If you watched any TV in the early 70's, you probably remember Marlin Perkins and Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. It was a revolutionary program, the first of its kind. While I was too young to remember any one show in particular, I do remember it being an excellent show. I'm not sure if they show repeats on TV anymore, which surprises me. Alot of people watched it.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Mutual of Omaha is people you can "count on" when the going's tough:
If you watched any TV in the early 70's, you probably remember Marlin Perkins and Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. It was a revolutionary program, the first of its kind. While I was too young to remember any one show in particular, I do remember it being an excellent show. I'm not sure if they show repeats on TV anymore, which surprises me. Alot of people watched it.
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I always loved this show. I wish they would show the old episodes of it. I would still watch it.
It's on DVD, someone loaned us some and my kids got to watch while I sat there having flashbacks.
I figured it'd be out of DVD eventually.
there is still a MOWK see this link:
http://www.wildkingdom.com/tv/
love those animals
Thanks Ann, I'll check it out.
I always loved how Jim Perkins would head out into the danger and Marlin always found something else to do: "Jim went into the pride of Lions, while I stayed to watch the camp..."
It was a great show--it's kind of cool that with all the mergers and such, that MoO is still around.
"while i stayed and watched the camp"... as if the camp really needed watching..
That's like: "my wife rushed back into the burning house to save our children, while i stayed in the car and ordered a pizza from Dominoes on my cell phone"...
Its funny, I think I saw parodies of this more than I actually watched the show. It was a real cultural icon.
I wonder if SNL ever did a parody.
Great show, lousy company.
It's not a "aha" moment, it's a "haha" moment when they fail to pay on your loss.
The haha was on us when we lost our entire house and they paid us half of our policy and told us to sue them for the balance.
Run away from this company and fast.
I remember this came on even right before or right after The Wonderful World of Disney.
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