Jeff Corwin Experience, Season 2 (2002) Review

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(More customer reviews)TV host Jeff Corwin is a big bundle of boyish enthusiasm, skipping through rainforests and desert landscapes in search of rare and unusual animals. It's like having Joey and Ross from "Friends" fused into a single character, and then set out on safari with a film crew in tow: Corwin is physical and rambunctious, but also knowledgeable and able to rattle off scientific facts about poisonous critters that he's just dug out of the underbrush -- obviously working from memory, since the viper or dart frog or whatever isn't waiting around for him to read anything off of a cue card.
The show has an appealing improvisational air about it, with has its plusses and minuses. On the plus side, the show is exciting and quickly draws you in; Corwin has a cheerful, magnetic presence and his enthusiasm for nature comes through clearly. He also consistently works in eco-friendly messages and talks about having respect for nature, about leaving wild animals alone (especially dangerous ones) and about the need to protect habitat, etc. On the down side, you get a nagging feeling that there's a lot of information that is being left out, and that the mini-lectures Corwin delivers while, say, holding the deadliest viper in Central America, might not be as thorough as it might otherwise be. Corwin is sensitive to how much each animal is willing to put up with, and once he drops the animal back into the wild, the encounter (and the lecture) is over with. Also, his hands-on approach seems pretty invasive -- even though he often is taking part in scientific studies (tagging animals, etc.) and takes great pains to explain that what he is doing has been officially sanctioned, the overall effect may be to encourage audience members to mess about with wild animals themselves, which may have unfortunate consequences.
On balance, though, the show is informative and one of the most amusing aspects is how totally into snakes Corwin is. So, if you like to see rare and deadly and beautiful serpents, this is definitely the show for you! There are plenty of mammals and birds, too, but Corwin does love the creepy crawlies. Overall this is a fun show, definitely worth checking out. (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain kid's reviews)

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Into Alaska with Jeff Corwin (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great introduction to Alaska by Jeff Corwin. The photography is spellbinding and the graphics are well done too. The host can sound over enthusiastic at times, but Alaska does that to people. It comprehensively covers all aspects of Alaska, its sights and wildlife (Denali National Park and Preserve, The Kenai Peninsula, Bear Country, Southeast Alaska get separate episodes). The DVD is of very good quality, seen on a good LCD or Plasma, possibly upscaled. A Blu-ray, sadly unavailable, would have been stunning. I lament that subtitles are missing. That would have benefitted the hard of hearing. It ideal for armchair travelers and all those interested in this vast land. Alaska is still pristine and efforts like this are needed to drive home the importance of preserving its unique charms. A great buy.

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Alaska is a land of superlatives: America's highest mountain, its greatest wilderness, its fiercest and most fascinating animals, its loneliest land. It's a state in which a population less than New York City spreads out over an area three times the size of Texas. Touring the length and breadth of this spectacular place is noted zoologist and anthropologist Jeff Corwin, America's ultimate tourist in America's ultimate location. Jeff takes viewers along for an armchair ride from the island-spattered coastline of western Alaska in search of whales to the overgrown wilderness of Kodiak Island where grizzly bears catch their dinner. It's a journey you won't want to miss. Episodes: Denali National Park and Preserve, The Kenai Peninsula, Bear Country, To the Ends of the Earth, Alaskan, Survivors, Mobile Alaska, Southeast Alaska and the American Bald Eagle, Dogs, Sleds and Snowmobiles

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