RIP Steve Irwin -- a true pioneer. He laid it all out. Gave 110% for all of us to enjoy, and learn from. Thank you Steve Irwin!
... I don't think you should use the names Irwin and Cousteau in the same sentence, on the same page, or book even - heck, these two names should not be mentioned on the same planet! I realise that your reference is to 'scale' though.erich orser;78756 said:He accomplished something on a popular scale last reached by Jacques Yves-Cousteau.
Taollan;78775 said:I also agree with you, Steve, that Irwin and Cousteau are in entirely seperate leagues (Cousteau was a scientist, Irwin a zealous zookeeper with a TV show)
Steve O'Shea;78774 said:... I don't think you should use the names Irwin and Cousteau in the same sentence, on the same page, or book even - heck, these two names should not be mentioned on the same planet! I realise that your reference is to 'scale' though.
Let this be the end to bio-'reality' TV!
PurpleTentacle;78788 said:Cousteau a scientist? Explorer, sure. Conservationist, sure, at least while the cameras were rolling. But scientist? He always struck me as a silly old french man with access to a lot of money, who liked to dazzle us with footage no one else could afford to go out and shoot. It always seemed to me that his films were just him and his crew playing with expensive toys. Fortunately, his frolic-ing yielded positive results, like increased ocean awareness and SCUBA, but I wouldn't call him a scientist.
Apparently when the Cousteau society folk used to come to the Santa Barbara area, they used the services of the Anacapa Dive Center where a buddy of mine works. Word around the scuttlebutt is that once the cameras were off, the Cousteaus declared open season on just about anything that could swim and ended up killing a whole lot more than they could possibly eat.