The Jeff Corwin Experience
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (April 2007) |
The Jeff Corwin Experience is an American television show about animals airing on the Animal Planet cable channel since 2001. It is hosted by actor and conservationist Jeff Corwin, who previously appeared in Going Wild With Jeff Corwin on the Disney Channel.
While the program includes some North American settings, segments have included all the other continents except Antarctica.
In its initial season, the program included a cobra festival in India, jungles in Thailand, Borneo and the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador in South America. The following year, the program featured Guyana, Australia and Tanzania. In its third season in 2005, Mexico and Peru were included, as well as Kenya and Uganda in Africa.
The program has lots of educational value, but is produced to entertain as well. Jeff is often bitten or nearly bitten by the animals being described. Jeff also enjoys making numerous jokes and references to pop culture and movies.
Corwin was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in public education from Bridgewater State College. He has long been a proponent of rain forest preservation. Programs such as this and those of Steve Irwin and Terri Irwin (of The Crocodile Hunter) reflect a "human coexistence with wildlife approach" which is in sharp conflict with poachers and past practices in many parts of the world.
[edit] Episode Guide
Season 1
Episode 1 — Borneo: A Wild Man in Borneo
Episode 2 — India: Riding the Cobra Express
Episode 3 — Arizona: Land of the Serpent
Episode 4 — Alaska: Northern Exposure
Episode 5 — Louisiana: Call of the Cajun Wild
Episode 6 — Thailand: The Royalty of Siam
Episode 7 — Indonesia: Six Days to the Dragon
Episode 8 — South America: Into the Heart of Darkness
Episode 9 — Brazil: The River Wolf and the Isle of Serpents
Episode 10 — Africa: Into Africa
Episode 11 — Madagascar: The Land That Time Forgot
Episode 12 — Panama: Bridge between the Americas
Episode 13 — Galapagos: The Living Laboratory
Season 2
Episode 1 — Florida: Exploring Pascua de Florida
Episode 2 — Guyana: Land of the Giants
Episode 3 — California: The Wild One
Episode 4 — Costa Rica: The Arribiatta
Episode 5 — Brazil: The Amazon Goin' Bananas
Episode 6 — Australia: Out of Balance Down Under
Episode 7 — Tasmania: Sympathy for the Devil
Episode 8 — Zanzibar: Dr. Corwin I Presume
Episode 9 — Tanzania: Bodies in Motion
Episode 10 — India: Between the Tiger and the Lion
Episode 11 — Nepal: Journey to Shangri-La
Episode 12 — Morocco: A Time Machine of Sand
Episode 13 — Spain: Americano Loco
Season 3
Episode 1 — Botswana: Exploring the Elephant Highway
Episode 2 — Uganda: It's a Croc Story
Episode 3 — Mexico: The Great Snake Hunt
Episode 4 — Peru: Bear Necessities
Episode 5 — Kenya: Hyena, Queen of the Beasts
Episode 6 — Australia: Going Bats Down Under
Episode 7 — Cambodia: Snakes on the Menu
Episode 8 — Indonesia: The Orangutan Freedom Journey
Episode 9 — The Big Bad Wolf?
Episode 10 — Brazil: Saving the Tamarin
Episode 11 — Venezuela: Operation Anaconda
Episode 12 — Where's Jeff?
Episode 13 — The Urban Show
