How to Do the Cockroach Trick

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"AYE JAYE: This is a wonderful trick for somebody that I'm just meeting and I want to make a relationship with. Excuse me, come on in. Your name is Mark. MARK: Yes, thank you. AYE JAYE: I've figured that. Okay. MARK: Nice to meet you. AYE JAYE: Yes. Mark, I want you to meet a friend of mine. I've had him for years. I keep him in a matchbook because he's so special. Well, she is. MARK: A cockroach? AYE JAYE: A cockroach. By the way, her name is Cocky and she's trained. Cocky, turn around. Good girl. Do it again, honey, turn around. That's a good girl. There you are. Come on. There you go. That's a good girl. Now, she does a lot of things, but one of the things she does is, again, she's very friendly. She never leaves my hand. She stays--oh, my gosh! I'm sorry, she got--nah, I'm just kidding. She's right here. However... MARK: Does she play dead? AYE JAYE: She--well, watch this. Cocky, play--oh, she doesn't want to play dead. I said play dead. No, she won't do it. Okay, stay there. Now, what I'm going to do is I'm going to put her in my hand and, gently, I want you to touch my hand right there. Gently, gently. That's too hard. Gently. That's hard! My goodness gracious, I'm sorry."