u/thekingofallfrogs

Hello everyone!

I was digging through some old newspaper listings while doing research for Discovery Channel's partially found nature series Wild Discovery, and I discovered (no pun intended) that the Discovery Channel had a joint licensing deal with CBS in the fall of 1996. This deal allowed CBS to distribute three nature documentaries produced in association with the Discovery Channel, which were aired from that fall to spring. This included A Meerkat Family Saga, a documentary that I cannot seem to identify, and the topic of this thread, The Lion's Pride.

The documentary was shot by cinematographer Sophie Darlington, then known as Sophie Buck, and it was narrated by esteemed actor Malcolm McDowell. The documentary apparently followed Sophie as she filmed the daily lives of a lion pride in Tanzania. Supposedly, the main conflict of the special involved nomadic males that want to usurp the pride's leader and take over the pride—a common plot point in documentaries starring the king of the beasts. The documentary should not be confused with the similarly titled The Lion's Share, another Discovery Channel documentary about lions from the same year and also filmed by Sophie.

The broadcast date for The Lion's Pride was November 15, 1996, a Friday. I cannot seem to find any record of it being rebroadcast on any Discovery-affiliated network in the United States. The only evidence of its existence includes newspaper reviews and a screenshot on the documentary's IMDb page. Given how Discovery trimmed its documentaries for their own broadcasts, CBS likely did the same during its broadcast. Airings of A Meerkat Family Saga would be trimmed for broadcast, which was verified by comparing VHS TV recordings to a Hungarian DVD release—the British DVD release contained the trimmed broadcast edition meant for Wild Discovery. If the broadcast is found, it is more than likely that the documentary would only be considered partially found and not available to the general public.

I am surprised that the documentaries have not resurfaced in any way shape or form, considering that it aired on one of the big four networks in the United States. As an avid nature show enthusiast and archivist, I would love to find out more about this special and why CBS and Discovery decided to collaborate with one another. That third special may take a while to be identified, but that is another story.

A lot of people on this subreddit know about the pre-SoundScan era and how unreliable the charts were—even Todd brought up this topic in his own videos. We also know that R&B and country were snubbed off the top 40 around this time period, even if many songs would become staples of their respective genres. However, while we can safely agree that the charts were heavily manipulated through unreliable methods of collecting data, I don't think anybody has asked which songs became top 40 hits or reached as high as they did thanks to what record stores were doing back then.

So I am looking for this English textbook that we had in our Freshman high school English class around 2016-2017. The book had a black cover, and it looked to be pretty old; I'd probably say it was manufactured in the 80s or 90s. I am looking for the textbook mainly for the short stories that were included since I would like to revisit them. Here are the short stories that I remember being present in this textbook:

• Some short story about a Mexican kid who ends up trespassing in some octogenarian's house and gets a life lesson from her. There are references to Los Lobos in the story.
• The Cask of Amontillado
• The Most Dangerous Game
• Lamb to the Slaughter
• Romeo and Juliet (an abridged version)
• The Birds by Daphne du Maurier

I would appreciate some help finding this specific textbook!

I thought about this ever since I found out how the Holberg Suite was written as a Baroque-style piece as a throwback to Baroque-era music. Since Grieg was trying to stay true to the Baroque sound, I am curious if there were any arrangements of the piece done for an actual Baroque orchestra. I am not sure if this is something that would conflict with his actual vision, but regardless, I think it would be interesting to hear.

People are suggesting that Lake Malawi will be featured since it appears to be a reserve on the map and it got me wondering about the reserve we see in the trailer and other promo materials. There appears to be some sort of mountains in the background and i’m not sure if it’s supposed to be generic mountains or the walls of the famous crater. If it is supposed to be the Ngorongoro Crater, it makes me wonder what other conservation areas and national parks would be featured in the game! I’m mainly asking this out of curiosity.

Would they be props like they were in PZ1 or will they be part of the simulated ecosystem, where animals are able to disperse seeds or killing plants? I've been wanting a botany side-feature for a while (i.e. Zoopedia entires and taking care of plants) so I'm wondering if that will actually happening.

I know that there are zoos that use footage from nature documentaries or b-roll stock footage onto educational screens to educate people about the zoo animals. If players do it, what do you do with the clips? If they’re in 4:3 what do you with them?

EDIT: this only applies to PC players