One of the greatest animal conservation shows ever produced. I remember watching this show very Sunday night with my dad. First Wild Kingdom at 6:30pm Wonder World of Disney at 7pm, Bonanza at 8pm! And then of course the Sunday Mystery Movie at 9p!
My memory exactly... That was right around the time I ordered those wildlife animal index cards. Got a new set every month. So so so happy to have those wonderful memories. @@scottmalone9921
I’m chuckling because of this!! About the bath night also!! Thank you for sharing… I don’t think we watched it as religiously as you did it sounds like!!! ❤
YOU ARE CLUELESS. IT REALLY WAS THE BIGGEST SHAM. AND ABUSE OF ANIMLALS EVER😢😢 THEY FORCED ANIMALS INTO STRANGE LOCATIONS. STOLE ANIMALS FROM THEIR NATURAL HOMES. FORCED THEM INTO FIGHTS. DRUGGED THEM😢. ATE THEM TOO. WE CAN 👀 👀 THE FEAR, IN THESE ANIMALS. AS THEY ARE FORCED INTO SITUATIONS THEY NEVER ASK FOR😢😢
AAAH the nostalgia!!! For all you young people, Steve Irwin and the Wild Kratt brothers were named Marlin and Jim back in the 70s. We watched them every Sunday evening after church and before The Wonderful World of Disney on NBC. And many of us saw this on black and white TVs.
Typical episode opens with Marlin circling above a wild life scenario in the Bell Ranger helicopter, narrating as: "While Jim uses his incredible luck and spry, nimble tactics, I circle and watch from the safety of the helicopter." Loved watching this series as you often witnessed some unexpected animal reactions in their purest form.
Great show!!! Marlin would say something like "watch Jim as he tackles this lion!!! Things got a little close on that one! But if Jim would have got hurt He and his family would have been covered thanks to Mutual of Omaha!! Jim was a very brave, and very stout & strong guy!!! He did some amazing thing!!! RIP Jim!
These guys were at the forefront for studying animals in order to protect them from extinction. Their techniques might seem crude, but not many had done it before them.
I remember watching this show in the late 60,s and early 70,s with my father. Most tv shows from then are so out dated,these guys were and still are amazing. Thanks mutual of omaha for entertainment and wonderful memories!
Me, too. My Dad and I watched this when I was a little kid in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although Marlin Perkins had every right to say so, he never said "I'm getting too old for this!" :D
I really miss this tv show ,kids & adults nowadays are exposed to wildlife on tv & internet 1,000 times more frequently than we were in the 1960's & 1970's,wild kingdom , Jacque Cousteau and Marty Stauffer wild America were our only look at wildlife .
WOW! THESE GUYS ARE CRAZY AND TOUGH!! I had forgotten how cool that show was! Pure balls! They didn't even have safety gear. People today are too pussified.
These guys could catch anything. They were the originals to help learn about wildlife as we know today. Their work has saved so many critters from extinction. So don't knock them. The didn't hurt or kill any. They ran a lot thought. LOL
Modern special effects not needed! I watched Wild Kingdom in the 60's. It was a family favorite. I was about age six when it first aired and watched it weekly. Although I didn't know the word "exhilarating", I sure felt it. Of all the episodes, the one that I remembered most was the Anaconda. The film production, music, everything; was perfect.
BEAUTIFUL I REMEMBER JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WITH THE OLD MAN TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT NATURE GOD BLESS MARLIN PERKINS JIM FOWLER AND STAN THE MAN PEACE GOD BLESS 🇺🇸☮️🌍 US ARMY RANGER 82ND BRAGG.🥜 GALLERY 🇺🇸🇨🇱🤠
My apologies; sometimes you don't understand the meaning from context, and here especially since there are so many people here hating on Perkins and Fowler for some reason. Definitely the camera guy deserves kudos for risking his neck *without* obvious credit.
Big congrats to both Marlin Perkins and Jim Fowler for their wonderfull show Wild Kingdom. they both had guts no way in hell would I get that close to any wild animal. you need to move quick and fast to keep from getting hurt or killed god forbid.
These shows are still as interesting today, as they were decades ago. I know we used to laugh about Marlin watching from the relative safety of the Jeep, while Jim wrestled the dangerous wild animal of the week, but Marlin was really no slouch either. Old Marlin really had a set on him too.
I remember really looking forward to watching this show when I was a kid, but I didn't know they were this crazy! They are like Steve Irwin crazy..almost.
These guys were at the forefront for studying animals in order to protect them from extinction. Their techniques might seem crude now, but not many had done it before them. One must remember that these guys were of the generation of big game hunters and before them, to study an animal, meant to shoot it dead first.
Miss this show and all the fine zoologists & teams who did their best to educate us about our earths wildlife. Marlin Perkins and his team made MANY valuable contributions towards conservation efforts that remain intact until this day. This includes the Wild Canid (Wolf) Sanctuary and Research Center in St. Louis.👏👏
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was instrumental in my life. My dad,mom, brother and I watched it every week. We loved the show! It was always so exciting! Partly because of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, when I grew up, did my tour in the USMC, I pursued a career in Natural Resources and was blessed by God to to have a wonderful career as a State Wildlife Officer (Game Warden, Conservation Officer). Three out of four of my children ended up with Natural Resources degrees. All four LOVE the outdoors. Thank you Mutual of Omaha's, Wild Kingdom. Thanks to all of you for putting this on UA-cam. Thank you,thank you,thank you!
@@joseramirez5185 Same here Jose. I am always up to my ears in outdoor adventures. I was also in the Marines and that definitely bolstered my wilderness skills. Semper Fi
What's really amazing from an aesthetic viewpoint is how consistently unchanging the overall ambience of "Wild Kingdom" was over its run. This late, late episode, from the mid '80s (a year before Marlin passed away) has the look, sound and "feel" of a mid '60s show, or maybe early '70s at the latest--only Marlin and Jim's obvious aging and the sterile '80s video opening/closing credits giving it away. Elsewhere on TV we had "Knight Rider", MTV, high tech stuff...none of that in the Wild Kingdom!
Great wrangling skills. I wish to see teams like these guys drive their Jeep's and trucks into Washington DC with their ropes and capture bags and cages and round up the swamp denizens and beasts of todays politics. The elected, the lobbyists, the protestors, activists...What a show for the ages!!!😁
What makes you so great throughout the years is. No music during the talking or during the nature parts nowadays in 2024 every time you watch something on TV it's a mini Opera music so loud you can't hear about the content and the videos
the best part I liked about this old guy, was when he was rescueing a bear in the florida everglades,, that bear is chasing him around a boat and is about to catch him,,then his partner arrived and rescued him just in time. I think he is the best in the business
when I was a kid this show come on Sunday afternoon, wow my whole family sat down to watch it. It was a big deal to see all these wild animals, and the places there where from. the world was still pretty untouched forty years ago. so to see something like the anaconda fighting with two men was a big deal back then. Funny now... brought back good memories...
10:29-10:40 Notice how several times while gaining control he scruffed the cheetah?! 😀 Right On!!! & earlier it was apparent that cougars have handles!!! 😂
When God is taken out of our country, we become soul less.Christians have completely lost all power and control of America. We must unite as a whole and retake our country and claim our Christian identity. Christians have exactly 0 influence in American Media. Those that control the media control the minds,Those that control the minds control everything. Our biggest enemy is the media, they manipulate the masses and control our lives. Its finally time to wake up.
david D. I wonder how is it possible that Christians did lose so much influence in such a short time. I am from Germany. I observe this development here too. It is really scary because the Bible is timeless. No matter how much science progresses it will never be possible to explain God and the Bible away because God is the beginning and the end of all creation. Without God no matter no universe no life...
The one with the anaconda in the water was obviously the most dangerous, coupled with the alligator capture. Elephant incident was dangerous, but with the knowledge of the elephants and the vehicle advantage, you were able to get away. Besides, you should've known approaching the mother with the young calf would've been dangerous anyway, so you should've kept the distance. I can't always agree with using a noose over cheetahs & cougars. The animal can end up injured of death had he decided to put up a better fight. I do understand those were fifty years ago & I need to see this in context with the times.
I loved the way Marlin would always worked in the Mutual of Omaha pitch like: Animals have many ways to protect themselves, and you should have protection to with Mutual of Omaha's wide range pay check protection plan.
The Anaconda episode was the one I remember the most growing up watching this show as far as Marlin being in serious trouble..He got his ass kicked big time and his guide also sliced the shit out of his finger accidentally with his knife..
Finally the Marlin appears - surprisingly he avoids the claws of the said Ant Eater...........(would like to see the behind the scenes footage when Stan is pissed and calls the Marlin out!)
I tried to grab a cougar, alligator, condor, you name it, I tried to grab it. Amazingly, all of a sudden, it fought back, I was in a dangerously unexpected moment. I did this again and again, but the animals never learned, and kept tuning in, week after week.
Dammmnnnn....I appreciate this show because it was around when I was a kid. But man why dif the have to capture these animals? That wouldn't fly today 😢
yeah i agree and it's a fact that a lot of the stuff you see on wild kingdom was staged. but people have to realize that the viewing public of the 50s and 60s ate that stuff up. but looking back at this now, some 40 years later, a lot of it looks cruel. but kudos to the perkins and fowler as it made for entertaining television. and let's not forget they're pioneers.
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One of the greatest animal conservation shows ever produced. I remember watching this show very Sunday night with my dad. First Wild Kingdom at 6:30pm Wonder World of Disney at 7pm, Bonanza at 8pm! And then of course the Sunday Mystery Movie at 9p!
Wow, I did the exact same thing. But you forget, it was bath night! Lol. Cheers
My memory exactly... That was right around the time I ordered those wildlife animal index cards. Got a new set every month. So so so happy to have those wonderful memories. @@scottmalone9921
I’m chuckling because of this!! About the bath night also!! Thank you for sharing… I don’t think we watched it as religiously as you did it sounds like!!! ❤
YOU ARE CLUELESS. IT REALLY WAS THE BIGGEST SHAM. AND ABUSE OF ANIMLALS EVER😢😢 THEY FORCED ANIMALS INTO STRANGE LOCATIONS. STOLE ANIMALS FROM THEIR NATURAL HOMES. FORCED THEM INTO FIGHTS. DRUGGED THEM😢. ATE THEM TOO. WE CAN 👀 👀 THE FEAR, IN THESE ANIMALS. AS THEY ARE FORCED INTO SITUATIONS THEY NEVER ASK FOR😢😢
AAAH the nostalgia!!! For all you young people, Steve Irwin and the Wild Kratt brothers were named Marlin and Jim back in the 70s. We watched them every Sunday evening after church and before The Wonderful World of Disney on NBC. And many of us saw this on black and white TVs.
watched with my Grandfather every Sunday night.
Typical episode opens with Marlin circling above a wild life scenario in the Bell Ranger helicopter, narrating as: "While Jim uses his incredible luck and spry, nimble tactics, I circle and watch from the safety of the helicopter." Loved watching this series as you often witnessed some unexpected animal reactions in their purest form.
Great show!!! Marlin would say something like "watch Jim as he tackles this lion!!! Things got a little close on that one! But if Jim would have got hurt He and his family would have been covered thanks to Mutual of Omaha!! Jim was a very brave, and very stout & strong guy!!! He did some amazing thing!!! RIP Jim!
Quick reflex for a man his age,pretty impressive!!
When I was much younger we watched wild kingdom every Sunday. As kids we loved it!
The best series I've ever known wild kingdom Marlin Perkins Jim Fowler happy hunting in the promised Land.
Thank you so much for loading all of these episodes. I grew up watching this show and it's still better than most stuff on tv today.
These guys were at the forefront for studying animals in order to protect them from extinction. Their techniques might seem crude, but not many had done it before them.
Was my favorite show when I was a kid. Good to see it again. Now as an adult, THESE GUYS ARE CRAZY.
THE WHOLE WORLD WILL REMEMBER YOU TWO GUYS FOR EVER FOR YOUR .DEDICATION TO WARDS YOUR PROFESSION . HARD WORK HATS OFF .....
Stop yelling your post in all caps. It is rude as hell.
This is great content even today. Fearless.
I remember watching this show in the late 60,s and early 70,s with my father. Most tv shows from then are so out dated,these guys were and still are amazing. Thanks mutual of omaha for entertainment and wonderful memories!
Me, too. My Dad and I watched this when I was a little kid in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although Marlin Perkins had every right to say so, he never said "I'm getting too old for this!" :D
I loved watching these shows with my dad.
I really miss this tv show ,kids & adults nowadays are exposed to wildlife on tv & internet 1,000 times more frequently than we were in the 1960's & 1970's,wild kingdom , Jacque Cousteau and Marty Stauffer wild America were our only look at wildlife .
Mitchell don't you wish they would sell this so we can buy it I would buy every episode that they ever made I can't find it anywhere
I got lucky one day I bought all Marty Stouffer series on VHS at a yard sale for 25 centerpiece
Wild, Wild World of Animals too.
WOW! THESE GUYS ARE CRAZY AND TOUGH!! I had forgotten how cool that show was! Pure balls! They didn't even have safety gear. People today are too pussified.
They do not make shows like this anymore. Bet Jim and Marlin are doing shows in heaven!! Thanks for the memories!!
Nope you're right. Plain, not over sensationalized for effect, and not global warming BS.
I watched this show a lot as a kid,and I always found it amusing that it seemed like jim was always sent on all the real dangerous missions.
Marlin: "And now my assistant Jim will attempt to catch this 20 foot Anaconda. Be careful Jim, don't let him pull you under!!!"
These guys could catch anything. They were the originals to help learn about wildlife as we know today. Their work has saved so many critters from extinction. So don't knock them. The didn't hurt or kill any. They ran a lot thought. LOL
I used to watch this show as a child with my dad, from the 70's through 80's, awesome times.
Modern special effects not needed! I watched Wild Kingdom in the 60's. It was a family favorite. I was about age six when it first aired and watched it weekly. Although I didn't know the word "exhilarating", I sure felt it. Of all the episodes, the one that I remembered most was the Anaconda. The film production, music, everything; was perfect.
Marlin Perkins seems almost stoic in front of the camera, but in the wild he is one brave man.
BEAUTIFUL I REMEMBER JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WITH THE OLD MAN TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT NATURE GOD BLESS MARLIN PERKINS JIM FOWLER AND STAN THE MAN PEACE GOD BLESS 🇺🇸☮️🌍 US ARMY RANGER 82ND BRAGG.🥜 GALLERY 🇺🇸🇨🇱🤠
I remember Stan he was a Australian that went bare foot could run like the wind, he was a man's man ruff and tough.!! Cheers
That BrillCream really holds Jim's hair well, even when roping a 'gator!
newerafrican
To dab means something totally different today 😁
Thanks for the wild adventures Jim. Same to Marlin. EIP.
Marlin Perkins sure got around well for an old guy. He was born in 1905 & was in his mid 60s when this show ended.
This dialogue was amazing when I was 8 years old. Now, it sounds so scripted that it amazes me that I was amazed 50 years ago! Amazing!
My apologies; sometimes you don't understand the meaning from context, and here especially since there are so many people here hating on Perkins and Fowler for some reason. Definitely the camera guy deserves kudos for risking his neck *without* obvious credit.
Lol @7:28 they fall in the water with that cat and the guide is just looking calmly like "you idiots..."
Big congrats to both Marlin Perkins and Jim Fowler for their wonderfull show Wild Kingdom. they both had guts no way in hell would I get that close to any wild animal. you need to move quick and fast to keep from getting hurt or killed god forbid.
I like watching all these nature programs.
Stan decided to lasso the anaconda to shore oh my know wonder I loved this show as a kid and still do up close and personal
These shows are still as interesting today, as they were decades ago.
I know we used to laugh about Marlin watching from the relative safety of the Jeep, while Jim wrestled the dangerous wild animal of the week, but Marlin was really no slouch either. Old Marlin really had a set on him too.
I remember really looking forward to watching this show when I was a kid, but I didn't know they were this crazy! They are like Steve Irwin crazy..almost.
Great show! These guys were no joke!😊
I can remember me and my dad would watch this....... These were the good old days.
These guys were at the forefront for studying animals in order to protect them from extinction. Their techniques might seem crude now, but not many had done it before them. One must remember that these guys were of the generation of big game hunters and before them, to study an animal, meant to shoot it dead first.
Loved ❤this show!
Childhood memories, I would be in front of that Consol TV every Sunday evening this was my favorite
One of my fave shows growing up!!!
THESE WERE MEN WERE MY NATURE PROFESSORS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,SUCH COOL AND AWESOME GUYS. I MISS THEM!
Miss this show and all the fine zoologists & teams who did their best to educate us about our earths wildlife. Marlin Perkins and his team made MANY valuable contributions towards conservation efforts that remain intact until this day. This includes the Wild Canid (Wolf) Sanctuary and Research Center in St. Louis.👏👏
Wow!
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was instrumental in my life. My dad,mom, brother and I watched it every week. We loved the show! It was always so exciting!
Partly because of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, when I grew up, did my tour in the USMC, I pursued a career in Natural Resources and was blessed by God to to have a wonderful career as a State Wildlife Officer (Game Warden, Conservation Officer). Three out of four of my children ended up with Natural Resources degrees. All four LOVE the outdoors. Thank you Mutual of Omaha's, Wild Kingdom.
Thanks to all of you for putting this on UA-cam. Thank you,thank you,thank you!
@@joseramirez5185 Same here Jose. I am always up to my ears in outdoor adventures. I was also in the Marines and that definitely bolstered my wilderness skills.
Semper Fi
Amen and right on my brother.
This was a great show.
What's really amazing from an aesthetic viewpoint is how consistently unchanging the overall ambience of "Wild Kingdom" was over its run. This late, late episode, from the mid '80s (a year before Marlin passed away) has the look, sound and "feel" of a mid '60s show, or maybe early '70s at the latest--only Marlin and Jim's obvious aging and the sterile '80s video opening/closing credits giving it away. Elsewhere on TV we had "Knight Rider", MTV, high tech stuff...none of that in the Wild Kingdom!
Those are REAL men!
I Truly miss this show. It was so well done not like today.
Anaconda stuff is priceless!
18:05 "With a snake around your neck, your greatest danger is suffocation"
lol
I was shocked too. I thought tetanus was the biggest risk when an anaconda is wrapped around your neck.
this old man is so strong and couregeous that he with one hand kept teh snake head and with other hand he helped that colleague
DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI
This was my all time favorite show! It became tied to the basis for my entire life's work!
BSC/PHDS/8&3
While Jims out studying the breeding habits of the African rhinos…I’ll be back at our campsite drinking ice tea.
I started watching Wild kingdom for a week and have not stop since!
What a great rescue you guys rescue this puma as rescuing a rat who fell in to water .hats off..
This show along with the 'Wild Wild World of Animals' were ahead of their time.
Yes you are wrong. They were to cool for our time. They would now be thrown in jail for cruelty to animals.
Great wrangling skills. I wish to see teams like these guys drive their Jeep's and trucks into Washington DC with their ropes and capture bags and cages and round up the swamp denizens and beasts of todays politics. The elected, the lobbyists, the protestors, activists...What a show for the ages!!!😁
Great show from back in the day
Marlon was pretty old when he did this!
I remember Watching These Episodes When I Was Child In The 80s
Wow, my dear Mother loved to watch this show! Love it myself as well.
What makes you so great throughout the years is. No music during the talking or during the nature parts nowadays in 2024 every time you watch something on TV it's a mini Opera music so loud you can't hear about the content and the videos
5:49 Jim: "Hey Marlin, I don't think this heavy duty rope is strong enough. Better use my shoelace for added strength".
give me a Sunday afternoon of grizzly Adams,Babe Winkleman,Lorne Greene's and mutal of Omaha anytime would be great bringing back those shows...
Troy Botcher The Tundra Swan
Canadian .Thomas Don't forget ABC's Wide World of Sports with "The Agony of Defeat!"
Same here.
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau!
And the Wonderful World of Disney, which always came after Wild Kingdom, until the Muppets came along.
Amazing!
the best part I liked about this old guy, was when he was rescueing a bear in the florida everglades,, that bear is chasing him around a boat and is about to catch him,,then his partner arrived and rescued him just in time.
I think he is the best in the business
That Stan was a bad fella, wrestling that cheetah in the net...wow
Wildlife management: Let’s get a tranquilizer gun and cage.
Marlin: Nah, we’ve got Jim and some rope.
When there was 1 television in the house &dad had everyone watch as a family man I miss those days.
Unexpectedly the condor started flailing its wings and and biting my hand with it's razor sharp beak ... Oh really
when I was a kid this show come on Sunday afternoon, wow my whole family sat down to watch it. It was a big deal to see all these wild animals, and the places there where from. the world was still pretty untouched forty years ago. so to see something like the anaconda fighting with two men was a big deal back then. Funny now... brought back good memories...
10:29-10:40 Notice how several times while gaining control he scruffed the cheetah?! 😀 Right On!!!
& earlier it was apparent that cougars have handles!!! 😂
Lord, I remember those days. It makes me so sad to see how television these days poisons our youth. Times have changed far too much for the worse.
+Bobby A I agree 100%
When God is taken out of our country, we become soul less.Christians have completely lost all power and control of America. We must unite as a whole and retake our country and claim our Christian identity. Christians have exactly 0 influence in American Media. Those that control the media control the minds,Those that control the minds control everything. Our biggest enemy is the media, they manipulate the masses and control our lives. Its finally time to wake up.
david D. I wonder how is it possible that Christians did lose so much influence in such a short time. I am from Germany. I observe this development here too. It is really scary because the Bible is timeless. No matter how much science progresses it will never be possible to explain God and the Bible away because God is the beginning and the end of all creation. Without God no matter no universe no life...
Oh well.
misanthrop1958 Oh well.
This show was like a fantasy to me back then.
This is the ultimate thing to watch after a night of drinking. Its like Price is Right for sick days. Wild Kingdom is the best for hangovers.
Use to watch this with my grandpa
LEGEND!!
This is great baked.
I bet Jim cringed whenever Marlin said, " Watch now as Jim wrestles the rhino to the ground!"
Troy Tempest
I miss this show so much
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In a cage fight with 25 millennials vs jim, i got Jim every time.
I love watching this as a little kid I used to feel sorry for Jim Fowler I would’ve left Marlin at home. But I love watching wild Kingdom
The one with the anaconda in the water was obviously the most dangerous, coupled with the alligator capture. Elephant incident was dangerous, but with the knowledge of the elephants and the vehicle advantage, you were able to get away. Besides, you should've known approaching the mother with the young calf would've been dangerous anyway, so you should've kept the distance. I can't always agree with using a noose over cheetahs & cougars. The animal can end up injured of death had he decided to put up a better fight.
I do understand those were fifty years ago & I need to see this in context with the times.
I loved the way Marlin would always worked in the Mutual of Omaha pitch like: Animals have many ways to protect themselves, and you should have protection to with Mutual of Omaha's wide range pay check protection plan.
When I was a kid, I used to think the name of the show was "Mutual O' Vomoha". And that was before I started doing drugs. LOL.
I admire the way this show is set up
who put the Puma on the rock is what I want to know.
so old and great souvenir :) it 30year ago
When I was a kid if you were the one “volunteered” to do the craziest, most dangerous stuff in the gang you were affectionately known as “Jim.”
grew up watching this show ...
The Anaconda episode was the one I remember the most growing up watching this show as far as Marlin being in serious trouble..He got his ass kicked big time and his guide also sliced the shit out of his finger accidentally with his knife..
Marlin was definitely a badass, but going after an anaconda IN WATER was just plain stupid. They both got very lucky.
@@justmeandthethree concur
1:43 Jim is laughing as he runs away. Surely they didn't set this up... did they?
i love the mutual of omaha wild very good thanks
what a big worm you got there mr perkins
Buen video, increíble como antes capturaban a los animales
Finally the Marlin appears - surprisingly he avoids the claws of the said Ant Eater...........(would like to see the behind the scenes footage when Stan is pissed and calls the Marlin out!)
I tried to grab a cougar, alligator, condor, you name it, I tried to grab it. Amazingly, all of a sudden, it fought back, I was in a dangerously unexpected moment. I did this again and again, but the animals never learned, and kept tuning in, week after week.
hahahhha nice coment
Dammmnnnn....I appreciate this show because it was around when I was a kid. But man why dif the have to capture these animals? That wouldn't fly today 😢
What's the point of using a shark cage if the opening is plenty large enough for the shark to enter?
That fact that they *did* survive ought to count for something.
Otoh, the show's sponsor *was* an insurance company. lol
yeah i agree and it's a fact that a lot of the stuff you see on wild kingdom was staged. but people have to realize that the viewing public of the 50s and 60s ate that stuff up. but looking back at this now, some 40 years later, a lot of it looks cruel. but kudos to the perkins and fowler as it made for entertaining television. and let's not forget they're pioneers.