BHB On Discovery

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Originally Posted by Yodawagon

He's also not doing much for the snakes reputations and misconceptions by having chewie get bit on video, showing his female named Satan trying to bite him,and acting like a snake charmer to avoid getting bit. Many other huge players in the market have videos that don't show that. He's doing that all for the money. Plan and simple.

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I don't think Chewie even works for him anymore. Didn't Brian fire him a couple of years ago?

I personally was never a fan of his videos, they were too much like 'reality tv' which I absolutely hate so I just stopped watching them. If he has a deal with Discovery then good for him, I wish him all the best though I probably won't watch those either.

I love Brian and I'm really looking forward to this show! I think his passion and appreciation for animals always shows, and he just has a way of getting people excited about them. He's also done a great job educating people about best practices and husbandry, especially when it comes to housing.

I honestly consider Brian doing business more than an animal lover. Those idiot sensational Tv shows works for everything about wild live and feared animals. Brian surfed on it and give his understanding which is good but also a lot of misconceptions. This TV show will be even worst for animals than snake bites. IT s something to have a bunch of idiots cleaning your racks and getting bitten by milk snakes for fun but this is a large scale production and this will led to a lot of stupid kids buying in to be the next billinaire BHB like and it will be worldwild. The point is the TV show won t focus on housing, feeding, caring for 20 to life long according to the species.... Snake bites is all about showing plenty of morphs and extreme individual comportment explaining a little and this will be the cheap large scale version of it, this will be the anglophone public face of reptile lovers.....

Knowing the other TV garbage productions of discovery... We will see what Brian can manage and i m not talking about his bank account.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

I doubt the problem will be Brian, but in how the end product turns out when it airs.

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My husband was on Sons of Guns #505. Since we signed an NDA I can't say too much, except that I agree with the above statement.

Reality TV... simply isn't. If I wanted to produce a reality show about keeping reptiles, Discovery is the last channel I would approach.

I find it interesting all the people thinking brian gets hated on for no reason. Sure there are people who jump on the bandwagon as you say, but there are a lot of things he deserves. This is coming from someone that used to call him a friend.

However I do think it would be wise to watch his show, as I would assume most of us would be the "reptile person" in their social groups. If any non-reptile person wants to talk about what they saw on the show, you might want to be prepared already to respond. I try to do the same with reptile related news stories.

I did/do the same with dog shows, dog grooming in particular. I know for a fact that clients will come in and mention a dog grooming show, so I need to know what to respond with and need to know ahead of time so people can't blindside me with nonsense they saw last night on cable.

I'll try to catch the new snake show for similar reasons.

I watched hundreds of Snakebytes vids. Only reason I stopped was I got burned out on rinse and repeat content. But in what I watched he always came across as being about the animals first and the money second. And I ma sure he learned from many a mistake in experimenting on the show. Like his attempt at a "Will It Blend" spoof.

I don't think there is a problem with Brian, but with the discovery channels desire for drama rather then truth. Brian has too much love and respect for his animals to let a drama seeking director get in the way of the truth. He might have a battle, but he seems passionate enough about his animals to put up a good fight. So good luck Brian, let the world know what we all know about these gentle creatures.

sounds cool! i'll give it a shot.

Does anyone know when the first episode airs. I get the discovery channel 1 and 2 plus animal planet, all owned by the same people. So does anyone know which channel and the day and time.