One of the best TV series from the Sixties
I loved to watch "Daktari" as a teenager on German TV. I thought that Yale Summers was very attractive and until the last episode I was hoping there would be a happy end for him and Paula Tracy (Cheryl Miller who also played 4 times in "Flipper").
Wonderful to finally get this on DVD, but it's hopelessly over-priced for just one season. I'll wait until it will drop $30+.
If you compare prices: you get for the same amount of money the entire "M Squad" series with 2.866 minutes (three times as much as the first season of "Daktari"), the first season of "Flipper" costs $25 for 800 minutes. As I said before, it's too expensive, but hopefully the price will drop dramatically.
Now if finally classic TV series like "Kentucky Jones" (Dennis Weaver), "The Greatest Show on Earth" (Jack Palance), "Hank" (Dick Kallman), "The Farmer's Daughter" (Inger Stevens), "A Man called Shenandoah" (Robert Horton), "Adventures of the Seaspray" (Australian TV series from 1965), "The...
The Doctor is in .......... Africa
I bought this DVD purely for nostalgic purposes.I remember seeing this series as a kid and wanted to see if it was as good as I remember.It is.There is hardly any violence here but plenty of adventure.This is a family show.
Marshall Thompson is perfect as Dr Marsh Tracey.I read that he was interested and cared about wildlife.His sincere performance in this show shines through.He would be more involved in the production of season 2 and I have read that the show gets even better.He was actually bitten by one of the animals in the second season and needed stitches while the animal was sedated.This was kept in when the episode was aired.The only other person I know who sincerity shines through in his performance was Fess Parker in his own series "Daniel Boone"
While I was a kid,for me it was all about the adventures.But now,I have come to appreciate more the hi-jinks of the chimp called Judy.She steals every scene she is in.
There is plenty of action and adventure in these...
"Daktari" is Swahili for doctor...
For lovers of classic television, much progress has been made in getting most of the significant series from the 1960's released on DVD, particularly in the last decade. However, there remain some notable exceptions, particularly in the case of series involving animals. Some that come to mind are Lassie, and the Ivan Tors' productions Gentle Ben, Flipper (only Season One so far), and Daktari. Fortunately, this is about to change, as the first season of Daktari (1966-69), a series set in Africa is being released on DVD-R.
"Daktari" is Swahili for "doctor". This unique series has a memorable theme song that features the Swahili language, native instruments, and wild animal cries. The program centers on the adventures of veterinarian Marsh Tracy (Marshall Thompson), who along with his beautiful daughter Paula (Cheryl Miller) runs the Wameru Study Center for Animal Behavior, a research facility located in the east African bush. Daktari is adapted from the film...
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