
Marshall Thompson plays the titular Daktari and I love that casting. I was already on board with Thompson before I ever saw this show (though it must be the role that people know him best from). I knew him from things like THE FIEND WITHOUT A FACE, LURE OF THE SWAMP (which needs a DVD release btw) and IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE. He never felt like a heavy hitter type actor, but he was remarkably affable and well suited to the roles I had seen him in so that elevated him in my eyes going into watching this show for the first time. He's kinda like Tim Robbins crossed with Gary Cooper or something. He's quite good here and clearly a good-sized part of the reason for the success of the show.

Warner Archive has mucho amounts of DAKTARI currently available. Beyond the three seasons currently out on DVD (season 3 just came out), the entire first season of the show us up on the Warner Archive streaming service (& in HD!). Season one is a good time all around (though the episodes get stronger further in), but my favorite episode was "The Diamond Smugglers" which featured the great Paul Winfield as a guest star.
Season three is solid as well, my favorite episode being a two parter called "The Elephant Raid". Two-part episodes are always cool especially with an hour long show like this. You're basically getting TV-movie. And nice I have expressed my love for the "animals attack" genre on multiple occasions, it should be Bo surprise that an episode about a herd of stampeding wild elephants would be up my alley. This episode guest stars Kenneth Tobey, an always welcome familiar face. In his episode, Tobey is the man with the much maligned plan to stop the rampaging herd and it involves pressure sensitive land mines, grenades and other artillery. Daktari and crew have other ideas for a solution.
Seasons 1-3 of DAKTARI can be purchased via Warner Archive:
http://bit.ly/1pQReEl
And, as I mentioned, season one is also available to stream in HD via Warner Archive Instant:
http://goo.gl/XIQ38p
Season three is solid as well, my favorite episode being a two parter called "The Elephant Raid". Two-part episodes are always cool especially with an hour long show like this. You're basically getting TV-movie. And nice I have expressed my love for the "animals attack" genre on multiple occasions, it should be Bo surprise that an episode about a herd of stampeding wild elephants would be up my alley. This episode guest stars Kenneth Tobey, an always welcome familiar face. In his episode, Tobey is the man with the much maligned plan to stop the rampaging herd and it involves pressure sensitive land mines, grenades and other artillery. Daktari and crew have other ideas for a solution.
Seasons 1-3 of DAKTARI can be purchased via Warner Archive:
http://bit.ly/1pQReEl
And, as I mentioned, season one is also available to stream in HD via Warner Archive Instant:
http://goo.gl/XIQ38p
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