Dark Days in Monkey City Episode 1.01 Recap “Born of the Storm”
March 4, 2009 by Healthy Shana
Show: Dark Days in Monkey City
Network: Animal Planet
Episode Title: Born of the Storm
Original Air Date: Tuesday, February 24th, 10:00 PM EST/PST
If you thought Meerkat Manor was great then welcome to Monkey City. Its all about animal politics and social structure. The premier episode of Dark Days in Monkey City aired on Tuesday, February 24th on Animal Planet.
The Temple Troop has dominated Monkey City for years, but times are changing. The crown rests uneasily on the head of the aging King Lear, sending ripples of uncertainty throughout the tribe.
Animal Planet Halloween Costumes
October 16, 2008 by Healthy Shana
Animal Planet has created a collectors edition of halloween costumes created by leading costume maker, BuySeasons.
Animal Planet Collector’s Edition Costumes are modeled after wild animals made famous on series such as Meerkat Manor and Lemur Kingdom.
The costumes depict several kid favorites, including a Meerkat and a Monkey; and animals identified by experts as endangered, a Ring-Tailed Lemur, a White Tiger and a Sea Otter.
To show its support for animal interests, BuySeasons will donate a portion of the purchase price of each costume to principal partners of Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R. initiative, a nonprofit advocacy partnership with leading organizations that encourages people …read more
Meerkat Manor: The Best of Season 3 DVD
September 16, 2008 by Healthy Shana
Animal Planet’s hit show, Meerkat Manor will release its season 3 DVD today! Checkout The Best of Season 3 DVD.
If you recalled, Season 3 began in Augus 2007 and the first episode, “On Dangerous Ground,” finds the Whiskers (the Meerkat clan we’re following) trying to survive on hostile ground after being evicted from their manor by the Commandos, a vicious Meerkat gang. Flower, matriarch of the Whiskers, is no pushover, but she has to take action to save her family, including newborn pups. So she rounds up the family, and they embark on a perilous journey to find greener pastures …read more
Meerkat Manor: Episode 5
August 22, 2008 by Healthy Shana
Season 4, episode 5 of Meerkat Manor originally aired on July 4th and it was titled “Mark of Zorro“. In this episode, Exiled Sophie struggles to find food and is plagued with ticks. Axel, her adopted brother, finds her, grooms her and keeping her company until nightfall.
Zorro and the other four roving Whiskers males approach the foraging Commandoes but are kept at bay. In the morning, Zorro and his group come at the Commandoes from all sides.
The youngest of the rovers, Duke, finds Nikita’s sister Rosie and mates with her. After an eagle owl causes both groups to flee to …read more
Meerkat Manor: Episode 4
August 15, 2008 by Healthy Shana
In this 4th episode of Meerkat Manor which aired on June 27th, called “The Family Way“, we see The Whiskers relaxing and playing together, after weeks of strained relationships, as Rocket Dog shows signs of being pregnant.
Rover Seacrest joins with the Aztecs, who move to a new burrow as their old one became infested with fleas that may or may not have been brought in by Zaphod. While out foraging for catapillars, Sophie takes a bad fall from a tree and injuries her paw. Led by Rocket Dog, the other Whiskers leave her behind to continue foraging.
A roving male comes near …read more
Meerkat Manor: Episode 3
August 8, 2008 by Healthy Shana
In this episode of Meerkat Manor which aired on June 20th The Whiskers enter the Commandoes territory, but are again badly beaten by their rivals and forced to retreat.
Seacrest, one of the Whiskers males, gets separated during the retreat and becomes a rover. He manages to make his way back to the Commandoes burrow and mates with Nikita. Seacrest sleeps above ground near the Commandoes burrow and mates with her again in the morning before Nikita viciously runs him off. Some roving males approach the Whiskers burrow, but the Whiskers males quickly chase them off.
Watch the video below of Nikita …read more
Meerkat Manor August Episode Listings
August 5, 2008 by Healthy Shana
Animal Planet’s hit show, Meerkat Manor began it’s 4th season on Friday, June 6th at 9PM ET/PT. This season will focus on the drama that ensues now that the Whiskers family is no longer united. Check below for the upcoming episode listings for the month of August.
August Premier #1: To The Manor Born
Premier Date: Friday August 1st 8:30-9PM ET/PT
Pregnant Maybelline and her Aztecs are forced to fight their way out of trouble when old rivals the Lazuli reappear ion the Manor. Nikita’s new brood is causing trouble at the Commando bunker and she is now attracting some attention from the …read more
Meerkat Manor: Episode 2
August 1, 2008 by Healthy Shana
This episode of Meerkat Manor, titled “All Manor of Love” aired on June 13, 2008 and we see the possibility of Maybelline and Rocket Dog getting back together. But now that she is a dominant female she can have her pick of the litter and there is now no chance of this happening.
We have dad chasing off the potential suitors and since alot of the brothers are also family in the Aztec group there is alot of moving out of camp to find a mate. The seven member Aztecs settle into their new burrow. Wilson, from the Commandos, visits the …read more
Meerkat Manor Review: Episode 1
July 15, 2008 by Healthy Shana
This first episode of the Meerkat Manor season was titled “To Have and to Have Not“.
Rocket Dog is a little frustrated by Zephod, who is the oldest Meerkat in the Kalahari. He’s roving back and forth and doesn’t really seem to have a purpose. There was little action during this first episode.
Watch this clip below as Wilson attempts to make his move on two sisters in one afternoon.
DVD Release: Meerkat Manor The Story Begins
July 14, 2008 by Healthy Shana
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins, narrated by Whoopie Goldberg can be reviewed over and again via the DVD release. The film originally aired on Animal Planet over the memorial holiday in May 2008.
Below, watch an exclusive behind the scenes video from the DVD which hit shelves on June 3rd, 2008. The one-disk set has a run-time of 75 minutes.


