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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on May 10, 2019, 10:15:17 AM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/obituaries/jim-fowler-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Obituaries
Jim, Marlin Perkins, and Wild Kingdom were a staple of my television viewing for many years. We will recall how often Jim was out there wrestling the wild animals while Marlin offered helpful advice from the Land Rover.
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Brings back childhood family night memories. RIP Jim.
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I loved that show when I was little. I liked how Marlin always wove some ad into the wildlife narrative, "Just as the mother lioness looks after her cubs, Mutual of Omaha is there when you need..."
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Marlin: While Jim is off risking life and limb wrestling the 30ft anaconda I'll be getting to know a local native girl better in my tent
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That episode with Jim wrestling the giant anaconda was one of the more famous ones. IIRC it was damn serious for old Jim there for a bit.
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Spent lots of Sunday afternoons at my grandparents eating grilled cheese sandwiches and Fritos while watching Wild Kingdom and Wonderful World of Disney. Lots of memories there. Of course I had to sing along with the Mutual of Omaha jingle every time it played.
RIP.
Brad
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Spent lots of Sunday afternoons at my grandparents eating grilled cheese sandwiches and Fritos while watching Wild Kingdom and Wonderful World of Disney. Lots of memories there. Of course I had to sing along with the Mutual of Omaha jingle every time it played.
Similar to how I remember seeing this show - watching TV in the living room at my grandparent's house while the adults were doing something else like playing pinochle in the kitchen. (Usually there was a Flash Gordon serial on before Wild Kingdom.) Even as a younster, it was Jim Fowler who seemed to be the one who knew what he was doing, and Marlin Perkins was a nature faker.
RIP, JF.
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Marlin: While Jim is off risking life and limb wrestling the 30ft anaconda I'll be getting to know a local native girl better in my tent
Uhm.... Bloom County, right? Opus the Penguin watching TV...
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I just checked, and I was surprised to see that Mutual of Omaha still has an Native American head in a war bonnet as their logo. I would have thought that was changed years ago.
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Uhm.... Bloom County, right? Opus the Penguin watching TV...
Yep I think that's where I'm remembering that from!
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Spent lots of Sunday afternoons at my grandparents eating grilled cheese sandwiches and Fritos while watching Wild Kingdom and Wonderful World of Disney. Lots of memories there. Of course I had to sing along with the Mutual of Omaha jingle every time it played.
RIP.
Brad
Must have been a weird time warpy retread thing going on, My grandparents did almost exactly that with us in the late 80's. Usually city chicken and pretzels for us though.
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RIP.
I remember watching that show in my grandma's living room.
I was fortunate enough to meet Jim a few years ago when he visited our campus. He was carrying around hissing cockroaches in his pocket for a presentation!
Got some pictures of him with my children.
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Guy visits Perkin's grave and statue.
I couldn't help but notice that there appeared to be red paint on the statue.
What happened to Marlin Perkins of MUTUAL OF OMAHA"S WILD KINGDOM?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3fOT2pBLFc