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Shark Week 2009: Free Shipping on all Shark DVDs

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Shark Week 20th Anniversary Coverage

Shark Week celebrates its 20th annual run this week hosted by Survivorman Les Stroud. The biggest Shark Week yet has fans of all ages and the press buzzing. Check out a recent article from the Washington Post. Then, discover thrilling Shark Week products.   

“Rarely does a cable show about fish become a pop culture staple, but "Shark Week" has been on for 20 straight summers, which defies simple explanations about fads and freak-show hits and a certain Steven Spielberg film. There's apparently something prehistoric wired into the human fear complex about darkness and blood and things with teeth that combines with the modern neurosis that has us scaring ourselves silly with things that are highly unlikely to actually do us harm (sharks, serial killers, Yoko Ono recordings). Although neurology has yet to find this particular part of the psyche, we can tell you that 20 million people are compelled to tune in to at least part of the Seven Days of the Shark each year to get a fright.”

Neely Tucker

Washington Post

Shark Week Returns! And it’s Bigger than Ever.

Discovery's annual celebration of sharks has arrived. Our week-long marathon of scintillating shark programming begins Sunday July 30, with specials premiering at 9 p.m. ET daily through August 4.

Dirty Jobs' own Mike Rowe will host this year's event, which kicks off with his two-hour special "Dirty Jobs: Jobs That Bite." The night concludes with the one-hour special "Dirty Jobs: Jobs That Bite Harder." Both programs will be available on DVD soon.

Check out these fun facts about the gigantic, inflatable Great White that invaded Discovery headquarters (pictured above):
- It's 446 feet long, 200 feet wide, and 112 feet tall
- It has the correct proportions of a Great White Shark
- It took 6.65 miles of fabric to create the inflatable fish
- And 36.7 miles of thread to sew him together
- If it were real, the shark would weight about 84,000 pounds

Get in the "biting" spirit with the latest DVD releases and cool classics, plus a unique selection of shark toys. Here are my top picks:
- MythBusters: Jaws Special DVD
- Shark’s Revenge Slide: Available Saturday. Hurry, limited quantities!
- Radio-Controlled Robotic Shark
- Primal Scream DVD
- Jaws of the Pacific DVD

Have fun shopping!
Stephanie,
Marketing Manager