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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP11 Sep 2025 4:16 p.m. PST

… and Terrorized New York

"Hugely famous in his day, if barely remembered now, Frank Buck was a best-selling author and movie star, renowned for capturing wild animals all over the world and shipping them back to the United States by the boatload. There, the creatures took up residence in zoos, circuses, Buck's own attractions and sometimes even people's homes.

Buck chronicled his expeditions in 1930s films like Bring 'Em Back Alive, Wild Cargo, and Fang and Claw—purported documentaries that featured the pith-helmeted, somewhat pudgy, middle-aged hunter and collector as their dashing hero. Buck's derring-do, such as wrestling an escaped python back into its crate, thrilled audiences, though critics questioned whether some scenes were staged. Reporters covered Buck's every arrival and departure, children joined clubs named after him, and Abbott and Costello featured him in their 1949 comedy Africa Screams…"


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OSCS7412 Sep 2025 8:22 a.m. PST

"When a train came by, the monkeys, under Capone's leadership, blocked the track for five minutes, until resourceful crew members started tossing them bananas."

Trying to figure out how to include similiar anomalies into my Congo game.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP12 Sep 2025 6:03 p.m. PST

Ha!…

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