Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 7
by Jack Pendarvis
Ace Goes to Hollywood is a continuing transcript of a ride from Oxford, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, during which Jack Pendarvis interviewed Ace Atkins about his work on the Pauly Shore film Jury Duty.
Episode 7: Tortoises and Chimps
JACK: Oh! The reason I mentioned earlier, when I was, like, mentioning your girlfriend… [See Episode 5.]
ACE: [Laughter.]
JACK: Maybe you don’t want to talk about this. But I thought that you said Gizmo’s trainer, the little dog’s trainer was…
ACE: She was a beautiful…
JACK: A woman that you sort of had a crush on.
ACE: I did.
JACK: But you were loyal and true to your…
ACE: That’s right. We had no kind of… but she was very kind to me. She was a genius animal trainer! I don’t know if she’s still working, but this dog could do anything.
JACK: Tell us some of the things that Gizmo could do!
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