It was ABC's answer to the now-syndicated (by 1976) Wild Kingdom. Animals, Animals, Animals employed the services of former King Features TV producer Al Brodax, who also worked on the show's predecessor, Make a Wish, which we talked about yesterday.
As with Wish, Animals lasted five years (1976-81) before being replaced by the still running news program This Week.
Hal Linden (Barney Miller) served as series host, and even went out into the field for some segments. Lynn Kellogg wrote & sung the theme song. Unfortunately, no full episodes are available online, likely lost due to network practices of the day, same as Wish.
ABC could've stood to repurpose the show on Saturdays instead of filling empty spaces with Scooby-Doo reruns, but what do network programmers know?
Here's a sample open & close, with a short clip on snakes.
2 comments:
I've seen this show. It aired on Sunday mornings on ABC, usually right after Kids are People, Too. It fell very firmly into the edutainment category; nothing groundbreaking, but we could sit through it for a half-hour without complaints.
It predated "Kids" by a year, and IIRC, both were cancelled at the same time.
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