Bob Barker might be remembered as the man who saw many of us through the days we were home sick from school, but for Betty White, he was one giant pain for a period between 2009 and 2010. A feud between the pair erupted in 2009 when they had a massive disagreement about an elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo.
The two were fighting over the fate of Billy, an elephant who still lives at the L.A. Zoo to this day. In 2009, there was hope that Billy could be transported to a sanctuary — something that Barker supported. But White, a staunch ally of zoos, was opposed.
Things got so tense between the pair that Barker threatened to boycott the year’s Game Show Awards if White attended, despite the fact that he was slated to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the organization that year.
To her credit, White decided to record...
The two were fighting over the fate of Billy, an elephant who still lives at the L.A. Zoo to this day. In 2009, there was hope that Billy could be transported to a sanctuary — something that Barker supported. But White, a staunch ally of zoos, was opposed.
Things got so tense between the pair that Barker threatened to boycott the year’s Game Show Awards if White attended, despite the fact that he was slated to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the organization that year.
To her credit, White decided to record...
- 8/27/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Elephants have a lot to say — and it’s much more complex than you might think. “You can hear them having conversations,” says Bob Poole, director of photography for National Geographic’s new, lushly filmed four-part docuseries, Secrets of the Elephants. “They make decisions about which way to go, for example. It’s fascinating.” Some of their talk is even too low for the human ear to grasp because “their really deep bass sounds can penetrate the ground and travel,” Poole explains. “So elephants are able to communicate with each other over long distances in frequencies that we can’t hear.” (Credit: Arwai Tang/Getty Images) Those are just a few of the amazing revelations covered in the show narrated by actress Natalie Portman and featuring the passionate insights of conservationist and elephant expert Dr. Paula Kahumbu and elephant researcher Dr. Joyce Poole (Bob’s sister). The teams tracked the...
- 4/16/2023
- TV Insider
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