Last night’s “Stars in Danger: The High Dive” reminded me of another fantastic Fox offering from back in the day – “Man vs. Beast,” a program that pitted man vs. animal in various athletic challenges.  The purpose?  None.  The entertainment value?  Immeasurable!

I think they had a couple of shows in the series, but hands-down, the sprinter vs. giraffe in the original episode was the best event.  Olympic sprinter Shawn Crawford first took on a giraffe.  Disappointingly, there was a lot of quit in the giraffe which, at about the :07 mark, flirts with top speed only to throw in the towel, likely thinking to itself, “Yeah…I’m not dancin’ for you anymore.”  But then Fox lowers the boom, introducing a zebra to the mix..and controversy erupts:

In your face, Crawford!