More
He says, do you suppose it’s because I’m colorblind?… Read More
Yes, and they even sent Gates priests, the photographer, head photographer along on one trip, I think that was the trip he went on, the one that was a combined trip and he was shooting still pictures, he wasn’t a movie photographer, and we were on an old logging road… Read More
Yes. To the idea reptile hunt. Read More
Yeah, they’re good boxes, they’re only small about this high, and so they’re different size as you can make them any size wish. Read More
So the park was receptive?… Read More
We still use those today?… Read More
You know, people I think who watched Zoo Parade and who watch Wild Kingdom know you as Marlin Perkins of television, and people in the zoo profession who know you more as not only a zoo man but as herpetologist and someone who’s worked all his life with reptiles. When… Read More
No, no, no. Well, it’d be too expensive to send them back. Read More
I think you probably don’t have a picture because it’s on bad. Effectively happened during the filming of Zoo Parade. Yes. When you were doing that Lincoln Park, there was one incident where you were working with a poisonous or a hot snake, and you were bitten, could you kind… Read More
And then he turned around and looked at him, and I said, why don’t you turn around let us see your face again, and so he did. So you really had. You got things like that. Yeah, it was all at lib, we had a so called script which was… Read More
Well, I expect so, and I guess by this time, Wild Kingdom, is the longest, they say it’s the longest running syndicated half hour program with the same sponsor, mutual of Omaha of course. Now when you were at Lincoln Park and doing Zoo Parade, and I was one of… Read More
Well, it must have been pretty good concept because am I correct, that that’s the longest running animal show that’s, I mean, from Zoo Parade starting with yourself to Wild Kingdom?… Read More
and I said, I just saw your unit down at the, why don’t we bring that after the zoo?… Read More