cricket30 Review of Clown of the Jungle

Clown of the Jungle (1947)

Just as Prussian leader A.H. was Time Magazine's . . .

[8/10 · 28 April 2022]

. . . "Man of the Year" in 1938, the Dippy Nature Flick CLOWN OF THE JUNGLE similarly deserves high marks for having such a powerful impact, albeit entirely negative like Adolf's, upon our world. Ornithologists generally blame this deranged if brief film for the near-extinction of the beloved kookaburra, once notable as Brazil's national bird and ubiquitous Symbol of Pride, but Today only found in small pockets of an obscure Pacific island called Australia. The last kookaburra habitat within the U. S. was bulldozed to build Dippy World near Orlando, FLA, a few years after CLOWN's release. No wonder the Sunshine State's current hero governor has essentially outlawed Dippy World this month, unwilling to "let bygones be bygones." Hopefully, his proposal to update Florida's official state ditty with "Kookaburra," including the stirring verse "gay your life must be" will be a blast from the past everyone appreciates!