What a day!!! Holy moly!

[Jeff_Favelle]

I'm still in shock from the events of today. I got an email from a guy in Cali yesterday, saying he was coming up for a movie shoot in Van, and he needed animals and help. I thought it was cool, but obviously I couldn't use my breeder animals, and the commute to Vancouver would have been impossible. So one of my friends does this for a living, so I pass the offer on to him, as he's 10000x more qualified for the position than I ever will be.

So today after work, I get a call on the phone to make sure the info got passed on and all that. You'll never guess who it was. I didn't recognize the name (stupid me), but as soon as he started talking, I KNEW who it was. It was Jules Sylvester!!! The guy is my freakin' idol! He did the show called the Big Squeeze, and Jules Most Dangerous and Wild Adventures, on Animal Planet, Discovery, and National Geographic. He's the South African version of Irwin!! He's been on Leno, Letterman, Conan, ER, X-files, CSI, Bernie Mac, etc etc. I was like, HOLY CRAP! Talked to the guy for what was like an hour! Nicest guy ever. Said he'd like to come visit and see some of the Jungle Carpets when they shoot the movie.

I'm still in awe.............. The guy was so cool. Remember the scene in Most Dangerous where he catched the Retic in Singapore behind the dumpster in the alley. And the giant African Rock he nabbed out of its hole.

Unreal day. Too cool for words.

In case the name doesn't jog your memory, the pictures will:

http://www.reptilerentals.com/jules_news_4.html

[HumphreyBoagart]

That's awesome Jeff! Jules is awesome, He could kick Irwins @$$ anyday! Hopefully Sue will be coming too. ; )

[Jeff_Favelle]

Insane eh brother! The guy knows his shizznit too! :)

[HumphreyBoagart]

So are you gonna let him use some of your snakes then or just let him use your buddies?

[CDN-Cresties]

Haha thats so awesome. He was in the february reptiles magazine. I once saw a show when he made a life like version of himself (blowup doll or something like that) and then attached it to a remote control car. He then drove the remote control towards some hippos. Needless to say those hippos mangled his doll. lol

[munchy]

thats friggin sweet. probably make for some decent skrilla as well. :D

[HumphreyBoagart]

Come on Munchy! Jeff's an old schooler, he doesn't know what skrilla is. You gotta talk to him in his language.

Jeff: what Munchy means is "That is good. You will probably make a few dubloons as well"

Hahaha. Just clownin' with you. Oops I did it too. what I mean is "I am just joking with you!"

[munchy]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Come on Munchy! Jeff's an old schooler, he doesn't know what skrilla is. You gotta talk to him in his language.

Jeff: what Munchy means is "That is good. You will probably make a few dubloons as well"

Hahaha. Just clownin' with you. Oops I did it too. what I mean is "I am just joking with you!"
LMAO!!
"skrilla" aka "skrill" aka "cheddar" aka "Green" aka "dollaz" aka "paper" aka "CHIPS":D

[Jeff_Favelle]

Ha ha yeah, hopefully!

Clowns.

What's on the cover of the February Reptiles mag? I'm tryin' to find it but I can't locate it anywhere!!

[Slannesh]

Thorny Devils (Moloch)
Cover is mostly reddish brown with black and white splotches.
Picked it up a week or so ago myself.

That's very cool Jeff!

[BoidKeeper]

Dumb dumb dumb! I supose it's easier for him to find local herps then it to bring his own. What did he need?
Cheers,
Trevor

[Jeff_Favelle]

Damn, I got the March issue, but the Feb one is no where to be found.......... Thanks though. I'll be able to better find it now! :)

He's bringing a couple hundred of his own. The scene(s) calls for 400 snakes man. Its insane. Those guys really work for their money. Its going to be a site to see. They are even building a reptile room, right on set! Maybe they can come over here and build a few 4x2x1's for me? Heh heh....

:)

[bighillreptiles]

ha Jeff YOU ARE NUTS for lettingh a chance of a life time pas by keep us posted and send some of the extra stuff back here i need them as well lol

[Tim_Cranwill]

Wow! Did he say how he got your name and info?

Get a job with him if you can! I'm sure you could find people to watch your snakes as you travel the world! :)

[Matt_K]

You know Favelle's excited when he starts using words like, 'Catched'..

Remember the scene in Most Dangerous where he catched the Retic in Singapore behind the dumpster in the alley. :D

At least you get to meet him man, that's something to brag about in itself.

-Matt

[JimmyDavid]

Does anybody know the name of that dude doing research on african lions? The theory he is trying to prove is that they are more afraid of us than otherwise and will not attack if you crawl towards them armed with toilet paper ! (???) hehehe! Even more stupid than those crazy Irwin's stunts.
They did a tv special about him but i didn't catch his name.
(was not Jules though, that i know)

[mykee]

Dude! That is like the coolest thing ever. Congratulations to you!!

[ydnic]

I`m glad for you!

[reptile boi]

thats sweet man, im soo jealous, jules is sooo cool. If i were you id get a job with him n be like his sidekick or somethin! Btw, do you know how in the world did he get ur info? Ur a really lucky dude lol




Thanks,
Ben

[Tim and Julie B]

Who? Am I the only one that has no idea who this person is? Maybe I do but don't know it. Well congrads Jeff anyways. If they are building cages Jeff what are they going to do with them afterwards ;) TB

[peterm15]

no your not the only one... lol.. i havent a clue.. but good for u anyways jeff.. you should be more amazed at the fact that you were the one they sought after.. you never know.. he may be sitting back right now saying.. "i got to talk to one of the biggest collectors and breeders.. it was amazing.." i know thats what i think everyday..

they are just normal ppl.. some may look up to them as they look up to someone else.. it just goes to prove that point.. alot of ppl look up to alot of the "pros" on here.. and jeff being so excited about someone else just proves that..

[Asian Jon]

Congrats Jeffrey! :D

[Linds]

That's gotta be a totally surreal experience for you. LOL I don't think I've ever seen you even a fraction that excited before either :p

LOL @ Matt :p

[Ian]

You should have seen him when we meet Metallica in Vancouver ;)

[Jeff_Favelle]

No sh*t eh Ian? That was NUTS!

Matt, you clown. You even spelled my grammmmmar mistake WRONG! ;)

[HumphreyBoagart]

I noticed that too, I think he's the one that's getting all excited!

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by Matt_K
You know Favelle's excited when he starts using words like, 'Catched'..

:D

-Matt

No idea what you guys are talking about man.. See, spelt just the way you did!! You THOUGHT you 'catched' a mistake, but you were mistaken!! muwahahahahahaahah.. Jerks :D

[Tim_Cranwill]

I caughted BOTH your mistakes, losers! :p

[HumphreyBoagart]

You "caughted" both their mistakes!?! Well I "caught" all three of you're mistakes. Bunch of Losers! Sheesh! : )

[Jeff_Favelle]

You guys are dead. Jules has access to Lions, so its game OVER!


LOL! ;)


I'll ask him how he came about my website. Its funny, because I also got 2 emails (on from Cali, the other from Arizona) from 2 wholesalers wanting to buy animals at quantity discounts. Obviously I wouldn't bother, but it'll be interesting to know how I'm being targeted, ha ha! :)

[HumphreyBoagart]

Lions!?! Who cares.
All we have to do is approach them on our hands and knees with a roll of toilet paper in our hand!

[Jeff_Favelle]

All we have to do is approach them on our hands and knees with a roll of toilet paper in our hand!

Heh heh...and I'll be there, with my camera in hand!!!!!! LOL!

[HumphreyBoagart]

Well if you have your camera in your hand they're gonna attack you. Haven't you been paying attention? You need to have toilet paper in your hand!

[Tim and Julie B]

Well they might let you I don't think they can reach their own butts. How nice of you to take such good care of the animals! :D TB

[HumphreyBoagart]

Why thank you Tim, that's very kind of you, but I can't take all the credit. It was JimmyDavids idea.