Fifty - eight year ago today ( May 28),Zoo Paradepremiered on NBC . For its first five seasons , the show was broadcast from Chicago ’s Lincoln Park Zoo . The serial ' host , Marlin Perkins , also just happen to be Lincoln Park ’s director . By the timeZoo Paradewent off the melodic phrase , Perkins was thoroughly convince that television was in do-or-die want more wildlife programming , andWild Kingdomwas born .
2 . The Moment Everyone Remembers that Never Actually Happened
5 . All Was Not What It SeemedDuring those other years ofWild Kingdom , most viewers were naïve in the ways of wild beast and it never occurred to us to ask " Just how did that baby moose go on to get stick to in the mud pit at the same time a tv camera gang was nearby?“ In 1982 , the producers of the CBC seriesThe Fifth Estate(sort of a Canadian 60 Minutes ) beam an episode entitle " Cruel Camera,“ which examined the treatment of creature in the entertainment industry . The show ’s host , Bob McKeown approached an 80 - something Marlin Perkins for an impromptu consultation , asking whetherWild Kingdomhad ever interfere with nature for the rice beer of drama . Perkins ( whom most of us still remembered as the soft - mannered man creditworthy for such clumsy segues as " Just like the mother bear protects her cub , Mutual of Omaha is there to protect your family” ¦ “ ) first demanded that the photographic camera be shut off , then go on to perforate McKeown in the human face when his request was denied .
TheFifth Estaterecently aerate a follow - up to " Cruel Camera,“ and it bankrupt our corporate nub to cover that despite the imagine superintendence of the American Humane Association , all these year late brute are still being exploited and clapperclaw in the name of entertainment . WARNING : This video is affection - sprain in parts and difficult to find out , but is an important statement on behalf of those creatures who can not speak for themselves .
