daktari

[mistigri56]

On voyait cette série en France également ! Avec le même générique !

[dlv57]

I loved this show!  I own two of the books ...but I wish it would be released to dvd.

[Poopingbotham]

I used to watch Daktari when I was a child, though I can't for the life of me remember what it was about; an animal hospital, by the looks of things.

I do remember Clarence the cross-eyed lion though, and the stripey Land Rover

[PaiRaiUno]

epic

[leananshae]

My cat's name is Safari and I sing this song to him using his name instead of the word Daktari.

[boleynali]

apart from stock footage, all made in california,so they could take the motorway straight to the african plains.

[dutchygirl1808]

daktaarriiiiiiiiiiii :D

[veronica14ish]

clarence the lion my favourite

[Ayamabich]

they dont make em like they used to

[crono916]

Hey all i have 75 Daktari episodes on 19 dvds if anyone is interested. I know it's not the complete series but it sure is a large chunk of it. Message me in private or on here if you are interested. i ship worldwide and the disks are region free.

[trex97701]

@crono916

Hi

Do you still have these? What do you want for them?

Thx

Trex

[crono916]

@trex97701 hey Trex ill send you a private message and we can discuss more.

[MrJGOVEAS]

@crono916

I am interested in buying the Daktari episodes. How much do they cost?

Please reply to j_goveas@yahoo.com

Thanks.

Joe

[purplerainez]

OMG... this brings back some very happy childhood memories

thanks !! :-))

[pasquim50]

excelente serie...saudades da minha infancia...BRAZIL... 

[JBofBrisbane]

ERIN MORAN?!?

[iceonaboy]

How come theres a tiger getting fed in the opening clip?

[Solipx]

Erin Moran? I had no idea she was in this vaguely remembered show from, really probably only about 5 years before Happy Days. But the reverse telescoping of time makes it seem eons before

[jorgealbertobaron]

Gran serie de los años 70s

[RobRock07]

Nice...

[Devoguy]

It's a Daktari stool! Whaddya think sirs?

[arhuxtable]

I never heard of this series. I also see "Joanie Cunningham" was a little kid at the time.

[lekocafe]

I remember this too, but Erin Moran surprised me. I remember her more from "Happy Days".

[unionjack84]

i remember this show. especially clarence the cross eyed lion! tvland should bring it back, along with please don't eat the dasies and the courtship of eddie's father and room 222.

[MaceMn]

Judy's hot!!

[stratocaster539]

brilliant! another childhood fave!

[TheSyj03]

Me emociona hasta las lágrimas volver a ver estas imagines que me acompañaron durante mi infancia...qué tiempos,qué series,que hermosa sensación de volver el tiempo atrás...

Clarence!!! de allí nació mi sueño de algún día,poder abrazar a un león...♥

[ralahinn1]

RIP Ross Hagan :(

[inenglishwithseries]

I followed this serie in French when I lived in Belgium when I was a child, I regret I didn't follow it directly in English with the diferent accents of actors US and UK with Edley.

[MyLalinea]

and judy kevthegerbil1958

[PupuTheClown]

Clarence was a cool cat, I believe he was the only true lion you could trust with your kids.

[master82565]

where is filming location of daktari?

[wiggo4]

@master82565 the filming location for daktari was california

[breakneck14]

Why they gotta point out that a mothafucka is cross-eyed?

In the theme song damn man.

[TheRexmoon]

i was in love with paula (cheryl miller)

[Kelly14UK]

WTF is an Indian elephant doing in Africa?

[ultrakool]

@Kelly14UK africa? it's so. cal

[Kelly14UK]

@ultrakool I was probably drinking and said that for badness' sake lol

[ultrakool]

@Kelly14UK i can relate. one of my favorite things to do is browse yt after i've had several adult beverages and just let loose on idiot's comments. being a faceless, smart ass is both cathartic and therapuetic :p

[Kelly14UK]

@ultrakool Actually I love you for that comment. Just back from someone's house tonight smoking hash and drinking vodka so big hugs whoever you is : )

[ekocentric]

@Kelly14UK  LOL....I always assumed that they were indigenous to that area.

[crono916]

hey guys i have all 4 seasons on 19 dvds from my own collection, the quality isn't the best but definitely watchable. i will provide samples if anyone is interested. just send me a private message.

[cooltrichard]

Hey the complet Sound of Dakatri and not only this Thema, give is by Amazon per

Download or CD to buy

[hamsterminator]

What just happened?

[bachterman]

bernd daktari lorenz

[MrDavkoz]

Growing up as a kid I saw this and many other animal based shows, like Lassie, Flipper, even Grizzly Adams. They instilled in me a sense of respect and appreciation for animals. Too bad most of today's programs don't do that.

[knightflyte]

@MrDavkoz

That's because today's shows are busy instilling a sense of disrespect for humanity.....

[TomandBoo]

I was about 8 when this was on. Absolutely loved it. Cried buckets when Clarence the cross-eyed lion died. Would love to see it re-run on TV. So glad nobody remade it and turned it into a junk show......

[mykeas100]

Hola a todos!!!!

[TheAxellle]

zon évolué en naktari une sorte de mixage pipo doux comme la gramaire de orsenna ...

la nectarine etant un fruit entre la peche et....

et evokan le nectar

[oluham]

As i recall, the FIRST season of this show had a different theme opening. Anybody out there to back me up?

[Asrraeli]

I love this tv serie!

[BadEggCymru]

is it like "Wild at Heart?"

[nogginthefroggin]

@BadEggCymru yes, a bit like "wild at heart". But looking back, it was really just lots of stock footage of herds of animals, interwoven with simple storylines, although I suppose it was advanced for its time. Judy the chimp could understand simple tasks spoken in English, and clarence always came to the rescue to scare off the baddies. Was my favourite series apart from the original star treks.

[HitlerOnTheRoof]

This was on WKEF in Dayton every Sunday afternoon in the 70's, followed by Ron Eli in Tarzan.

[LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1]

I whole centre probably smelt like zoo keepers wellies.

[Mo6boy]

cross eyed lion? This lion was cross eyed? Really? Funny. Never saw this show, must be too young

[justlookinz]

I fuckin hate elephants there dangerous shits

[OmwanaX]

Wow, memories! I used to watch this show back home in the seventies every Saturday morning as a little boy. What a time of innocence that was. Memories.

[bgibb101]

@OmwanaX - Same here mate. Ah, the memories!

[Moralvorstellung28]

@OmwanaX The very same for me

[MrOzora]

@OmwanaX YeA my friend.....saturday morning...hehehehe,take care

[monicamirela17]

@OmwanaX :  Me too, it looks like that was in some other life... sweet memories from the beginning of '70 !

[VinnyMonster1]

@OmwanaX Haha, same for me. I really wished I could grow up and go work for Marshal Thompson back then.

[helltopay1]

OOH dear ,i shouldnt watch this sort of stuff from my childhood,happy sad eyes welling up

[mowm88]

Never watched this one--and as others said-Erin Moran?! really! Be interested in catching some of the repeats. It looks Disney-ish.

[moose122860]

Holy Joanie Loves Chachi!  Erin Moran was in this? Who knew? She's 50 now!!!

[1eaNavarre]

If you were a tiger and you were in Africa. .would you not be lost too!

[ridgerunner721601]

I remember Daktari when I was a kid. I'm still an animal lover. Really liked the big cats. I didn't see Marshall Thompson in the credits though. Did he quit before the series was over?

[ChazsmateIII]

Good grief! It's in colour. 

[Santor6]

@ChazsmateIII

I am shocked too. I wached this on black-white TV.

[DrShittyBottomHammer]

whats a tiger doing lost in africa?

[pinz2022]

@DrShittyBottomHammer

Yeah, come to think of it, they're a mite short of tigers in Africa...

[kikitos96]

y clarence no era bisco siempre andaba pedo

[WJHHunterston]

Watched this in a different world... long since gone...20th century.

[BASICISAB]

I used to love this show

[planetmooney]

That is an Asian Elephant not African....Note the Smaller Ears.

[fernleaffilms]

i reckon judy was a bloke.

[1964Yojimbo]

Erin Moran? I can only remember Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion.

[kenfig]

@1964Yojimbo Dangerous ; he would take your head straight off and Judy the chimp i wouldnt trust now,since one ripped a woman's entire face off, including her eyes

[zefer14]

I rember comming home from school to watch this. I loved this show

[Santor6]

@zefer14 In black&white?

[MrRrobinlive]

Daktari means doctor in Swahili, spoken in East Africa- Kenya, Tanzania and some parts of Uganda...

[PerculaPlushPet]

@99thmonkee don't we all well know that feeling

[wiggo4]

unless i am completely mistaken, the elephant is an indian elephant. i'm sure the african variety have larger ears and i guess there weren't any african elephants in california.

[Melayahm01]

@wiggo4 Also a LOT less tractable, lol

[sbchelldiver]

@wiggo4 Indian elephants are milder-mannered than African, having been domesticated for centuries & used as heavy-haulers thru East Asia-indeed most elephants there are domestic rather than wild...Africans were domesticated in Ancient times-used as tanks by Hannibal,F/E, but as Classical civilization vanished, their use dwindled, & they reverted to the Wild....

[1958louief]

I remember watching this every week with my Grandmother. My God I'm getting old:)

[orangelb]

any body know some about Cheryl Miller?

[Istarskazastava1]

All time classic.Was very popular in Croatia too.Judy and Clarence especially.

[robertabramson]

This was my familys favorite show.......awesome.

[niflap]

So Jonie Cunningham was in Africa b/4 sahe was on Happy Days. righton

[kinghutchi]

@ 0:44

clarence the cross-eyed lion ... XD priceless, made my day.

[tnawcwvictoria]

Yes, it's true, Erin Moran and Ron Howard were Starring in TV Shows for CBS during the 1960's prior to Happy Days

Ron did The Andy Griffith Show for 8 Seasons as Opie Taylor and Erin did Daktari for 4 Seasons as Jenny Jones

Also, I use to watch this on Pat Robertson's CBN (now abc family) and Ted Turner's TNT (now The Network for Drama) and plus, this show was on when The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Bonanza, I Dream of Jeannie and The Original Star Trek were on NBC back in the 1960's as well.

[mos6507]

That's a bassline from hell.

And crap, it's got Joannie from Happy Days!

[walleyrt69]

60s TV was great because most everybody was White.And after all--White is Right!

[vraydio]

@walleyrt69 LOL, this show was based in Africa, and even most of them were white.

[WarfareTartaros]

@vraydio The show was recorded in a safaripark in LA to save money.

[TVonthePorch]

Not sure if it's the clip or just the way it's playing on my computer, but you you seem to have cut off Marshall Thompson's credit.

[ShotMyWad]

This used to be on in the early 70's here is Australia. Seems the US had a different intro - didn't have the distinctive african music going on. Great memories. I didn't know that Erin Moran was in the show either. Well there you go, you learn something everyday.

[SamhainBe]

My favorite TV show of all time - still have my "Daktari car" (a blue Landrover matchbox) and a lifelong interest in purchasing a real one - maybe when I retire in a few years. I wish someone would put this series on DVD!

[Mariekesone]

The Music sounds so funny now, it made me giggle...but when i grew up i would not miss this show for the world:-)

[TracyAndersonFoxhunt]

i hope Clarence and Judy team up to kill everyone in this freaking show

[INDIVIDUALHOUSE]

This reminds me a JUNGLE OF NOSTALGIA.

[mrBMW2800]

My Earliest Ever T.V Memory And Watched This Every time. Thank You.

[schs1977]

Erin Moran went to be Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days.

[cooksontrains]

Stupid mokey switching the med labels.That always pissed me off.

[SCRTpilot]

Man, I used to watch this every thursday making my homework.

Enjoy life, getting old happens fast.

[nixatnite]

DAKTARIIIIII!!! LOL I loved this show. with Clarence the Cross Eyed Lion and Judy the Chimp!!! cool!

[albalonybalony]

There was a kid in my 8th grade class, who, our teacher (Mr. Ellis) nicknamed Clarence, after Clarence the lion in daktari. You my have guessed, he was cross-eyed.

[nixatnite]

@albalonybalony kids are so cruel LOL

DAKTARIII!!

[Ramubay]

You can get the pilot movie which was shown in theaters on VHS called Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion but not the TV show and neither on DVD of course. WHAT A STINKING SHAME. Though I guess there are DVD-R's out there available on ebay.

[MrValiant61]

Cheryl Miller, my first school boy crush. Cannot believe this is over forty years old. Loved the character `Headley`, made Terry-Thomas sound German.

[cocobandit]

Just bought 75 episodes of Daktari on DVD. Shame they haven't released it officially, as i'm sure many people loved this series (it's a lot better than some of the rubbish on tv now lol)

[VanWADebbie]

I beleive Daktari was on just before Hawaii 5-O on Tuesday nights

[sifukay]

I watched every episode of this series as a kid. The music was written, conducted, and produced by Quincy Jones.

[jesoby]

I had the Airfix figures

[misteeq64]

Was that Erin moran from haapy days ? Now i feel old

[rmr2001]

Yes it was.

[kevthegerbil1958]

I can remember this Clarence the cross eyed lion

[mubirshu]

I remember this playing in syndication back-to-back with Korg 70,000 BC when I was a kid.

[picoharmotimpo]

I remember this from repeats on TV in New Zealand when I was a kid. It was a great series and Judy and Clarence were the real stars. I remember Yale Summers was in it, too, but not featured in this clip

[ZAOUWV]

Where is Clarence!

[ssballs]

Put your glasses on!

[Tinka1960]

meine Jugendzeit! schön!!!!!!

[AnElephantsChild]

This was shown in the mornings during the summer holidays on British TV throughout the 60s & 70s.

When most of our TV was still black & white this seemed so exotic & exciting to us.

Brings back happy memories of childhood - we used to watch it then go outside & play at being vets in Africa.

I was a little disappointed later to find that it was filmed in California not Africa !

[daveperk]

Korgri,

You're right.. modern sitcoms try to create characters that average audience members can FULLY identify with, instead of creating INTERESTING characters.. it's cheesy 'lowest common denominator' programming featuring dumb overwhelmed fat white guys with their ridiculously hot wives/girlfriends and all the angst of ordinary life.. no ADVENTURES.. no twists.. no FUN... Seinfeld, at least, was a show about nothing.. most sitcoms are too, and don't admit it..

[leonardgrigoras]

oh my god,it was 30 yers ago since i saw this serial last time,nice...i was a kid then...and impressed by the monkey Judy and thing how great adventure must be there in Africa,having a camp with wild animals!

[anilomd]

Damn..the last time I saw this was about 30 years ago

[greggybaby64]

where in africa do u get tigers?

[takeo1969]

Yesss!! Is like Tarzan with indian elephants

[wagsouza]

Good audio.

[mrkrinkle72]

OMG ross hagan was in this show wonder if african chili peppers burned his gut lol

[korgri]

It's too bad TV execs don't make crazy shows like this or Mr. Ed or My Favorite Martian anymore, now it's all 'behave-the way-you-see-the-main-character­s-are-behaving' shows. Name one modern show with a premise as insane/kooky as any of these were. Imagine CSI where David Caruso has an 'uncle' from the Earth's inner core living with him, and the 'uncle' helps him solve crimes. Or the CSI guys use an Ouija board and it works as they intend.

[StevenC32]

I remember this show from the early 70s, but I did not remember Erin Moran being on the show. This was prior to her being on Happy Days.

[manipool]

Granted on Daktari she was just a little kid and didn't get on Happy Days until later. Nice surprise to see.I think I was more into looking at Hari Rhodes and the animals...I was a teen girl.

[tonestar100]

StevenC32: I certainly remember Erin Moran. I had a crush on her.

[EStar7580]

Didn't she play Joanie on Happy Days?

[tonestar100]

Yes she did.

[reneecalling]

Oh my...Daktari. I had forgotten about this show. This is great. Thanks for uploading the intro.

[Router812]

How can I get the song I want to be free? please.

[TheFrogger15]

I forgot that Erin Moran (Jonnie from Happy Days) was a part of this series.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

i watched it on channel 5 in rerun syndication on NBC Affilliate KING-TV Channel 5 in seattle. in the 1970's when i was a little boy. with my mom. over by sigglekows. it competed with reruns of Wagon Train On Channel 7 KIRO-TV CBS Affilliate in Seattle i like to buy the DVD's Linda Cumberbatch did watch this series as a teenager. daktari should find a home on DVD. todays TV is Nothing But Junk.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

i watched it on wednesday nights after three years on tuesday evenings. it aired before the good guys.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

i used to watch this series in first run on tuesday nights at 7:30 PM on CBS and KIRO-TV Channel 7 in color. it came on right after To Tell The Truth on CBS at 7:00 PM. with my mom and dad a month after i was born. i got the collectibles from the TV Series including the view master reels and big little book. i like to buy the comic books 9 of them. as well as a seattle post intelligencer TV Prevues.

[crono916]

Hey all i have all the seasons of this show, a rare set from my own archives. Message me if you are interested or find me on ebay.

[Nemeses24]

Oh, I just loved this show when it was on! I was a young teen then. And what an original and unique idea for a tv series, set in a ficticious Study Center for Animal Behavior in East Africa. No cookie-cutter show here. I loved the trouble Clarence and Judy always got into. Ivor Tors went from Flipper to developing this show, and he did a great job. Hari Rhodes was great in the show too.

[tarkstar99]

Hello Nemeses I just wanted to know after seeing your page , are you cat or human ? if human, male or feline , sorry I mean female? i loved Daktari too , I seem to remember books that my parents brought of the great stories, slightly jungle book influences,

[forestgumpaed]

i prefered skippy in my time as a youngboy.

[alschilling]

Excelente recuerdo. Buenisimo I love Judy the best of the best

[Coleshill1]

blimey im 45 , great memories

[Bunty1962]

Erin Moran yes I didn't know that either. The one that's really changed is Judy "Judy Finnegan"

[Mikakk2]

wow.. use to watch this a LOOOOONNNGG Time ago, like when I was 5 or 6.. It was on just before Tarzan. Didnt realize Erin Moran was in it.

[lunani08]

espectacular !! que lindo recuerdo

[aapseun]

Whats an indian elephant doing in africa?

[hansjalv]

Chillin'.

[wolfgrade]

And what are all those Americans doing in Africa?!

[jaytf123]

Oh my God That's Erin Moran. Joanie from Happy Days.

[medowina]

can be found somewhere to download this series?

[tomycabe]

Y ahora me vienen con animal Planet ...

[Parmsingh1234]

We used to watch this in Uganda wherer it was televised in the late 1960s

[IanHunedoara8]

First intro to Africa music. Ginger Baker also perforned his version of Aiko Kobiaye' one of the cuts from Osibisa's album

[cosi66]

memories ;o)

[zzapper]

This was filmed in California but they used to cut in real filmed sequences from Africa, which made the show seem phony

[Cool2BCeltic]

Yes, whenever the cast ended up in the middle of a pride of lions it was always the same film of lions that you saw. It was just like the same crocodile fight appearing over and over again in the Johnny Weismuller Tarzan films.

[prettycountrygirl2]

I used to love this show. Didn't know that it was filmed in California..

[anitab27]

I remember watching this show when I was in kindergarten. I once had a nightmare about it.

[Neil2112]

Guess where this was filmed?

California! With stock footage from Africa.

Great show, great message.

[strakos66]

Tenhle seriál jsem viděl, když mi bylo asi 10 - 14 let,kolem roku 1976

[inagrump]

Oh My god. Just noticed that ERIN MORAN was in this show. never knew that. for you people that the name dont ring a bell with.. she was Joanie Cunningham in the show Happy Days

[RocksterOO1]

I didn't realise that either, how interesting.

She was just a cub back then, as was I!

Now I'm feeling my age a bit!

[ricaard]

I used to watch this sow as a kid, & I remember the cross-eyed lion more Joanie being on the show! How pitiful...

[kirosuks]

Great show! And that music just jams!

[DougDinsdale]

Shelly Manne, the jazz drumming great, wrote most of the music for it.

[ricaard]

I forgot the name of the thumb instrument, but it sounds great here!

[DougDinsdale]

I think it's a mbira (thumb piano).

[ricaard]

Thank-you! I remember hearing that on the early EWF records, A great instrument!

[4skins1]

@ricaard Thumb instrument is kalimba

[Mandi7882]

Music: Osibisa. Was an interesting group in the late 60's. "Criss Cross rythms that explode with happiness". I have (stolen from my older sibling actually ) their first album. If you like this kind of music, you like that.