Who Will Be the New 'Croc Hunter' Animal Planet needs a new star to lead the network

AP via MSN ^ | Stephen Manning

[HungarianGypsy]

Saw part of a documentary on Jeff Corwin. Everyone who knows him says he just got this really weird and fun personality.

[evets]

Where do I sign up?

[HungarianGypsy]

I remember Marlin Perkins as a kid. "Let's look at this giraffe through a telescope." I never could get into nature shows like that. They just bored me. I could look at an animal closer if I went to Lion Safari in California. Jeff Corwin is actually a happy medium between both extremes.

The Kratt Brothers are good, too, but their current show is on National Geographic channel. It is often cool to see them in the middle of these animal groups and the animals don't even notice them. The Kratt Brothers were actually my oldest son's first introduction to nature shows. I couldn't teach the kid from a book, but five minutes of a Kratt Brother show and he was demonstrating how a fiddler crab walks.

[quikdrw]

Marlin Perkins always made Jim Fowler get in to the water with the crocs.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Jesse Ventua is wondering around Texas without a gig.

[rightinthemiddle]

"I sit in the Jeep drinking coffee as Jim attempts to circumcise the male black rhino."

[from occupied ga]

How about who will be the new "Cockroach Hunter"

[cripplecreek]

I couldn't teach the kid from a book, but five minutes of a Kratt Brother show and he was demonstrating how a fiddler crab walks.

My wife has asked that I never ever demonstrate the fiddler crab mating dance in public.

[HungarianGypsy]

I sit in the Jeep drinking coffee as Jim attempts to circumcise the male black rhino."

Maybe I should have given it more of a chance with episodes like that. ;-)

[exnavy]

Algore has applied, after all, he did invent the croc.

[Joe 6-pack]

Perhaps Bill Clinton could redeem his legacy...he already has plenty of experience with crocodiles (hillary), snakes (carville), squid (blumenthal), trees (elmgore), and hippos (monica).

[Toespi]

Being married to Hillary, Bubba has a real shot at this.

[cripplecreek]

Here we see Jim leaping from a helicopter onto the back of a bull moose enraged and in full rut.

[HungarianGypsy]

Perhaps Bill Clinton could redeem his legacy...he already has plenty of experience with crocodiles (hillary), snakes (carville), squid (blumenthal), trees (elmgore), and hippos (monica).

But would you really want to see him on television wagging his finger and proclaiming, "I did not touch that croc."

[Mr. Jeeves]

How about Austin Stevens: Snakemaster, from Discovery Channel? Although, his risk of dying in action is much higher than Steve Irwin's ever was.

[smokinleroy]

Those Aussie accents get on my nerves. How about someone from Louisiana, say, Paul Prudhomme (who knows the difference between crocks and alligators anyways?). He could end each episode with a tasty alligator dish!

[oldleft]

[Joe 6-pack]

"But would you really want to see him on television wagging his finger and proclaiming, "I did not touch that croc."

Point well taken....perhaps we should have a different liberal each week, putting themselves in precarious positions to show that they're not really wimps and that they are sincere about their love for the environment...

"...This week, James Carville snorkles with the Pirahnas of the Amazon. On next week's episode, Charlie Rangel wrangles with the lions of the Serengeti!

[KellyAdmirer]

Marlin Perkins got bit by a lot of deadly animals, vipers and such. He got up close and personal with plenty of dangerous critters. He wasn't all talk, but I suppose he did come across as a pretty laid back dude on that show.