# Anybody Remember This "Wildlife" Show?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-wildlife-show/140303 "2002-12-03T23:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-wildlife-show/140303/1 "2002-12-03T23:28:34Z")

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My brother who was born in 1953 had mentioned in the past watching a “wildlife” show in which the host basically went around _killing_ animals in Africa and other places like that. My brother described an episode where the host of the show shot an elephant with a handgun. Nobody but my brother has a firm memory of the show, so I don’t know if he was just yanking my chain, or if there actually was such a show.

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-wildlife-show/140303/2 "2002-12-03T23:45:26Z")

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I wonder if Monty Python was spoofing that show in that skit where Graham Chapman was the hunter, hunting mosquitos with explosives…

“I’ve been a hunter all my life. I love animals…that’s why I like to kill 'em.”

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-wildlife-show/140303/3 "2002-12-03T23:51:25Z")

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I was playing around with the IMDb. Maybe I got lucky. I this it? [Fishing & Hunting Club](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0320006) It debuted a few years before your brother’s birth but being generally naive about the state of TV in that era perhaps they replayed some episodes.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-wildlife-show/140303/4 "2002-12-03T23:55:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Osiris \*  
> \*\*I was playing around with the IMDb. Maybe I got lucky. I this it? [Fishing & Hunting Club](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0320006) It debuted a few years before your brother’s birth but being generally naive about the state of TV in that era perhaps they replayed some episodes. \*\*

Doubt it, since the only thing the IMDb has to say about it is

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> Panelists answered viewers’ questions about the subject matter: fishing and hunting.

One would think that if it showed footage of a guy whacking an elephant that that would at least get a mention.