So, I’m really behind the times. I watched Oprah’s show promoting a great TV Series last spring and true to being an Oprah follower … I was all excited about the upcoming Discovery Channel TV Series Planet Earth.
Did I watch it when it came out last spring? Nope.
Then the Discovery Channel re-ran the series this year in the spring. Did I watch it? Nope.
Then the Discovery Channel re-ran the series this year in the summer. Did I watch it? Nope – but I recorded it!
Then this weekend, one of my few non-busy weekends back in Milwaukee, I sat down on my couch with a glass of Sterling Vineyards Vintner’s collection Cabernet Sauvignon (2006) and watched what I recorded from August. Planet Earth the TV Series.
WOW … the wine was good and before I go further …… check out the trailer:
Doesn’t that make you want to watch it?? Those are frickin’ amazing shots…. nothing like in my day….. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom previews were NEVER anything like THAT.
Then I was thinking how great kids have it in this day and age … I mean really …. look at the verisons of information for us back then vs. now. Then I started thinking about Clint Eastwood’s recent comment were he basically said we have a “juvenile” (or soft) generation behind us. When I read that and thought of Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” from the St. Louis Zoo guy.. I was like “you are SO right Clint!” ….. Except then I realized that I think he may actually have meant MY generation. Oops.
I challange that and would like to point out that our school playgrounds had metal monkey bars and hard rigid ROCKS to fall on …
and I’d also like to point out the “softness” of the padding placed under kid’s of the generation behind me; just look at what their jungle gyms look like on school playgrounds.
Mr. Eastwood …. I think you need to cut us some slack, I for one have taken my falls off those metal pipe monkey bars and fallen to the hard rock surface. I turned out fine and don’t consider myself juvenile! Well …. except for my left twitch every now and then when I hear a school bell…. but you know… other then that!
I don’t really know how I got from the Discovery Channel’s awesome Planet Earth TV series to the decaying of our society playgrounds thru generations … but… I highly recommend watching the show if the Discovery Channel re-run’s it. If not – you can always purchase it at Amazon.com. Cuz they have everything and I think some day they might be ruling the world … not sure.
Cheers to the fabulous movie makers of the Planet Earth TV Series!
Jennifer
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