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Manny Being Manny

Puig tackles fifth season of 'Savage Wild' spearing wild boar

Manny Being Manny
Manny Puig spears hogs much of this season. (Courtesy 'Savage Wild')

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” – Mel Brooks

The crew of “Savage Wild” got a real comic kick while star Manny Puig nearly experienced tragedy when he was knocked on his rear by a charging wild boar.  

Wait. That was funny?

“It was to us,” show producer Robin Berg said. “Manny was like, ‘What the heck hit me?’ Afterwards it was (funny to him.) When he got knocked down, it wasn’t.”

They had to go to their footage to figure out what exactly sent Puig to the ground. The hunting party is rather protective of their star, but his...

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