this is this is just great look what we have here what is that oh well that's disgusting
you know what that is yeah this is the daily special at Rupert G's hello Deli [Applause]
um we have a gentleman on the program by the name of Robert Sullivan and he's written this
book entitled rats and he's out on 53rd Street right now and all night long during the show
he will be looking for rats and as soon as we have a rat we have cameras out there and
we'll switch live right out show you there that's exactly there's a camera right there
oh wait a minute oh no everybody got very excited though didn't they they answered
that he he he knows everything there is to know about rats he's a rat expert and we'll
find out how many rats are in New York City and how many of them we have here and after
the show I'm going to ask him if he'll take a look at my contract because I've smelled
a wrap there for years [Applause] you know uh because we're doing the show oh hello yes sir
come on go down the sewer go down the sewer
wow my God he'll be running in the Preakness there he goes
he shoots he scores man now that was about a medium rat that was medium that's about a medium
all right all right let's go outside and say hello to Mr Sullivan Robert Sullivan our rat expert
good morning Bob how are you I'm good thank you for asking I'm good thank you
how long have you been a rat expert uh I'd say a year one year and and why are you a rat expert
uh because I I think rats are disgusting yeah and how you've studied them and you
you followed rats for like an entire year is that correct in New York City uh in an alley
a camping stool I just kind of sat there and watched the rats in that alley what
did you learn about rat behavior that we don't know or we did not know before uh the rats the
number one thing probably the people want to know even though if they don't know it
as sex 20 times a day rats wait a minute yeah wait a minute there's this guy wait a minute
audience likes that that's what you're gonna get you know at this hour of the night it sounds like
my ex-wife uh sex 20 times a day and that means how many of them do you believe are
in New York City now uh number of rats is the number everybody says it's eight million one
per person well that's that's hopefully Fair don't you think everybody gets a rat but it's
it's not true it's not true 1949 Dave Davis from Baltimore comes traps disproves the one
pro one rap per person Theory right shows that there are there are 256 000 rats in the city
at that time oh so we can sleep a little easier there's only a quarter million rats
right population and is there a danger to uh we humans uh death is one of the dangers
Professor uh but but seriously I mean if they're busy screwing all day what
possible what possible threat do they pose to us or when a rat bites first of all it's
uh it's seven thousand pounds per square inch of pressure when they bite the front
two incisors spread out as they go into you oh pain is another thing besides death right and
uh so and what about that uh that uh rodent virus what do they call that the
uh well the Hannah virus Hannah virus is is huge I mean that's mice rodents
all kinds of Roads that's huge I mean leptospirosis I don't want to even okay
so tonight you're going to be looking for rats for us and are you capturing rats or just letting them
be I'm I'm not dressed for it now now when when we saw that rat earlier was that a medium-sized
rat that was yeah it was medium I mean people say rats as big as dogs rats biggest cats the really
basic element of rat survival is the rat hole and it wouldn't be any good for the rat to be
as big as a cat or a dog they need to be as big as a big rat that was like almost really big it
was like about a pound and a half pound and a half pound and a half that ain't bad that's [Music] it
well the the really big rats are at television City in Hollywood but that's that's another
that's another story all right do you mind if I call you a professor
no okay but you're not a professor is that correct not uh that I know of all right fine
all right Professor you go look for rats and let us know when you find some more all right
thank you thank you very much that's uh Robert Sullivan ladies and gentlemen rat experts we're
not missing any rats are we I Don't Want to Miss a valuable is that the only rat cam we have there
on the uh on the storms oh we have two two rat camps yeah okay are those robotic rat cams uh-huh
there he goes that's the same one I bet you we should we should have the uh the professor
he should be putting radio collars on these rats
and then next year Professor can you do that can you radio collar the rats for us
I think he's been bitten oh my God somebody all right that's a bad sign [Music]