Whomever titled the ill fated show must have thought it was funny, but that's because he never met and knew a moose like MacDermott. He stole my heart. I can't look at mountain decor with a moose head over the fireplace the same way ever again...
Pat, I recall your comments about MacDermott in earlier blogs. Certainly challenging enough just caring for a moose's needs while travelling. Did your moose ever appear in the ring or walk in spec? Would have been something to see, but unfortunately lost on most of the audience.
Jim- no, he did not appear in the ring or spec. That had certainly been my intention. But between the time I located him, purchased him and drove to Canada to pick him up at a game farm (he was an orphan, his mama hit by a car) he had slipped on some ice a walked with a limp. It's a long story, but eventually he had surgery at the University of Colorado and had begun to mend. Anyway...
"lost on most of the audience". In Bullhead City AZ (I think) a crowd was milling around his corral early in the morning. As the crowd thinned, I noticed a tiny elderly lady lagging behind. I thought she was about to comment how adorable he was, then she piped up "That's about the ugliest damn thing I've ever seen!" I covered Dermott's ears and told him not to listen to ridiculous comments like that. She's probably senile, after all.
One interesting thing to note. In the southern states, people just saw him as another unusual animal, garnering the same curiosity as an elephant or tiger. But up north, people went crazy for him! I guess because he was a familiar animal in an unfamiliar environment? Not sure.
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Pat White
More importantly- MacDermott Moose!
What a terrific little guy he was.
Antlers in the treetops
by who goosed the moose
One of the most infamous
Broadway flops was titled
"Moose Murders" which ran
exactly 1 night in 83
Whomever titled the ill fated show must have thought it was funny, but that's because he never met and knew a moose like MacDermott. He stole my heart. I can't look at mountain decor with a moose head over the fireplace the same way ever again...
Pat, I recall your comments about MacDermott in earlier blogs. Certainly challenging enough just caring for a moose's needs while travelling. Did your moose ever appear in the ring or walk in spec? Would have been something to see, but unfortunately lost on most of the audience.
Jim- no, he did not appear in the ring or spec. That had certainly been my intention. But between the time I located him, purchased him and drove to Canada to pick him up at a game farm (he was an orphan, his mama hit by a car) he had slipped on some ice a walked with a limp. It's a long story, but eventually he had surgery at the University of Colorado and had begun to mend. Anyway...
"lost on most of the audience". In Bullhead City AZ (I think) a crowd was milling around his corral early in the morning. As the crowd thinned, I noticed a tiny elderly lady lagging behind. I thought she was about to comment how adorable he was, then she piped up "That's about the ugliest damn thing I've ever seen!" I covered Dermott's ears and told him not to listen to ridiculous comments like that. She's probably senile, after all.
One interesting thing to note. In the southern states, people just saw him as another unusual animal, garnering the same curiosity as an elephant or tiger. But up north, people went crazy for him! I guess because he was a familiar animal in an unfamiliar environment? Not sure.
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