"The Planet's Funniest Animals" (1999) TV series 1999-

Director:

Brad Lachman

Writers:

Bill Marich (1999-2003)
Michael Bailey (writer)
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Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

2005 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Cast

Keegan Michael Key

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Himself - Host (7 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Directed by
Brad Lachman		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Bill Marich		(unknown episodes, 1999-2003)
Michael Bailey		(unknown episodes)
Barbara Klansnic		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Todd Barton	....	supervising producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Bill Bracken	....	supervising producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Sharon Brathwaite-Sanders	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Gregory Fein	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Steve Kozak	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Brad Lachman	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Mark Leonard	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
HeidiMarie Pagliassotto	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Brian Rhodes	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Peter Steen	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Tim Stokes	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Dan Trunfio	....	segment producer (10 episodes, 1999)
Richard Crystal	....	producer (unknown episodes, 2003)
Jason A. Carbone	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Carolyn C. Miller	....	assistant segment producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Greg Kellogg		(3 episodes, 2010)
Jeremy Sweet		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Kyle Barr		(unknown episodes)
Steve Wimberly		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Scott Storey		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Chris Arundel	....	post-production manager (unknown episodes)
Scott Silver	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Sam Kaufmann	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 1999)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Tcimpidis	....	video controller (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Brandon Balin	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Lenny Duge	....	post-production duplication (unknown episodes)
Danny Kim	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Gabriel Martinez	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Sherry Hackney Cade	....	composer: additional music (2 episodes, 2008-2010)
Alan Ett	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes, 1999)
Scott Liggett	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes, 1999)
Jeannie Lee Marks	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes, 2000-2005)
William V. Malpede	....	composer: contributing composer (unknown episodes)
Karl Preusser	....	composer: additional music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Ann King	....	publicist (unknown episodes, 2003)
Michael T. Altfillisch	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Sylvia DeKnight	....	clearance administrator (unknown episodes)
Vicki Grimsland	....	clearance supervisor (unknown episodes)
Nate McIntosh	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Karina Moore	....	clearance assistant (unknown episodes)
Sandy Pine	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Nicole Wohland Block	....	clearance administrator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Brad Lachman Productions
• Budd Freidman Digital

Distributors

• Animal Planet
• Animal Planet (2005) (worldwide) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG

Company:

Brad Lachman Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Miranda: The Perfect Christmas (#2.6)" (2010)

The animals may be funny, but the show isn't.

The point of this program seems to be to film an animal doing, you know, something that an animal does, like roll around in the dirt and smell things, and dub over it with a very unfunny, often strange commentary. I find myself sitting in front of the TV, listening intently for an eventual punchline and being ultimately disappointed and perplexed. At least Bob Saget's bad jokes made sense.

Additionally I'm convinced that the host is in fact our first undercover android TV personality.

But I still watch it. I'm an animal lover and its only competition at 6am is infomercials and stock market reports.