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''Call of the Wildman'' is an American reality television series that airs on Animal Planet. The show follows the exploits of Kentucky woodsman Ernie Brown, Jr., nicknamed "The Turtleman". Aided by his friend, Neal James, and his dog, Lolly, Brown operates a nuisance animal removal business, while he catches and releases nuisance animals. The series is primarily filmed near Brown's Lebanon, Kentucky, home. Brown began catching snapping turtles from ponds near his home at the age of 7. He came to the attention of Animal Planet producers in part after an episode of Kentucky Educational Television's ''Kentucky Afield'' series that featured his bare-handed turtle-catching techniques was posted on YouTube and went viral. After personally visiting Brown and doing some initial filming, network executives decided to produce a 12-episode season of the series with the working title ''The Turtleman of Wild Kentucky''. The title was soon changed to ''Call of the Wildman'', a reference to Brown's distinctive yell that punctuates his actions throughout the series. The series was Animal Planet's most watched program in the fourth quarter of 2011 and was renewed for a second, 16-episode series that began airing in June 2012. On October 2012, Animal Planet has re-released the series with bonus features and trivia information known as ''Call of the Wildman: More Live Action''. ''Call of the Wildman'' has been compared to other reality series featuring individuals from the Midwestern United States such as ''Billy the Exterminator'', ''Duck Dynasty'', ''Swamp People'', and ''Rocket City Rednecks''. Because it depicts Brown's spartan existence in the backwoods of Kentucky, some poverty advocacy groups have expressed concerns that it exploits stereotypical views of Southerners as being poorly educated, poorly groomed, and impoverished. Network executives insist, however, that they have received no negative feedback about the program. Season 4 began on August 24, 2014. ==Development== In 2006, the Kentucky Educational Television series ''Kentucky Afield'' devoted a portion of their weekly hunting and fishing oriented show to Brown and his turtle catching. The segment was posted on YouTube and went viral; as of June 2012, it had garnered more than 4 million hits.〔 The video and a similar one posted on the web site of the ''Lexington Herald-Leader'' newspaper attracted the attention of television producer Matt Sharp of Sharp Entertainment.〔Copely, "The Turtle Man has caught TV's eye"〕 Brown relates that, while performing as a sideshow at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, a group of executives from Sharp Entertainment and Animal Planet, who were there on an unrelated assignment, approached him about doing a television show.〔Soltes, "Live Action: A one-of-a-kind talk with Turtleman from 'Call of the Wildman'"〕 The executives told Brown that they had been trying to get in touch with him for over a year, but that his fellow performers had refused to deliver their messages to him.〔 In November 2010, Sharp sent a camera crew to film some of Brown's exploits.〔 After seeing the footage, a producer from Animal Planet visited Brown and challenged him to "entertain () for 12 hours".〔 Brown told the ''Herald-Leader'' that he took the producer on an outing in which he caught 11 turtles and a catfish.〔 Following the producer's visit, Animal Planet decided to air a series of 12 half-hour episodes featuring Brown.〔Copely, "Animal Planet snaps up Turtle Man"〕 Originally given the working title ''The Turtleman of Wild Kentucky'', the name was changed to ''Call of the Wildman'' – a reference to Brown's signature yell.〔〔Pfeiffer, "Live Action! Our chat with Animal Planet's Turtleman"〕 Brown describes the yell as "an Indian yell" and explains, "I got a quarter Shawnee and a quarter Cherokee. The other quarter is white man – that's a Yankee, Union – and another quarter is Confederate".〔"The Turtleman", 1:13–1:38〕 In addition, Brown frequently uses the catchphrase "Live action!" during the series.〔 He explains that "'Live action' means there's no faking. People have been calling me fake, and there ain't no fake. Go ahead and try it! We're doing it live action."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Call of the Wildman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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