George Feeding Chico

THE OLD STRIPPER

GEORGE FEEDING CHICO

Lori Lanier and I were stripping in Cleveland, Ohio. We were going to only be gone a few days for the booking; so we kept our motel room rented in Canton, Ohio because that is where we usually stayed when we were not working. My boyfriend,who was one of the projectionists at the State Burlesk Theater, lived in Canton; so I liked to be around him as much as possible.

The manager at the burlesk theater in Cleveland offered to book us for two weeks. We took the offer. There was only one problem – Chico.        

Chico was Lori's spider monkey. She had left him in his cage with

enough food and water for the length of time that we would be

gone. But if we stayed for two more weeks, he did not have enough

food and water.

We were not sure what to do. Then we decided to call my boyfriend.

He agreed to take what Lori told him to take - apples - to the motel

and give them to the monkey.

When we got back to Canton it was really funny. George had just

thrown the apples in the cage. He had not cut them up or anything.

He said that he had gone to the desk clerk and told him that he

needed to give the apples to the monkey. The desk clerk told him

that they could not let him in our room without our permission. He

told them, “I don't want in the damn room! Here's the apples! You

give them to the monkey!” They let him in the room I guess they did

not want to feed the monkey!