Acting Animals:
One of the greatest joys of my life is the fact that animals besides humans are incapable of understanding the art of acting and some of the other facets of society that we have constructed. I love to see the aloof dog in the scene, completely oblivious to the fact that they are "supposed" to act a certain way while in it's eyes you can see it wants to play and is and aware of the cameras around it. The same thing goes for how unabashed animals are in mating.
The miserable television show "Man Vs. Beast" brings back some of my fondest memories of human and animal interaction. The premise of the show was to present certain challenges to humans in the peak of their human ability that dealt with usually oblivious animal competitors.
The main highlight of this competition for me was how much the humans cared and how most of the animals did not give a shit and still won. Here is one example from the show showcasing a human track runner facing a giraffe and a zebra. The highlight in this one is the strain in the human face and the localized seizure the disoriented giraffe experiences in the middle of his stride. It's hilarious - the animals have absolutely no clue what is going on. Here is a definate favovrite. The famed Kobayashi up against a Kodiak Bear in a food competition. Kobayashi is shoving his mouth full of hotdogs using his defined technique all the while the bear glances around and occasionaly swipes a handfull of hotdogs and stuffs them down with no effort. Classic.
Here is another classic.
In the following days I would like you to be aware of animals as you watch television or movies. On a semi-related note I would like you to tune into animal planet each superbowl for the famed "Doggy Bowl" to see dogs imposed into human settings. What you have in store for yourself is one of the most bizarre segments of television you will ever encounter.
The miserable television show "Man Vs. Beast" brings back some of my fondest memories of human and animal interaction. The premise of the show was to present certain challenges to humans in the peak of their human ability that dealt with usually oblivious animal competitors.
The main highlight of this competition for me was how much the humans cared and how most of the animals did not give a shit and still won. Here is one example from the show showcasing a human track runner facing a giraffe and a zebra. The highlight in this one is the strain in the human face and the localized seizure the disoriented giraffe experiences in the middle of his stride. It's hilarious - the animals have absolutely no clue what is going on. Here is a definate favovrite. The famed Kobayashi up against a Kodiak Bear in a food competition. Kobayashi is shoving his mouth full of hotdogs using his defined technique all the while the bear glances around and occasionaly swipes a handfull of hotdogs and stuffs them down with no effort. Classic.
Here is another classic.
In the following days I would like you to be aware of animals as you watch television or movies. On a semi-related note I would like you to tune into animal planet each superbowl for the famed "Doggy Bowl" to see dogs imposed into human settings. What you have in store for yourself is one of the most bizarre segments of television you will ever encounter.
