Well, wouldn’t you know it. Earth Day is upon us and, just as I feared, my terrible memory has left me almost totally unprepared. Fortunately, my good buddy Jo Bryant has done a beautiful post that included this wonderful clip I had previously searched for but could not find:
That clip is from the incredible Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem program I saw on PBS a couple of months back. That little guy (Stoffel?) was a total badass that wouldn’t back down from even the most dangerous animals – even breaking into a fenced off lion section just to pick a fight (that he barely survived) at one point! But that didn’t stop him – he went on to prove, once and for all, that Honey Badgers are absolutely deserving of their reputation as one of the most relentless and fearless little animals in the world. Thanks Jo!
Anyway, because it’s been playing in my head for days, and because Earth Day is one of the few days in the year that I actually want to belong to a larger community (although any group that would have me as a member would have to be one motley crew indeed), I present “Home Sweet Home” by Mötley Crüe:
Happy Earth Day my friends! See what others are doing to maintain our “Home Sweet Home” at Earthday.org. 🙂
I want ice water.
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I think badgers and terriers have a lot in common.
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Whether animal or human PT, the runts are always Badass! 🙂
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You are so lucky to have seen the whole show Izaak. When I saw this I looked and looked but could not find the rest. It is on the BBC Two website, but I can’t view it.
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I am hoping that the BBC will keep adding parts of it to their youtube account like they did this part. Stoffles rocks though doesn’t he. I nearly peed my pants with laughter when I saw him with the rake, using it to get out. Happy Earth Day my friend. For me it is over already,
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Thanks Jo, for appreciating the post AND for finding that wonderful clip! The Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem page I linked to has the entire video right on it. Perhaps you can watch it there? 🙂
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Okay…going to get coffee…and search and hope.
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Can’t watch it. I am in the wrong region.
Boo hoo !!!!!
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Oh wow Jo, I completely missed that notice! I’ve heard there are ways to get around such restrictions but I’ve never actually tried any of them. I hope you get to see it someday because it was a really show…
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I believe you can but I have no idea how to do it.
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Is there something equivalent to PBS where you are? I found that page by searching Google for “badger mayhem.”
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Probably…but I think the problem is that it hasn’t been shown on a TV network here, so they stop you watching it in other regions.
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That’s too bad. BTW, PBS stands for Public Broadcasting Network. It’s one of our best sources for stuff like that and, even better, it’s entirely commercial free! 🙂
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Lucky you !!!
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Lucky? I guess. But I’d just assumed most countries had something similar. Then again, maybe the people in other countries don’t hate commercial TV they way we do! 😀
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Oh we do…but there is no controlling them here…not enough competition.
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Competition eh? We’ve got plenty of that here – and they’re all competing to see who can empty my pockets!
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That honey badger video is the most amazing thing I’ve seen in absolutely yonks !!! I laughed like a drain. 🙂
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Thanks M-R. That clip is just a small part of a very interesting show I wish everyone could see! 😀
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I went looking for it, but, as ever, found that I’m not allowed to see it. 😦
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Those regional restrictions are just crazy M-R, particularly when it comes to science/nature/education shows like that! 😐
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All to do with rights, Izaak: they’d prefer to sell the programs than have us see ’em for free. To be brutally honest, I don’t blame them.
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Oh I never said they should give them away for free. The PBS network here in the states is supported by both corporate and philanthropic groups as well as by the donations of its viewers, and that support in turn pays for the high quality programming they show. It is by no means free. I am extremely grateful for its existence, as I might never see programs like that one.
BTW, the original Cosmos series ran on PBS! 🙂
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We saw it down here as shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – the government’s TV … ahh … channel ? No: much more than that. Free to air, of course; but they have to buy everything. Happily, they mostly buy British, as the commercial channels show all the US stuff.
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PBS shows a lot of the British stuff too, with my favorites being “As Time Goes By” and “Sherlock!” But they also have ones like “Nature” (an episode of which that clip came from), “Nova,” “Frontline,” and of course “The PBS Newshour” – which is, IMHO, the best news programming on TV here. I think PBS does get support from The National Endowment For The Arts as well.
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My husband always recorded th PBS Newshour for that very reason, Izaak – he agreed with that opinion completely.
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Sounds like a guy I’d have liked M-R! 🙂
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Everyone did. Truly !
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You’re a clever bugger. I’d love to be able to put my own emoticons or whatever into comments.
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They’re just images I’ve included in past posts. I’ve saved the codes in a separate file so I can just copy and paste them into comments…
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That’s what I mean: clever ! 🙂
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I know those Badgers, I think though the are humans
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Huh?!?! 😕
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I know humans who act like those badgers.
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Me too Val, and I worry the ones I’ve locked in the basement will cause a ruckus if they escape! 😉
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