Jerry of the circus. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. The. Now for Jerry of the circus. Alright Rags, I see him. Uncle Dan. Oh there you are Jerry. Hey, did you have breakfast yet? Long ago Jerry, I guess I was about the first one to get in the mess-top this morning. Oh I was just going to say the flag's down and if you didn't eat yet you're out of luck until lunch time. Kind of looking out for your old uncle huh? Well I just didn't want to see you go hungry. Oh I see. Uncle Dan. Yes? Did you figure out something about those passes? I mean so they won't take up all the seats and keep the cash customers out? Yes I did Jerry. I figured out a little plan that might work. What is it? Well let's sit down on the steps here Jerry. Alright. Now what? He's trying to say something alright. Hey he's begging, that's what he's doing. That's so? Sure. He wants to go over to the Menagerie. Well alright go ahead but don't you go near the mess tent and bother Leo and beg for a bone. Just let him go. Now what were you going to say? Oh yes about the little plan I have for the free ticket. Yeah. Well I had a talk with Jack Hastings and he told me that he'd been trying for a long time to figure out a better way to work out the passes for window advertising. Funny you couldn't think of something. Jack's pretty smart. That's a big problem Jerry. The circus has to have advertising so folks will know when and where we play in each town. Sure I know that. And it's only fair that we give out free tickets to the people that let us put those cards in their store windows. But it doesn't seem right that the people with the passes get in and take up all the seats and then Mr. Randall loses money by having to turn down the cash customers. That's why it's a big problem. So what's your plan? Well I told Jack that I thought it would be a good idea to set aside one or two sections of seats for the passes alone. That's a good idea. Now wait and then tell the holders of the passes that they have to be in by eight o'clock for the night shows and by two o'clock for the matinee. I don't understand but well I don't see how that's going to help. Look Jerry that way... Oh you don't have to explain it to me. If you say it'll work I suppose it will. At least I hope so. Well it's not the best plan on earth but it's worth trying. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Well now Jerry that's nice of you. It won't be too much trouble will it? No quit kidding me. You're a great boy Jerry. Hey look at... What Jerry? There goes Boris Russov. The glum Russian they're beginning to call him. Uh huh. He can't seem to get over the way they played the joke on him. He got pretty mad about it all right. And he says he won't give up until he finds out who did it. He said anyone who thinks they can make a monkey of the great Boris has got to get up early in the morning and don't forget that either. I can just imagine how mad he got when he finally realized it was all a joke. He sure must have looked funny in those little boys clothes out in front of the main gate when the show let out. I'll say. Imagine his embarrassment. Ah what's so funny? Am I missing out on something? Good morning Mr. Randall. Morning sir. You look like you're having a good time. Good morning Mr. Randall. You two seem to be in fine spirits this morning. Couldn't be better. Uncle Dan just figured out something that's going to save you money. Oh well that's fine. How about it Dan? Am I going to have to buy you that new suit of clothes? Don't know Mr. Randall. You might. What's it all about? Oh just a little something I've worked out with Jack Hastings. Oh well is it a secret? No but let's give it a try first. I'll tell you what I wish you'd do though. Yeah? I wish you'd check your receipts tonight and compare them with last night. Well I always do that. But notice the difference. Oh you think maybe we're going to take in more money? I hope so. Yeah so do I and whatever you're doing Dan I hope it works. Say where's Rag Jerry? Oh he's gone over to the menagerie to see Kelly. He likes to be around the animals. Oh say by the way how's that new getting along? What's her name? Maude. Oh she's all right now. Oh she and the cat still friends? The best pals in the menagerie. Well that's an odd friendship that one. A cat and a new friend? Yeah and beats all some of these animal friendships. You see Rag's found a sick cat a couple of weeks ago and when I took it over to the menagerie the new spotted it and brightened right up. I don't get you Jerry. Well Dan the new had just recently lost her mate and was grieving and somehow when she heard the cat wailing well I guess she figured her own troubles weren't as bad as the cat's and they became friends. Did you ever hear of anything like that? Well to be truthful Jerry I've heard of stranger things than that. Not only heard of them but seen them with my own eyes out in the jungle. Oh what for instance? What would you say about a friendship between a chimpanzee and a leopard? Really? Well that's a new one on me Dan. I was responsible for that get together. How? Well you can believe it or not but we trapped the leopard and before getting him out of the trap and into the cage we wanted to take some pictures. Yeah. Well sir we went back to camp to get the camera equipment and when we returned we heard some rustling so we closed in very quietly. Now wait a minute is this on the level Dan? It sure is Mr. Adams. Well then what happened? We found a big chimpanzee actually helping that big leopard out of the pit. No fooling around. That's exactly what happened. Did the chimp get the leopard out? Yes he did and then he examined the leopard to see if he was hurt. That leopard seemed to know the chimp was trying to help him. I can't see why you'd let a good catch like a leopard get away so easy. Well I tell you we figured the incident so rare that we thought pictures of it would be more valuable than the catch itself. Well did you get some good pictures? You bet we did. I'd sure like to see them. So would I Jerry. What do you mean? Well unfortunately while we were away from our base camp for a few days a band of natives overpowered our guards and made off of the pictures. Not only the pictures but several weeks food supply too. They practically cleaned this out. Those are some of the chances you're taking. Yep you never know when some band of natives are going to swoop down and help themselves everything that takes their fancy. Hey listen. What's up Jerry? Your eggs, your eggs come on. Here he comes Jerry. Hey what's the matter fella? Oh wait a minute I see it's Tony the big fat Italian clown. And it looks like he's on the war path. Here I am Tony. He's looking everywhere. Over here Tony. Tony. Oh I'm so glad to see you. Lots of trouble Mr. Ran. Lots of trouble. Hey now don't laugh Jerry. He's really upset about something. Oh it's too bad. No more Tony. No Monk. No Tony. No Tony. No. I'm so sorry Mr. Ran. Oh wait a minute. What's all this? Now take it easy now Tony. What are you trying to tell me? Well what I'm trying to tell you is I'm no good without the Monk. Mio Bampino she's gone. Oh wait a minute. You're trying to tell me you lost your monkey? No no no no no no no. I'm no loose. I'm no where he is. Well then go and get him. What I'm no gonna get him. No gotta get him. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Now wait a minute listen. Now calm down and tell me what happened. Well I'm going to start to the front. What's that? He means he's going to start at the beginning. Oh gee that's right. Oh alright Tony that's a good idea. Alright let's have your story now. Oh she's a no story. She's a true. I'm telling you a true. Alright alright but go ahead. Well I'm a like a Monk. I'm a loving him. I'm a caress him. I know I know. I'm always thinking of my Monk. I'm a good to him Mr. Ran. My Monk. He's a juicier. Juicier than my brother. Shhh Jerry. Alright come to the point. Come on come to the point Tony. What are you trying to tell me? Well I'm telling you I started to front. Yes yes yes. Alright I'm a like a Monk so much I'm taking him to the zoo this morning. To the zoo? What a four. What a four. So we can see his relations. The other Monkeys in the cages. Do you get that Dan? Pretty good I'd say. Go ahead Tony. Well first I tried to go in the street car. But they no let me come on with my Monk. Three years ago I was in the street car. I was in the street car. I was in the street car. I was in the street car. Then I was in the street car and they no let me come on with my Monk. Three or four cars I tried. Then the conductor says NO. Of course they won't let you on the street cars with a Monk. I can't even get on one of the rags. My Monkeys are better than a dog. Yes I don't know about that. Well go ahead Tony. So what did you do? Well I'm walking to the zoo. I'm walking all the way with my little Bambino. Well that's quite a walk Tony. You tell me. I'm tired, but my monkey, I'm thinking of him. How he like to see the other monkeys. Yeah, well, where is he now? My monkey? Yeah, of course, where is he? Oh, he's locked up. Locked up? Yeah, see, he's in a big monkey cage in the zoo. I tell you just how I happen. Yeah, yeah, go ahead. I'm holding him so he's a look at the monkey. Then the keeper's come to feed. Yeah, yeah, the keeper came to feed the other monkeys. See, see, that's all right. Yeah, so? So my bambino, he's a see the man open the door and put lots of banana inside. Well, me bambino, he wants a banana. So he's a jump out of my arm and he's a run right in the side of the cage. He ran right through the open door and into the big monkey cage? That's all right. He's hungry for the banana. Well, why didn't you go in after him? Get him out. Why? Why? You're asking me why? Because he's an o'latan. He's a man. The keeper's an o'latan. Well, wait a minute. He saw your monkey go in, didn't he? Shoosh, shoosh. He's a see, he's a see. He know my monkey. She's inside. Well, then I don't see why he wouldn't let you go and get him. Well, he's to say how I know my monkey. Maybe I take the wrong one. Well, didn't you have the costume on your monkey, Tony? No. I'm a nobody to close on. Well, then no wonder. The man was right. How could you tell your monkey from all the rest? How? How? Well, Tony, he's a no-witching monkey. But you couldn't convince the keeper, is that it? Well, that's all right. I couldn't. The man ought to know you wouldn't want any other monkey than your own. Well, I'm going to say that, too. I'm going to tell him my monkey is a trend. I'm going to do tricks to make for it to show him I've got the right to want. And he wouldn't let you, huh? No, he's going to tell me to go away. Go away. Beat it, he says. Tony knows it's a bad. Oh, what about the matinee? How are you going to do your act without your monkey? It's just what's the matter. Well, what do you suggest he does, Dan? Looks bad, doesn't it? Must be something or some way to get the monkey back. Oh, I'm a terrorist on the cage. I'm going to get to my monkey. I'm going to tell you I get to the monkey. Now, Tony, you won't have to go to that extreme. Say, Mr. Randall, how about calling us to explain the whole thing to whoever's in charge? Well, they'd most likely have the same answer the keeper had. They'll want the proper identification before they let a monkey out of the cage. Those little critters all look alike, you know. No monkey, no sure, no sure. Find a way of getting your monkey back before a matinee. Well, we'll have to. For six long years, I'm going to teach him my monkey tricks. I'm going to work with my monkey for you. How long, Mr. Randall? Well, let's see. You've been with me, I believe this is the fourth season, Tony. That's all right. Four years I'm going to do my monkey. Oh, I'm feeling so bad. Ah, I should think you would. Oh, maybe my monkeys will get hurt in a bigger cage. Oh, I wouldn't worry about that, Tony. He can take care of himself all right. He's a whole lot smarter than those cage monkeys. Sure, he's a smart. He's a very smart. How am I going to get him back? Yeah, come on, let's get our heads together and figure something out. Yeah, we've got to get that monkey. He's too valuable to leave in a cage in a zoo. Besides, Tony has to have him back in time for the matinee. Hey, I've got it. What, Jerry? I know how you can get him, Tony. It's easy, listen. Well, this better be good. Oh, it is. Now, here's all you have to do, Tony. Get the clown band. What? Well, how can they do anything about it? Well, Tony's monkey is the leader of the clown band, isn't he? Shoes is the leader. He's a mechanism player. All right, then. If the clown band can go out to the zoo and start playing right by the monkey cage, that little monkey will hear them and want to come out and play leaders. Say, maybe you've got something there, Jerry. Sure, it's bound to work. The monkey will think it's show time and want to get out of the cage and go to work with the band. That's good, yes, Mr. Randa? Yeah, it might work at that. And then you can put your monkey through some of his tricks, and that should prove beyond a doubt that you have the right monkey. That's a good boy, Jerry. Good boy. Well, all right, get going. Randa, borrow the clowns to work on the band, all that you can find. And here, take this money. Take a cab to the zoo. Oh, thank you very much. Can I go with you, Tony? Oh, sure, sure, come with me, Jerry. Well, I hope your idea works, Jerry. But whether it does or not, I want you back from the matinee. You've got your show to do, remember? Yes, sir, we'll be back. And we'll have Tony's monkey, too. Thank you.
