This is Let's Talk to Lucy starring Lucille Ball.

A very warm welcome to you all.

I'm Gary Morton, and now let's talk to Lucy.

Hi, this is Lucy.

You know, people are always asking me about the animals that I work with.

Well, I worked with a real live bear the other night,

and I still feel a bit depleted. I didn't know I was so apprehensive until it was all over,

though. And then I realized that you can never really trust a wild animal. Sometimes you can't

even trust the tame ones, no matter how trained they are i was just trying to

remember today all the animals i've worked with through the years in this business that i have uh shall we say

no affection for my first was actually a reptile a a nine-foot alligator.

It was on a picture with Eddie Cantor.

My very first picture, as a matter of fact,

I backed into this scaly monster one day on the set.

I was very scantily clad,

and he took instant advantage of this opportunity and snapped his jaws tight.

And well, well, I already told you I was scantily

clad my next adventure in animal land was with a huge great dain about the size of a small horse

he did a co-starring part with me and we were were together for two whole months, and he adored me,

so much so that one day I had a rather dangerous water scene to do, and right in the middle of it,

I was supposed to pretend, pretend, mind you, pretend to be drowning. I was yelling, help, help,

and he thought I meant it. He broke away away from his trainer and jumped in to save me

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