THE JERRY SPRINGER INTERVIEW
PART II
JS In where?
PB Punta Gorda, Florida.
JS Punta Gorda, Florida. Um ... now he was called the alligator man because ...
PB The skin.
JS The skin on his face looked like anybody else's face but the rest of the skin over his whole body ...
PB He couldn't sweat.
JS He couldn't sweat. It looked like the skin of a reptile ... of an alligator.
PB Yeah, uh huh.
JS So he couldn't sweat. So when you're out in the hot sun what would they do ... to keep him cool?
PB Well, he had a tub of ice water.
JS A tub of ice water.
PB Yeah, he kept ice all the time in the back of the show.
JS So both of you had ... both of you then ... not only were you married and you loved each other...
PB Naturally! (chuckle)
JS Right, but you had this show that became your life and the show was , using the words that you use, the "monkey girl" and the "alligator man".
PB We were the "Strangest .... he billed us as the "Strangest Married Couple..."
JS The "Strangest Married Couple".
PB Uh huh, "In the World".
JS When you were sitting there in the pit and you saw all these people just walking by paying ... some amount of money to come and stare at you did you ever get angry?
PB No, because (chuckle) I sang a song to 'em and they threw money at me.
JS What song did you sing?
PB (Laughing, shy, embarassed)
JS C'mon, sing for me. I'll sing for you.
PB No (laughing)
JS Just sing a little ... just one little bar.
PB (singing) "It's a long way to Tipperary ...(can't continue, breaks up laughing)
JS "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"? I learned that as a kid in England, I swear.
PB Yeah?
(singing together) "It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary .... (both forget the words)
JS Oh, my memories fading. Your're doing better than I am. That's a pretty song.
