Chris & Martin Kratt have been a part of PBS' children's programming for several years now, starting with Kratts' Creatures. Their current series, the 1/2-live action, 1/2-animated Wild Kratts, has just begun its 5th season, spread out over a 6 year period.
The brothers voice their own animated selves, and also write and/or direct episodes. If they're thinking of being a pair of modern day Marlin Perkins clones, they're fooling themselves.
Anyway, the gimmick here is that the brothers use some special suits to mimic the abilities of certain animals. Kind of like DC Comics' Vixen, but nowhere near close to her level. There is a recurring villain, too, a gourmet chef who serves as a parody of real life celebrity chefs (i.e. Justin Wilson).
Fittingly, for Thanksgiving, we present "Happy Turkey Day":
Edit, 11/3/2020: Had to change the video. Complete episodes are no longer available, so we'll settle for this excerpt.
Parents, you might want to give your kids some Wild Kingdom DVD's, if they want to learn more in depth about the animal kingdom, rather than buy into these clowns' lessons as gospel.
Rating: B-.
Parents, you might want to give your kids some Wild Kingdom DVD's, if they want to learn more in depth about the animal kingdom, rather than buy into these clowns' lessons as gospel.
Rating: B-.
6 comments:
Recently a Whole Foods store opened up in Columbia MD, Ellicott City, the county adjacent to where I live. We visited there, and I noticed the shelves were stacked with Wild Kratts themed foods and snacks. I remember thinking, "That's still on?".
Yep. Six years and counting.
A policy with Mutual of Omaha Insurance isn't bad either!
Sponsorship, y'mean?
Oh I'm sure, but I'm also sure the intentions were subtle.
Though it should also be pointed the show was owned by them too (and I'm sure it still is).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkQiokBNajw
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