Gloria whispered, "Ernie, are you crazy? What are you going to do, make a lamp out of it? What do you want with a mannequin?" "I'm not sure," he answered. "I'm going on instinct. I know it will be useful somewhere down the line. Here, help me get it in the car." Gloria dutifully helped carry the figure to Ernie's jeep. "I never thought I'd be helping throw a naked man into your backseat tonight." Ernie had a knack for seeing hidden value in items that could no longer serve as originally intended. Most of the clocks and lamps in Ernie's store were made from yard sale items. In Circus on the Square, God does a similar makeover of Ernie himself.