The late Seventies through the early Eighties was a pretty remarkable time to grow up. It was the last time that science was synonymous with cool and adventure. With In Search Of, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Carl Sagan's Cosmos and episodes of The Underwater World of Jacques Cousteau, you'd be hard pressed not to get enthusiastic about the world around you. Wild Kingdom, Cosmos and The Underwater World did a great job educating and entertaining, but In Search Of did something else; it scared us, it excited us and it taught millions of young viewers to question the world around them. It's a historical precursor to The History Channel, Animal Planet, etc.
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