Mark and Happy drove to the Glamor Gorilla Sanctuary to see if it existed, if Dreama was a real person who actually worked there, who Gail is, and where Happy’s money was. Gail has a son, Guyler, employed as her assistant at the sanctuary. Guyler seems to be something of a nebbish.

In private, we discovered that Gail was a conniving schemer, certain she could grab even more money from the naïve, bumbling Happy Trail, if only his son, Mark, did not interfere. “If only” is not a good strategy, but Gail was determined to succeed.

After arriving at the sanctuary, Mark immediately got distracted by the gorilla pens and started peppering questions at Gail and Guyler about the living conditions and quality of the enclosures. Now, I wonder why he took this approach, rather than starting right in on Happy’s money. But it turned out that his non-stop, annoying questions cajoled Gail into confessing she is the fake Dreama.

Was Mark’s non-stop, annoying questioning part of his plan? If he thought it would keep Gail on the defensive long enough to get her to come clean about Happy’s money, he found out otherwise. Happy obliterated the direction of the conversation by impulsively proposing marriage to Gail. This sudden action shocked everybody. And I do mean everybody! Perhaps Mark forgot to go over his plan with Happy before arriving at the sanctuary. Maybe they should have brought Niecy along, as I recommended last week, to keep Happy preoccupied. Well, what will Mark do now? Tune in tomorrow!

Well, a hodgepodge of factoids for today, as Mark starts off with two disconnected facts, one being a question. And he finishes his discourse with his usual weak joke. But Mark overlooked other major influences on gorilla endangerment, such as poaching, disease, and other forms of human encroachment.

Everybody write to Jules Rivera to get Bill Ellis to send Mark back to Africa to investigate gorilla poaching. That could be a good story and might even provide a foundation for reintroducing Dirty Dyer.