Sandi Toksvig

So I guess we were expected to be up to speed.

And we attended lots of events.

I went to both the Republican and the Democrat national conventions.

We attended all kinds of things.

We were endlessly on the road.

But we were aware of what was happening.

One of the most...

Distressing moments of my life.

My father ringing in tears because he had been there when Robert Kennedy was shot and him ringing saying this is this is so horrific for America.

And this is, you know, not wearing his his impartial journalist's hat, but he had personally liked Robert Kennedy and spent time with him.

So there were things that really stay with me, that my father's reaction to it and the importance on the world stage of it absolutely was brought home to me.

And my brother is now an absolutely brilliant foreign journalist.

He's on the editorial side, but is an extraordinary journalist.

So it stayed with us.

I don't think it has ever left either of us.

Well, incredibly close.

So, again, you know, I'm 11 years old and I'm thinking, ooh, Florida fun.

Because in those days you could get a baby alligator for hardly any money at the roadside.

And they were like $10 or something.

I thought, wow, let's get a baby alligator.