>> >> i'm sitting in my living room at home watching television and the announcer comes on telling a story about these two rodeo cowboys who were out in the forest and ran upon a bigfoot. and i'm looking. there's our gorilla suit walking across the screen. >> originally, a vaudeville entertainer, philip starts making and selling gorilla costumes. >> i received a call from this man who says he's roger patterson. do you have a gorilla show? a magician. >> no, no, no, no. he said we'll just play a gag on people and how much are the suits? >> according to patterson, he had specific requirements for the suit. >> he wanted to know, did it look like a real gorilla? what about the eyes where you see the eyes? i said you get the makeup. put it around the eyes of the person wearing the suit and it