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  1. Sun Wukong

    Sun Wukong Well-Known Member

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    Being a part of modern contemporary culture, zoos, both real and fictious, have found their way to the popular media, i.e. movies, TV, radio, books, comics etc.
    What examples do You know?

    Movies:
    -Fierce Creatures
    -The Zookeeper
    -Madagascar & The Wild
    -Batman's Return
    -Wolfen
    -Wild beasts - Belve feroci
    -Omen
    -The Wild
    -Braindead
    -Cat People(1982)
    -Highlander
    -About a Boy
    -Poison in the zoo
    -A Zebra in the kitchen
    -Escape from the Planet of the Apes
    -Eraser
    -The Day after Tomorrow
    -An American Werewolf in London
    -Dva lidi v Zoo
    -Pan Tau v oblacích
    -50 First Dates
    -Baby's Day Out
    -Harry Potter 1
    -Black Zoo
    -Hitch
    -Happy Feet
    -Wallace and Gromit- 2
    -Jaws 3
    -Jurassic Park
    -Star Trek 4
    -Police Academy 2(?)
    -Peter Jackson's King Kong
    -Oceanic Feelings
    -upcoming: Life of Pi

    TV:
    -Zooniverse
    -Prehistoric Park
    -diverse zoo documentaries
    -various zoo TV ads:





     
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  2. Sun Wukong

    Sun Wukong Well-Known Member

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    The Internet:
    -http://www.atomfilms.com/film/creature_comforts.jsp
    -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1lui3Pnbfw&NR
    Music: "Poor Leno"


    Books:
    -http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_15/104-3592219-4240753?ie=UTF8&keywords=zoo&rh=n%3A1000%2Ck%3Azoo%2Cn%3A18
    -Slaughterhouse 5

    Comics:
    -Frank & Bonifay: Zoo
    -Various Simpsons episodes; Family Guy

    Please feel free to add anything not mentioned yet .
     
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    snowleopard Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Will Ferrell's "Anchorman" film had many scenes shot inside the San Diego Zoo.
     
  4. CZJimmy

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    The Mighty Boosh: Series 1 :D

    It is set inside a fictional zoo (the zooniverse) and the main characters are zoo keepers.
     
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    Withnail & I has a scene in London Zoo overlooking the wolves.
     
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    A Music video for Talk Talk's "It's My Life" was shot in London Zoo.
     
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    The TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer featured one episode (season 1, episode 6) where they visited the fictional Sunnydale Zoo on a school excursion, and some of the students became "possessed" by Hyenas.
     
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    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Do any of the older members remember animal magic on BBC1 with Johnny Morris and Terry Nutkins, Johnny filmed most of his reports from Bristol zoo, where he took on the role of a keeper.
    My abiding memory is of him in the gorilla enclosure with Delilah (i think) and her handing him her baby.
    Also a few years later on children itv there was a programme called animal express, which was based at the animal collections of San Diego and i think was presented by Joan Embury, the zoos ambassador.
     
  10. CZJimmy

    CZJimmy Well-Known Member

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    Kiang, i'm only 16 but i grew up on old videos of animal magic! I loved it when i was a little kid :)
     
  11. CZJimmy

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    Kiang, i believe this is the animal magic clip you were referring to...
     
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    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    This episode was called The Pack. Sunnydale Zoo also featured in Shadow (season 5 episode 8), a short scene in the reptile house. The real location was Santa Ana Zoo.
     
  13. CZJimmy

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    Oh, an episode of Futurama showed the group (and planet express ship) visiting a zoo - it even showed a group of malayan tapirs!!
     
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    Oooh I love that one Jimmy!!
     
  15. Sun Wukong

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    @ZooMania: That's it, that's the video I couldn't remember! Thanks
    @CZJimmy: You don't know by accident which Futurama Episode, do You?
     
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    It's called "Love and Rocket". I think it's in series 4.
     
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    Thanks! Wasn't there one with Fry riding a Trex? And yes, Bender's Big Score-the Aquarium. And don't forget "Super"-Villain "The Zoo Keeper" in "Less Than Hero"...
     
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    The one with tapirs is the one where bender falls in love with the autopilot. I've got all the Box sets of Futurama and I can't wait until they release more!!
     
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    :O how could I forget the zookeeper?!
     
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    There is also Nibbler, but can we count him?!?