CLARICE: You know that’s just the way it is here! So he did go to the burger place and he says, “I’ve come by to help you out.” And he was so full of himself. Well, they didn’t hire him there. And then he realized I’ve got to change my mind! I’ve got to change my attitude! How many of you have ever had a time in your life where you said, “I’ve got to change my mind?” It’s not about everybody else! It might be about me, you know the reason things aren’t working!” And so he goes by the city zoo and he sees a sign that says, “Help Wanted!” And he says, “I’ve never worked with wild animals.” Then he thought of his wife’s face.
Audience: [laughing]
CLARICE: And then realized he had more experience. You see we are a people that have more things going on in our life than what we are aware of! We can do more than what we think we can! Champions live differently than ordinary people. And so he goes in and they right in the middle when he came in one of the guys ran in. He said, “The most terrible thing just happened!” They said, “Uhh! What happened?” He says, “The gorilla died!” And he says, “The gorilla died!” They said, “Yes, and we’ve got all these little kids that are coming in! The kindergarten kids and the gorilla’s their favorite thing. But we just don’t know what to do!” And he said, “Well we have an old gorilla suit but we don’t have anybody to wear it!”
Audience: Ahhh! [laughter]
CLARICE: John said, “I would love to be a gorilla! I would love to be able to put it on!” They said, “Oh, it’s a hot suit and it doesn’t smell good.” And He says “I love bein’ hot.” And the more he thought about getting gainful employment he began to sell himself! He began to say, “Listen! I really want this job! I’ll be the most outstanding gorilla you’ve ever seen!” And so they went and got the suit and they drug the dead gorilla out and here comes John. He’s all dressed up and they said, “Look, John. All you have to do is you put this suit on. You stand back as far as you can. Every now and then beat your chest and go, “Uhh, uhh!”
Audience: [laughter]
CLARICE: And he said, “Okay! I got it!”
Audience: [laughter]
