Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

[VITO69100]

CLASSIC!

[jsteptoe36]

Remember watching this, after NFL action, on Sunday(LOL)!!!

[beachgirl98335]

MUTUAL OF OMAHA IS PEOPLE , YOU CAN COUNT ON WHEN THE GOINS TOUGH

[soln4suhreborn]

@beachgirl98335 I've been looking EVERYWHERE and cannot find any clips of the old M of O's "People you can count on" commercials!

[the430movie]

This came on, on sundays, i believe right after 'the wonderful world of walt disney.... What a different era.... So simple and wonderful the life... Not the disaster it is today....

[mayallan1]

Watched every week and was surprised to see it running again on youtube. Will follow through and watch again. Also, will check out Kojak. Thank you

[UPTHElRS]

grew up with it. loved it. looking back... "the company that pays" then reading "the people who pay" which is it?  kinda has a bad air about now days. did love the show though.

take care

[GenVirtu]

I so loved this show. Came on tv on Sundays. And we would always watching.

[toober222]

"Be Careful Jim, Those Teeth are Sharp."

MP

[IBON4IT]

I think this used to be on on Sunday nights, after the Wonderful World of Disney. Makes me think of the smells of soap from our Sunday night baths and of the sounds of the washer and dryer running with our week's school clothes.

[theeuprise]

wild kingdom was staged using tamed animals. if you don't believe me google or youtube the fifth estate documentary "cruel camera". learn the truth about so-called wildlife shows.

[rovibe]

@theeuprise -- So what? The point was to teach awareness and compassion for animals. Go piss on someone else's parade, douche.

[theeuprise]

@rovibe

whats with the name name calling??? if you can't debate like an adult, go you tube some jack ass videos. anyway...yes, the point was education. but the fact is viewers were deceived. at no point did wild kingdom ever tell the viewers that what they were watching was NOT REAL, but in fact STAGED. also, thousands of animals have been abused by these "wild life" shows. so please before you reply watch the documentary!.

[fullmoondrivein]

I used to watch this every Sunday night when I was a kid (in black and white;no color TV in our house back then.) Brings back great memories.

[skinsman3]

Every Sunday this was on. love it.

[neopisivo23012011]

i watched this when i was a kid.... my favourite tv show....

[MrJacMac1986]

I want to try to find the commercials that they had back in the 1970's.The one where they sing"is people you can count on when the goings rough".I heard it on VH1 "i love the 70's"but that stupid guy from the tv show" Queer as Folk" had to sing over it.

[ForeverYoung58]

Unfortunately, WildKingdomTV, which brought complete episodes to YouTube, altered the intro and closing with different music. When will the people reissuing the old shows understand that these shows are treasured memories. Stuff like the intro and closing music, those little things matter.

[southport97]

This show and Wild World of Animals was great to watch growing up.

[PoppySandals]

Martha C & Self-Offspring

[neneshubby]

Marlon Perkins: "As I watch from the helicopter Stan will attempt to get closer to the pride of lions with his camera."

[rolex452]

I loved this show so much. It was the beginning of a great Sunday night of TV watching. My mom, dad, sister & I would never miss an episode. Entertainment at its very finest.

[master82565]

when wild kingdom stop showing in which year?

[butzbach1]

I love TV today but TV of my childhood WAS wholesome. I wish now my daughter had what I watched. On Sunday night we had F-Troop, then Wild Kingdom and then Walt Disney. Bonanza came on after Disney went off but that was at 8:30 and my bedtime was nine. Bummer! And Walt Disney back in the sixties wasn't like the crap they have now. I do miss it.

[ryoushii]

It was this and National Geographic specials, that first got me hooked on the environment. Although when I was a little older I loved Johnny Carson's occasional jokes about Marlin Perkins always finding some particularly dangerous stunt for his sidekicks to do, like lion wrestling and such

[abby161919]

god bless you Bob!

[neoconsnightmare3]

THIS HAS IT! to the last beautiful note.

thanks for bringing this gem back completely.

spike lee had it dead on: the kids who were teenagers by the end of the 1970s were the last generation of kids that heard good music. i'll expand that to add see good telelvision.

[buck62sugar]

This opening had such an epic, exotic feel to it. I remember watching this show as a kid on the weekends, late afternoon from my best recollection. What was great about this, and other shows at that time, was the story being told with little dialog. The story played out through the camera, not with some mindless banter by people who feel they're more important than the story. When Marlon spoke, you better listen.

[m9078jk3]

My favorite episode>>> Giants of Dadanawa (1968, Guyana)

Moment: Marlin Perkins and Stan Brock attempt to haul a giant anaconda to shore, but the snake has other plans. The anaconda wraps its mighty tail around Stan's neck, then its entire body around Marlin's torso in an attempt to cut off their air supply.

[1acroyear1]

So THIS is where that music is from. Damned if I can remember where I heard it before.

[DogbiteOW]

Amazing how the music evokes a feeling of wide open fields and blue skies.

[lowfuellevel]

love it, love it, love it, this takes me back to the 1970's to my parents home, to a better time that I love and miss.

[abby161919]

@lowfuellevel Good old 70,s god bless you 70.s!

[tvtimetravel]

When did Mutual of Omaha change their slogan to "People you can count on"?

[1acroyear1]

@tvtimetravel Probably when they realized it's not a good idea to just keep the money.

[dynagravitomagnetic]

the first intro in the beginning of this serial did not have the computer generated color overlay, and the symphonic orchestration was raw, with the tone of a large music studio. This version has an electronic filter and dolby on the music, and was redone after the first season. The entire production suffered due to modernization, and the values became sort of diluted with clever editing and repeating clips of wildlife from first season episodes with with new dialogue.

[smittykins]

I loved this show, but it was said at the same time because it meant Monday(and school)were just around the corner...

[soulgirl66]

Oh, wow!! Of all things to find on here! Thanks for posting!

[Scorpian16]

"Its too embarrassing"

"You ever see Wild Kingdom? That guys been doing that show for 30 years"

"Alright, I'll do it."

Thanks for posting this.

[THEBLKSTANG]

I remember watching this show after A.F.L. football games on N,B,C.

[Airsoftcleaner]

@THEBLKSTANG You and Me both

[horuhe00]

I was born in 1981 and I remember watching this when I was 6 and 7 years old... until they canceled it.

[beaugarsNYC]

Wow, I remember this, and I was no more than 6 years old!! It came on right before Walt Disney, if memory serves me correctly.

I think there was also a commercial with a guy singing praises about Mutual of Omaha insurance, singing something like" "when the going's rough", or "tough" Those were some good old days.  I glad I can remember that far back.

[HUSKY57887]

@beaugarsNYC Yes,right before W.D.,and then after Disney,the Mystery Movie;ahh,memories

[omegamann71]

This music is so awesome !!!

[MrCombat1965]

Great memories of ol' Marlin. Watched this as a kid before Disney, This was in the good old days before every nature show ends with the phrase "...but due to man's encroachment on nature....."

[ftsjr]

When I was a child, Wild Kingdom was a Sunday night tradition in my house. It was always interesting. I remember that Marlin Perkins would do intro's to Mutual of Omaha commercials, too.

[michiganmoviefan]

Wild Kingdom one of the best wildlife/ nature shows of that time.  Today we have Planet Earth and David Attenborough, but back then Wild Kingdom was just as good.

[tranurse]

i remember watching this on sunday mornings getting ready for church

[gogoutube]

you go to church?

[tranurse]

i try to at least once a month, better twice a month( i work every other weekend). but when i was little we went every sunday, and this came on while we were getting ready.

[joker3092]

Hauntingly priceless music...gives me chills and really takes me back to the 70's when I was a kid..where are these programs and this kind of music today?

[Chewygumfilms]

I remember watching this with my dad too! I'll have to show this to him....he'll probably cry.

[luvofcountry]

"Luckily for Jim, he had an ample supply of cobra antivenin -and Mutual of Omaha insurance."

[glasscitadel12]

the music takes me back to the early seventies.

[68lincoln]

I watched the show as a kid in the 1960s. The theme song is very memorable. I recently purchased the DVD set that contains about 40 original 1960s episodes of this fine TV program.

[Airsoftcleaner]

You and Me Both

[moniquedmoreland]

Has anyone ever found the Mutual of Omaha commercial??? I loved that commercial~

[brooke050870]

@moniquedmoreland I have looked all over for it and can't find it. That commercial was as much a part of Wild Kingdom for me as Marlin Perkins was!

[Jaydublus]

So true when they say that "music is the soundtrack of our lives." I so remember watching "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" in the 1960s and 1970s. Thanks for posting!

[kerbschnitzerxxx]

very great

[jimbobubbadj]

I enjoyed the show. I watched it as a kid.

[kbyrdleroy]

This was tame copared to the shows on Animal Planet now days where you see animals tearing into others with nothing but the skeleton left.

[Bubbadoom72]

c0lD bEEr

[tomovox]

another beautiful element of this opening is the use of "animation?" or is that film that is manipulated and tinted? at any rate, you can tell that when COLOR(!) television came in, those shows took full advantage to create some eye-popping and very colorful openings!

[midnightcaller200]

Did anybody ever wonder why Marlin Perkins would fill out the paper work and let other people handle the wild animals

[mikey42]

Yes, Marlin always sat in the Jeep while Stan risked getting his throat ripped out from some wild beast

[Slohci]

@midnightcaller200 Yes, we did in my family. In fact my sisters and I used to put on 'skits' as if we were MoO characters.

One went something like this (speaking as if Marlin Perkins): Oh look, here comes the mother alligator -- and STAN is holding one of her babies! The mother alligator EATS her babies for protection -- Mutual of Omaha will eat YOUR babies too...

Well, we thought we were down right hilarious back then (but it was in direct response to Perkins being out of harm's way)!

[tomovox]

yes, that theme music is very oddly comforting AND chilling. I remember a song title I once saw, "Why Do Happy Memories Hurt So Bad?" Everytime I come across something this beautiful from when I was a kid, the memory is incredible and happy definitely- but sad too because I'll never be that young and carefree again.

But hey- the happiness of getting to see an opening this amazing far outweighs that bit o' sadness!

[mwhite36]

The opening music is cool. I hear you on this.

But in my opinion, it was "The World of Survival" (with John Forsythe) that had the GREAT opening theme.

Man it would be great to see and hear that one again.

[x05e]

Totally agree with your analysis of the theme music! My dad loved this show and would call for me to come watch as a kid. Now the music brings him back one more time.

[fuzzybeard2016]

Same here. I lost my Dad right before I turned 10. Bittersweet memories.

[brooke050870]

@x05e I got tears in my eyes reading what you wrote.

[x05e]

@brooke050870 Does the same for me every time. The Indian head logo does it first, followed by the beautiful and mysterious theme music. The associations are so strong they're like a time machine that put me back in my living room close to the front of the TV with my dad towards the back sitting in his chair. Hope your memories are great ones!

[brooke050870]

@x05e Yes...hearing this music brings a lot of comfort to me, and your posts hit very close to home, which is why I am sitting here wiping tears away. I remember watching this show with my grandfather when I was a very little girl in the early 1970s.

[nardeldarf]

Is it true Marlin's favorite wild animal was the sad-eyed wizzler, native to the Amazon jungle, but also sometimes found in Iowa cornfields?

[Harry44Callahan2]

Brings a tear to my eye when I hear this opening...sure miss those grand days of watching Wild Kingdom on tv as a kid. Such trash on tv today.

[Dreamland68]

I've looked this in my childhood.....searching long time for this...because I don't know the English Name.....In German it is "Im Reich der wilden Tiere".....great stuff......

[wolfiescwolferton]

Stan Brock??? Ohhhh.....guess Jim was eaten by a Leopard by this time.....always found if funny that Marlin Perkins stayed in the studio while Jim was out rasslin a Lion or something.....ah well....loved this show so much!!! Thanks for posting!!

[RICKOBEAR]

after all these years, this music still gives me goosebumps! ;)

[raposofan]

Me too! :)

<-- age 40

[RICKOBEAR]

can't put my finger on it. just something about it! ;)

[augmented7th]

i haveNot seen this show since i was a child.....Great Add!!! loved the show!!

[nosescott]

The epitome of classic TV. Totally at its finest.

[LosAngeleno1959]

Good oild Marlin Perkins. Always putting his yardboys,Jim and Stan in the most dangerous situations while he stood in the background and pitched insurance. Me and my brothers would bust out laughing at this. What great memories of a time when Tv in America had class and was not garbage like today. I could sit down with my parents and grandparents and not worry abouit a commercial for Viagra coming out. Wonderful days to grow up in back then.

[lowfuellevel]

I grew up watching this show too, it brings back great memories of the 70's, thanks for posting...

[northshore7x]

I loved this show when I was a kid.........Marlin Perkins would aways let stan do the tough job.........and now Stan will take care of that mean alligator........

[Harry44Callahan2]

I remember watching this classic show as a kid too and I sorely miss this kind of programming on tv. From reading many of the other comments, it seems a lot of other folks concur with me...why don't the networks get the message and start making some decent shows again? Most of what is on tv now is garbage. I have 100 channels and can scroll through them all and find nothing worth watching; funny how we were able to watch something on tv every night as kids with only 3 or 4 channels isn't it?

[RICKOBEAR]

very good point! ;)

[rainmanx63]

No one could have said it any better.

[wallexus]

...that music. Just creates a good feeling altogether! Great times those were.

[144wychwood]

It's funny. I have exactly the same sentiments about the music. Guess it makes me think of when I was little kid.

[3piper]

I was a little kid when this came on.How I loved this show!!

[nohealthcare62]

Now they have Stan Brock giving away free health care in Tennessee and other remote places where people die like a silent genocied in the USA and the Gov looks the other way ..

[KallenK]

so you want the same people that cant run the irs or medicare or social security to be in charge of your abilty to see a doctor???

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[HotSprings93]

Why can't we have decent shows like this now...Back in the day, this was something worth sitting with your family watching!!

[johnfisc314]

Agreed- came on after football on Sunday nights- part of growing up...

[Jiggahata1]

I'm 26 and is too young to watch this show but it was a throwback show that aired when I was a little girl. I really enjoyed watchn' this with my mom!

[byromania]

I was born in 1964, and I remember this program well. My other favorites were The American Sportsman with Kurt Gowdy and The Wonderful World of Disney. I really miss those days.

[ThePretzelHead]

A tear to my eye. Great memories for this 45 yr. old. But I love the tag line for Mutual of Omaha "The Company that Pays." Far cry from 2009 when insurance companies either refuse to pay or get paid themselves by the government (AIG).

[emerytownblues]

love the theme, love the show

[Brianeddie666]

42 ys old here,,,,brings back good memories of the 1970s.

[jerseyoldschool]

I am 46 years old, but after seeing this I feel like I'm 7 again!! Sunday nights, Channel 4 in NYC, the perfect lead in to the World of Disney!! And probably the first time I've seen this in COLOR :) Thank you for bringing back my childhood!! SupremeTeam, you are da MAN!!

[tczen]

I'm 47 years old and I grew up in Central Jersey. Our Sunday ritual was to visit my grandmother. We'd stay to watch the Sunday evening shows: Disney, Wild Kingdom, maybe Lassie. I also remember 'Lectric Shave and Quasar commercials.

[jerseyoldschool]

Sunday was a special night in our house as well. It was tough choosing between Wild Kingdom and Lassie. When I was young, we had one tv...a large black & white Magnavox in the living room. The kind of tv that didn't turn off all the way...there was a glowing circle that I would stare at as it shrank. Sometimes, my folks wanted to watch Ed Sullivan so I had to miss Disney. But Ed had so many great acts on I didn't mind. Mondays were special too with Lucy and Laugh In. I miss the ole days!

[midnightcaller200]

Thats what my family did I would get mad at my mother because we would have to leave in the middle of Disney and go home She lived in Seattle we lived in Kirkland. We also used to watch Tarzan with my uncle we used to laugh and make fun of it it was a great way for the family to spend a Sunday. I don't think there are any shows today that you could do that Disney had a lot of great shows on when I was a kid

[EarlSnohomish]

"I am 46 years old, but after seeing this I feel like I'm 7 again!! Sunday nights, Channel 4 in NYC, the perfect lead in to the World of Disney!! And probably the first time I've seen this in COLOR :)"

Except being age 43 instead of 46 ;-), I concur with everything that you posted. Unless we were out of the house at the time, my brothers and I never missed an episode of "Wild Kingdom" on WNBC during the '70s.

I haven't seen this intro in ages. It actually gave me a chill viewing it again.

[PALIMOST]

i remember this like it was yesterday!!

38 yrs old now, 9 yrs old then, i wanna go back in time! good ole days, i just didn't know it then

[DogbiteOW]

They just don't write theme songs like this anymore. Nostalgia.

[sciotto8]

Does anybody have the one where Stan Brock tries to grab a buffalo by the tail, can't get it, and the buffalo starts chasing him? My brothers and I went crazy with that one! I've got to send it to them! Post it if you have it!

[biolectron]

Wow I remember this growing up in the 70's thanks for the memory

[marlinperkins06]

I love, love, love, love this theme forever!!!

[marlinperkins06]

Thank you very, very, very, very much for this video!!!