LAST WORDS VIII

TV impresario Ed Sullivan once told a lion tamer to reduce the time of his act from 5 minutes to 3. "Do you understand?" Sullivan asked him. The lion tamer, who needed 5 minutes to gain control of the animal, answered with both a statement and a question of his own. What was his reply?

Answer:

"I understand perfectly, but how am I going to explain it to the lion?"