"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(CHUCKLING) This is mighty neighborly of you, folks." "Nice of you to come over and visit Big Joe Wonder." "Ms. Jenny." " Ms.Tracy." " Thank you." " Daktari." " Oh, thank you." "Well, here's how." " Cheers." " (CHUCKLES)" "You know, most newcomers to our land are looked upon as trespassers." "Well, not around here." "In addition to welcoming you, we'd also like to congratulate you." "Congratulate me?" "Well, yes, for buying the old Tupper place, here." "Oh, yes, of course." "Well, of course, as you can see, it's not settled yet, it's not ready for a housewarming or anything, but we'll be fine, I'm sure." " Oh, yes, indeed." " (CHUCKLES)" "You've certainly got a magnificent view from your patio here." "Indeed so." "DAKTARI:" "Some of the most magnificent herds still left in Africa:" "buffalo, wildebeest, zebra." "That's one of the largest herds we've seen in a while, isn't it, Paula?" "And the first migration of impala, too." "Well, there's nothing left like that in Wyoming." "And that's a fact." "Yes, it certainly is." "And that's why we want to keep it that way." "Sir?" "Yes, Jenny." "We don't like guns around here that shoots bullets." " BIG JOE:" "What difference does" " That'd just a decoration, Jenny." "Uh, Mr. Wonder doesn't plan to use it." "Yes, Jenny, your father is right." "You see, in the old days, in Wyoming, we used to use these against lily-livered varmints." "Lily-livered varmints!" "There's no lily-livered varmints around here, are there, Daktari?" "No, honey." "That's an expression for America's old west." "But he has a gun just like they did." "Well, yes, Jenny." "You see, this is my snake gun." " Snake gun?" "!" " (HOOTS LOUDLY)" "JOE:" "In Wyoming, we have rattlesnakes." "And out here, I understand that you have cobras." "Well, I never saw one, but can we pretend there's one out there?" "All right." "Let's pretend there are three out there." "(GUNFIRE)" " Wow!" " (JUDY HOOTS)" "Well, that's, uh, that's very impressive, but do you realize you stampeded those animals?" "They didn't go very far." "You see, but some of those are reserve animals." "They don't know what shooting is all about." "Maybe it'd be good for them to get used to a little shooting." "That way, they'll learn how to protect themselves. (CHUCKLES)" "(HOOTS LOUDLY)" "Poor Judy." "You frightened her half to death." "(LAUGHS) I'm sorry, Judy." "Now come on down here and I'll find you a banana." "Yes, please come down, Judy." "It was all my fault." "I'll never ask him to shoot that gun anymore." " Uh, Mr. Wonder?" " Yes." "Are you, uh..." "Are you planning to put up some barbed wire fencing?" "Those animals are free, you know." "Oh, I know the animals are free, Daktari." "But after all, a man has a right to fence in his little spread." "(HOOTS)" "All right, Judy, I'll go get it right now." "If you folks will excuse me," "I did promise Judy a banana. (CHUCKLES)" "What's wrong, Daktari?" "Are you mad at me because I told him to shoot the gun?" "No, honey, it was probably a good lesson for you." "No, I was just thinking about some lily-livered varmints of the Old West." "What?" "Well, they fenced in animals too." "(CLARENCE PURRS)" "Yeah, you like that, don't you?" "(CHUCKLES)" "You know, you're getting grey." "Oh, really?" "I'm talking to Clarence, not to you." "Oh." " (DISTANT ELEPHANT TRUMPETS) - (DISTANT HAMMERING)" "I know what you're thinking, Dad, but you're a very fair and tolerant man." "That's all?" "Why don't you give Mr. Wonder a chance." "You know, he does have a right to fence in his own little spread." "Yes, yes, he does." "But what if the others follow his example?" "They could fence off that whole migration." "(HAMMERING CONTINUES)" "If they did, think what that would do to Mike's research for the government." "He's supposed to follow that migration by plane." "Don't you think you're borrowing trouble?" "(APPROACHING VEHICLE)" "I hope not." "I really hope not." " Hi there." " Well, good afternoon." "(GROWLS LOUDLY)" "Hey, Clarence, that isn't very nice." "This is Mr. Wonder." "He's our new neighbor." "(GROWLS QUIETLY)" "Is that the affection trained lion I've heard about?" "Oh, yes, that's grumpy old Clarence." "(CHUCKLES) Well, then, that first growl wasn't for me." "I hope we can be friends, Clarence." "Whoops." "Is it all right to hand this to him?" "(MARSH AND PAULA CHUCKLE)" "I, uh..." "I think it's better if you know him first." "I'll do it." "Here you are, old boy." "Yes, present from Mr. Wonder." "Yeah, how about that, huh?" "(CHUCKLES)" "Oh, you're gorgeous." "And this is for you, Ms. Tracy." "For me?" "Oh." "Oh, that's beautiful." "Thank you, Mr. Wonder." "I'm glad you like it." "(CHUCKLES)" "Well, that's very nice of you, Mr. Wonder." "Uh, Big Joe, please." "I beg your pardon?" "Dr. Tracy, in Wyoming, I was always known as Big Joe." "In Africa, I'd like to be known throughout Africa as Big Joe too, especially to my friends." "(CHUCKLES)" "All right, Big Joe it is." "I'm Marsh and this is Paula." "Oh, that's fine." "That's the way I like it." "Uh, where's my little honey?" "Your little honey?" " Oh, you must mean Jenny." " You sure it isn't Judy?" "I have presents for both of them. (CHUCKLES)" "Well, they're all at the orphanage." "I'll take you over there." "Marsh, I'm going on to observe the migration." "You know I only have the government plane for three more days." "Yes, fine." "Mike, I'd like to have you meet" "Mr. Wonder, er, rather Big Joe." " Mike Makula." " Mike, it's nice to know you." "Thank you." "I heard you were moving in." "Welcome to Africa." "Well, I'm surely glad t o be here, that's for sure." "Mike is studying the migration of animals by air, you know, what grasses they eat, what water holes they prefer, etcetera." " Certainly sounds important." " We think so." " Excuse me." " Yes." "(ANIMAL SOUND)" " (JUDY HOOTS)" " Oh, Judy, will you grow up?" "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts." "He's a Greek?" "He bears gifts." "Thank you, sir, but I don't like guns anymore." "Oh, well, Jenny, it's a toy pistol." "You see, it shoots water." "Watch, I'll fill it. (CHUCKLES)" "(JUDY HOOTS)" "Judy and Jenny are still upset about the gun." "I know." "I feel very responsible having scared them when I met them." "Well, Jenny you try this and squirt the water." "I thought maybe a toy pistol would erase a bad first impression." "That's very thoughtful." "(HOOTING)" "Toto likes to be sprayed with water." "Toto also likes to be squirted by the elephant." "She probably thinks this is a mini bath." "I've got something for you too, Judy, honey." " Here we are." " Bart's back from safari." "Did you get the leopard pictures?" "Yeah, I got the pictures." "Joe!" "Big Joe!" "You remember me, Bart Jason, on the hunt." "Oh, Jason, Bart Jason." "Certainly." "Yeah, I was your guide." "Marsh, I gotta tell you, this moose can shoot straighter than any man I've ever had on safari." "Oh, well, then you know our neighbor, huh?" "Neighbor?" "Well, yes, while you were away, Big Joe bought the Tupper ranch." "Hey, that's great." "Neighbor." "Marsh, I gotta tell you, a born hunter, that's Big Joe." "Hey, you fell in love with Africa and had to come back, right?" "Something like that, certainly." "If you'll pardon me, I have to get back." "Paula, would you see that Judy gets those?" "Of course." " Buy, Jenny!" " Goodbye!" " I'll see you to your truck." " It's not necessary." "I'd like to." "I'd like to, neighbor." "He's one of the good guys." "You know, um, you'd never mentioned that you'd been to Africa before." " I didn't?" " Oh, most people usually do." "Especially the hunters." "They fall in love with the place and wanna return" "Thanks again, Big Joe!" "Okay, Jenny." "Thank you. (CHUCKLES)" "So long, Marsh." "Um..." "Mr. Wonder... those gifts, I mean that was very thoughtful of you, but somehow, I have the feeling you're after something." "Marsh, let me tell you something." "When a man is no longer after something, he might just as well pull the turf up over him and say goodnight." "(CHUCKLES)" "I'll see you." "(HOOTS)" "(HOOTS)" "Oh, come on, Judy." "It's only a toy and it shoots water." "Take it." "Oh, Paula, what am I gonna do with her?" "She'll never learn how to play cowboys with me." "Take it, Judy!" "Now you shoot it this time!" "Well, Jenny, she's still reacting out of fear." "It's the second primate emotion to develop." "I'm not interested in experiments." "I just wanna play cowboy." " Take it, Judy!" " (HOOTS)" " Oh, come on, Judy, take it." " (HOOTS)" " Please take it." " (HOOTS)" "Well, what have we here?" "Man teaching animal to use a gun?" "Oh, Dad, it's only a water pistol." "Jenny, why don't you toss the gun away and let's see what Judy will do." "(HOOTS)" "Well, isn't that interesting." "Now Judy's expressing the first primate emotion: affection." "Well, gratitude because Jenny threw away the gun." "Paula, this is one part of your experiment that I'm not too enthusiastic about." "Dad, you're worrying too much." "HEDLEY:" "Hedley calling Wameru." " Paula, would you grab that?" " Of course." "Daktari, make her stop." "Well, she just loves you, honey." "(HOWLING)" "Why is she so afraid of my water pistol?" "Well, honey, I think she still associates this gun with the gun of Mr. Wonder and the frightening sound it made when he shot it, remember?" "Honey, I, uh, know how much you enjoy playing cowboy." "Yes, sir." "But, uh, since your pal Judy doesn't seem to enjoy it," "I think it's only fair that you, uh, hang up your gun belt, huh, partner." "But I just got it!" "And I haven't shot a lily-livered varmint, except Toto." "(HOOTS)" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "(HOOTS)" "(CHUCKLING) At least Toto knows how to play cowboy." "Yes, well, Calamity Jane, I hate to do this, but you just shot your last lily-livered varmint and I'm asking you to hang up your shooting iron, man." "(HOOTING)" "All right, I'll tell Dad." "Thanks for calling, Hedley." "Jenny, I..." "I know you don't like this" " And you won't like this either." " Won't like what?" "Well, Hedley just called that Mr. Wonder's taken out a license" " for a hunting lodge." " Oh?" "He's also secretly bought up farms bordering the reserve." " That so?" " And fencing them in too." "Where are you going?" "To visit a neighbor." "No, you, uh, you have every legal right to open a hunting lodge." "But I'm telling you, this fence is gonna cause untold damage, to animals, to the land, even Africa." "You would..." "You would actually fence off animals to be shot?" "Let me ask you something." "Would you fence animals in for controlled breeding?" "I fail to see your point." "I'm fencing them in for controlled killing." "Controlled killing, huh?" "Exactly." "I plan to select the animals my paying customers will shoot." "I'll pick from the old, the infirm, the diseased and the rogues." "That way, I'll ensure the survival of the fittest." "(CHUCKLES)" "Now there's a lot to be said for natural selection living free." "Point, we're both after the same thing:" "healthy animals preserved from extinction." "Is that so?" "Well, Big Joe," "I cabled a scientist friend of mine at the University of Wyoming." "And I received this information." "You failed as a rancher." "So you opened your land to a hunt club because nature's animals were your best crop." "MARSH:" "Well, you shot out your land." "After that, you came to Africa, because this is the last of the great happy hunting grounds for a money-happy opportunist." "Are you through?" "For the moment." "I thought we two could live together." "We don't inhabit the same world." "I say, Big Joe, let's get going, shall we?" "I'll be right with you, Mr. Radcliff." "Well... (CHUCKLES) ...can't keep my first paying customer waiting, can I?" "The hunt begins." " Mr. Radcliff?" " Yes, Big Joe?" "BIG JOE:" "Why don't you sharpen your eye with something for the pot?" "Yeah, now that sounds like a good idea." "Like what?" "You see the buck impala under those acacia trees?" "Oh, yeah." "No, not the leader." "The little fella, probably the runt of the herd." "If you don't get him, a lion will." "(ENGINE REVVING)" "Let's wait it out and get a good trophy." "What's all that about?" "Showdown at Wameru." "(GRUNTS)" "(CHUCKLING)" "Marsh, how did it go?" "Not good." "The fence is nearly finished and the first hunter has already arrived." "HEDLEY:" "Poor defenseless animals." "Yes, but Big Joe justifies it all," " at least to himself." " But not to us." "PAULA:" "Dad, you're gonna have to do something." "MARSH:" "What?" "All right." "So we don't see eye to eye, but the fence is still legal." "Daktari?" "Yes, honey?" "In this book-- I took it from your library." "Oh, what book is that, hm?" "How the West Was." "I hope it's all right to look at it." "Oh, yes, of course, honey." "I want you to use my library." "Thanks." "It says when people put up their fences in the Old West, other people cut them down." "Yeah, that's true." "You see, they were called "fence cutters"." "Mm-hm." "Why don't you and Officer Hedley cut down the fences and let the animals go free?" "Well, I'm afraid they're oversimplifying here, honey." "Officer Hedley and I can't cut down the fence." "But why doesn't Mike or Bart do it, like these men did?" "Well, Jenny, we don't want to start a range war." "I mean, as responsible adults, hopefully we've grown beyond that." "Responsible adults?" "Well yes, honey, you see, when a man's over 21, that means he's responsible for his own actions towards others." "But you're all men, and men are supposed to take care of women, children and animals." "Well, you have a very good point there, uh, but..." "Let me try." "Look, love, we men are bound by law not to cut that fence." "even though we'd dearly love to." "But the poor animals, they'll all be dead." "Mm, some of them will." "Hedley, let's radio the Minister of Wildlife and Natural Resources." "That's a very good idea." "(GUNFIRE)" "Can you stop the shooting now?" "No, honey, it's gonna take time." " Tonight?" " No, not tonight." "Tomorrow?" "Oh, Jenny." "Oh, that's my girl." "I'm very proud of your concern for the animals, but honey, try to understand why we can't cut the fence." " I understand why you can't cut it." " Good girl." " Hedley, let's call that minister." " Right." "(HOOTS)" "Paula, I'm only seven years old." "That's right, Jenny." "And how old is Judy?" "Oh, Judy's five." "(TRUMPETS)" "And how old is Moddock?" "Moddock?" "Oh..." "Um... 60." "Then she can't go." "Hm?" "(ROARS QUIETLY)" "JENNY:" "Paula, I'm only seven years old." "PAULA:" "That's right, Jenny." "JENNY:" "And how old is Judy?" "PAULA:" "Judy, she's five." "JENNY:" "And how old is Toto?" "PAULA:" "Toto's only three." "JENNY:" "And how old is Margie?" "PAULA:" "Margie's nine going on ten." "Aren't you glad we're not grownups?" " Come on, Judy, let's go." " (JUDY HOOTS)" "(HOOTS)" "(CLATTER)" "Ah, thanks, Joe." "(DISTANT CLATTER)" "Do you hear something?" "As a matter of fact, I do." "You stay here." "I'm gonna check on it." "Hold it, right there!" "(HOOTS)" "Oh-oh." "Beat it, hombres." "I'll do the talking." "(HOOTING)" "What is going on here?" "I'm seven years old." " She's five." " (HOOTS)" " And she's three." " (HOOTS)" "And she's nine, going on ten." "(TRUMPETS)" "You cut my fence." "All the animals are gonna be all over" "Why, you little..." "Come back here, Jenny!" "Jenny, come back here!" "All right, then, I'll come and get ya!" "(ROARING)" "He's eight." "Oh, it's you, Clarence." "(ROARING)" "Don't shoot!" "Don't shoot!" "He's only four!" "(SNORING)" "(LAUGHS)" "All right, Jenny." "Come on, let's go home." "(SIGHS)" "Yes, sir, that's quite a band of vigilantes you rounded up here, Jenny." "Well, Toto's only three and Sultan's only four and Jud" "I know, I know, I know." "And as minors, you are not subject to adult laws." "Well, I'm afraid that's not totally true." "As minors, you are responsible to us adults:" "to me, Paula, Hedley, Bart, Mike." "And for your information, young lady," "Mr. Joe Wonder had every right to shoot Clarence or any of the other animals here." " As a matter of fact, Mr. Wonder-- - (BLOWS RASPBERRY)" "Judy, Mr. Wonder may be wrong in your opinion, but he is legally right." "Now, Jenny, let me tell you what Mr. Wonder said." "He said, and this really concerns me, that if any of our animals show up on his property again, they'll be shot." "Now, do you understand?" "And he's legally right." "So if any of you go back there again, you'll get your animal friends here shot." "(BLOWS RASPBERRY)" "All right, Judy, that's enough out of you." "(GROWLS)" "(TRUMPETS)" "Big Joe?" "All right, now, where are the animals?" "I have a plane to catch." "Mr. Radcliff, this is the ironical side of Africa." "One day, as far as you can see, animals, the next day" "But what we're paying for is results, isn't that right?" "Well, it seems the animals have wondered onto the reserve." "I don't..." "You boys wait right here." "I'll get you your animals." "Marsh, where is it?" "Far end of the reserve, near the swamp area." "Let's go." "(HOOTS)" " Move up here, move up!" " Get up here!" "Big Joe." "Do you know what fire means out here?" "What you've done to these animals?" "!" "(GROANS)" "All right, hold it!" "Hold it!" "Hold it!" "Hold it!" "Hold it!" "It isn't a fire." "It isn't?" "Oh, don't apologize, young fella." "Kind of enjoyed the workout." "No, he's just burning tires and oil back there." "So you can drive the animals across the reserve, into your shooting fence, right, Mr. Wonder?" "Oh, that's great." "Marsh, you never hear me out." "The fact is, my clients have been complaining about the insects at night." "Now, since these are the breeding grounds, nothing illegal about smudge pots." "You should be thanking me." "(CHUCKLES)" "Marsh?" "I'm not gonna fail here too." "Paula, get in touch with Mike." "He's up there somewhere on the plane." "All right, Bart, but why?" "Big Joe's started the herds moving toward his hunters." "Maybe Mike can turn them." "I got you." "Mike, this is Paula." "Come in, please." "Mike, this is Paula." "Do you read me?" "They've been running, gentlemen, so wait till they get to the river to drink and select your trophy." "We all fire together, all right?" "Let's go." "(PLANE WHIRRING)" "That guy must be crazy." "(ELEPHANTS TRUMPET)" "Gentlemen." "Elephants." "There's a whole family of them." "That one in the middle, the big bull carrying all the ivory, that's mine." "(ELEPHANTS TRUMPET)" "What are you?" "Some kind of a nut or something?" "I wasn't too surprised when a child and Judy, Toto and the other sub-teams decided to cut the fence, but you are all supposed to be responsible adults." "Bart, now you had to start a fight and then you set this whole thing in motion before you even had the facts." "And Paula, you were aware that you were misusing the channel and you guided Mike over private property." "And Mike, you knew darn well that your act was an invasion of privacy." "I thought I'd, uh, take an animal count." "At eight feet off the deck?" "And in a government airplane?" "Dad, some of those animals belong to the reserve." "Now you can't let this Mr. Big Joe Wonder go around, worrying all the animals!" "Hedley and I are taking steps." "He's making a personal appeal to the minister." "Meanwhile, Big Joe says that anyone, no matter who, man or animal, that trespasses, is in for real trouble." "So that means stay away." "No more cock-eyed schemes, is that clear?" "Now if you get any good ideas, let me know." "(APPROACHING VEHICLE)" "(SIGHS)" " No, huh?" " No." "The minister says his hands are tied too." "Mr. Wonder is currently legal." "But he's morally wrong." "Dad, you know that." "Yes, I know." "Well, I guess I better go to Ngoro, make a last-ditch try." "But I'm afraid Mr. Wonder can't be stopped." "(SIGHS)" "Well, good luck, old boy." "Paula, Mike, come with me." " Daktari?" " Yes, honey." "Big Joe's only one man." "Why can't he be stopped, before he has all the animals killed?" "Well, Jenny, I've tried to explain." "You see..." "Um..." "Things aren't the same as they were in the Old West anymore, where a man meets a man on the street with a gun to settle differences." "No, I think there are far too many guns in the world right now, anyway." "Now I just have to do it some other way." "I understand." "Poor Daktari." "(TOTO HOOTS)" "(HOOTS)" "(HOOTS)" " Good luck, Dad." " Thanks, uh... (VEHICLE APPROACHING)" "Marsh, I just saw Judy heading toward Wonder's place." " Judy." " With your water pistol." "My water pistol?" " Oh, brother." " Well, she's gone and done it." "Since the men of Wameru won't do anything about Mr. Joe Wonder," "Judy's accepted the challenge." "Thanks, Hedley." "Jump in." "But Dad, this proves the third primate emotion:" "affection, fear, and now aggression!" "The protective instinct in the female ape is very strong." "I know." "I know." "She took man's tool, the gun, to protect her friends from outsiders." "Look, Paula, you are not making things any better." "Oh, I feel just awful." "Jenny, why should you?" "Because if anything happens to Judy, I'm responsible for her." "And I taught her how to use that gun." "(HOWLING)" "(HOOTS)" "Judy!" "What's going on here?" "(GUNSHOT)" " Judy, cut that out." " (HOOTING)" "(GUNSHOT)" "(GUNSHOT)" "(JUDY SPINS GUN CARTRIDGE)" "(GUNSHOT)" " Paula, keep Jenny back!" " Be careful, Dad!" "This is all my fault!" "Now, Judy, put that thing down before you shoot somebody" "(GUNSHOT)" "(HOOTS)" "(SNIFFS)" "No!" "Jenny!" "(SNIFFS)" "You stay covered, Big Joe." "I'm gonna try to get that gun away from her before she hurts herself." "No, Marsh, I started this, I'm gonna finish it." "(JUDY SPINS GUN CARTRIDGE)" "Judy..." "Judy, get my hat." "(GUNSHOT)" "Judy..." "I'll give you the banana, you give me the gun." "Fair trade?" "(HOOTS)" "Oh, Judy!" "Oh, Judy, I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "You know, you took quite a chance there." "Wait a minute." "Wait a minute." "Did you get hit?" "Paula, get my bag." " I'm sorry." " (HOOTS)" "It's nothing, just a flesh wound, a ricochet." "Yeah, you sure got a piece there, all right." "Does it burn?" "(CHUCKLES) It hurts pretty good." "As a matter of fact," "I know how those animals feel now." "In fact, I think I was turning into one before I met you folks." "Are you gonna be all right?" "I'm gonna be fine, little sweetheart, better than ever before." "(CHUCKLES)" "Thanks." "One of the first things I'm gonna do is rip out those fences out there." "Well, I'll tell you one thing for certain." " You'll have a lot of help." " (CHUCKLES)" "And the animals of Africa will be very grateful for your decision." "Hold out your arm." "Well, in a send, just how much arm-twisting can one man take." "(LAUGHS)" "Well, at least this will take the burn out." "You know, Big Joe, you have a great potential here on your spread." "Bart can bring you his clients to photograph the animals." "And I'll bet you'll have your lodge filled in no time." "with people doing their hunting with a camera." "Yes." "You know something, Marsh?" "The light went on for me when I saw an ape come over and pick up a gun." "Sort of like a commentary on man's own folly." "Now as conservator of this area," "I'd like to entrust these two guns to you, to destroy." "(CHUCKLING) It'll be my pleasure." "Thank you. (CHUCKLES)" "Hey, just like in the book, a showdown." "Except they're not armed." " (CHUCKLES)" " And downright friendly." "(HOOTS)" "Judy, my friend." "(LAUGHS)" "(HOOTS)" "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English US" " SDH)"