Meerkat Manor - Season 1
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Actor: Bill Nighy, Flower the Meerkat, Mozart the Meerkat, Youssarian the Meerkat, Zaphod the MeerkatBrand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Producer: Chris Barker
Producer: Lucinda Axelsson
Producer: Mark Wild
Producer: Simon Willock
Writer: Caroline Hawkins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 273 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Animal Planet
DVD Reviews of Meerkat Manor - Season 1
DVD Review: Meet the Meerkats
Summary: 4 Stars
In real life, meerkats probably aren't very cute, but on "Meerkat Manor" they are simply adorable. The show is culled from material gathered by Cambridge University's Kalahari Meerkat Project, which has been ongoing for a decade. The researchers carefully track the meerkats, and the show focuses on the most successful family, the Whiskers. During Season 1, the Whiskers are thriving under the leadership of dominant female, Flower. She rules the family along with her mate, Zaphod, and she does whatever she needs to do to make sure the family succeeds. As the dominant female, she is able to mate and decide whether or not the other females in the group can mate as well. Typically, only the dominant female mates as too many pups make it difficult to feed the family in the harsh Kalahari. If other females get pregnant, there can be trouble, as we see when two of Flower's daughters deliver pups in Season 1.
The show is simple - we watch the daily routines of the meerkats, which are surprisingly structured. They awaken, clean the burrow, forage for grubs, babysit the pups, bask in the sun, and then retire to the burrow for the evening. As such, the episodes can become a bit repetitious, even when the main focus is on unusual incidents (birth of pups, battles with neighboring clans over precious territory, encounters with puff adders). Fortunately, the producers edit the material creatively, allowing us to get to know the meerkats and their unique personalities, largely via narration by Sean Astin. Viewers come to care about the Whiskers. I certainly developed some favorites, particularly Shakespeare (one of Flower's sons), and I was saddened when another favorite (Mozart) was evicted from the clan.
The episodes average only 20 minutes and really zip along quickly without commercial breaks; I can easily watch 4 of them in a sitting. My only quibble is that the show anthropormorphizes the meerkats to a sometime ridiculous extent. The animals are acting largely on instinct, but the narration makes them sound far more human. Of course, that emphasis is a large part of what makes the show entertaining and the meerkats so darned loveable. So it's a quibble I'm more than happy to live with, even if I sometimes find it a bit too much.
DVD Review: My All Time Favorite TV program
Summary: 5 Stars
This is reality TV. It chronicles the life and death struggles of a family trying to survive in a dangerous inhospitable climate. If you open yourself up a little, you'll get emotionally attached to the individual meerkats and their fates will be very important to you. Nothing compares to the real emotional impact of a creature's real survival or real death. Fictional and so-called reality TV have nothing on this show. And unlike most nature shows where the animals are unknown and you have no connection with them, you will know and care about these meerkats. I can honestly say this is the first and only show that has made me cry. Don't get me wrong, Meerkat Manor can be quite joyful too--it's not all sad.
In short, if you are an amimal lover or a somewhat caring individual you will love this show. Don't read anymore about it because you might run across spoilers and this show is best seen without knowing what happens. Just buy seasons 1-3 and prepare yourself for something you will never forgot. Make sure you get the 'complete' versions though, as there is also a best of set which leaves out a lot of stuff.
It is my all time favourite TV program.
DVD Review: OK!!
Summary: 3 Stars
Purchased The vidio as a present for the grandchildren. The price and delivery were as advertised. We have NOT seen the video yet. DVD Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD set arrived earlier that expected and in time for my daughter's birthday. Great Service!DVD Review: Meerkats
Summary: 2 Stars
They are cute for a few minutes, but overall a bit boring. Nothing compares to David Attenborough's, The Life of Mammals. My 3 year old enjoys The Life of Mammals much more.
Description of Meerkat Manor - Season 1
Triumph and mishap, comedy and tragedy - everything a good story needs, but this one is different, it stars a group of wild meerkats in South Africa. This ground-breaking thirteen part series records the daily lives of a group of meerkats known as "The Whiskers". Using state of the art camera technology above and below ground, and by tracking the group's movements 24 hours a day, the series paints a dramatic picture of a year in their highly complex and social lives. From viscous fights with rival gangs to infighting within the group, snake attacks, births of two dozen pups, and tragic deaths, "Meerkat Manor" includes animal behavior never recorded before. With characters that would be more at home in a real life soap opera, their entangled lives make for addictive viewing. MEERKAT MANOR is All My Children meets Wild Kingdom. The show is narrated by Sean Astin of "Lord of the Rings" and"24."Science & Technology DVDs
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