PERCILLA BEJANO                    THE JERRY SPRINGER INTERVIEW                 ORIGINALLY BROADCAST 15 AUG 1997
	The Show's theme was  "I Worked As A Sideshow Freak" and was filmed in and around Gibtown, FL.  Also featured were Melvin Burkhardt, Jeanie Tomaini, Johnny Meah, Jennifer Miller and Grady Stiles III with commentary by James Taylor (and Judy Rock teaching Jerry the bed of nails!) Percilla is 85 years old.    Jerry Springer voice over:     While we were in town we went in search of the elusive monkey girl - Percilla Bejano.  In the heyday of the sideshows there was no bigger name.  Born covered completely with hair and multiple rows of teeth, she was taken from Puerto Rico at three years of age and placed in the sideshows where she met and married Emmitt, the Alligator Boy.  But since Emmitt's death (in 1995) and her retirement, Percilla had disappeared and refused all interviews until today.      (Jerry opens the gate to Percilla's yard and approaches Percilla who is seated on a garden swing)     JS   Hi!  Percilla?     PB  Hello.     JS   I'm Jerry Springer.  It's very nice to meet you.     PB   And you, too.     JS   A real pleasure, thank you very much for having me.     Percilla is wearing a bright red dress that goes down to mid-ankle.  She is wearing large colorful earrings and is seated on a garden swing where Jerry joins her. The two gently rock on the swing throughout the interview.     JS    You ... you're life has been the life of the circus, right?     PB   Mostly carnival ...     JS   Mostly the carnival     PB   Uh huh, sideshows, you know.     JS   You ... At what age did you ... How did you first get into what they call the sideshow?     PB   Five years old.     JS   You were five years of age. And what were you known as?     PB   Well ... they called me the little (chuckle) monkey girl.     JS   They called you the "monkey girl".     PB   Uh huh, because I had the hair all over the body.     JS   When you went to marry your husband ...     PB   We eloped.     JS   You eloped ... You stayed in the life of the circus though didn't you?     PB   Yeah ...     JS   You loved it?     PB   Emmitt and I went (to) build our own show.     JS   And what did Emmitt do in the circus?  In the show?     PB   Alligator Man.     JS   He was the "Alligator Man".     PB  Yeah ...