# Jack Hanna is still a moron. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 10, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742 "2012-06-10T17:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/41 "2012-06-11T15:01:55Z")
I went to college with his daughter. On Dad’s weekend, he showed up with some critters and did his dog-and-pony show with not dogs and ponies, but more like lions, tigers and bears. I got to pet a cougar. I like Jack Hanna, although he does come across a bit cluelessly. His animal handlers generally know wtf they are doing; he’s just like the circus ringmaster or the emcee. Sort of an animal DJ. He doesn’t present himself as an animal expert, he presents himself as the PR face for his zoo. The clueless act is supposed to make you think he’s all down-home and relatable. He may not know jack\* about animals, but he’s brilliant at marketing the Columbus Zoo. - Heh. Pun intended. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/42 "2012-06-11T15:21:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Srsly. There’s just no stopping in a Neutral Zone. The neutral zone is for loading and unloading only. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/43 "2012-06-11T15:44:25Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The neutral zone is for loading and unloading only. The danger zone has always been for loading and unloading of passengers. There’s never stopping in the neutral zone. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/44 "2012-06-11T15:54:08Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The neutral zone is for loading and unloading only. Is _that_ what those places with yellow-painted curbs are called? Yellow isn’t really a neutral, though. But I guess beige wouldn’t show up as well. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/45 "2012-06-11T15:59:33Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Was there anything in particular that inspired this rant? > > Edit: You’ve made a total of two posts to this board now, both about Jack Hanna. You seem a little, er, single-minded. I wonder if Jack keeps getting the jobs he wants. I wonder what Marlin Perkins would say ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/46 "2012-06-11T16:11:39Z")
[QUOTE=Wikipedia] In 1973, a three-year-old boy was mauled by a lion at Hanna’s farm and lost his arm. [/QUOTE] I’m wondering if the OP is the one-armed man, doomed to forever seek revenge on Jack Hanna. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/47 "2012-06-11T16:17:57Z")
Sorry to not make a joke, but… Jack Hanna has been working in zoos his entire life - was he going to learn something special by going back to college and taking English Lit courses? Oddest pit ever. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/48 "2012-06-11T17:00:32Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > The danger zone has always been for loading and unloading of passengers. There’s never stopping in the neutral zone. Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/49 "2012-06-11T17:15:44Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > This post has been blueberried? Given who is being pitted, shouldn’t that be: This post has been Huckleberry Hounded? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/50 "2012-06-11T17:29:56Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I’m wondering if the OP is the one-armed man, doomed to forever seek revenge on Jack Hanna. The boy losing his arm is a Knoxville legend. We had a house that was built on his family’s property. When we would tell people where we lived, we’d always hear the story of the kid losing his arm. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/51 "2012-06-11T17:37:55Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > The boy losing his arm is a Knoxville legend. We had a house that was built on his family’s property. When we would tell people where we lived, we’d always hear the story of the kid losing his arm. Did he fall down a well after framing some doctor for the murder of his wife after exploding from eating pop rocks and coke while on blue star acid? OMG–blue star acid explains the OP! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/52 "2012-06-11T18:01:33Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion. Zones like white elephants… ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/53 "2012-06-11T18:08:45Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion. It’s really the only sensible thing to do, if its done safely. Therapeutically there’s no danger involved. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/54 "2012-06-11T20:13:53Z")
Jack Hanna cannot legally come within 50 yards of a female wallabee or any gender of hedgehog, and in parts of South America he is a semi-mythological figure parents use to frighten their children into good behavior. By the terms of a lawsuit settlement his body is to be delivered to the hyenas at the National Zoo before his body temperature is below 90 degrees Fahrenheit. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/55 "2012-06-11T20:15:33Z")
Jack Hanna is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/56 "2012-06-11T20:21:10Z")
I’m a frequent visitor of the Columbus Zoo, so Jack Hanna is my hero. I don’t know how much he does or doesn’t know about animals, but his contributions were apparently appreciated when those lions and tigers and other wild animals were on the loose in central Ohio several months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/57 "2012-06-11T20:51:49Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Jack Hanna is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life. He’s there in the house with you, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/58 "2012-06-11T21:16:06Z")
I think he’s playing a nice game of solitaire. ---
**Author:** ![SmithCommaJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SmithCommaJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmithCommaJohn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/59 "2012-06-11T21:21:00Z")
I can think of a lot of people who would make worthy targets of this kind of vitriol. Jack Hanna is definitely not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742/60 "2012-06-12T00:22:48Z")
> [@SmithCommaJohn](#): > > I can think of a lot of people who would make worthy targets of this kind of vitriol. > > Jack Hanna is definitely not one of them. What about Hanna Barbara? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-is-still-a-moron/624742.md?page=4)