''Jambo'' is a

wildlife Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted ...

anthology

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broadcast on

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from 1969 to 1971. Intended for children, the show was

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ed and

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by actor

Marshall Thompson James Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor. Early years Thompson was born in Peoria, Illinois. He and his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Laurence B. Thompson, moved to California when he was a ...

. Spots were filmed on location in Africa. The series was intended to be a companion of sorts to Thompson's series ''

Daktari ''Daktari'' ( Swahili for "doctor") is an American family drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series is an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television starring Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a vete ...

.''

Ivan Tors Ivan Tors (born Iván Törzs; June 12, 1916 – June 4, 1983) was a Hungarian playwright, film director, screenwriter, and film and television producer with an emphasis on non-violent but exciting science fiction, underwater sequences, and stori ...

was creator and executive producer of both. The title "

Jambo Jambo (17 April 1961 – 16 September 1992) was a gorilla housed at Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey, Channel Islands. He was involved in an incident in which he was seen to be protective of a child who fell into his enclosure. Early life '' J ...

" is a greeting in Swahili, a language used throughout East Africa.Terrace, p.766, neglects to mention which language.

Notes

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Sources

*Terrace, Vincent. ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008.

External links

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