TO BE CHEAP.
THOSE ARE NOT CHEAP HOTELS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MOST
WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR FOR
SOME SOME.
I'M TALKING SHARK WEEK ON
DISCOVERY CHANNEL FOR.
JEFF HAS MORE ON WHAT TO
EXPECT.
20 YEARS AND SHARK WEEK. JEFF
KIRK IS JOINING US IN THE
CREATOR OF ONE OF THE SERIES
YOU SEE. JEFF, YOU HAVE BEEN A
PART OF SHARK WEEK SINCE THIS
WHOLE THING BEGAN.
WHEN YOU FIRST DID THIS 20 YEARS
AGO, COULD YOU IMAGINE IT WOULD
BE THE PHENOMENA THAT IT IS?
IT HAS REALLY BECOME A
CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS SHARP
, IF YOU WILL.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING DIVERSE
AUDIENCE AND WE HAVE CELEBRITIES
AND AMAZING EXPEDITIONS.
IT COULDN'T BE MORE TIMELY
CONSIDERING THAT SHARK WEEK IS
BACK AND BIGGER AND BETTER THAN
EVER WHEN WE DON'T GIVE SPORTS
LIKE WE USED TO MOVIES AND
DISNEYLAND. WE HAVE SHARK WEEK.
YOU MENTIONED THE CELEBRITIES
AND FAMOUSLY IN THIS SHARKS WEEK
MIKE TYSON IS FIGHTING A SHARK
DO YOU KNOW HOW IS THIS GOING
TO WORK.
IS HE GOING TO BE PUNCHING SHARK
OR ARE THEY BITING EACH OTHER?
HOW IS MIKE TYSON GOING TO BITE
OFF SHARK?
I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT
EXPERIENCING SHARK THROUGH
MIKE'S POINT OF VIEW.
I KNOW THAT GOING INTO THIS HE
WASN'T A BIG DIVER AND
DEFINITELY NOT SHARK EXPERT.
THE FUND IS SAYING MIKE IN THE
WATER WITH THE SHARK AND THAT
IS MOST XETV.
YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR
MANY YEARS SHOOTING VIDEO. AND
STUDYING THEM.
THIS IS GOING TO SOUND LIKE A
DUMB QUESTION BUT IT IS NOT.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
MOVIE JAWS.
IT OBVIOUSLY PORTRAYS SHARKS AS
BEING THE VILLAIN.
YOU HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
AROUND THEM.
GOT A LOT OF THOUGHTS ON
JAWS AND MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE
MOVIE. IT INSPIRED ME AND A LOT
OF OTHER PEOPLE TO BECOME
FILMMAKERS AND MARINE BIOLOGISTS
. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PARTS
THAT ARE EMBELLISHED. THERE ARE
SOME TRUE PARTS OF JAWS.
SOME PARTS THAT PETER BENCHLEY
PLUCKED FROM REAL LIFE.
THE CHARACTER IS A GUY I DID A
DOCUMENTARY ON AND HE HAD SOME
UNBELIEVABLE SHARK ADVENTURES
THAT PETER USED IN THE
MOVIEMAKING JOBS. FINAL
QUESTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE SPENT
SO MUCH TIME AROUND SHARKS,
WHAT SCARES YOU? ANYTHING IN
THE WORLD?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT SCARES ME?
THE FACT THAT SHARKS ARE BEING
HUNTED AND FISHED TO THE BRINK
OF EXTINCTION. THAT IS VERY
SCARY. I DO A PROGRAM CALLED
AIR JAWS.
AND IT'S GETTING HARDER AND
HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND THESE
ANIMALS BECAUSE LOSS OF HABITAT
FOR THEM FROM OVERFISHING AND
THEY ARE LIMITED TO ONE SPOT IN
THE WORLD WHERE THEY JUMP LIKE
THIS. IF ANYTHING, THAT'S MY
BIGGEST FEAR.
I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE ANIMALS.
FOR A GUY WHO GREW UP IN SONORA
TO BE OUT ON THE WATER EVERY
DAY FOR 30 YEARS IS AMAZING.
THE IMAGES YOU CAPTURE ARE
INCREDIBLE. SHARK WEEK BEGINS
AUGUST 9TH.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND GOOD
LUCK WITH THE SERIES.
THANK YOU.
